Name: Hifiman Sundara
Brand: HIFIMAN
SKU: 639bb96a5bce2619b1c659a8
Rating: 4.1 (184 reviews)

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The Sanskrit word “Sundara” literally means “Beautiful” and this all new Planar Magnetic headphone fits this description in every way. Ultra-fine Diaphragm All New Planar Headphone Inherited from Hi-Fi man’s Advanced Technology Featuring Newly Developed Diaphragm that is 80% Thinner than the HE400 Series Resulting in a Wider Frequency Response, Faster and More Detailed Hybrid Headband Design With the weight spreading strap for outstanding comfort but with a more fashion conscious look with its sleek and sumptuous matte black finish. Form Follows Function With its all metal headband the SUNDARA is built to take the rigors of urban street life. The SUNDARA is as tough as it is beautiful. New 3. 5mm Headphone connector for enhanced durability Pocket Powered Performance The slim line Supermini is the perfect on the partner for the SUNDARA. The Supermini with its abundance of audio power output and the SUNDARA’s grace and poise makes them the velvet glove over a marble fist. Technical Data Specifications Frequency Response: 6Hz - 75kHz Impedance: 37 ohms Sensitivity: 94dB Weight: 372g

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 We don't know how well this is gonna do a year from now, we don't know how well this is gonna last, who knows how reliable the drivers are in here, but based on the way that everything else feels here, I think this is a solid step up from the previous HIFMN headphones that constantly failed. I don't really think that there's as much to worry about with something like this. So yeah, if you were trying to find the best value, the best bang for the buck headphone available right now, my money is on the HIFMN Sandara. I don't think that there's anything that outperforms its competition to the degree that this does for the range of competition that it does

 This is a planar magnetic over-ear open back headphone that comes in right at around $350. So let's take a look. This review unit was sourced through Headphones.com

 I got onto one of the loaner programs through Hi-Fi Man and they actually sent me two units. So I put it through its paces extensively and found that I really liked the headphone. It had a few minor issues like, for example, a little bit of bass roll-off and then a little bit of upper mid-range shout, but for the most part it was what I considered to be a benchmark at the $350 price range. And now for the past couple of weeks, I've been hearing rumors of a few stealth revisions that have been happening to some of the Hi-Fi Man headphones, including the Sundara, the Ananda, and the Aria

 With the suede pads it's way worse, and with leather pads it's much more where I'd want it to be, and then I also find that the Virum 1 at the upper range for the treble, it does roll off a little bit, or it's a little bit, you know, pulled back, withdrawn, and while I can understand why some people might like that, to me the tonal balance for this, it just, your cymbals and percussive instruments crash through so much nicer, and then similarly with the LCD-1, perhaps even better depending on which area of the treble you value more, everything about the treble with this is also fantastic, but the main drawback with the LCD-1 is that its technical performance just isn't on the same level as the HIFIMEN Sandara, for everything from detail to speed to punch and dynamics to soundstage, imaging, everything about the Sandara is just categorically better, and that's even when you do use the Reveal Plus here, and of course I don't think we should be surprised by that, because look at how this, look at how different the size is for these, right, so this is, these are totally different things, and my experience of using them for the sound quality has lined up exactly with what I think we should expect, so this new revision obviously takes the HIFIMEN Sandara to the next level, it's, it was already fantastic, but comparing this to these two headphones, this is the clear winner, but when you compare this to other headphones, I really struggle to think of anything under $700 that I would rather have than the HIFIMEN Sandara, I know some of you guys are gonna ask about how this compares to the Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro, and I've seen some videos out there where people are saying, ah, maybe that would be their pick, but no, unless it's specifically for studio use, this is just so much better for actually listening to music, it's better for just about every performance category except for soundstage, so the instrument separation, structural definition for images, surgical precision, detail, and I know some of you guys are gonna be thrown off by that, but I struggle to think that that headphone's reputation for being highly detailed is for any other reason other than the massive 8.5kHz peak in the consonant range where the S's, F's, and T's are that over sharpen that range, so it should be obvious by now that I absolutely love this headphone, and it's at the point where I would, I'm, I would really like to buy it, and maybe I will, and in my mind, this, especially this new revision, whenever this happened, where the, where they changed the pads, or when it, when they changed the material a little bit, for the frequency response that this has, coupled with its already excellent technical performance, this needs to be considered the new value benchmark, the same way that the HD 6XX was at, you know, $220 or whatever it is right now, for the longest time it was like, you buy that headphone because it's better than everything else under $500, and now I think that's the Sandara, and it probably even is better than stuff that costs a lot more than that, so yeah, I have absolutely no reservation about recommending the HIFMN Sandara. If this revision is any indication of what the other ones have had, you know, I need to evaluate those first, but there's a very good chance that I end up buying this as well, because this needs to be the thing that other headphones, especially at this price range, or under $700 or $500 or whatever, everything else needs to be evaluated against this. The one thing to still keep in mind is that this is still HIFMN, and so the build quality question is still valid

HiFiMAN Sundara Headphone Review - Best value planar in 2020?

These are a very bass boosted pair of headphones that sound good enough to replace my IEM’s when on the go. They get uncomfortable after an hour though, so these are only recommended to wear on short bursts.

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 Seriously? For me, however, the dealbreaker was comfort. The housings on these things are very large and the clamping force is substantial. No matter how much I adjusted them, the pads on the housings pressed hard on the back of my ears and the bottom rear of my jaw, and I found that I could wear them for much more than thirty minutes before I have to take them off. This may have to do with the fact that the ear cup housings do not rotate at all, they are fixed perpendicular to the headband, and thus there's no compensation for pressure differences from the front to the back of the ear cups against your head/ears

 No matter how much I adjusted them, the pads on the housings pressed hard on the back of my ears and the bottom rear of my jaw, and I found that I could wear them for much more than thirty minutes before I have to take them off. This may have to do with the fact that the ear cup housings do not rotate at all, they are fixed perpendicular to the headband, and thus there's no compensation for pressure differences from the front to the back of the ear cups against your head/ears. As I said at the outset, this review will quite probably be an outlier, but if the issues I've raised are important to you, be sure to buy them from a source where you can return them if you don't like them – such as Amazon, right here. :-)

 This experience did not leave a good taste in my mouth. I then purchased a set of their true wireless earbuds (I think the model number is TWS-600). They had a lot going for them, including great battery life and great Bluetooth range. But the charging case is so poorly designed that if you use some of the larger ear tips provided by the manufacturer, the earbuds will not charge in the case

 Which brings us to the Sundara. I went into the audition of these headphones with "cautious optimism:" optimistic because of the good reviews, especially the promise of a large, open soundstage and sophisticated, airy highs. I was cautious because of the cheesy quality control that I had experienced earlier. Although I found these headphones to have fairly pleasing sound, there is, to my ears, a spike somewhere in the upper midrange that creates a harsh, grating sibilance on certain tracks

I suspect this review will be an outlier, but…

 So it just kind of depends what your priorities are. At the end of the day, I actually, I love the Sundara. It sounded much better than I expected it to at $300. I've used them a ton, partly because of the comfort and again, just with a slight EQ to the upper treble and just a little bit of a lift in the low bass, they sound incredible to me

 And it's something as simple as if my computer is rendering like my big desktop and my fans are going, these don't do a great job at passive noise isolation. I'm going to hear a lot of that fan noise. So if I'm doing something critical and the fans are making a lot of noise, this becomes an issue for me and it does impact the subtleness of the sound, you know, the softer notes, things like that. You lose some of that dynamic range because now it's blending in with your environment noise

 The Sundara has been out for a while, years actually, and there was even a slight revision to it two years ago where they basically upgraded the pad. They modified the pad shape a little bit, which did affect sound quality slightly, but overall it's been the same awesome headphone for a while. So I'm going to do my own take on this headphone, compare it to others above and below the price range. Maybe you have one of these others and this will help kind of connect the dots or give you some form of understanding and how they stack up differently to each other

 So I'm going to do my own take on this headphone, compare it to others above and below the price range. Maybe you have one of these others and this will help kind of connect the dots or give you some form of understanding and how they stack up differently to each other. So the Sundara open back, open back on the side. I'll talk about that in case you're unaware of what that means

Hifiman Sundara Review - Revisiting a modern classic

 I paired it with a dac amp, adjusted the eq a little bit and its unlike anything I’ve heard at this price point. Just amazing.

Finally got a pair of Hifiman Sundara’s

 Also these are some of the most open headphones ever. If you can hear your music someone 10 feet away can as well. As far as comfort goes they aren't the worst for me. Their pads are scratchy and slightly small, while the headband is just fine

 The driver of a headphone induces latency, so a faster driver = a faster sound. This makes music feel more lifelike and energetic and is a great part of this headphone, and its very detailed for the price. The downside for me is the tuning, these are tuned "boring neutral" in my opinion. These have subdued bass, neutralish mids, and slightly elevated treble

 I'll talk about the objective pro of this headphone first, the SPEED. This as a concept sounds weird, but it is a very real thing. The driver of a headphone induces latency, so a faster driver = a faster sound. This makes music feel more lifelike and energetic and is a great part of this headphone, and its very detailed for the price

 As far as comfort goes they aren't the worst for me. Their pads are scratchy and slightly small, while the headband is just fine. They aren't super heavy or anything so it isn't much of an issue, but something to be aware of.

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 I think if you value clarity on your highs, these are an easy yes over the HE4XX and you're still gonna land price-wise south of something like the HD660S, which if you see the Sundara at $500, they're priced head-to-head with. They'd also be priced right up against the amazing DT1990, so that's pretty tough competition. But we're gonna call it $350, which honestly feels really good for these. It makes them a no-brainer against something like the Addition XX at $600, which does feel wider and feels like it also resolves small details with a little more clarity regardless of what else is going on in the mix

 So, Hyphamin is not exactly a household name, unless you're specifically into audio, and neither are plain or magnetic headphones. And that's too bad. The Sundora I've got here today is my third pair from them. We're going to put them through the paces and see how they stack up, and they're pretty unique priced here

5mm left and right input, and then terminates in a single gold plated right angle 3. Ideal fit for me here personally would be just a little EQ push to the low end, but we'll talk about that more in the upcoming new Audio Pro review. The presentation here also lends itself pretty well to gaming. Again, these aren't soundstage kings, but they image well enough for me to hold it down in FPS no problem, there's never any question about where a sound is coming from, especially if you know the maps

Hifiman Sundara Review: A Breath of Fresh Air

I bought these headphones in 2020 about 1 and a half years ago and I use them daily at my desktop for about 8-10 hours a day. After the first year the headband completely shattered one day out of nowhere on the left side and I discovered the band made from cheap plastic and fake metal-plastic with the exception of 2 of the 8 pieces of the band.  After gluing it together with super glue and trying to work with it, it has repeatedly broken over and over with no solution and now the ear pads it comes with are COMPLETELY destroyed from just daily wear.  For 300$ this is 100% not worth it over the Sennheiser competitor options

Good sounding headphones that break easily

 I actually really enjoy this headphone when it's on your head. Like when it's just sitting there, it's very, very comfortable. It is one of, if not the lightest planar that I've tried. Perhaps the only lighter planar I think was the ether 2

 So that's something that the 4XX, the LCD2C and the 1990 do a lot better. But if you're into that intimate sound, it could be good. Which is not what I consider to be technically superior compared to others. So I guess this leads me into the conclusion

 I've done it a couple times for the sake of B-roll, but other than that, I don't really extend it and it's already showing wear and it didn't have any wear when it got this. Speaking of build quality and things lasting or not lasting, if you go on Amazon, you check out the reviews. I'd be a pretty bad reviewer if I didn't bring up the fact that a lot of people are saying that they have quality control issues. So that's something that I have to consider as a reviewer and I'd be kind of lying by admission if I didn't tell you about it

 It is one of, if not the lightest planar that I've tried. Perhaps the only lighter planar I think was the ether 2. So very lightweight, very comfortable for long listening sessions. I really, really enjoyed the fit and the kind of feel of this headphone

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