Wanna see the new headphone tests, not iems.

I'd get he6se v2 tbh

Arya SE sound sharper, incisive overall. XS can be ''blobby'.

You can eq as much as you want but i don't know how is LCD X.

Better than owning a $200 headphone and $1000 dac

I'm talking about egg shape headphones. Arya Stealth have noticeably better dynamics than XS and especially Ananda.

Compared to other cans like HE6 yeah Arya SE falls short. They have this atmospheric bass. You don't get direct pressurized hit from earcups, you get a soft hit from somewhere in the soundstage. But SE have this fast transient-y punchy bass unlike XS and Ananda. Ananda is completely flat in my book. It's dynamics so bad that it almost breaks the headphone. XS is fine but it doesn't have the immediacy of Arya SE. XS bass sound kinda bigger and looser, leaves more linger in the stage.

XS to Arya Stealth:

More controlled but more punchy and dynamic bass. Controlled as in it's more fast, precise and doesn't linger. XS's bass softer and looser, little bigger and wilder. The amount is same i think but delivery different.

More concentrated soundstage. More immersive and closer with more precise imaging. Overall more aggressive and engaging sound.

Excellent separation, detail, technicalities. Easy upgrade here

Less treble but i must say the treble little more offensive on Arya SE than XS. XS have more treble but it's softer, gentler.

Way better build, way better overall fit but more clamp force.

Way better timbre.

More physical and fuller sound.

That's a big no. You must've heard v2. Stealth definitely more dynamic than any of these.

When i add more bass i feel the dynamics get hit. Its more responsive and punchy like this i think.

Yeah thats what i imagined.

I use +3 db 60hz 0,6Q with Arya SE. Fits perfect.

What hz and q?

Did you heard the hd800s ? How is that one in dynamics department compared to planars ?

Arya Stealth is the most dynamic i've heard but people say he6se, lcd x very dynamic.

I think the thick bass you describe from the 400se comes from stealth magnets. Arya SE is like that too.

He is describing Ananda perfectly there. Lacking dynamics and quiet sounds are elevated.

True. I said the same thing.

Pushing for thinner diaphragm, better material and stronger magnet, lighter and efficient overall design shouldn't be underestimated. Not every 20khz capable driver is same. I find ''technicalities'' proper term.

How much of Susvara's, LCD5's, electrostat's qualities come from acoustic design vs technology ? Susvara doesn't even have fancy CSD plot so i don't know how much acoustic treatment it got. We know how Audeze tried hard to get consistency with their thin planar development. A big headache for them, must yield some results in terms of ''technicalities''.

Hifiman have almost identical tuning in most of their headphones but they sound quite different. Graph reading is just not the full picture as you said. It's a low resolution reading with a lot of cues we don't understand/interpret.

Everything is FR but we don't have ways of interpret them and every headphone have their own unique FR, way of interacting with your face, ear. Then there is magnet, driver material etc which also shows itself fr graph but we don't understand it.

Technicalities exist to ear, not to measuring equipment. You can't EQ headphones to Utopia.

Why we are downvoted wtf lol. It's faaeal cable from aliexpress. Mine is 4.4mm balanced version bought it for $10.

That is my Arya cable as well. Great cable.

That's very impressive. Better than even most planars. However that tuning horrible. Worse than Audeze's.