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Review on 🎧 HIFIMAN Ananda-BT: High-Resolution Bluetooth Over-Ear Planar Magnetic Headphones with Mic & Travel Case - APTX-HD, HWA, LDAC Supported by Tara Farmer

Revainrating 5 out of 5

First-class sound quality

The best headphones for the money I've ever seen! where to start I've been listening to quality audio since I was a student and back then the HD600 and HD650 were the best. They sat at the top for so long with no real problems and then HIFIMAN when they called themselves Head Direct started releasing their Planar stuff and while they slapped the old Senns a bit, they were even more difficult to handle. So you're stuck in one place. I didn't have any problems with it, it was just the way it was. Skip a decade or two and wireless stuff is starting to happen, sure they didn't have wires but they all sucked, really sucked. Sluggish bass guns for people to use as a fashion accessory and not for listening and I realized wireless sucks so it is...... I ended up in London for work and after convincing my boss that it was a lot would be cheaper to fly back on monday than on friday when i could visit canjam. (My first outside the US) I was wandering around and overheard some guys talking about some type of wireless earbuds they couldn't believe how good they were, they were just as good as the wired ones they were talking about. I had to listen and once I found him I did exactly that and oh my god they were right! I'm not a techie, I'm interested in sound, not what makes HWA and LDAC important (I've read them but I'm still not entirely sure what they are) and I don't care, I just want to listen to music. Well it turns out I want to stand on the couch and play an imaginary guitar (maybe drunk) and relive my forgotten youth. My wife may not have been impressed, but I was touched, my ears and my soul, as if I were finding a long lost friend again. It's like having speakers that you can use without fear of a woman, passion, vibration, energy, I don't know how it can sound like that, but it is. My wife even grudgingly admitted they sounded pretty good, believe me that's kudos from her. In terms of sound performance it's very balanced, very flat, I would even go so far as to say the range is flat, but the large drivers make me feel that the lower bass could be boosted slightly. Maybe I'm just too used to the fact that most headphones can't penetrate that deeply. The center is radiant and luxuriously smooth. They are so realistic and open. Tall, flat and slightly grainy. I know the best highs have to be more advanced, but they're only $1000 and they're wireless. Also, I'm using my phone as the source, not my Dave, so maybe it's not really an Ananda BT issue. The speed and sync are really impressive for wireless, not perfect but it rivals anything I have for around the same price. The Ananda BTs are the nicest money I've spent on audio, they just sound so transparent and vibrant. and then let me get some more whiskey ice cream while I dance my way to the fridge. To date, these are the most comfortable headphones for the money that I have yet to come across!

Pros
  • High-quality workmanship
Cons
  • A few little things