"One of the Best Sounding Yet"
HiFiMAN's Ananda headphone is the culmination of years of development. The lightweight, ultra-fine planar drivers at their heart sing with unmatched agility and sensitivity. Not only does Ananda enhance listening to your home hi-fi system, it provides unparalleled portable audio performance, too.
Ananda is the perfect companion for the portable devices, a sonic match made in heaven allowing you to experience sonic bliss wherever you may be. The high sensitivity design allows you to enjoy Ananda with virtually any smartphone of portable audio device. The low distortion and amazing sound quality open up an entirely new listening experience.
"The Sound is Exemplary"
"The Ananda represents possibly one of the companies most mature offerings to date," reports marcus in his December 30, 2018 review at headfonics.com. "Sub-$1000 has become a much more competitive territory these days for planar designers with just about everyone trying to reclaim it in the last 18 months or so. The Ananda may very well be one of the best sounding ones yet and well worth a demo if you are shopping on that budget."
"The sound is exemplary, and I think the open back design contributes to the comfort and overall sound of the Ananda phones. The sound was excellent on difficult to reproduce mass instruments and choruses, and it also earns high praise with acoustic instruments and hard rock," notes Mel Martin, Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity, December 19, 2018. "I’ve heard equally good high end headphones, but never anything any better. (I’ll admit I haven’t auditioned any of the $5000 plus headphones being offered)."
NEO “Supernano” Diaphragm (NsD)
HiFiMAN's Fang Biang has long been on the front edge of plana magnetic design technology. The all new NsD NEO supernano diaphragm is 80% thinner than previous designs, resulting in a faster more detailed response while retaining lush musicality never before possible. At between 1 to 2 microns thick, the NsD diaphragm sets all new standards, allowing you to hear what you've previously been missing.
Window Shade Grill Design
The "window shade" grille design reduces sonic reflections for clearer sound. It has been painstakingly optimized to avoid any resonant frequencies. This leads to superior aural purity, tonally clean and unadulterated. At the same time it provides practical protection for the amazingly thin, highly responsive diaphragm. It also contributes an appealing visual aesthetic.
Asymmetrical Ear Cups
Ananda's asymmetrical ear cups are designed to follow the natural shape of the human ear for comfortable listening for extended periods. And the earpads are exceptionally comfortable. In fact, Mel Martin at Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity reports, "The HiFiMan Ananda headphones are extremely comfortable to wear; really the most comfortable headphones I’ve tested."
Hybrid Headband Design
Ananda boasts a carefully designed weight dispersing strap, allowing the headband to afford outstanding levels of long-term comfort. The sleek and sumptuous matte black finish is combined with a metal construction for maximum durability.
Making Connections
Ananda comes with HiFiMAN's updated 3.5mm headphone connectors. This offers users the most robust headphone connector HiFiMAN has ever used, for maximum durability and enhanced longevity. The included cable is an OFC copper crystal wire measuring 1.5m in length with a right-angled gold-plated 3.5mm TRSS jack.
