HiFiMan Sundara

“Absolutely the Sundara gives you way more than its price suggests clean planar bass, great detail and a neutral tuning that honestly captures most of what people love about higher end cans.”

“Sundara is bad for comfort but so is the 6xx. Neither should be the choice for that or sound but if the 2 sundara does almost everything better other than having issues with ringing.”

“I think the. Sundara is super overrated. It's fine, nothing special, has some quirks/problems that many better headphones in and above its class don't.”

“They won't break. I've got a opair of the 2020 Sundara's and a recently purchased set of Arya Stealth. They're both perfect. Sound wise and build quality too.”

“2 failed units here... yes of course I'm gonna be vocal about it, it's like a gamble, buying a headphone SHOULDN'T be a gamble. But my 3rd unit has been running strong for 4 months so far.”

“Put them on normally, I heard a crack and I saw the break on the first picture, afterwards that devolved into what you see on the second picture.”

“For me the sundara sound Natural, I get less of the headphone experience and more of a speaker experience. For me they are balanced, relaxed and natural”

“I have both the hifiman sundara and sundara closed, these were replaced with my Audezes. They sound good for the price you can get them today but I like my audezes more.”

“The clamping force was insane and would give me pains in my jaw and headaches within 30 minutes. Pitty, as I really liked the sound from them.”

“Amazing headphones. Curious to know what parameters of the eq you adjusted. To me, Sundara sounds pretty neutral, maybe could use a little more bass.”

“I honestly don't love them, though they are widely considered exceptional for mid-fi. They feel cheap, the headband on my pair broke.”

“The Sundara is a good set of cans, but if you want kilobuck performance, you either have to be willing to shell out the cash or find deals via sales or the used market.”

“I would say pretty much yeah, especially because from what I hear they also take really well to EQing and have great comfort for their price range”

“When I listen to fleetwood mac or pink floyd, I am perfectly happy with the stock sound of the sundara. But when I want to listen to rap it just sort of... falls flat”

“I didn't like the Sundaras on the day I got them, and I didn't like them 3 months after so I ended up selling them to someone else.”

“I did NOT like mine to the point where I returned them. They were very airy and didn’t have the depth of sound I was looking for.”

“I EQ'd mine and it still sounds great, plus the bass response is still far more accurate than other headphones I've had at that price point.”

“Sundara definitely has a brighter qualities that are more fun to listen to but during a long work/craft session, I definitely ended up preferring something like 6xx.”

“I own the Sundara along with a few multi-kilobuck headphones and I think the Sundara is like 80-90% of what the flagships are, depending on what qualities you're looking for and what is present in the tracks you listen to.”

“Sundaras are better for analytical music listening, yet suck at positioning, have a smaller soundstage, the bass is a lot less detailed, dynamics are slower.”

“the standard tuning is easily my least favorite tuning of the 30-40 different headphones I’ve had the pleasure to listen to”

“Mine desintegrated after 3.5 years of use, I ended up replacing the whole headband and yokes for an aftermarket one.”

“Overall, the Sundara have better bass. I feel that it is more present over the anemic 560S’ bass response, and it is faster and quicker.”

“Personally I like the XS better but there is a significant difference in tuning and I can totally see someone liking the sundara better based on preference.”