HiFiMan Ananda Unveiled Headphone Review - Expertly Executing Excuses

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Test Gear...

All music would have been lossless or hi-rez FLAC or DSD files played locally, or in the case of some FLAC, streamed from Qobuz. In all desktop applications files were played through Roon. In DAP situations, files were played from microSD storage.

Chain 1...

FiiO M21:    • FiiO M21 DAP Review - The Starting DAP for...  

Chain 2...

FiiO SR11 (   • Fiio SR11 Audio Streamer - The Breakthroug...  ) USB output into Fosi Audio ZH3 (review coming!); single ended output into Fosi Audio GR70 (   • Fosi Audio GR70 Tube Headphone Amp - The N...  )

Chain 3...

FiiO SR11 USB output into Schiit Asgard X with MESH DAC card (   • Schiit Asgard X Head Amp & MESH DAC Card R...  )

Chain 4...

Chord 2Go+2Yu streamer (   • Chord 2Go Streamer + 2Yu DDC Review - Cut ...  ); USB output into Ferrum WANDLA GSE (review coming!) into Ferrum Oor (   • Oor Else! Ferrum Oor Headphone Amp RE-Revi...  ) - both Ferrums powered by Hypsos power supply.

Chain 5...

Sonore opticalRendu USB into Berkeley Alpha USB DDC (   • Weiss INT-204 DDC Review - With BLIND TEST...  ); AES into Berkeley Alpha S2 DAC (   • What Gear is My Gear? Part 1: New Series I...  ); XLR into LTA Z10e amp (   • Linear Tube Audio Z10e Review - WGiMG? 11 ...  )

Compared Headphones...

HEDD D1:    • HEDD's First Dynamic Driver Headphone Has ...  
HiFiMan Ananda Nano:    • HiFiMan Ananda Nano Headphone Review - HiF...  
HiFiMan Arya Unveiled:    • HiFiMan Arya Unveiled Headphone Review - I...  

Timestamps...

00:00 Intro, Pricing, Disclaimer
01:16 Shameless Self Promotion
01:42 Setup & About the Ananda Unveiled
05:32 Build
10:58 Comfort & Fit
12:14 Test Gear in Description!
12:46 Sound
22:56 Comparison to Ananda Nano
27:27 Comparison to HEDD D1
36:33 Comparison to Arya Unveiled
39:21 Amp Power Comments
40:37 Wrap-Up