I just can't hear anything else. Using them for 2 weeks now. Just went back to my HD58X, which I loved before. They are now dull, veiled, just no fun anymore. Nearly the same for my NDH-20. The Sendy are just that good.
Bass are good, it's not a basshead headphone. But they are nice, present, have some body but no muddiness.
Mids are, to me, perfect. No bump, no lack, it's just what I like.
And the highs ! Holy molly the highs !!! They are my first pair of planar headphones. So maybe it's just my lack of experience. But it just something more. It's open, fast, "revealing" as they say. But no harshness at all, no sibilance.
Soundstage is very close tho, not a wide pair by any stretch. And they are O P E N, a very open pair. When no sound is played is pretty much like you have nothing on your ears, which I really like. The openess IMO really add to listening comfort.
I use them pretty much every single day. And since they arrived I just smile whenever I launch Foobar. Listen to any style on them is really amazing.
Yes, I know they are apparently better price/perfomance pairs based on the same driver. But I wanted those since the first hype wave. The build is gorgeous, the wood is smoooooth, the leather band is gorgeous, oh so supple and really confortable. Being bald, they are by far the most confortable thing I ever put on my head. HD58X included (Sennheiser still rock on confort). I'm 6'6’’ and quite athletic, to my frame headphone weight was NEVER a problem. So YMMV in that specific regard.
Driving them from a SMSL SU-8 + THX789, with the Sendy 4.4->2.5 link cable into a Drop 2.5->XLR
Tried them on my JDS Atom, but it may lack the power to fully drive the pair.
And they can game, they really can game. Which is always a plus, the less I have to listen to something else, the better.
L2019IMO, no. I think the Aiva edges out the Sundara on detail, especially treble. The Sundara wins everywhere else though. Aiva sounds more compressed, less soundstage, a little too V-shaped for my liking. Also I've had a much easier time modifying and finding alternative pads for the Sundara so I've been able to really tune it to my taste.