Edition XV

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Edition XV

16 positive 1 neutral 5 negative

Based on 22 Reddit mentions

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Massive disappointment with Sennheiser 490 pro

I’m a little puzzled why you wouldn’t even try something like the Edition XS if that fits your head properly and nothing else does. I have a large head and large ears, and HiFiMan’s egg-shaped cups are easily the most comfortable for me. I’ve seen the Edition XS for sale for under $200 USD recently,

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AK_R in r/sennheiser

January 11, 2026 12:17 AM

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Asus ROG Kithara + Yamaha ZG02 Inbound

I have multiple HiFiMan products, and the only one I've had to RMA was a DAC/amp that had a bad USB-C port. It was replaced pretty quickly. I have large ears, so their egg-shaped cups on their headphones tend to be very comfortable for me. The audio quality on their open back headphones tend to be e

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AK_R in r/gamingheadsets

March 18, 2026 4:49 PM

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Edition XV vs HE600 vs Arya Organic

200-500hz for me sounds emphasized which is lightly corroborated by measurements, it seems. 2khz has that characteristic hifiman dip, and 6khz has some sort of peak, resonance maybe. Different units are showing more or less modal behavior (weird volume ripples) from 100-1000hz due to the massive dia

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gh0stf3rret in r/Hifiman

May 3, 2026 11:01 PM

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Can I EQ Asus Kithara to sound the same as Hifiman Edition XV?

The fingernail test makes no sense, pressing against it with your finger isn't a coherent test either. You conflated a few ideas or at least failed to disambiguate them and you picked the most unrealistic idea+test out of them to primarily explain the issue with Hifiman headphones. I can't just deny

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gh0stf3rret in r/Hifiman

May 21, 2026 1:22 AM

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The Ananda Stealth is now a $200 headphone…

Yes from Danmark, preferred headphone is Arya organic, but I'm going for the edition xv later in life, first one I want is basically full upgrade from edition xs but also because I had some QC issues with the xs, just love the sound so much that even with a downer I want more hifiman Edit: also I ca

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initforthemoney123 in r/Hifiman

November 3, 2025 3:32 PM

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