HiFiMan Edition XS vs Sony WH-1000XM5

“Sorry everyone. I am really horrible at describing the sound and am very new to this hobby. I spent more time with the XS and the Arya Stealth. The XS seemed a bit warmer to me and the price made it worth it! The HE 1000Unveiled was beautiful sounding. Not as flat as the SE, it felt like it had a little more color in the tuning. That Unveiled would be my dream cans. I loved the Arya Organic too. They sounded huge! It felt like I was in a concert hall and could point out exactly where each instrument was coming from. Depth!, the bass was a little lacking, but it was clean. The Susvara had the best separation. Even better than the Organics to my ears. But they also felt distant, especially vocals. They were detailed. I hope this doesn’t make me sound like a dumbass. LOL. I think my next step up will be the organics.”

“I guess I’m the odd one out, but I really liked my XM5. Served me strong for more than 2 years and multiple oversea flights and long distance trips, not to mention daily commutes. I like how light and silent the design was, where as the XM4s always creaked. It’s good to see that they went back to a folding design, the xm5 case was too damn large. I just hope the tuning continues to improve as it did with the XM5 over the previous generation.”