Hifiman Arya Stealth VS Sony MDR-M1
Yesterday was a hell of a day.. As the FedEx delivery guy cancelled my Delivery because there was no name on our door! Meanwhile we get our parcels very normally from Amazon, DHL and other courier companies!
Anyway, after 3 tough hours of calls and emails i made it very clear for Hifiman (because it's their fault in first place to use such a service provider) and FedEx that if I'm not getting my Headphones TODAY, then I'll just cancel my order completely! Which led FedEx to call the delivery guy to come back to to hand it over.
So now let’s get to business: Arya Stealth magnets in comparison with the Sony MDR-M1.. after many hours of very focused listening(but EQed a bit) .. I'd say they do provide me exactly what i was missing from the Sony's: Bigger sound stage, stronger bass and most importantly, much better sub-bass, which the M1s can't do even with EQ.. Otherwise i must confess that i love my M1s a little more now.. Great sound and value no doubt!
So my take is, is the Aryas are better? Yes, but not 300€+ better 👀
One more thing here, i think we need a study at some point about the Chinese branding/naming.. Because it's always has been really confusing to guess what model is which.. And the Arya stealth is a great example for this, as you can see from the pictures, there's no clear text what you have on the box.
