HIFIMAN SUSVARA Headphone

The Susvara is currently the top of the heap HP in the Hifiman line up. I have owned/listened to various HFM HPs in the past - Massdrop HE - 350, HE 4, HE - 400, HE 500, HE - 560 (stay away from the v1 version of this), HE - 6 (still my favorite) and now the Susvara. There's a reason I skipped the other Indian- named HPs. I lost faith in the QC of HFM. Coming back to the Susvara, I'll say this once and get it out of my system. For this amount of money, Fang Bian should give us cables that are not better than Finolex (apologies to Finolex). While the HP itself looks big, it is not not heavy compared to other models and is very comfortable to wear for extended listening. My music chain consists of a PI2AES (fed with an external HDD or streaming Tidal) or a Lynx AES16E feeding my Dangerous Music Convert 2 DAC to the Auris Nirvana amp. TL;DR - A smooth and natural sounding HP but also cleaner, faster, and more resolving than any HFM HP I have heard or for that matter most other HPs I have heard. USE THE "RIGHT" AMP!! For detail retrieval, the Susvara is quite possibly the best headphone I've ever heard. Detail that gives me "oh, it's there?" moments on music that I've heard so many times. The SUSVARA has way better bass quality than most HFM HPs. I do miss the slam and the tactility of the HE 6. That would have made this perfect. However, albums like Daft Punk's Random Access Memories are a fun listen to when the bass goes deep. The layering, separation, and staging are outstanding. Hence the Susvara can be an analytical headphone but also an engaging headphone. I like the fact that the Susvara is a bit recessed in the upper mids and then go up (but not by much). This takes away the shrillness and there is no sibilance for me at all. This all makes for lovely treble articulation and overall tonality. Now comes the caveat: using the proper amp. HFM is famous for its inefficient headphones at the top of the line (HE 6 and Susvara). Both these headphones love power. On the SS amp side (and I am a tube guy), i suspect that a good speaker amp will work very well. I also suspect that the Susvara could sound leaner with SS amps. The Susvara is wonderful with my Nirvana amp which runs a pair of EL 34s. The amp provides quality power in spades and the Auris amps are clean, resolving and essentially get out of the way to make the transducer do its thing. Friends of mine have driven the Susvara with a 2A3 amp and rave about the pairing. Finally, make sure your source of music is all good quality. My chain will show up poorly recorded, highly compressed music. Then the Susvara can be difficult to listen to since it will expose these shortcomings.