HIFIMAN SUSVARA vs HIFIMAN SUSVARA UNVEILED

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SUSVARA compared with SUSVARA UNVEILED

	HIFIMANSUSVARA	HIFIMANSUSVARA UNVEILED
Overview
Released
Released	2017	June 2024
Sound
Type
Type	Over-ear	Over-ear
Noise cancelling
Noise cancelling	No	No
Back
Back	Open	Open
Impedance
Impedance	60 ohms	45 ohms
Bluetooth codecs
Bluetooth codecs	None (wired)	None (wired)
Drivers
Drivers	Planar magnetic with Stealth Magnets; diaphragm less than a micron thick; 6 Hz – 75 kHz; sensitivity 83 dB	Planar magnetic with Stealth Magnets and Nanometer Thickness Diaphragm (under a micron thick) with a metallic silver conductor layer; no grille over the drivers; 6 Hz – 75 kHz; sensitivity 86 dB
Battery
Listening time (maker's claim)
Listening time (maker's claim)	No battery (wired)	No battery (wired)
Design
Weight
Weight	450 g	430 g (better)
Headphone cable
Headphone cable	Yes	Yes
Fit and ear tips
Fit and ear tips	Over-ear, open-back; oval cups with patented "Window Shade" grille; metal headband with perforated headstrap (the HE1000 series design, per Headfonics); ergonomic ear pads	Over-ear, fully open back; CNC-milled, hand-polished metal headband with perforated headstrap and two adjustment blocks; asymmetric, bevelled ear pads. Weight excludes the Magnetic Veils and cable
Works with
Works with	Detachable crystalline copper, silver-plated cables with balanced XLR and single-ended terminations (Headfonics)	Detachable 3 m cables with 6.35 mm and 4-pin XLR balanced plugs; single crystalline copper wire alongside a single crystalline silver wire
In the box
In the box	–	Headphones, Magnetic Veils (driver covers), 3 m 6.35 mm cable, 3 m 4-pin XLR balanced cable