Audiophilepure

These are quality audiophile-level components, and if this mythical “fledgling audiophile” were to purchase these components as separates, she would be spending thousands of dollars even before purchasing the headphones. What is truly remarkable is that the Arya Wi-Fi was priced the same as the Arya Unveiled when it was first released. This is like buying the headphone and having all the components one would need to enjoy the world of top-tier head-fi thrown in for free.

When I think of HIFIMAN, lately I’ve also been thinking about Dr. Fang Bian and his visionary push for his company. I remember him once saying that he doesn’t like to simply repeat success, but to keep pushing into new territory. He has many “firsts” to his name, including the first “First True High-Fidelity Portable Music Player” that HIFIMAN brought out in 2009 called the “HIFIMAN HM-801”. That was followed by the first planar magnetic headphones designed for the mass consumer market, the “HE-5” in 2009, and the world’s first R2R True Wireless Earphones, the “Svanar Wireless”, in 2023. This was followed by the “Unveiled” open-back technology that removed the outer protective grill from the headphones. This started with the flagship Susvara, which I reviewed in Oct. of 2024, and has now been incorporated in several of the HIFIMAN models. And now, in 2026, we have the release of the Arya Wi-Fi and the HE1000 Wi-Fi, another bold first in the headphone world.