# HiFiMan Susvara Over-Ear Planar Headphone - Official Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Official Headphone Model Discussion\ **Tags:** hifiman, planar\ **Created:** [November 15, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/hifiman-susvara-over-ear-planar-headphone-official-thread/2293 "2018-11-15T20:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 688
**Author:** ![jlemaster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/jlemaster/32/44715_2.png) [@jlemaster](https://forum.headphones.com/u/jlemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/hifiman-susvara-over-ear-planar-headphone-official-thread/2293/688 "2023-02-02T02:59:55Z")
Hi - I am a new (last 2 months) Susvara owner. I have read through the whole thread, so have a lot to comment on but here will just confine my comments to the EQ profile. I am a Roon user, and my chain is Roon (on a 2017 MacAir 13- I acknowledge the limits of this)–\> Sonore Optical Rendu–\> D90SE (DAC mode) → Burson 3xP, high gain. Given my chain, my impression needs to be read cautiously. YMMV given your chain. My preference is for clean/textured but impactful bass, present mids, detailed treble (not sensitive in this region) and deep/wide soundstage. I use EQ often and liberally, since in Roon it is so easy to tweak. I compared Sus on a range of mostly EDM with some orchestral elements (eg Caritas by Deadmau5), and went back and forth using @Resolve’s EQ profile and no EQ. Unquestionably, the EQ profile bass is more impactful, and the mids are more forward and present, though I found it a bit harder to pick up some of the treble details up top. If I had to choose I would probably stick with “no EQ”- I find bass texture most fits my prefs w/o it. Headphone Show’s Chronos provides an alternative EQ profile [here](https://forum.headphones.com/t/chronos-eq-profile-compilation/7091) which I find a better fit to my preferences; however, I find little lacking in the Susvara’s SQ w/o EQ. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.headphones.com/t/hifiman-susvara-over-ear-planar-headphone-official-thread/2293)._