Golden Ears: HIFIMAN Svanar In-Ear Monitors Review

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In this edition of Golden Ears, we’re looking at one of the highest-tier, most expensive audio products in our site’s history: the HIFIMAN Svanar. This pair of IEMs retails for $1,999 and are the company’s flagship pair of in-ear monitors. Over the month or so we’ve had them in-hand for testing, we’ve put them through their paces to see exactly what you get for such an expensive pair of IEMs and whether they live up to the price. The audio hobby extends ever upward, so join us as we take a look and see exactly what HIFIMAN’s flagship IEMs have to offer.

Welcome back to Golden Ears! This is our semi-regular column dedicated to the world of high-end audio. In this series, we look at premium audio products that all promise a next-level listening experience. But what exactly do you get when you spend a little, or sometimes a lot, more? That’s what we aim to discover, helping you to find out just what’s worth investing in to upgrade your listening experience for music and gaming alike. 

For this article in particular, we’re looking at the HIFIMAN Svanar, a product that currently retails for $1,999. At this price, it exists in the flagship, halo audio market. As such, discussions of value are more subjective than ever. For many listeners, that pricing is simply out of reach, and no matter how good they are, they will seem like a terrible value. For others, passionate audiophiles with plentiful expendable income who consider audio their primary hobby, may have a different opinion.For products like this, ideas of value are very subjective; one person’s steal might be another’s exorbitance, so we’ll largely be leaving that to the side today.

On the topic of scoring, it’s important to note a couple of things. First, while we