Hifiman Deva Review

Comfort

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The Hifiman Deva is considerably lighter than the Ananda BT, 100 grams to be exact. This eases the weight on the head and that is important for long listening sessions. Also, thanks to the clamping force which is just right, the headphone sits quite comfortable. Normally I’m not a fan of circular shaped cans, but the pads sit very comfortably around my ears without touching. That means there’s enough room inside the pads which is nice.

The position of the headphone affects the overall comfort, so you can try different positions for finding the sweet spot. In my case, I position the headband a little on the front area of my head instead of the back side.

Hifiman Deva

The swiveling ear cups make sure that the ear cups perfectly fit over your ears, and the pressure is just right to keep them in place. The material used for the pads are leather and velvet, and they feel soft and very comfy. My ears don’t touch the inside part of the ear-cups, which is also good. The Hifiman Deva is a very comfortable headphone as a whole.

In Bluetooth mode, not having any cables attached to the headphone provides even more comfort to the user as well. You can move around, walk and have a cup of coffee while your source is away, supplying data to your headphone over the air.

Operation

Hifiman supplies a small instruction handbook for the Deva. I suggest you to check it out because it’s very easy to understand and it immediately gives you a basic idea how to use this headphone.

Using the headphone in a traditional way is plain and simple. Just connect the supplied 3.5mm cable and you’re good to go. There’s nothing else you need to do. The one side of the cable is terminated with a TRRS jack. You can use 3.5mm balanced outputs that way, such as Hifiman’s own DAPs. However, this output is not much popular in the market so I think this is just a feature to use with Hifiman devices.

Hifiman Deva

For wireless mode, opening the Bluemini module is straightforward; push and hold the power button and you will hear an opening beep sound on the headphone. For pairing, push the button twice, and the small LED flashes with green and blue color. This means you can now pair it with your source device. After pairing, the LED will continue to flash in blue color at intervals, telling that the headphone works normally.

To charge the module you just need to plug the charging cable. The charging starts automatically. However, if you connect the device to your laptop or smartphone via USB cable, the module can draw power from your source device. To prevent this, you need to press and hold the charging button for 2 seconds before plugging the USB cable to your device. This way, the module won’t charge while playing music.

Same as charging, the device automatically starts the USB playback mode when you plug the USB cable to Bluemini.

General Usage

So as a whole, the Hifiman Deva is quite easy and simple to use. The only negative point that I can mention about this headphone is the absence of volume and track skip buttons. You can’t do those without touching your source device. You only have a play/pause function through pushing the power button once in each. If you like to do phone calls with your headphone, then the button also works for incoming calls. It was also the case with the Ananda BT.

Hifiman Deva

The wireless range of the Bluemini module is quite impressive. You can go to the other rooms in the house and you still have a flawless connection. That makes it an ideal open back audiophile headphone for hanging around in your house. When you go too far away from the source though, there is a loss in connection but that’s expected of course.

For the USB mode, you don’t get a USB-C to USB-C cable unfortunately. For using with an Android phone, you need to have a converter to hook it up. The cable is perfect for laptops but another cable for smartphone would’ve been very nice. I have the iFi OTG cable to go around that problem, but not everyone has that kind of a cable.

Nevertheless, my experience with the Deva has been very very positive. I found it to be more comfortable than the Ananda BT as well. Of course Ananda has a better sound but more on that on the next page. The Deva’s comfort, premium design and build quality are top notch. The operation is simple and flawless. You also get 3 types of connection in one package; wireless, wired and USB. That takes the cake!

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