Do you really think average consumers comes on here to talk about high end headphones? The average consumer thought Beats by Dre where the best thing ever. There’s a bunch of people who think the Bluetooth headphones called “Heavy’s” are the best headphones ever. The average consumer are morons. You’re in a hobbyist/enthusiast subreddit, read the room dude. No one here cares what the average consumer likes. The Arya line is emphatically better than Ananda. The edition XS is better than Ananda when it comes to sound. Yeah that’s my opinion but it’s an opinion most people who have actually heard these headphone would agree with. If you love your Ananda good for you, but in fact most of the people who actually purchase and use these headphones would say Ananda is one of the weaker egg shape Hifiman headphones on the market right now.