Over-Ear
HiFiMAN Ananda Bt
Not yet scored
$800
Full review dataHiFiMAN Ananda Bt vs Verum 2: which should you buy?
Specs, scores and condensed review verdicts for the HiFiMAN Ananda Bt vs Verum 2, side by side. Where a product has no HearWiki score yet, not enough reviews have been aggregated to rate it.
Over-Ear
Verum 2
85Outstanding
$500
Full review dataScore breakdown
Each axis is a 0–10 blend of what reviewers scored, not a lab measurement.
Verum 2 leads on 4 of 4 measures.
- HiFiMAN Ananda Bt
- Verum 2
HearWiki score
-
85
Sound
-
8.9
Value
-
9.0
Price (USD)
$800
$500
Generation & platform
The scores rank quality. This is the other question: is the newer one actually newer technology, or the same platform in a new shell?
Same generation
The Verum 2 is 6 years newer, but it is the same generation of hardware: nothing in the radio, the codecs or the noise cancelling separates them. The platform is level; the newer hardware shows up in convenience features instead - the HiFiMAN Ananda Bt adds USB-C. For 6 years between them, that is a thin return - treat this as a restyle rather than a new platform.
- Ananda Bt2019
- 220256 yr newer
What differsAnanda Bt2
- USB-C
- Yes
- No
Everyday features
Specifications
Ananda Bt2
- Type
- Over-Ear
- Over-Ear
- Price (USD)
- $800
- $500
- HearWiki score
- Not scored
- 85
- Released
- 2019
- 2025
- Availability
- Discontinued
- Sold new
- Driver
- planar magnetic
- 105 mm planar magnetic
- Driver type
- planar
- planar
- Driver size
- -
- 105 mm
- Drivers per side
- -
- 1
- Frequency response
- 8 Hz - 55 kHz
- -
- Impedance
- 35 Ω
- 8 Ω
- Sensitivity
- 103 dB/mW
- 96 dB/mW
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
- -
- Codecs
- SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD, LHDC, LDAC
- -
- Multipoint pairing
- No
- -
- Battery life
- 10 h
- -
- Full charge time
- 162 min
- -
- Wireless charging
- No
- -
- Active noise cancelling
- No
- No
- ANC type
- none
- none
- Transparency mode
- No
- No
- Companion app
- No
- No
- Custom EQ
- No
- No
- Wear detection
- No
- No
- Voice assistant
- -
- No
- Weight
- 495 g
- 450 g
- Detachable cable
- -
- Yes
- USB-C
- Yes
- No
- Pad material
- -
- fabric
- Connector
- -
- 3.5 mm
- Balanced connection
- -
- Yes
- Microphones
- 1
- -
- Call noise reduction
- -
- No
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