Planar magnetic headphones are fragile, larger, heavier, and more expensive compared to other types. Excellent sound quality and wide soundstage make planar magnetic headphones ideal for ...

The HiFiMan Sundara are premium sounding and stylish-looking open-back headphones. They feature planar magnetic drivers that include a NEO “supernano” Diaphragm (NsD) which is significantly ...

Audeze LCD-2 Classic legendary headphone reimagined, our in-depth review explores its warm, immersive sound, and exceptional ...

Like before, the only real holdup is that they are on-ear rather than over-ear headphones, and that might not be your jam.

At only $399, the Audeze MM-100 planar magnetic headphones are going to please a lot of studio professionals and audiophiles alike.

Romanian headphone brand Meze Audio has revealed its new Empyrean II planar magnetic headphones. Building Meze’s original Empyrean headphones, this new version blends driver innovation and some ...

The headline, of course, is the use of planar magnetic drivers to deliver sound. The overwhelming majority of wireless over-ear headphones, at any and every price, use dynamic driver technology (a ...

Planar magnetic over-ear headphones are thin on the ground at this sort of money, but they’re not unheard of. Brands with the credibility of Audeze and HiFiMan (to name but two) have a similarly ...

Looking away from IEMs for a minute, you will find planar magnetic drivers are a hot ... making them a staple for studio ...

Headphones with planar magnetic drivers tend to be less common, and more aspirational, than headphones with dynamic drivers. In some ways, the reasons for this are very similar. Planar magnetic ...

These are our favorite on-ear and over-ear headphones. I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a ...