Many of the most popular headphones, even for listeners on a budget, use planar magnetic drivers, and for good reason: the level of detail and clarity they’re able to provide is outstanding.

At $1,599, Audio-Technica's limited edition wooden audiophile over-ear headphones are handcrafted in Tokyo, but only 300 will be made. At $8,000, the flagship HiFiMAN SUSVARA UNVEILED planar-magnetic ...

Noble is well known for its high-end earbuds, and founder John Moulton has been expressing his frustration with the lack of ...

At only $399, the Audeze MM-100 planar magnetic headphones are going to please a lot of studio ... It delivers sub-bass performance comparable to the Oppo PM-1, Andover PM-50 or HiFiMAN Sundara with ...

Or Hifiman’s entry level cans ... Now, when I said the Sundara is light for a planar magnetic headphone, the HD650 shows how much lighter a dynamic headphone can be, clocking in at just 260 grams. In ...

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 ...

Noble didn't cut corners on design either. The FoKus Apollo is built with an anodized aluminum frame, and the Alcantara ...

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 ...

Inside each earcup is a 40mm dynamic driver — which has become a nearly universal standard in wireless headphones — but Noble has also thrown in a 14.5mm planar magnetic driver, making the Fokus ...

and that makes the genuinely new products all the more exciting – products such as the new Noble FoKus Apollo headphones, which have a world-first combination of dynamic and planar magnetic ...