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.

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 ...

Headphone drivers are the core components that convert electrical signals into the sound you hear, making them crucial for ...

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

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Romanian headphone brand Meze Audio has revealed its new Empyrean II ...

The drivers are electrostatic meaning that instead of magnets like ... The Dan Clark Audio Ether 2 is a planar magnetic headphone using a 71mm x 45mm driver so while the cups are round on the Ether 2, ...

What sets the D7000 apart, though, is that Final Audio has gone to town where the technology of planar magnetic headphones is concerned, and consequently has a pretty compelling story to tell.

Most headphones and speakers use electromagnetic force to drive speaker coils. Electrostatic speakers use electrostatic force to modulate a diaphragm. Mylar is used as the diaphragm in these ...

The FoKus Apollo headphones have ANC, 80 hours of playtime, support for LDAC and aptX HD codecs. The drivers are a ...

At only $399, the Audeze MM-100 planar magnetic headphones are going to please a lot of studio professionals and audiophiles alike. Professional audio mix engineers can now use Audeze's Maxwell ...

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

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 ...