The aforementioned Audeze and
Blue planar magnetic headphones are also solid options.
Not exact matches
This year,
Blue is stepping up that effort with a new flagship
headphone pair that extends its ambitions to a higher stratum: the
Blue Ella cost $ 699.99 and are built around
planar magnetic technology.
Blue also claims that the Ella is the first
planar magnetic headphone to offer a built - in 250mW audiophile - grade amp that is perfectly matched to
Blue's custom
planar magnetic drivers to deliver crystal - clear audio on all listening devices.
Blue Microphones expands its amplified
headphone lineup with the Ella
planar -
magnetic and Sadie Hi - Fi
Blue Microphones is showing off a pair of new premium
headphones at CES in Las Vegas: A
planar -
magnetic model dubbed Ella, and a more conventional set of cans called Sadie, which
Blue is positioning as a «next - generation» high - fidelity
headphone.
As we've come to expect from a refined pair of
planar magnetic headphones,
Blue's Ella offer a vivid expression of clean and clear sound wrought with detailed reproduction of instrumental textures, a wide and well - balanced soundstage, and the kind of fluidity and presence in the upper register that traditional dynamic drivers struggle to achieve.
We've reviewed only a handful of
planar magnetic driver - based
headphones thus far, like the
Blue Ella and the in - ear Audeze iSine20.