The PM - 1s, he noted, were significantly lighter than other
planar magnetic models but just a bit heavier than most normal models.
Many high - end headphones — including some competing
planar magnetic models — are heavy.
Monoprice Monolith M1060 —
This planar magnetic model closely resembles HiFiMan's midpriced headphones, and has in many ways a similar sound, but our panelists thought the M1060's treble sounded unnatural, «like it's coming from inside a can,» according to Lauren.
Not exact matches
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.
When the iSine in - ear
model was announced, we got rather excited at the prospect of the first ever
planar magnetic in - ears.
The iSine 20 that I'm reviewing today are ostensibly in - ear headphones, but they also use
planar magnetic technology from over-ear cans, and they're roughly the size of on - ear
models.
We also compared the headphones to several different high - end
models, including two pairs of
planar magnetic cans from Audeze (the $ 800 EL - 8 open - back headphones, and the $ 500 closed - back Sine on - ear), as well as a pair of Massdrop x Sennheiser open - back HD 6XX headphones (a custom facelift of the $ 350 HD 650).
The Alpha diverges from Adv's budget
models as a $ 499 full - sized headphone sporting proprietary single - sided 96 mm
planar magnetic drivers.