Planar is the culmination of Avantone's experience in creating reference-grade monitoring products & the demands of modern, professional end-users.

Featuring planar drivers for extreme detail & supreme comfort for long sessions, Avantone’s Planars are a perfect solution for mix engineers, musicians, podcasters, live-streamers & hi-fi enthusiasts.

Featuring planar magnetic driver technology

Planar drivers offer an incredible set of advantages over traditional moving coil drivers. Amazing accuracy, high-end detail, clarity, natural bass & response time.

Traditional moving coil drivers use a magnetic field to push/pull the driver in one direction & rely on the surround’s elasticity to return the driver to the neutral position. Planar drivers utilize a technology that mixes principles between dynamic & electrostatic drivers — they are constructed by a precise array of magnets that are evenly spaced across both sides of a thin, electrically-active diaphram.

Due to the nature of this magnetic field’s precision, force applied to the membrane is distributed in a symetric fashion which produces a signal with very little harmonic distortion & incredibly fast response times. Because planars use front & rear magnets to apply equal forces in both directions, there is far less weight applied to the driver material, which results in a much more natural sound with less distortion allowing for hours of fatigue-less listening.

Avantone’s Planar headphones employ an open-back design, with a perfectly tuned chamber resulting in a very flat-frequency environment, without the typical pressure build-up, acoustic resonance & frequency curve of closed back headphones. The result is an audiophile listening experience that can even be enjoyed portably!

Planar is perfectly weighted for long-listening sessions, & provides additional comfort with their soft & spacious ear pads.

Avantone Planars also include a high-grade, removable 3.5mm cable that can be plugged into either side!

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