Dan Clark Audio Noire X Planar Magnetic Closed Headphones

NOIRE X™ updates our iconic AEON 2 NOIRE by integrating DCA’s state-of-the-art Acoustic Metamaterial Tuning System™ (AMTS™) with an improved driver, all carefully wrapped in a gorgeous ergonomically-enhanced design.

NOIRE X’s dramatic black-on-black aesthetic, redesigned ear pads, self-adjusting headband, and Gorilla Glass 3 clad cups sumptuously hint at the numerous exciting upgrades within, all designed to maximize your listening pleasure.

With NOIRE X, Dan Clark Audio sets a new standard in midrange headphone performance, comfort, and value.

Better Technology Means Better Sound

NOIRE X is designed around an updated and improved AEON audio driver. The new driver is significantly more rigid than it’s predecessor, with superior unit to unit consistency, reduced distortion, improved reliability, and smoothed frequency response.

Extensive R&D investments were made to optimize other aspects of NOIRE X’s planar driver. New manufacturing processes combined with highly optimized V-Planar knurling deliver a remarkably smooth frequency response with low distortion throughout the listening range, achieving levels of detail heretofore found primarily in our top-of-the-line headphones.

Leveraging our state-of-the-art Audio Precision 555B and B&K 5128 measurement system, we’ve carefully integrated NOIRE X’s new driver with our patent-pending AMTS and redesigned ear pads to create an experience we’re sure you’ll never forget.

Acoustic Metamaterial Tuning System (AMTS)

Perhaps the most important feature of NOIRE X is the addition of DCA’s critically-acclaimed AMTS tuning system, previously found only in our top-of-the-line Stealth, Expanse, E3 and Corina headphones.

Truly a revolution in acoustic engineering, AMTS uses advanced metamaterial design concepts to shape system frequency response while simultaneously eliminating high-frequency standing waves, which are responsible for the synthetic-sounding high frequencies found in all too many headphones.

By eliminating these standing waves, NOIRE X with AMTS delivers remarkably balanced, nuanced, and airy treble free of the fatiguing artifacts that diminish your listening experience.

Self-Tensioning Headband

Our self-tensioning headband reduces listening fatigue by distributing pressure evenly across your head for a balanced, barely-there fit. The uniform pressure distribution helps prevent hot-spots and pressure-points, making NOIRE X ideal for long hours of immersive listening, free from adjustments or strain.

Gorilla Glass

NOIRE X is a stunning yet understated headphone, from the stitched headband to the all new Gorilla Glass 3 finish on the cups. Gorilla Glass 3 is a thin sheet of alkali-aluminosilicate that makes the glass stiffer and more scratch and break resistant than conventional glass formulations. The striking minimalist aesthetic is completed with the tone-on-tone understated NOIRE X logo.

Luxurious Comfort with Upgraded Ear Pads

NOIRE X includes all-new ear pads to ensure an exceptionally comfortable experience. Using Alcantara synthetic suede on the contact surface reduces heat and moisture buildup, ensuring cool comfort during extended listening sessions, even in warmer or more humid environments.

In addition, the NOIRE X Ear Pads are designed to reduce “foam rolling,” so the pads will have a longer usable life, and more consistent fit and operation. NOIRE X Ear Pads are backwards compatible with our AEON 2 NOIRE, AEON RT Closed, and AEON 2 Closed headphones.

How Does NOIRE X Sound?
We’ve gone all-in with NOIRE X to deliver the most exciting possible sonic experience, regardless of price. As is our custom, we never de-feature a headphone at lower price points, instead we try to take the technology, comfort and performance of our flagship headphones and cost-reduce them to realize superior performance at lower prices. Combining our no-compromise audio performance ethic with an exciting new look and great ergonomics establishes NOIRE X among the greatest value/performance ratio headphones in the market.

Equally satisfying with all genres of music, NOIRE X’s expansive soundstage, punchy bass, silky midrange, vibrantly smooth highs, and layers of detail will keep you engaged with your favourite music for days on end. Never fatiguing, NOIRE X will have you revisiting your entire music library to experience your music like never before.

In the Box:

• Noire X headphone by Dan Clark Audio
• Carrying case
• 2 meter "Dummer" cable, 1/8th inch (3.5mm) with 1/4-inch (6.3mm) adapter (special order option: instead of this cable, get a 2 meter XLR cable or 4.4mm balanced cable)
• Certificate of authenticity
• Manual
• Tuning kit
  

Specifications:
Weight: 385g
Efficiency: ~94dB/mW
THD at 85dB @1KHz: <0.1% 100Hz-8KHz
Recommended minimum power at 16Ω: 250mW