Monolith Headphones with Case

Most headphones – certainly most headphones around the $300 mark – are what’s known as dynamic driver headphones. These use a magnetic field to move a speaker diaphragm, creating sound waves. Planar magnetic headphones are a little different, in that they spread the magnetic charge across the entire diaphragm, resulting in sound that is clearer and more open. It’s a technology that demands a fair bit of power and some reasonably advanced parts, which is why up until this point it’s been the preserve of more expensive headphones. The sound has a refreshing openness to it, with an airy quality and an excellent level of detail that are the hallmarks of the technology. Ultimately, this is what anybody picking up these headphones should expect, and they deliver. The quality is helped along by the open-back design, too, adding an extra waft of air.