Many of the most popular headphones, even for listeners on a budget, use planar magnetic drivers, and for good reason: the level of detail and clarity they’re able to provide is outstanding.

Planar magnetic headphones are fragile, larger, heavier, and more expensive compared to other types. Excellent sound quality and wide soundstage make planar magnetic headphones ideal for ...

The ultimate comparison between the Hifiman Sundara and Sennheiser HD650 headphones, two top contenders in the audiophile ...

Like before, the only real holdup is that they are on-ear rather than over-ear headphones, and that might not be your jam.

Noble, a leader in the design and development of universal and custom in-ear monitors, has announced its first-ever over-ear ...

Noble didn't cut corners on design either. The FoKus Apollo is built with an anodized aluminum frame, and the Alcantara ...

The FoKus Apollo headphones have ANC, 80 hours of playtime, support for LDAC and aptX HD codecs. The drivers are a ...

At only $399, the Audeze MM-100 planar magnetic headphones are going to please a lot of studio ... It delivers sub-bass performance comparable to the Oppo PM-1, Andover PM-50 or HiFiMAN Sundara with ...

and that makes the genuinely new products all the more exciting – products such as the new Noble FoKus Apollo headphones, which have a world-first combination of dynamic and planar magnetic ...

Inside each earcup is a 40mm dynamic driver — which has become a nearly universal standard in wireless headphones — but Noble has also thrown in a 14.5mm planar magnetic driver, making the Fokus ...

Looking away from IEMs for a minute, you will find planar magnetic drivers are a hot ... making them a staple for studio ...

These are our favorite on-ear and over-ear headphones. I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a ...