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Dan Clark Audio
Dan Clark Audio is an American headphone maker based in San Diego, California. Founded by Dan Clark as MrSpeakers in 2012 and renamed Dan Clark Audio in 2019, it specializes in planar-magnetic headphones — the closed-back AEON and Noire lines and the flagship ETHER, STEALTH and EXPANSE — and developed the AMTS (Acoustic Metamaterial Tuning System) waveguide used to shape their high-frequency response.
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- San Diego, California, USA
- Known for
- Planar-magnetic headphones & AMTS tuning
- Reviews
- 5 reviews
Latest reviews
Headphone· $899· 2026-08-08Dan Clark Audio AEON 2 Noire
The pads made it a different headphone — and left reviewers agreeing on the graph while arguing about almost everything on it.
11 sourcesconsensus 754 contested
Headphone· $4500· 2026-08-08Dan Clark Audio Stealth
The closest thing to a settled measurement — and an argument about slam that it never settled.
17 sourcesconsensus 845 contested
Headphone· $4500· 2026-08-07Dan Clark Audio Expanse
The best-measuring open-back one lab had ever tested — and the graph still doesn't settle the argument.
14 sourcesconsensus 845 contested
- Headphone· $2299
Dan Clark Audio E3
A closed-back tuned to sound open — near-unanimous on stage, resolution and comfort, argued over from the bass to the treble to whether it's worth the price.
consensus 7910 sources2026-07-20 - Headphone· $999
Dan Clark Audio Noire X
A compact closed-back planar tuned to Harman with a lively lift — near-unanimous on comfort, build and imaging, argued over from the bass to the treble to how much amp it needs.
consensus 7513 sources2026-07-10