{"id":10232,"date":"2025-07-05T07:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T22:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=10232"},"modified":"2025-07-05T07:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T22:16:15","slug":"dan-clark-audio-noire-xo-evaluate-headfonics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=10232","title":{"rendered":"Dan Clark Audio NOIRE XO Evaluate \u2014 Headfonics"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In the present day, Marcus critiques the Dan Clark Audio NOIRE XO, the most recent open-back AMTS-equipped planar magnetic headphones within the firm\u2019s AEON Sequence. They’re priced at $1299.99.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: This pattern was despatched to me in change for our trustworthy opinion. Headfonics is an unbiased web site with no affiliate hyperlinks or standing. I thank Dan Clark Audio<\/a> for his or her assist.<\/em><\/p>\n

Click on right here to learn extra about Dan Clark Audio<\/a> merchandise we now have beforehand reviewed on Headfonics.<\/em><\/p>\n

This text follows our newest scoring tips<\/a>, which you’ll be able to learn in additional element right here.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dan Clark Audio NOIRE XO Evaluate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Dan Clark Audio NOIRE XO is a wonderful benchmark for open-back planar headphones at this worth level.<\/p>\n

It does issues just a little in a different way from the closed-back X, eschewing the widely high-contrast, extra explosive sound of the previous for a smoother, extra agreeable sound signature that pairs with a far wider vary of amplifiers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Slide right here so as to add your rating on the gear!36 Votes<\/span><\/p>\n

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Professionals<\/p>\n

Wonderful tuning stability that only a few headphone amplifiers will ‘dislike’.<\/p>\n

‘Child EXPANSE’ design accents make it stand out greater than the closed again model.<\/p>\n

Light-weight and really snug to put on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cons<\/p>\n

Wants an amplifier with good output energy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

As positive as there’s a Dan Clark Audio closed-back headphone launched, the open-back model isn’t far behind. And that’s exactly the case right here with the closed-back NOIRE X<\/a> popping out in early 2025, adopted by the brand new NOIRE XO open-back model.<\/p>\n

There’s a worth distinction between the 2; they aren’t precise matches. The NOIRE XO retails at $1299.99, which locations it a rung beneath the E3<\/a> however a bit above the $999.99 closed-back model.<\/p>\n

I discovered the NOIRE X glorious worth, righting among the faults I had from the unique closed-back AEON 2 NOIRE<\/a>, a pre-AMTS mannequin launched just a few years in the past.<\/p>\n

I nonetheless have the even older AEON 2 open-back within the workplace from 2020, so I’m eager to listen to how rather more the NOIRE XO affords over the unique, plus the way it differs from all the opposite NOIREs at present obtainable on this evaluate.<\/p>\n

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