Dan Clark Audio Aeon NOIRE XO Open-Back Planar Magnetic Headphones

Aeon NOIRE XO Over-Ear, Open-Back Planar Magnetic Headphones, by Dan Clark Audio.

NOIRE XO updates the iconic AEON 2 Open model 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.

Featuring a dramatic black-on-black aesthetic, improved ear pads, self-adjusting headband, and beautiful open cups, all sumptuously hinting at the numerous exciting upgrades within, all designed to maximize your listening pleasure.

With NOIRE XO, DCA sets a new standard in midrange headphone performance, comfort, and value.

Updated Driver Technology

NOIRE XO is designed around DCA's new, updated and improved NOIRE audio driver. This 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 XO’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 top-of-the-line headphones.

AMTS

Perhaps the most important feature of NOIRE XO is the addition of DCA’s critically-acclaimed AMTS tuning system, previously found only in their 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 XO with AMTS delivers remarkably balanced, nuanced, and airy treble free of the fatiguing artifacts that diminish your listening experience.

Improved Comfort

NOIRE XO 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 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 hotspots and pressure-points, making NOIRE XO ideal for long hours of immersive listening, free from adjustments or strain.

Features

• New open-back version of the highly-rated Aeon NOIRE X model.
• Dramatic black-on-black understated aesthetic.
• Improved ear pad design and materials.
• Acoustic Metamaterial Tuning System (AMTS™)
• Updated V-Planar driver.
• Self-tensioning headband.
• Packs small, very travel-friendly.

Specifications (TBC)

• Weight: 385g
• Efficiency: 94 dB/mW
• THD @ 85 dB, 1 kHz, <0.1% 100 Hz - 8 kHz
• Recommended min power @ 16 Ohms: 250 mW

Included

• 1 x Aeon NOIRE XO Headphones
• 1 x Detachable Cable (type as selected at purchase)
• 1 x Documentation

More Information

• Aeon NOIRE XO, by Dan Clark Audio