- Open-back headphones with 100mm flat drivers
- Full Drive Tech for larger effective area
- $799 (around £595 / AU$685)
Moondrop has introduced its new Skyland planar magnetic headphones, with very large and efficient drivers, but what intrigues me most is its headband.
The Skyland’s headband consists of a flexible, hollow carbon fiber strap and headband that has been 3D printed in a multi-segment adjustable design to offer good support, light weight, and excellent breathability for heads of all sizes.
The headband may not be the most technically impressive part of these very high-spec headphones, but if it’s as comfortable as it looks, it’ll make a big difference during long listening sessions.
Of course, the headband isn’t the main selling point here: it’s the very large 100mm planar magnetic driver with 500nm diaphragms and fine mesh protective grilles.
The driver features Full Drive technology to place the circuitry flat across the entire vibrating section of the driver rather than in a rectangle in the middle, and Moondrop says that results in performance “comparable to electrostatics” and with highs “far superior to traditional planar magnetic headphones.”
Moondrop Skyland Headphones: Key Features and Prices
The Skyland headphones are open-back with a low-diffraction matte surface and a metal protective grille positioned well away from the diaphragm so it can provide protection without interfering with the audio. The headphones are fitted with soft lambskin ear cushions that have been shaped to ensure they do not impede sound.
The headphones themselves are made from a high-strength aluminum alloy CNC hollow frame and feature a slim suspension system for the drivers that Moondrop says is “difficult to manufacture” but offers plenty of detail.
The headphone cables are replaceable and use a universal 3.5mm interchangeable design with a slanted angle. The cable supplied is a 4.4mm balanced one with a 4.4mm to 6.35mm adapter and a Cannon quad core balanced 4.4mm to XLR adapter.
The Skyland headphones have an impedance of 60 ohms and a claimed frequency response of 8 Hz to 34 kHz, which is quite impressive. The sensitivity is 96 dB/Vrms.
The Moondrop Skyland Planar Magnetic Headphones are available now for a list price of $799 (around £595 / AU$685).
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