Hand-built Audiophile Headphones
Audio-Technica's ADX3000 headphones are all about craftsmanship.
28 October 2024
Audio-Technica has introduced the ATH-ADX3000 Open-Air Dynamic Headphones. Designed to deliver true high-end experience, the headphones feature unparalleled sound quality and comfort. The advanced driver technology provides the listener with impressive natural and spacious audio.
The headphones are available in on the Audio-Technica website, Sydney’s Minidisc and participating Audio-Technica resellers for RRP $1,799.
The ATH-ADX3000’s open-back design allows unrestricted airflow, producing incredibly pure audio quality with life-like sound staging and imaging. The headphones use little to no dampening material or acoustic aides. Hand-crafted with precision in Audio-Technica’s factory in Machida, Japan, the ATH-ADX3000 features a full-range driver designed and manufactured entirely by its in-house engineers and technicians. The driver uses the same technology as the company’s acclaimed flagship ATH-ADX5000 headphones.
Audio-Technica’s exclusive Core Mount Technology positions the driver’s voice coil in the middle of its housing so that the acoustic space is balanced in both the front and the back of the driver. Audio-Technica lead engineer Hiromichi Ozawa noted, “Our engineers worked hard to achieve a frequency response that is not easy to obtain by using only natural airflow. Our expertise in driver technology influenced our approach to open-back headphones and enabled us to ensure that the driver diaphragm moves with the purest motion possible.”
The ATH-ADX3000 employs a 58 mm tungsten-coated diaphragm, pure iron magnetic circuit, voice coil, and aluminium housing combined in a single integrated driver unit. The diaphragm is extremely lightweight and responsive, and the pure iron magnet enables exceptional dynamic range and high efficiency. This approach creates an ideal structure that offers superb clarity and stereo imaging, with articulate bass, a smooth midrange, and detailed, extended high frequencies.
Weighing only 280 grams, the ATH-ADX3000 is designed for long-wearing comfort, perfect for long listening sessions. It comes with a detachable 3.0m cable with A2DC connectors and a robust aluminium storage case.
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