- Open-back headphones with 100 mm planar drivers
- Full Drive Tech for greater effective area
- $799 (approx £595 / AU$685)
Moondrop has unveiled its new Skyland planar magnetic headphones with very large and efficient drivers – but what I’m most intrigued by is its headband.
The Skyland Headband consists of a flexible, hollow, carbon fiber strap and headband that has been 3D printed in a multi-segmented adjustable design to deliver good support, light weight and excellent breathability for heads of all sizes.
The headband might 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 grids.
The driver features Full Drive Technology to place the planar circuits across the entire vibrating section of the driver rather than in a rectangle down the middle of it, and Moondrop says it results in performance “comparable to electrostatics” and with treble “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 placed quite far from the diaphragm to provide protection without interfering with the sound. The ear cups are equipped with soft lambskin ear cushions that are modeled to ensure they do not obstruct sound.
The headphones themselves are made from a high-strength CNC aluminum alloy hollow structure and feature a thin suspension system for the drivers, which Moondrop says is “challenging to manufacture” but delivers ample detail.
The headphones’ cables are replaceable and use a universal 3.5mm replaceable design with an oblique angle. The included cable is a 4.4mm balanced cable with a 4.4mm to 6.35mm adapter and a 4.4mm to XLR balanced Cannon four-core adapter.
The Skyland headphones have an impedance of 60 ohms and a claimed frequency response of 8Hz to 34kHz, which is pretty impressive. The sensitivity is 96dB/Vrms.
The Moondrop Skyland planar magnetic headphones are available now with a list price of $799 (approx £595 / AU$685).
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