{"id":176285,"date":"2023-12-07T12:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=176285"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:01:12","slug":"dan-clark-e3-closed-back-planar-headphones-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/dan-clark-e3-closed-back-planar-headphones-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Clark E3: Closed-back planar headphones launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Dan Clark E3 headphones has a black and blue design and features ergonomically shaped cups covered with <i>Gorilla Glass 3<\/i>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>The Dan Clark E3 headphones are closed-back headphones that combine the signature sound of Dan Clark Audio headphones with an open acoustic design and all the benefits of a closed-back design.\u00a0The new product features a patented Acoustic Metamaterial Tuning System (AMTS) and uses new 5th generation drivers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/26_techweek.webp\" alt=\"\u00a0 Dan Clark Audio E3 Planar Over-Ear Headphones\" width=\"870\" height=\"650\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Clark Audio E3 Planar Over-Ear Headphones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The most important feature of the E3 headphones is the improved AMTS tuning system, previously found only in the top-end Expanse and Corina headphones.\u00a0E3 brings this technology to a more affordable segment.<\/p>\n<p>The 5th Generation E3 Planar Magnetic Driver features innovative diaphragms using a new tension system to deliver smoother, more consistent sound, less distortion and increased stability.\u00a0New membrane materials are combined with optimized V-Planar metal tracks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/27_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Dan Clark Audio E3 Planar Over-Ear Headphones\" width=\"870\" height=\"653\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Clark Audio E3 Planar Over-Ear Headphones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The earcups of the Dan Clark Audio E3 headphones are lined with Gorilla Glass 3, which is most often used for high-end smartphone screens.\u00a0Gorilla Glass 3 is glass with a thin layer of alkali-alumina silicate material that makes it tougher and scratch-resistant, and the design behind the glass is reminiscent of the protective mesh of open-back headphones.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/28_techweek.webp\" alt=\"\u00a0 Dan Clark Audio E3 Planar Over-Ear Headphones\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Behind the glass you can see a dual-mode bass port &#8211; another DCA innovation for the E3.\u00a0While it&#8217;s not unusual to find a bass port on closed-back headphones, Dan Clark Audio says the dual-mode port provides &#8220;unmatched control of frequency response in the low-frequency region, producing superbly balanced, impactful bass.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/29_techweek.webp\" alt=\"\u00a0 Dan Clark Audio E3 Planar Over-Ear Headphones\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Dan Clark Audio headphones, ergonomic design is of paramount importance.\u00a0The E3 features all of DCA&#8217;s ergonomic design features, including the self-adjusting headband system from Stealth and Expanse, as well as the comfortable and stylish foldable earhooks that make the E3 a compact travel headphone.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/30_techweek.webp\" alt=\"\u00a0 Dan Clark Audio E3 Planar Over-Ear Headphones\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price<\/strong>: $2.125<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Dan Clark E3 headphones has a black and blue design and features ergonomically shaped cups covered with Gorilla Glass 3\u00a0. The Dan Clark E3 headphones are closed-back headphones that combine the signature sound of Dan Clark Audio headphones with an open acoustic design and all the benefits of a closed-back design.\u00a0The new product [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/dan-clark-e3-closed-back-planar-headphones-launched\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":176293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[640],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-176285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headphones","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}