AVANTNE PLANAR THE II Reference-Grade Headphones Instruction Manual
- June 13, 2024
- AVANTNE
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AVANTNE PLANAR THE II Reference-Grade Headphone
Product Information
The Planar II headphones are designed to meet the demands of music professionals, offering audiophile-grade quality and exceptional sound reproduction. These headphones feature planar drivers, which provide superior accuracy, high-end detail, clarity, natural bass, and fast response time. The drivers utilize a matrix of neodymium magnets that push and pull from both sides of the diaphragm, resulting in a broad wavefront with minimal distortion and incredibly fast response. The open-back architecture eliminates pressure build-up, acoustic resonance, and frequency curves typical of closed-back headphones, ensuring accurate representation of your music. The headphones are lightweight and comfortable, making them suitable for long-haul mix and listening sessions. They come with a high-grade, removable 3.5 mm cable and an eco-friendly carrying bag with a cable pouch for easy storage and transport.
Product Usage Instructions
- Connect the included 3.5 mm cable to the headphone jack of your audio device.
- Plug the other end of the cable into either side of the headphones, based on your preferred workflow or handedness.
- Adjust the headband for a comfortable fit on your head.
- Put the headphones on, ensuring that the ear pads cover your ears completely.
- Play your desired audio content on your device.
- Adjust the volume to a comfortable level using the controls on your audio device.
- Enjoy the exceptional sound quality and accurate representation of your music.
- After use, detach the cable from the headphones and store it in the cable pouch.
- Place the headphones in the eco-friendly carrying bag for safekeeping.
NO DETAILS LEFT BEHIND
- With Planar the II, we started with our best and made it better.
- Planar the II represents the sum total of our experience in meeting the demands of music professionals. You’ll hear the air and breath in every vocal, the long decays of shimmering reverb tails, and tight, punchy bass that hits hard without being over-hyped. And thanks to their surprisingly low weight, they’ll stay comfy for long-haul mix sessions.
- When the critical details of your music matter most, you and your sounds both deserve the audiophile-grade quality of Planar the II. They’re the perfect solution for mix engineers, musicians, podcasters, live-streamers, and hi-fi enthusiasts
The Planar driver difference
- Planar drivers offer an incredible set of advantages over traditional moving coil drivers. Amazing accuracy, high-end detail, clarity, natural bass, and response time.
- Traditional moving coil drivers use a magnetic field to push/pull the driver in one direction and rely on the surround’s elasticity to return the driver to the neutral position. Planar drivers utilize a matrix of neodymium magnets that both push and pull from both sides of its incredibly thin, ultralight diaphragm across its entire surface area.
- This way, force applied to the diaphragm is distributed in a symmetric fashion, producing a broad wavefront with very little harmonic distortion and incredibly fast response time. And because Planars use front and rear magnets to apply equal force in both directions, you hear a much more natural sound with less distortion when compared to traditional, single-magnet dynamic designs that only push — they don’t pull.
Headphones for today’s music creator
- We didn’t sacrifice the need for comfort when designing Planar the II. They’re even more lightweight than the classic Planar, and cozy ear pads stay comfortable during long-haul mix and listening sessions.
- Planar the II employs a perfectly tuned open-back architecture, designed to eliminate the pressure build-up, acoustic resonance, and frequency curve typical of closed-back headphones, further ensuring that your music is represented as accurately as possible.
- Planar the IIs also include a high-grade, removable, 2-meter, noise-free 3.5 mm cable that can be plugged into either side to suit your workflow or handedness. Planar the II also ships in an eco-friendly shoulder bag with room for your accessories — and even a pouch for the cable
INCLUDES ECO-FRIENDLY CARRYING BAG WITH CABLE POUCH
- When your music matters most, you and your sounds deserve the audiophile-grade quality of Planar the II.
- The science of Planar the II’s extraordinary detail, accuracy, and response time lay in its namesake planar drivers—a radical departure from traditional dynamic designs.
- Dynamic drivers employ an asymmetric single-magnet design that begets an asymmetric waveform. They drive audio from a single point, creating an unnatural, spheroid wavefront. They push… but they don’t pull. The result? A distorted misrepresentation of your music.
- Conversely, planar drivers operate via a matrix of neodymium magnets that push and pull from both sides of the diaphragm across its entire surface, creating a more naturalistic wavefront. These symmetrical vibrations are responsible for Planar the II’s tight bass and breathtaking soundstage; plus ultra-low distortion and a 30 kHz ceiling.
- Planar the II: Hear your music more fully than ever before. Visit www.avantonepro.com and get the entire story.
References
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