Final D7000 review: huge planar magnetic over-ear headphones that, when properly driven, deserve their huge price-tag
Final D7000: Two-minute review It goes without saying that $3499 / £2999 / AU$5899 is an awful lot of money to consider spending on a pair of wired over-ear headphones – and yet you’re almost spoiled for choice here, as our best wired headphones guide proves. What sets the D7000 apart, though, is that Final Audio has gone to town where the technology of planar magnetic headphones is concerned, and consequently has a pretty compelling story to tell. It’s developed something it calls an ‘air film damping system’ to overcome the low-frequency limitations of the planar magnetic driver technology. It’s created a ‘pinna-aligned diffuser’ to overcome the variations in the shape of the human ear. It’s gone so far as to build its own manufacturing and assembly jigs in order to keep the entire construction process in-house and under its control. It's not a stretch to say that Final's need to get the science of bringing sound to your ears just right borders on obsessive. The D7000 is...