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Planar Red
Planar Red
The Avantone Planar Red is a $499 open-back planar that’s genuinely one of the strangest headphones I’ve heard—mostly because the soundstage is insanely narrow for an open-back. The tuning is weird (bass roll-off, uneven treble), but it’s not egregiously terrible and it does have some punch around that mid-bass hump.
Pros
- +Extremely narrow stage if you specifically want a studio-monitor-like presentation
- +Surprisingly punchy bass for what extension it has
- +Wide suspension strap distributes weight well
Cons
- -Narrowest open-back soundstage I’ve heard; imaging suffers
- -Bass rolls off below ~50 Hz
- -Treble and mid tuning are uneven/quirky
- -Detail doesn’t match the $499 price to me
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Planar Red
Available on Bloomaudio
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Highlights
- +Extremely narrow stage if you specifically want a studio-monitor-like presentation
- +Surprisingly punchy bass for what extension it has
- +Wide suspension strap distributes weight well
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