HiFiMan Edition XS Headphones

The HiFiMan Edition XS is a price conscious offering from one of the major names in Planar Magnetic Headphones. Superb sound and fantastic value all in one product… They are in very good condition being supplied in original packaging along with cable, reprinted manual and our standard three month warranty.
HiFiMan Say….
Compared to traditional dynamic headphones, planar magnetic technology offers a superior sounding experience in terms of overall quality, especially when it comes to the aural soundstage. Dynamic headphones utilize conductors that vibrate in select areas of the diaphragm. This results in a large percentage of the diaphragm not being directly driven by those conductors, resulting in somewhat diminished performance. Planar magnetic headphones are fundamentally different in that their weight (conductors + diaphragm) is much lower than dynamic headphones. The result is superior performance, especially in the upper frequencies, or treble.
Planar headphones feature conductive layers distributed throughout the surface of diaphragm. The diaphragm is evenly driven by the magnetic force so that planar headphones produce significantly lower distortion when compared with conventional dynamic headphones.
This lower distortion results in better overall reproduction of minute details. Positioning of instruments and other elements of imaging are demonstrably better, with a soundstage that is consistently wide and natural sounding.
The advanced magnet design featured in the Edition XS is acoustically transparent, dramatically reducing wave diffraction turbulence that typically degrades the integrity of the sound waves. The result is reduced distortion, yielding a purer, more harmonious sound that is demonstrably better than previous designs.
Unlike the sound waves that are created by conventional magnets, the unique shape of stealth magnets enable soundwaves to pass through the magnet without generating interference.
Degradation of sound quality in a conventional planar magnetic headphone is caused by the magnets getting in the way of the sound wave.
The same happens in conventional electrostatic headphones, where the degradation of sound quality is caused by the stator’s interference.
A conventional dynamic driver’s frequency response can be altered due to distortions and vibrations across the diaphragm surface.
HiFiMan devoted extensive time and resources to create a nano scale thickness diaphragm that allows for lightning fast response that not only produces stunning levels of details but ultra-low distortion too. Edition XS offers performance levels and musical purity that exceed expectations, especially for such an affordable headphone.
Specifications:
Frequency Response: 8 Hz – 50 kHz
Sensitivity: 92 dB
Impedance: 18 Ω
Weight: 405 g