Stealth Headphones

The DCA Stealth Headphones feature several technological innovations from Dan Clark Audio that lend to its exceptional sound quality. Acoustic Metamaterial Tuning System (AMTS) is Dan Clark's patent-pending solution to standing waves in higher frequencies. AMTS is an inline device placed between the transducer and ear. It integrates waveguides, diffusion control, quarter-wave, and Helmholtz resonators into one compact structure. Diffusion elements reduce some standing wave formation while resonators act as both precision and broad filters to smooth and shape the frequency response, reducing the amplitude of response peaks and troughs from the midrange through the highest frequencies. AMTS greatly reduces standing waves so high frequencies are rendered with a refreshingly smooth, accurate, and detailed delivery across all genres.

The Stealth's 4th-generation planar magnetic driver delivers incredibly low distortion throughout the listening range with levels of detail found primarily in the top-of-the-line electrostatics. The Stealth's driver is 20% larger than the E2 driver and uses DCA's patented v-planar technology to reduce THD and improve low-frequency extension. The diaphragm tension is set on an all-new system for a more uniform and consistent tension, lower distortion, and better driving matching, while FEA and CFD-optimized motor structures increase driver force uniformity and smooth acoustic paths to reduce distortion.