Dan Clark Audio
Stealth Headphones
$3,999.00 USD
Take a step back and vanish into your favorite music with the Dan Clark Audio Stealth Closed-Back Headphones.Four years in the making, the Stealth sets a new standard in headphone performance and ergonomics. Featuring Dan Clark Audio’s all-new 4th generation planar magnetic driver and breakthrough Acoustic Metamaterial Tuning System, these flagship headphones Stealth delivers a stunningly smooth presentation to bring new life and enjoyment to all your favorite music. Whether for critical listening, studio work, or pure enjoyment of music, the Stealth Headphones stand out as an impressive audiophile option in the world of hi-fi audio, showcasing Dan Clark Audio's commitment to pushing the boundaries of high-end headphone performance.
Features:
- Patent-pending Acoustic Metamaterial Tuning System (AMTS) delivering high-frequency detail and clarity
- All-new 4th generation v-Planar driver delivering exceptional dynamics with low distortion
- Improved driver tensioning system creates a driver with incredible consistency across units
- FEA and CFD optimized motor structure
- Auto-adjusting suspension strap, strap quilting, suede and protein-leather ear pads
- Carbon / aluminum bonded ear cup design yields maximum stiffness with minimum weight
- Folding gimbals allow Stealth to be packed in a compact case for safe and easy transport
- Stealth is designed and built by hand in San Diego, California, and is backed by quality and support you can count on
Dragon Cable Recommendation: We recommend pairing the Dan Clark Audio Stealth Headphones with one of our premium Dragon audio headphone cables. Our top-of-the-line headphone cable, the Silver Dragon Premium opens up the soundstage and energy of the Stealth while boosting instrument separation and adding top-end resolution. Our Black Dragon Premium Headphone Cable will add subtle warmth to the Stealth's bass and smooth the top end without sacrificing any detail for an overall fuller sound. The Blue Dragon Premium is a calm and neutral-sounding cable that will clean the sound without warming or brightening it.
State-of-the-Art Technology
Stealth Redefines "Detail"
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.
Unlike many headphones where “detail” is created through exaggerated high-frequency energy, the Stealth’s AMTS delivers industry-leading resolution free from the fatiguing emphasis on the top register users may be used to. Together, the our 4th-generation motor and AMTS deliver a sonic performance best described as “effortless." From a delicately plucked string to the most intense dynamics of an orchestra, or the weight and attack of a kick drum to the overtones a decay of a crash cymbal, the Stealth delivers an amazing balance of delicacy, nuance, and slam that will have you reaching for all your favorite recordings, and maybe staying up a bit too late.The Stealth's soundstage is all-enveloping and can compete with even the finest open-back headphones in depth, width, and imaging. It's that effortless sense of space and instrument placement that lets the Stealth “disappear” so you can simply relax into your musical experience. Everything, the headphones, the equipment, and yes, your daily stresses, just fall away.
If it's Not Comfortable, Game Over
Dan Clark Audio puts comfort at the forefront of their headphone design and the Stealth embodies just that. Made of stylish matte-black leather, carbon fiber, and machined aluminum, the Stealth design takes its cues from the Stealth aircraft and is finished to levels you’d expect in the finest luxury cars. The top-grade black leather headband features fine red stitching to create a quilted headstrap that's not only gorgeous but is also functional and comfortable. The elegant embroidered Stealth logo adds a dash of color to Stealth’s all-black aesthetic. Dan Clark has removed the mechanical sliders for fit adjustment and replaced them with a self-adjusting suspension system that seats the headphones just right on your head with no clamping force or discomfort. The ergonomic and stylish outline of the Stealth’s ear cups is a natural extension of AEON 2 ergonomics, albeit they are larger. For storage or travel they incorporated the AEON 2’s elegant folding gimbal structure into Stealth, neatly folding it into a compact custom-molded case that’s small and easy to stow. At just 418g it’s one of the lightest super-premium headphones from Dan Clark, from the ultralightweight 280g Ether 2 to the groundbreaking ergonomics of the AEON series. Together the new vegan suede and "leather" ear pads, self-adjusting suspension, and lightweight chassis make the Dan Clark Stealth so comfy you can just ignore it and "vanish into your music.”
What's In the Box?
- Stealth Headphones
- Carrying Case
- VIVO Cable
- Certificate of Authenticity
- Manual
FAQ
How do the Stealth compare to other high-end headphones?
They're often considered among the best closed-back headphones available, competing with top models from brands like Audeze and Focal.
Do the Stealth headphones require an amplifier?
While they can be driven by some portable audio players and DAC/Amps, they perform best with a good quality headphone amplifier.
Specifications
- Weight: 415grams
- Impedance: 23 ohm
- Sensitivity: Approximately 86 – 87 dB/mW
- Driver: 72mm x 50mm single-sided planar magnetic
- Driver matching: 0.25db weighted 20-10,000Hz.
- -Misc: Acoustic Metamaterial Tuning System
