What's New on the HE-R10D
Established in 2007, HIFIMAN continues to grow and innovate within the world of audiophile-grade portable products. Ranging in scope form the world's first true audiophile digital audio player (DAP), the HM801, to an extensive series of headphones featuring planar magnetic drivers. HIFIMAN is continually at the forefront of portable audio design and ingenuity.
When it comes to dynamic drivers, which offer unique opportunities and challenges, HIFIMAN once again focused on developing a groundbreaking design, relying on a muti-tiered approach that resulted in scaling up the company's acclaimed Topology driver technology to create the HE-R10D closed-back headphone.
The application of nano scale particles to the upscaled Topology Driver allowed HIFIMAN to exert greater control over and removal of diaphragm distortions, resulting in significantly improved clarity compared to typical headphones with dynamic drivers.
HIFIMAN Topology Diaphragm Technology
Topology Diaphragm is the name used to describe the technology first developed for our In-Ear Monitors. The name comes the way the technology works: it is made by applying nano scale particles to the diaphragm in layers of assorted shapes and patterns, thereby allowing for a high level of optimization that has a noticeably positive effect on the diaphragm's audio characteristics. The inspiration for the topological diaphragm originated from Dr Fang's PhD research, which illustrated that "different nanomaterials have different structures." Subsequently, the characteristics are not the same. The result was a range of dynamic IEM drivers, but the HE-R10D marks the first time the technology is applied on a comparatively large-scale driver.
Luxury, Inside and Out
The exterior of the headband is made of all-natural lambskin, a material famous for being both soft and luxurious. The inside is high-grade memory foam, selected to achieve the most comfortable fit and elasticity. The headband skeleton itself it made of solid steel. The structure is both lightweight and strong, robust yet delicate, and designed to convey detail and musicality that is unmatched in the market.
Solid Wood Ear Cups, Closed Yet Open
The large internal space of the HE-R10D's cups bring huge relative spatial volume and necessary breathing space to the powerful planar driver inside. Thanks to countless tunings, the HE-R10D offers the best attributes of closed and open-back headphones in a single model.
The CNC carving creates a work of art marrying wood and aviation-grade aluminium in graceful elegance and simple style.
Tranquility Pads
The HE-R10Ds "Tranquility" ear pads feature high quality leather on the outside, which uses a ring-shaped inner surface to absorb sound and prevent sound leakage through the sides of the ear pad. This forces the sound to target the listener's ear. The contact edge is constructed of highly permeable material to ensure optimal head comfort. The outcome of this advanced engineering? A transparent, coherent and wide soundstage, and maximum comfort.
Cable
The HE-R10D's cable features a newly designed, single-crystal, copper silver-plated structure. The combination of a high number of strands and ratio of the various ingredients ensure low signal loss and the unshakable strength to withstand hours of use, day after day, year after year.
The new TRRS plug/socket solution allows for a direct balanced input that is routed to the appropriate drivers. Easy to plug. unplug, replace,
and swap. The rugged 3.5mm socket offers solid contact resistance for always-reliable signal transmission.
