ETHER 2 is a total redesign of our original ETHER Flow headphone. All too often, “detailed sound” means bright, fatiquing sound - not ETHER 2! Featuring a second generation motor with improved acoustics, a driver that’s 70% lighter than the ETHER Flow driver, and a motor that moves the magnets away from the listener, ETHER 2 delivers incomparably clear (yet warm and detailed) sound. 

ETHER 2 is the lightest TOTL planar on the market for superb comfort yet it's incredibly tough. While most other lightweight headphones are plastic ETHER 2 is built of titanium, aluminum, and carbon fiber. These three elements are famously strong, reliable, and comfortable, and drastically reduce the weight of the headphone. You can buy heavier, but you can’t buy tougher.

ETHER 2 is one headphone with three totally unique sounds. Using our patent-pending “peelable” ear pad design, you can swap between any of our three pad options in just a few seconds. While each pad is suitable for any genre, they all carry a unique voice that can be chosen based on your preferences of the day (or hour). The original pad delivers a midrange forward sound that’s great for vocals and acoustic music, while perforated pads give a bit more of a “fun” response curve and project a larger soundstage. Suede, which is incredibly comfortable, offers a warm tone with powerful bass - great for electronica and rock.

Every Dan Clark Audio planar magnetic headphone is powered by a 100% proprietary driver. No off the shelf parts stuck into a new enclosure here - our drivers are designed in-house, and feature:

• New diaphragm that’s 70% lighter for improved detail retrieval
• Super efficient transducer that keeps weight down by reducing magnet size
• Second-generation Trueflow technology that improves airflow through the motor for a major boost in detail retrieval 
• Patented V-Planar driver processing that textures the driver surface for superior low frequency performance and improved diaphragm stability

• Driver: 71mm x 45mm single-ended planar magnetic
• Driver matching: +/-1.5 dB to target curve, channel matched to 0.5dB weighted 30-9KHz
• THD: less than 0.2% 20-20KHz
• Headband: Nickel-Titanium 
• Baffle: Carbon Fiber

• ETHER 2 Headphone
• 3 Ear Pads: Perforated, Suede, and Solid
• VIVO Cable with termination of your choice
• Carrying case
• Manual
• Cleaning Cloth

Dan Clark Audio Ether 2 System Review

Marcus // November 21, 2020

The Dan Clark Audio Ether 2 System is a series of specially designed protein leather and suede pads that alter the performance of the main headphones. They are priced at $179.98 for all of them at the checkout when buying your Ether 2 or $89.99 each.

Dan Clark Audio Ether 2 System

AudioHead // September 26, 2020

If I had to distill Dan Clark’s headphone designs down to one thing, I would say he had impeccable taste as to what neutral really can be. Dynamics, sure. Resolution, of course. But it is his choice of tuning that keeps bringing me back to his playback for my more reference needs in editing and producing. The total sum of his work is a fair starting point that pulls a lot together in a way that feels most correct for the most situations. Dan Clark Audio for giving us this opportunity.