Ex Display - HiFiMan HE1000 Unveiled Over-Ear Open-Back Planar Magnetic Headphones

HE1000 UNVEILED

The fully open-back design of this planar headphone eliminates the negative effects of sound wave reflection, an obstacle that impairs sound quality.

The model is named UNVEILED because the depth and inherent beauty of the music are unveiled to the listener. The technology is based on the cutting-edge innovation and heritage of HIFIMAN's flagship headphones, SUSVARA UNVEILED. Since the nanometre thickness diaphragm is sensitive to reflected sound waves, it is necessary to further increase the openness of the back of the headphone. This was the inspiration for the HE1000 UNVEILED's removeable back panel.

Regular Headphones
Commonplace products use a mesh with a lower opening ratio grill that leads to reflections and refraction that are detrimental to sound quality.

Window Shade Design
Since the nanometre thickness diaphragm is very light in weight, it is easily disturbed by the sound waves reflected and refracted by the mesh. Therefore, HIFIMAN uses a window shade design to increase the opening rate, maximize the grill exposure and reduce the probability of reflection and refraction. The result: dramatically improved sound quality.

The design of the window shade cannot completely avoid reflection and refraction. Only be eliminating the window shade/grill design will near lossless sound quality be achieved.

Magnetic Veils
Specially designed to protect the fully open drivers of the HE1000 UNVEILED.

Due to the magnetic properties of the driver, it is important to cover the ear cups with the magnetic veils to avoid damage caused by absorption of magnetic objects when the product is not in use.

Core Technology - Nanometre Thickness Diaphragm
The thickness of the HE1000 UNVEILED's diaphragm is under a millionth of a meter. It is extremely light and gives the headphone an extremely fast response speed and outstanding dynamic range and frequency characteristics. Combined with the "Stealth Magnets" technology, the nanometre thickness diaphragm material is essential to the sonic output being clear and non-fatiguing, even after hours of listening.

Acoustically Invisible Stealth Magnets
The special streamlined cross-sectional shape of the Stealth Magnets optimizes and reduces the air turbulence and diffraction between the magnets, allowing the sound to pass between them almost unaffected, without disrupting the sound quality as experienced with traditional magnets.

Unlike the sound waves created by conventional magnet, the Stealth Magnets can be thought of as disappearing in front of the sound wave, which reduces many of the adverse effects on the sound.

The special shape of the Stealth Magnets allows the sound to pass through the magnets perfectly without the sound quality degradation of traditional magnets.

Degradation of sound quality in a conventional planar magnetic headphone is caused by the magnets getting in the way of the sound wave.

Conventional electrostatic headphones experience degradation of sound quality caused by the stator's interference.

A conventional dynamic driver's frequency response can be altered due to the distortions and vibrations across the diaphragm surface.

Conventional dynamic drivers experience a larger frequency response distortion due to the severe distortions across its diaphragm.

The Ear Pads
The elegant asymmetry of the HE1000 UNVEILED's ear pads conform to and fit sound the human ear, comfortably distributing the weight evenly yet offering a secure and sound grip. The pads themselves are gently bevelled, contouring and moulding to the user's head, providing superb comfort for long listening sessions.

Cables
The cable configuration used for the HE100 UNVEILED is a single crystalline copper wire alongside a single crystalline silver wire. The highly reliable socket reduces contact resistance to extremely low levels without affecting the transmission of audio signals.