Technics has slipped a magnetic fluid into the driver of its new wireless headphones, the EAH-A1000, priced at 449 euros.
Say “Technics” and most people picture the same thing: that grey turntable sitting next to the mixer since the 1970s, the one that has outlived every trend in electronic music. But reducing the Japanese brand to its record deck means forgetting that it never stopped working on everything else, from amplifiers to speakers to headphones. And its new wireless pair comes with a trick we hadn’t seen in this field before.
The first thing that catches the eye: inside the EAH-A1000, Technics has placed a magnetic fluid at the heart of the 40 mm driver, right between the voice coil and the magnet. What does it do? This liquid handles three jobs at once. It keeps the coil perfectly centred, it soaks up stray vibrations, and it brings distortion down. The whole thing is topped with a conical carbon-fibre diaphragm, backed by an SST suspension taken straight from the brand’s hi-fi speakers.
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On paper, Technics doesn’t do things by halves. Noise cancelling relies on eight microphones and adapts in real time. For connectivity, you get LDAC, LC3, LE Audio, Auracast, and multipoint pairing with up to three devices at once.
Battery life? 45 hours with ANC, 90 without, and fifteen minutes of charging gives you four hours of listening. They weigh 306 g, fold neatly and come with a hard case.
Two things to know before reaching for your card. First, USB-C is the only way to listen wired: the headphone jack is gone, so anyone planning to plug them into a mixer can forget it. Second, early hands-on reviews describe a very clean, precise pair, generous with detail, but restrained when the low end calls for power.
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Available since 30 September at 449 euros, the EAH-A1000 doesn’t go for a big, heavy sound. It is aimed at listeners who take the time to hear what lies behind the music. Two colours are available, black and Platinum Greige.
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