Audeze
Expected Jan 15, 2025
CRBN2 Electrostatic Headphones
$5,995.00 USDFeatures
Lower distortion improves spatial imaging and detail presentation
2nd Generation Carbon Nanotube Electrostatic Driver
Premium materials for luxurious long-term comfort
Compatible with all 580-volt bias electrostatic amplifiers
What's in the Box?
Warranty
Audeze's most advanced headphone is here–the CRBN2 Electrostatic Headphones. As the second-generation CRBN Headphone, the CRBN² incorporates new breakthrough technology for an exceptional listening experience. Enjoy the most powerful, tactile bass response of any electrostatic headphone with vividly holographic spatial imaging so you don't miss a single note. Expertly crafted with premium materials, the Audeze CRBN² Headphones are the perfect companion for extended listening sessions.
Given the nature of the CRBN²'s Electrostatic drivers, the CRBN² requires an amplifier with electrostatic output using 580VDC bias–also known as Stax Pro Bias. Pair the CRBN² with a suitable amplifier from a variety of brands and drive them efficiently. Experience even higher fidelity than what's imaginable with Audeze's newest electrostatic headphones, the CRBN².
Advanced Technology for an Unforgettable Listening Experience
The Audeze CRBN² Headphones take everything great about the first-generation CRBN and elevates it. Using Audeze's second-generation carbon-nanotube electrostatic drivers, the CRBN² Headphones incorporates a new breakthrough technology–SLAM Technology–for enhanced bass and lower distortion. Symmetric Linear Acoustic Modulator (SLAM) is a patent-pending technology tuned to enhance bass frequencies and lower distortion, thus maintaining the optimal pressure distribution on the diaphragm. SLAM gives the CRBN² the most life-like physical bass of any electrostatic headphone, with natural detail presentation and immersive stereo imaging.
Preciously Crafted from Luxurious Materials
As with all Audeze Headphones, the CRBN² is meticulously engineered and crafted from the highest quality materials: Magnesium, carbon fiber, premium leather, stainless steel, and polymer acetate. A carbon fiber headband wrapped in premium leather sits perfectly atop your head, while leather earpads envelop you in a world of comfort and high fidelity audio. Each CRBN² is proudly made in the U.S.A, hand-assembled and tested in California by Electrostatic specialists.
Heritage of Innovation
CRBN² is based on a project to produce headphones for use in MRI machines, between Audeze and a team from UCLA School of Medicine. Due to the powerful magnetic fields of an MRI, the headphone could not use ferrous metals, so researchers developed the carbon nanotube film electrostatic driver.
Features
- SLAM technology gives the most powerful bass of any electrostatic
- Lower distortion improves spatial imaging and detail presentation
- 2nd Generation Carbon Nanotube Electrostatic Driver
- Premium materials for luxurious long-term comfort
- Compatible with all 580-volt bias electrostatic amplifiers
What's in the Box?
- Audeze CRBN2 Electrostatic Headphones
- Aluminum Travel Case
- Certificate of Authenticity and Warranty Cards
Specifications
- Style
- Over-ear, open-back
- Transducer Type
- Push-pull Electrostatic
- Functional Bias Voltage
- 580 VDC Stax Pro Bias
- Electrostatic Capacitance
- 100 pF (including cable)
- Diaphragm Type
- Ultra-thin polyimide film with infused carbon nanotubes
- Diaphragm Management
- SLAM Technology for earcup pressure relief and bass enhancement
- Transducer Size
- 120mm x 90mm
- Frequency Response
- 10Hz - 40kHz
- Maximum SPL
- >120dB
- THD
- <0.1% @ 90dB
- Sensitivity
- 100dB, 1kHz, 100V RMS
- Attached Cable
- 2.5m OCC monocrystal copper, 5-pin Pro Bias
- Housing
- Magnesium, stainless steel, and polymer acetate
- Earpad Material
- Premium Leather
- Headband
- Carbon fiber and premium leather
- Weight
- 480g