Dan Clark Audio AEON 2 Closed

The Dan Clark AEON 2 Closed is a jack of all trades – and a master of quite a few. It’s a flat out great headphone for the price, and it delivers dynamics and sound quality on lower powered devices that few planar magnetic headphones can match. With a high level of performance, comfort, and convenience, the AEON 2 Closed is a headphone with something to offer for just about anyone.

There is a lot of good coming out of the new AEON 2 Closed. For a start, that new articulate design combined with the superb comfort and weight levels makes this probably one of the best fitting planar headphones out there today. No question the enhanced portability and diminutive carry form factor is substantially enhanced with this second generation.

All that would be for naught if the performance were not superior to the original which it most certainly is. I know something about Dan’s team and their thinking on how music should sound for them since way back on the Alpha Prime.

The AEON 2 Closed fits in with that same philosophy, which is to keep it natural, planted, and relatively easy to listen to without a loss in detail or dynamic range. Mods are just the icing on the cake in terms of useful tweaks.

Grab the VIVO cable and go balanced if you can which is where I think the AEON 2 Closed sounds absolutely optimal. Despite its enhanced portability, the AEON 2 Closed is still a killer desktop pairing in the long run.