Audioquest NightHawk headphones

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Audioquest NightHawk headphones
Product no: 9000-0014-8580 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Cable expert Audioquest has surprised the world with their first headphones: NightHawk. Even before the official launch, this top-quality product won a number of awards! These half-open designer headphones allow you to enjoy your music for hours on end with optimal comfort for your head and ears.

Audioquest NightHawk: beautiful and durable materials

The NightHawk headphones' earpieces are made from a revolutionary new material known as Liquid Wood. This all-natural, renewable material is made from a mixture of lignin, fibres, resins and waxes that are treated so that they can be injection molded. Compared to plastics and natural wood, Liquid Wood has superior acoustic properties that mimic the human ear as closely as possible. The use of this material offers a better fit, with optimal comfort even during intense use, without fatigue.

Ergonomic design

The clever ergonomic design ensures that nothing distracting comes between the listener and the music. The NightHawk headphones' flexible headband distributes the weight efficiently so that you'll barely notice you're wearing them. The earpieces' advanced design helps to eliminate unwanted resonance and keep vibrations to an absolute minimum. The ear pads are made of soft, durable leather, and were designed to fit the human ear as closely as possible. All of this results in hours of musical enjoyment in supreme comfort.

3D print

The grille of the NightHawk headphones is inspired by the underlying structure of a butterfly's wings, with a fascinating cubic grid that disperses light to create a rainbow of colours. This beautiful effect isn't just cosmetic though, the lattice work on the grill spreads the sound and eliminates resonance that can disturb the music. The grille's structure is too complex for a normal machine to produce, so the NightHawk headphones are the first to use a 3D printing technique known as Selective Laser Sintering in its production.

These visually stunning headphones come complete with a top-quality cable, a jack to mini jack adapter and a luxury case. With the NightHawk headphones your music will sound clearer, bigger and more lively than ever before.

Specifications

Product features

Active noise suppression no
Wireless no
Headphone construction half open
Headphone impedance 20-29 ohms
In/on/over ear over-ear
Includes microphone no
Adjustable bass boost no
Removable cable yes
Cable length 200-249 cm
Colour brown
Maximum frequency 20 - 20.9 kHz
Minimum frequency 20 - 21 Hz
Audio connection type jack 3.5 mm TS
Volume control no

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging) 1,2 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging) 28,0 x 24,0 x 11,0 cm

Product specifications

  • designer / hi-fi headphones
  • colour: brown
  • body: half-open
  • fit: over-ear
  • driver diameter: 50 mm
  • material: Liquid Wood
  • jack to mini jack adapter included
  • comes with a luxury case

Reviews from other countries

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Audioquest NightHawk headphones
Wrote the following about Audioquest NightHawk headphones
J'essaye le NightHawk depuis quelques jours et voici mes premières impressions.
Au premier abord, déjà, le cuir de la boite inspire confiance, au regard comme au toucher. La boite se ferme bien et la poignée se prend facilement.
Le look du casque est très agréable et c'est un plaisir de le regarder avant de l'essayer. On sent la qualité irréprochable de fabrication, tant au niveau de chaque composant que de leur assemblage. Le câble est suffisamment long et les deux adaptateurs montrent que les concepteurs ont tenus compte des sources audios de leurs clients. L'impression que j'ai, avant de mettre le casque sur la tête, est qu'Audioquest a travaillé avec sérieux et amour du métier pour satisfaire une clientèle audiophile en attente d'une qualité sonore et de fabrication toujours plus affinée. Le fait que le produit soit garanti à vie témoigne aussi de la confiance que la marque a en elle-même.
Sur la tête, le casque se perche bien sans pression, les oreillettes enveloppent complètement les oreilles sans trop presser dessus. Je ne peux pas encore juger du confort sur plusieurs heures d'écoute.
La qualité sonore maintenant, car c'est pour cette raison fondamentale que j'achète un casque. Je ne suis pas un spécialiste, je vais donc écrire avec mon langage d'audiophile qui n'écoute que du classique. Mon baladeur est un Astell&Kern100 II et mon encodage essentiellement en ALAC. J'écoute aussi sur iMac 21'5 associé à un Dragonfly. On ne peut qu'associer au NightHawk les qualificatifs les plus positifs : sublime, divin ! Ce n'est pas la peine d'en rajouter. Tout le spectre sonore est parfaitement respecté ; des aigus aux basses, le rendu est équilibré et excellent, sans prédominance d'une extrême sur l'autre. Associée à chaque note, je retrouve une sensation de souffle sans pareille, inexistante sur tous les autres casques, bien plus chers, que j'ai essayé. Chaque instrument d'un orchestre est clairement entendu et différencié, et cela nécessite un excellent enregistrement car les erreurs sont tout de suite perçues, ce qui montre la finesse du produit.
Un petit, mais vraiment tout petit bémol. Parfois, sur certains instruments en solo, comme la guitare classique que j'écoute de temps en temps, la sensation de basse prédomine un peu, mais sans plus. Et s'il n'y a que cet écueil à apporter au NightHawk, on peut le considérer comme moins que minime. Sur cet aspect, l'ATH W1000X que j'ai aussi, est un peu supérieur. De toutes manières, si je décide de garder un des deux, ce sera le NightHawk.
Je n'ai pas hésité une seule seconde pour attribuer 5 étoiles au casque. Je remercie aussi Bax-shop pour la qualité de sa relation client et la tenue de sa parole.

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