It was stated that the NightOwls would sell for £100 more than the NightHawk in the UK, so I guess $100 more in the US. Whilst the NO is a closed back design and more isolating than the NH I am of the opinion that the isolation is not as high as some other closed back headphones. With the NH type pads the NO had a slightly more traditional headphone sound, I felt that the microfibre pads were somewhere between the two but conditions were not ideal for detailed assessment and I was feeding them from an older iPod (my only portable source, but with familiar classical and jazz). Measuring just 57mm long (2 ¼), the svelte new model is 10 smaller than. Retailing for £269, some £200 and £120 more expensive than the £69 Black and £149 Red, Cobalt becomes the new flagship in the series and is AQ’s most expensive and ambitious Dragonfly to date. The NH will also be updated with the dark grey cups and new cable supposedly whilst quite liked in the UK for its traditional look the fake wood was a big turn off to customers in other markets and the solid core cable resulted in lots of warranty claims. We now welcome the latest addition to the Dragonfly family, Cobalt. It will come with a different more flexible cable, I believe not solid core, that has a plastic rather than textile covering. The NightOwl will come with two sets of ear pads, one similar to the NH and the other set with a microfibres covering. The cups no longer have the left and right markings impressed on the outside, rather the dust cover within each ear pad is marked with L's and R's. Externally the NightOwl is very similar to the NightHawk except that the cups are a dark carbon grey colour rather than fake wood grain, although made of the same material, and the grills are replaced by a slightly domed cover. They seem to be preferred by nearly everyone who has tried them internal to AQ and external.AQ asked for no pictures as they were a prototype and the cable was very much a prototype, being the correct cable but with the splitter being poorly fitted heat shrink. New pads : I'm trying to get those out as soon as possible! Ideally before the holidays. We might (BIG might) do other colors/finishes in the future. The headphone stand is black so that it will match anything. But they are just different enough that I believe it is worth listening to both before deciding if you want one or the other. The goal was for them to be as close as possible. NightHawk and NightOwl sound very similar. If you are thinking about buying a NightHawk, I suggest waiting until after our announcements next week. The earcups are still made the same way from liquid wood. In our cable lineup, we reserve "Carbon" for digital cables only. We call the new headphones "Carbon" because of the finish, not because of the cable. We buy the same paint Porsche uses on the Panamera called "Carbon Gray Metallic." It's a near-black shade with a subtle hint of golden warmth. The new finish is an automotive-inspired process that consists of multiple layers of primer, base coats, and clear coats-all automated with a final hand-polish for quality control. The new Carbon finishes most definitely cost more to produce versus the four clear coats on the current NightHawks. Update from AudioQuest (More info on Nov 1.)
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