Dan Clark Audio E3
The E3 is a closed-back planar-magnetic headphone featuring Dan Clark Audio's 5th generation driver and patent-pending Acoustic Metamaterial Tuning System (AMTS). With a folding design, self-adjusting headband, and Gorilla Glass 3-clad cups, it incorporates technology from the company's flagship models at a lower price point.
| Sensitivity | 90 dB/mW |
| Impedance | 27 Ω |
| THD | 0.1% |
| Weight | 455 g |
As stated by the manufacturer — not community data.
A dongle is enough
A phone's own output runs out early; a small USB DAC/amp gives it full level and headroom.
| Needs, for 110 dB peaks | 1.6 V · 100 mW |
| Phone or laptop (≈0.70 V, 20 mW) | Runs short |
| Dongle DAC/amp (≈2.0 V, 120 mW) | Enough |
Worked out from the stated 90 dB/mW and 27 Ω — not a listening test. DAC/amps on the shelf →
Three words is enough to start the page — warm or bright, lean or full, smooth or energetic.
Sign in to say what you heardOwners and listeners rate. Everyone else reads — which is what keeps these numbers worth reading.
