Moondrop Headphones

The Moondrop headphones here are mainly in-ear monitors: earphones with a replaceable cable that runs behind your outer ear. The Chinese manufacturer tunes them to its own target curves and combines dynamic, balanced-armature and planar drivers. Alongside wired models, you will find true wireless earphones with ANC, open-ear PILL clip-on earphones and the foldable Edge wireless headphones with a headband. Choose according to whether you listen through a player and converter or directly from your phone on the go.

How do Moondrop in-ear monitors differ in their drivers?

With Moondrop in-ear monitors, the type and number of drivers largely determine the sound signature. Chu II, CHU III, LAN, Starfield II and Kadenz each have a single 10 mm dynamic driver. Blessing 3 is a hybrid with two dynamic and four balanced-armature drivers, Harmon uses three 10 mm dynamic drivers, and Armature Art 24 has 24 balanced-armature drivers in each earpiece, including 16 for bass. You can find all the wired in-ear monitors on the Moondrop Wired In-Ear Monitors page.

A cable with a jack plug or USB-C?

Most Moondrop in-ear monitors have a detachable cable with a 0.78 mm 2-pin connector, so you can replace a damaged cable without buying new earphones. Aria 2 and Harmon have an interchangeable 3.5 mm or balanced 4.4 mm plug; you can use the latter if your player or digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) has a balanced output.

Chu II DSP, Quark2, Droplet USB-C and the gaming-focused Rays have a converter built directly into the cable and plug into USB-C on your phone or laptop without an adapter. You can adjust the sound of Chu II DSP and Rays through an app, while Quark2 has three preset tunings.

Which Moondrop wireless headphones or earphones should you choose?

Moondrop true wireless earphones differ in their drivers and codecs. Pudding has a 10 mm dynamic driver, adaptive ANC and the LHDC codec. Space Travel 2 Ultra and Golden Ages 2 use a 13 mm planar driver and support both LDAC and ANC; Golden Ages 2 charge in a cassette-shaped case. Ultra Sonic combines a balanced-armature driver with a 13 mm dynamic driver. LDAC transmits more data than the standard SBC codec, but still uses lossy compression.

If you want to hear your surroundings, choose PILL: these open-ear clip-on earphones attach to your outer ear without blocking the ear canal. Edge are foldable headphones with a headband, a 40 mm driver, hybrid ANC and up to 48 hours of battery life. You can also find all the wireless models on the Moondrop Wireless & Bluetooth headphones page.