Dan Clark Audio Expanse vs Dan Clark Audio Stealth

The Expanse is a planar magnetic open-back headphone and the Stealth is a planar magnetic closed-back one.

The Stealth is 3 g lighter, at 415 g against 418 g.

They need about the same power to reach a loud 110 dB peak, so an amplifier that suits one suits the other.

Dan Clark AudioExpanse

$4,499.99

Dan Clark AudioStealth

$4,499.99

Side by side

ExpanseStealthDifference

ExpanseStealth

Driver: Planar magnetic; Planar magnetic
Diaphragm: 4th-generation v-Planar diaphragm, DCA's largest to date; material not published; v-Planar knurled planar diaphragm, new tensioning system; thickness unpublished
Driver size: 76 mm x 51 mm; 76 mm x 51 mm
Enclosure: Open-back; Closed-back
Weight: 418 g; 415 g; Stealth is 3 g lighter
Impedance: 26 ohms; 23 ohms
Sensitivity: ~90 dB/mW; ~90 dB/mW
Power for 110 dB: 100 mW, 1.61 V; 100 mW, 1.52 V; About the same
Drive: Moderate drive; Moderate drive
Frequency response: Not published; Not published
Made in: United States; USA (San Diego, California)
Released: 2022; 2021
List price: $4,499.99; $4,499.99
Materials: Carbon fibre Aluminium Titanium Leather; Carbon fibre Aluminium Titanium Leather; Both use carbon fibre, aluminium, titanium, leather

From each maker’s published figures; sources are on each headphone’s page. Power for 110 dB is worked out from sensitivity and impedance.

Each of these has 10 dB or more in reserve above a loud 110 dB peak on both headphones, so one amplifier serves either.

List $4,499.99

Retailer prices checked 2026-10-21. We may earn a commission on purchases. How this works

List $4,499.99

Retailer prices checked 2026-10-21. We may earn a commission on purchases. How this works