Final refer to their Sonorous X as sitting at the zenith of their prestige headphone series. Zenith plus prestige equals extreme build leading to a luxury price tag. For extreme build, think 50mm dynamic Titanium driver fitted into a pure aluminium baffle. Add gold-leaf and stainless steel surfaces, 16Ω impedance and big numbers of 105dB sensitivity and 630g weight. On luxo pricing and positioning, look at £3'700 in the UK, €4'600 in Europe, $5'000 in the US. Local VAT might slightly alter the EU figure. Further on looks and to qualify the target audience from the go, it's fair to call out bling. But when one woman's gaudy is another man's sexy, we leave it at that.


Those who feel that Audeze headfi helmets are too heavy won't like today's Final one gram better. Just like fellow aluminators Magico and YG Acoustics do who throw raw mass at the perennial issue of enclosure resonance, albeit of floorstanding speakers, so our clearly resourceful Japanese apply that recipe to their top circumaural headphone model. A Magico earspeaker if you will. Once more, this is an extreme deliberately prestigious effort. That means no concessions at being reasonable. There's only the passionate pursuit of top performance and craftsmanship. One could argue that long-term wear comfort is part of that very equation but with perhaps some neck support from a long-backed lounger, many may find the weight here quite doable indeed.