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Dan Clark Audio

EXPANSE

headphones

$4,500

Used market: $3,510*

Manufacturer datasheet

Specifications

3 of 5 values have a recorded source
Form Factor
Over-Ear·
Is Closed Back
no·
Impedance ohms
26
Transducer Type
Planar Magnetic·
Sensitivity dB mW
90

Expert Audio Engineering Commentary

Tonal Profile

The open sibling of STEALTH, 418 g. Published at 26 ohms and the same ~90 dB/mW as STEALTH and E3, so on paper the three are indistinguishable to a calculator; what separates them is the acoustics the numbers do not describe.

What the datasheet actually says

Quoted verbatim from the manufacturer’s own page, with the date we checked it. We state what is printed, not what anyone intended by it.

One figure, several models
«Impedance | 26ohms | Sensitivity | ~90 dB/mW | Frequency response | Yes, it has one»

The tilde is Dan Clark Audio's own: the sensitivity is published as an approximation, with no measurement point, coupler or tolerance given, and the frequency-response row of the same table carries a joke instead of a number. The identical '~90 dB/mW' appears on E3, EXPANSE and STEALTH, three headphones the same pages describe as having different drivers, different backs and impedances of 27, 26 and 23 ohms.

checked 8/5/2026

* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value). · checked on 8/5/2026