Dan Clark Audio
EXPANSE
Introduced 2022$3,999 MSRP
The EXPANSE is Dan Clark Audio's open-back planar magnetic flagship, built around the company's 4th-generation single-ended V-Planar driver in a large 76mm × 51mm format, designed to deliver a wide, natural soundstage tuned close to the Harman target curve.
MSRP
$3,999
Used market · Good
$3,000
-25% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $3,999 at launch to $3,000 today.
Specifications
- Price
- $3,999 at 2022 launch; current official Dan Clark Audio site lists $4,499.99
- Design
- Open-back, over-ear, tuned close to the Harman target curve
- Weight
- 418 g
- Impedance
- 26 Ω (official spec); 23 Ω (measured by audiomatome.com)
- Driver size
- 76 mm × 51 mm
- Driver type
- 4th-generation single-ended planar-magnetic (V-Planar) driver
- Sensitivity
- ~90 dB/mW
- Release date
- September 2022
- Cable connectors
- VIVO cable included; proprietary Hirose connectors
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