![]() The NightHawk was designed by Skylar Gray and it took two years of development. They feel good, look good and sound good. The cable, knowing AudioQuest, of course is of really good quality. They didn’t only send me a new cable but also included a balanced cable, all of that for free. That’s where AudioQuest’s excellent customer service came in. Luckily nothing else was damaged but it did leave me with a destroyed cable. I simply forgot the NightHawk was on my head and that resulted in me snapping off the 3.5mm plug on the output of the DragonFly. I experienced that when I was listening to the NightHawk in my office (connected to the JitterBug and DragonFly) and I rolled my chair a bit too far away from the desk. While it maybe isn’t as comfortable as the HD800, the 346gr NightHawk does disappear after a while. The soft protein leather earpads follow the contours of your ears and are a pleasure to feel on your skin. Clamping force is just right: you can feel it but it doesn’t bother you that much and it keeps the NightHawk on your head even when bending over. ![]() The patent-pending suspension system automatically places the earpads, and the whole headphone, ideally on your head. The AudioQuest NightHawk simply is very comfortable. Comfort on the other hand is and I think AudioQuest got it just right. That being said, we all know looks aren’t the most important thing in a headphone. A part from the shiny fake wood I actually quite like the look of the NightHawk, it’s unique, and I can’t think of any other headphone that looks more or less like it. I’m the kind of guy though that likes the wooden HE-1000 (next week!) and LCD designs. I myself think it’s quite nice, I just can’t seem to get to like the look of the faux wood/liquid wood. Most people seem to like the NightHawk’s looks but design is and will always be a personal thing. Opinions of the NightHawk however have been divergent to say the least but isn’t that always the case? One group of people will love something while the other will hate it or just don’t care. When the NightHawk was launched it got a lot of press and quickly became FOTM (Flavor of the Month) on Head-fi and other sites. I first received the NightHawk and the JitterBug while the DragonFly 1.2 arrived quite a while later as AQ can’t seem to keep up with production of the units. AudioQuest “recently” also launched their first full sized headphone called the “NightHawk”, which is what we’ll be looking at today. I can tell you already it pleasantly surprised me. The DragonFly has gotten a lot of praise all over the world and it will be reviewed soon on Headfonia as well. AudioQuest is mostly known for their cables since the 1980’s already but they have also released a very popular mini USB DAC/AMP called the DragonFly. I had been following AudioQuest’s Instagram account for a while and I decided to contact them there after seeing the JitterBug in one of their posts. It has to be returned to AudioQuest once I’ve finished playing with it and the other AQ units (JitterBug & DragonFly).ĪudioQuest is a US based company but the EU headquarters is located in the Netherlands. Disclaimer: The AudioQuest NightHawk was sent to me for the purpose of this review.
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