HIFIMAN MINI SHANGRI-LA Headphones

HiFiMAN's Mini Shangri-La are carefully designed electrostatic headphones. Electrostatic technology coupled with a nanometric membrane means you can count on a level of sound reproduction of rare quality, so you can enjoy your tracks in every detail.

HiFiMAN Mini Shangri-La : Electrostatic headphones

The Mini Shangri-La headphones feature an electrostatic driver design. The basic principle of this technology is to place a static electric charge on a membrane floating between two perforated metal plates. When an electrical voltage is applied to the plates, the adhesion and repulsion of the static electricity causes the membrane to vibrate without direct physical contact. The advantage of this system is that the membrane produces a perfectly uniform sound signal, greatly reducing the diffraction of sound and therefore enabling sound reproduction of staggering fidelity. It should be noted, however, that electrostatic headphones require a specially dedicated amplifier because of the voltage of several hundred volts needed to operate them.