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Audeze Announces MM-100, a New Manny Marroquin Collaboration Headset

Audeze announced MM-100, which is their second collaboration with 17-time Grammy-winning engineer/producer Manny Marroquin.

The headset is based off their highly reviewed and overwhelmingly successful MM-500. This version includes Audeze’s 90mm planar magnetic drivers, along with a couple other changes.

Audeze MM-100 Key Features:

Industry-tested and refined by top recording artists at would-famous Larrabee Studios in Hollywood

Carefully tuned for accuracy across the audible frequency spectrum to deliver consistent results professionals can rely on

Audeze’s Uniforce™ diaphragms, Fazor™ waveguides and Fluxor™ Magnets provide great clarity with class-leading low distortion, and high efficiency to excel with a wide range of audio equipment and techniques

Lightweight, premium chassis with magnesium/aluminum housing, gel-filled leather earpads, suspension strap, and spring-steel headband for long-term durability and comfort; folds flat for storage or travel

Physical

Style: Over-ear (circumaural), open-back

Transducer Type: Planar Magnetic

Transducer Size: 90 mm

Diaphragm Type: Ultra-Thin Uniforce™

Magnetic Structure: Fluxor™ Magnet Array

Magnet Type: Neodymium N50

Phase Management: Fazor™

Earpads: Synthetic Leather / Foam

Weight: 375g

Audio Performance

Frequency response: 10Hz-50kHz

THD: <0.1% (@ 1 kHz, 1mW)

Audeze Press Release

Audeze CEO, Sankar Thiagasamudram, offered the following statement about MM-100.

The goal of the MM-100 is to set a new standard in headphone performance for a wide range of users.

We worked with Manny to ensure that our professional products work optimally in the most demanding situations.
Audeze Press Release

Manny Marroquin added the following.

I’m so excited to make studio-quality sound available to a broader audience.

Everyone working in audio needs a headphone they can rely on, inside or outside the studio.
Audeze Press Release

MM-100 will retail for $399, with shipments expected in May.

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