HIFIMAN gives you that time-honored material connoting quality and luxury. Wood. But not just any wood.

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HIFIMAN has been working closely with the design team in Boston who have made numerous contributions to HIFMAN products for many years. We thought that we would give you a little insight snippet about the wood we use on our headphone systems.

HIFIMAN uses plywood custom molded with 100% hardwood plies in our high-end headphone designs which is both visually captivating yet strong: This same technique has been utilized in the creation of the renowned furniture designs by Charles and Ray Eames, who some consider to be among the greatest American designers of all time. Some of the products that make use of the same molded wood techniques are exampled below and we think they show it off rather well.

Solid wood yields great acoustic sound but it's fragile and prone to cracking. We use custom molded plywood, which retains the acoustic advantages of solid wood without the drawbacks. A critical benefit is our custom molded plywood can survive a free fall drop test from the height of 5 meters!

Furthermore, our process is not just one layer of decoration, commonly known as veneer, with inferior, cheaper materials underneath. HIFIMAN uses custom molded plywood with 100% cherry plies in our high-end headphone designs which is visually captivating, strong, and lightweight.