Наушники — Moondrop Meteor

The Meteor is a Moondrop in-ear monitor of tribrid design with three kinds of transducer inside every shell - a single dynamic unit, a pair of balanced armatures and four micro planar units. It was released in late December 2024 at a list price of USD 549.99. The faceplate uses a slice of real Aletai iron meteorite, and the semi-opaque black resin shell is printed by the DLP process by HeyGears. The package includes the earphones, a cable with swappable plugs, ear tips in three sizes, a leather case, a user manual, a certificate and a card for warranty service.

Key specs that matter

The Meteor assigns low frequencies to a 13 mm dynamic driver with an N52 neodymium magnet and a composite dome diaphragm. A pair of customised balanced armatures covers the midrange, and four miniature planar magnetic drivers handle treble, split by a three-way crossover. The frequency range is 9 Hz to 35 kHz, with an effective band of 20 Hz to 20 kHz to IEC 60318-4. Impedance is 18.5 ohm plus or minus 15 percent at 1 kHz, and sensitivity is 120 dB per Vrms at 1 kHz. THD plus noise stays at or below 0.6 percent at 1 kHz and 94 dB. The cable attaches through 0.78 mm 2-pin sockets and accepts both 3.5 mm single-ended and 4.4 mm balanced plugs.

Engineering and use context

The Meteor uses Moondrop's XTM complex technology, the brand's crossover architecture that combines acoustic and electrical elements with a 3D-printed internal layout. A passive acoustic notch filter removes resonances at 4.7 kHz and 7.2 kHz, and the design aims at consistent phase across the full band. The meteorite is not only decorative, since a meteorite panel is also placed in the bass driver assembly for vibration damping. The nozzle has three openings for the different driver groups and no lip at its end. The stock cable mixes copper and silver-plated copper wires in a Litz structure.

Pairing

Being an easy load, the Meteor can be driven by dongle DACs and portable players as well as desktop headphone amplifiers. Supplying both plugs means it connects to single-ended and balanced outputs with the same cable. A source with low output impedance is the better match for a multi-driver in-ear with a crossover network, since its load varies across the frequency range.

Alternatives

The Moondrop HARMON is a lower-priced multi-driver option from the brand, using three 10 mm dynamic drivers with a four-cavity acoustic crossover.