Final Launches DX6000 Headphones with Magnesium Driver Innovation

Final’s new DX6000 headphone aims to redefine dynamic driver design with a magnesium diaphragm and open-back architecture engineered for speaker-like realism.
Final has unveiled the DX6000, a new flagship dynamic headphone and the first entry in the Japanese brand’s all-new DX Series. Just launched globally, the DX6000 represents a technical and philosophical shift for Final, blending innovative materials with an architecture designed to emulate the spatial realism of high-end loudspeakers.
Sitting between the Sonorous and D8000 series in Final’s lineup, the DX6000 is built around an entirely new large-diameter dynamic driver featuring an ultra-light magnesium dome diaphragm. Chosen for its high stiffness-to-weight ratio and acoustic neutrality, magnesium brings both benefits and manufacturing challenges. Final has developed a proprietary oxidation process and edge-folding technique to overcome these, ensuring strength without compromising sonic finesse. The result, the company claims, is an ultra-low distortion response with fast transients and extended dynamics.
Housed in a seamless open-back enclosure, the diaphragm is coupled with a proprietary silicone foam surround that’s adhesive-free and injection-moulded. Final says this monolithic design ensures perfect piston motion, helping to produce a deep and uncoloured low-end with natural air movement and effortless spatial separation.
In place of conventional wiring and solder points, the DX6000 adopts a free-air aluminium voice coil, enhanced with trace element doping to maximise conductivity. This ‘air-wired’ layout reduces reverse resonance and signal loss, supporting what Final describes as a crossover-less, speaker-like linearity. A custom-tuned internal network refines the high-frequency response, maintaining clarity without harshness.
Weighing in at just 363 grams (excluding cable), the DX6000 is designed for comfort during extended listening sessions. Each unit ships with a 3-metre OFC balanced XLR cable for high-end, low-noise signal transfer and is hand-matched on a dedicated production line in Japan to ensure consistency. The DX6000 is also positioned as a new benchmark within Final’s evolving headphone lineup. It introduces new technology and a modern design ethos that aligns with the brand’s pursuit of long-term value and heirloom-grade audio products.
Final commenting on its design philosophy told StereoNET:
We don’t want to build consumables like mechanical wristwatches; we aim to create headphones that people will value for decades.
Final’s DX6000 is available now through selected authorised retailers and is priced at £1,899 / €1,999 / US$1,999.
For more information visit Final

Jason Sexton
Joining StereoNET in 2025 as Deputy Editor, Australia & New Zealand, Jason’s decades of experience comes from a marketing, brand development, and communications background. More recently, a decade in specialist retail has armed him with the knowledge required to deliver the right information to a captive and curious audience.
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