Planar refers to a flat driver. Planar Magnetics and electrostatic headphones are both planars. This is why all the old school planar magnetic entusiasts use the term "orthos" as a short word for the tech.
“Guilty” isn’t what I was going for, it’s not that big a deal, everyone on SBAF uses the term wrong. I just cringe a little bit every time I see it. :)
E-stats don't count as planars because e-stats are so niche and have even become more niche to the point of who cares. Hence orthos have become the last lineage holders of planars.
I would love to see this develop into a clear writeup of taxonomy of headphones (or speakers) for reference. It's hard to tell what differences in descriptions are real technology differences and what are just spin / differences in terminology.
@Woland: Not A Chance? If so, yes, it is a lost battle already.
@rhythmdevils: This is a specialist site and we should get specialist stuff right. I don't know anything about Planar-xyz headphones, but that would make it even more important, if I was enquiring, that people get the terminology correct. So I don't think you are nit-picking.
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