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MACRO: Sound for Small Spaces<br />
142<br />
TONE AUDIO NO.54<br />
FEATURE<br />
Denon AH-D340<br />
Headphones<br />
By Mike Liang<br />
For 2013, Denon has added a smaller, more-affordable model<br />
to its Music Maniac collection of headphones. Visually, the<br />
$300 D340 looks similar to its more-expensive big brother,<br />
the AH-D600, and features equally attractive styling, which<br />
means you won’t be mistaken for a DJ with these phones<br />
on. The D340 feels feather light on the head, even lighter<br />
than its roughly half-pound weight suggests.<br />
Like the rest of the Music Maniac<br />
line, the D340 features Denon’s<br />
patent-pending pentagonshaped<br />
ear pads, which are<br />
made of memory-foam cushioning.<br />
Intended to be fully portable,<br />
the phones include a removable<br />
3-foot cable with 3.5-mm plug,<br />
as well as an inline Appledevice-compatible<br />
remote and<br />
microphone. (The cable plugs<br />
into the right side of the phones,<br />
which is a bit awkward for lefties<br />
like me.) An oversized zippered<br />
pouch allows you to tuck the<br />
D340 in without unplugging the<br />
cable, which makes traveling<br />
with the phones easy.<br />
Audio purists can easily<br />
source a longer aftermarket<br />
cable without the remote for use<br />
with your hi-fi system.One of our<br />
favorites from ALO Audio works<br />
well and produces an increase<br />
in performance. (continued)<br />
April 2013 143
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