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Neumann NDH 30 Open-Back Studio Headphones (Silver)

BH #NENDH30 • MFR #509111
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Neumann NDH 30 Open-Back Studio Headphones (Silver)
Key Features
  • 38mm Neodymium Drivers
  • Circumaural, Sound-Isolating Design
  • Foldable Design
  • Comfortable Memory Foam Earcups
Designed for editing, mixing, and critical listening, the silver Neumann NDH 30 Headphones offer a calibrated studio loudspeaker setup in the form of a portable headphone. The open-back circumaural fit construction ensures reference-class sound with maximum comfort. The headphones make use of 38mm drivers, which work as acoustic dipoles, allowing for highly refined sound characteristics to unfold optimally. One can expect an extremely fast transient response, dry bass, uncolored mids, and transparent highs. In other words, the NDH 30 are devoid of distortion and coloration. They provide a frequency response of 12 Hz to 34 kHz.
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Neumann NDH 30 Overview

Designed for editing, mixing, and critical listening, the silver Neumann NDH 30 Headphones offer a calibrated studio loudspeaker setup in the form of a portable headphone. The open-back circumaural fit construction ensures reference-class sound with maximum comfort. The headphones make use of 38mm drivers, which work as acoustic dipoles, allowing for highly refined sound characteristics to unfold optimally. One can expect an extremely fast transient response, dry bass, uncolored mids, and transparent highs. In other words, the NDH 30 are devoid of distortion and coloration. They provide a frequency response of 12 Hz to 34 kHz.

The NDH 30's high-quality construction of spring steel and aluminum ensure tight tolerances for consistency. The headphones are foldable, which help while on-the-go. The NDH 30 includes a detachable, internally balanced cable that's designed to minimize crosstalk while increasing spatial resolution. The NDH 30 includes a 1/4" adapter and a soft cloth carrying pouch.

Key Features at a Glance
  • Outstanding linearity and transient response
  • High spatial resolution
  • Sound and mix compatibility with Neumann KH-Line speakers
  • High long-term comfort
  • Internally balanced cable (detachable)
  • Foldable for easy transport
Uncompromising Precision
  • The NDH 30 owes its superior linearity, among other things, to frequency-selective absorbers that eliminate the overemphasis in the high frequencies that leads to incorrect mixing decisions in many other headphones. For example, the NDH 30 will accurately reveal whether a voice sounds muffled or needs a de-esser.
  • The spatial resolution is impressive. The NDH 30 allows razor-sharp localization in the stereo panorama and makes the depth of the mix evident. To minimize channel crosstalk, the NDH 30 is supplied with a high-quality cable that is internally balanced.
Part of a Successful Family
  • With its high linearity and detail resolution, the NDH 30 is perfectly compatible with a loudspeaker system that has been optimally calibrated using Neumann Automatic Monitor Alignment.
  • Mixes begun at home or on the road using the NDH 30 can be seamlessly continued in the studio using KH-Line loudspeakers—and vice versa. At the same time, the NDH 30 is recommended as a headphone sound reference; headphones, after all, have long become the dominant playback system among consumers.
  • The NDH 30 is ideal for checking headphone compatibility and creating binaural mixes of immersive content (including VR and gaming). As consistency and reliability are essential in mixing and mastering, the NDH 30 is manufactured to extremely tight tolerances, so each headphone sounds exactly the same.
UPC: 615104355583

Neumann NDH 30 Specs

Key Specs
Wearing Style
Dual Ear with Headband
Foldable: Yes
Earpiece Swivel: Yes
Open/Closed-Back
Open-Back
Impedance
120 Ohms
Active Noise Cancellation
No
Frequency Response
12 Hz to 34 kHz
Built-In Mic
No
Audio Connector
1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS
Included Adapter
1/4"
Headphone
Wearing Style
Dual Ear with Headband
Foldable: Yes
Earpiece Swivel: Yes
Earpiece Design
Over-Ear (Circumaural)
Open/Closed-Back
Open-Back
Sound Field
Stereo
Driver Type
Dynamic
Driver Size
1.5" / 38 mm
Impedance
120 Ohms
Active Noise Cancellation
No
Frequency Response
12 Hz to 34 kHz
Maximum Sound Pressure Level (SPL)
104 dB at 1 kHz / 1 Vrms
Maximum Power Handling
1000 mW
Built-In Controls
No
Microphone
Built-In Mic
No
Connectivity
Wired Audio Connector
1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS
Included Adapter
1/4"
Cable Design
Detachable / Straight
Cable Length
9.8' / 3 m
Physical
Color
Black / Silver
Environmental Resistance
No
Weight
12.4 oz / 352 g (without Cable)
Packaging Info
Package Weight
2.305 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
11.8 x 9.8 x 3.3"

Neumann NDH 30 Reviews

Outstanding

By Matt
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2026-10-27

These headphones are truly outstanding. They are the first I have encountered that are a real alternative to using monitors for mixing. The mixes I.am getting by using these are translating quite well to different sets of speakers, with minor adjustments required. Crazy. Like the good kind of crazy. I bought these because my mixing space had changed locations. And then I had to move stuff around in the room. The space is weird but I THOUGHT I had appropriately treated the space. I was wrong. What I have been mixing was primarily dialogue and then some piano work which did not reveal the awful low frequency issues I was experiencing. But then I stepped into some projects with low frequency heavy information and my problems were revealed. But I did not have appropriate time allowed to address the nodes and nulls in my space. Yikes!!! I found these Neumann headphones and the specs seemed legit. I bought them even though it seemed like a lot of money. Fast forward: it was for sure the right choice. I now have essentially a portable monitoring system for mixing and mastering. Amazing. BTW,my monitors are Genelecs and a Genelecs sub. My interfaces are Metric Halo. It is a serious high end rig. The Neumann headphones live happily in the environment I gave them. It is a happy thing to find such an outstanding tool set. Expensive yes, but the headphones live up to the hype. Flat monitoring. Amazing.

The right Pro headphones for the right job

By IEVGEN
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-09-27

I usually don't write reviews because I'm a perfectionist and almost nothing impresses me, I just use what I bought for professional purposes and it's enough for me that it does the job. But here is a slightly different case. After the appearance Neumann NDH 30 made it easier to live and work. They sound exactly what I recorded on the microphones and everything that I mixed almost exactly the same sounds on all other devices. The stereo is very well separated. The sound scene is shown very correctly. NDH 30 are very comfortable, I don't feel them on my head even after several hours of use. The comfort is just incredible. The sound is accurate, detailed, transparent, dense, and correct throughout the entire frequency range. The quality of materials is at a high level. Ergonomics too. The only comment is the cord. The cord is excellent, but the set is only 3 m and 1.2 m must be bought for $80. I thought it was not modest. I also think the price is too high. But it so happened that for audio, video and photo equipment they always take more than it should actually cost. People don't protest, so they can continue like this.

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