Final expands its DX series with the new Final DX4000CL featuring an all-new dynamic driver and refined acoustic design

Tokyo, Japan: Final today announces the launch of the DX4000CL, the latest addition to its DX closed-back headphone series. Sitting between the flagship Final DX6000CL and the acclaimed Final DX3000CL, the DX4000CL refines the series’ core philosophy with a sound that is natural, balanced and richly textured, while introducing a more open and resolving presentation.

The Final DX4000CL will be available to buy from selected retailers from 26th February 2026 for £949 / $999 / €999.

With the DX series, Final set out to challenge the limitations traditionally associated with closed-back headphones. Rather than embracing the heavy low-end emphasis and confined staging often found in the category, Final’s approach centres on balance, control and spatial realism.

The DX4000CL continues this direction, carefully eliminating the low-frequency rumble commonly associated with closed-back designs. The result is a cleaner, clearer presentation with exceptional control across the entire frequency range. Bass is articulate and disciplined, supporting the music without overshadowing it.

Its overall balance is neutral and refined, allowing recordings to unfold naturally. Vocals are rendered with lifelike presence, instruments carry convincing body and texture, and fine nuances are reproduced with clarity. By taking a more open and resolving approach, the DX4000CL reveals subtle micro-detail and dynamic expression while maintaining the coherence and musicality that define the DX range. The sense of space is expansive and immersive, offering an unexpectedly open soundstage from a closed-back construction.

At the core of the DX4000CL is a newly developed dynamic driver, engineered to achieve precise diaphragm movement and optimised airflow control within the housing. This careful driver design ensures accurate low-frequency reproduction and contributes to the headphone’s highly resolving character.

The internal acoustic structure has been meticulously tuned to suppress unwanted resonance, preserving clarity and ensuring that complex passages remain composed and well separated. This refined engineering underpins the DX4000CL’s richly textured presentation and its ability to maintain neutrality without sacrificing emotional engagement.

To complement the headphone’s resolving performance, Final includes a silver-coated cable as standard. Designed to enhance signal transmission, the cable allows fine details to emerge with greater clarity and texture, further reinforcing the sense of an open soundstage and elevating overall transparency.

The DX6000CL stands at the pinnacle of the series, while the DX3000CL introduced listeners to Final’s distinctive closed-back philosophy. The DX4000CL builds on these foundations, offering a carefully balanced alternative that emphasises openness, precision and refinement within the range.

By combining technical control with a natural, richly textured tonal balance, the DX4000CL represents the next step in Final’s pursuit of uncompromising closed-back headphone design.

Type: Closed-back dynamic headphones

Driver: 40mm Paper-Carbon composite diaphragm

Earpads: Synthetic leather and memory foam (replaceable)

Housing: Resin

Cable: Flagship silver coated cable 4.4mm (with 4.4mm to 6.3mm adapter)

Sensitivity: 96dB/mW

Impendance: 37Ω (1kHz)

Weight: 375g (excluding cable)

Cable length: 2m

Established in 2007, Final began as a subsidiary of the major American connector brand; in 2014, it became independent through an MBO by the current management team. Now is what you would call, its second formation.Products such as earphones and headphones belong to a category known as current electrical appliances whose value is the greatest when they are brand new. We, however, would like to create earphones and headphones that people have an affinity for and continue to use in much the same way they have with a mechanical wristwatch, the kind that will be valued as an antique in the future. To that end, it is necessary to embody the design of the product and how it is considered, including the repair system, as a concrete organization or structure.Our brand concept is simple and has not changed since the company’s inception - “The comprehensive pursuit of things that are fundamentally right”. In our pursuit of this, we have actively adopted cutting-edge technology such as 3D printers. We believe that such a pursuit is what creates a brand.