Packaging and Accessories

The Dan Clark Audio CORINA ships in a thick and appropriately-sized product box, which in turn comes placed inside more-than-adequate shipping packaging with good protection all around it should you decide to purchase it directly from the company. The product box is clean in design with a smooth black base that has the product name applied specially on the front similar to how you will see it on the headphones themselves down to the use of capitalized letters and R, I in blue. A similar such applique is found on the side where we see the brand logo itself and that's about it to see here as we now confirm the use of a two-piece packaging with the lid lifting off to reveal the contents inside.


There is a soft lining on the inner side of the box to help protect against any scratches to the items inside including a certificate of authenticity printed in fancy font, a handy microfiber cloth to help keep the CORINA clean, as well as two socket head screws and an Allen key to help install/remove them—more on this later. These items come placed inside a plastic zip-lock bag that does not necessarily match the more premium unboxing experience that perhaps customers might be expecting, and the certificate too feels like it would have been better off placed inside a felt envelope, perhaps. But these are barely any issues and will be soon forgotten as you then lay eyes upon the headphones themselves. Do also note the quick user guide going over the use and maintenance of these headphones (online copy here).

You may have noted by now there is no travel/storage case which ships with the CORINA, so those who saw the compact case that ships with the STEALTH and EXPANSE need to be immediately aware of the different design of the CORINA which prevents the folding gimbal design seen there. Part of this is of course because the CORINA has different amplifier requirements, with portable e-stat amps not really worth consideration based on my experience. Also, DCA no doubt would like customers to love the CORINA so much that it always has a place as part of their audio setup, with the usual e-stat handling caveats of course. In practice it's best to place the headphones back in the box when not in use or simply purchase a good headphones stand separately.