Work In Progress

This section is for headphones that are in fine tuning stages or experimental stages. Feel free to suggest a design you'd like to see become real.

Nova V

A larger open back headphone in the grill style of the Nova Mini. Using a hinge assembly inspired by the Meze 99 band, it has a higher amount of clamp force but still uses the same 50mm driver found on the M57 and Cupola.

Issues at present are excess noise in the hinge as well as the strap catching hair and an overall bright treble tuning.

Expected price to be about $80. The Nova non V, which uses the same band as the Nova MIni, at $70.

Nova Mini

A lightweight 3d printed open back headphone. Using a 40mm driver, same as the Nova Micro, it is tuned to have small bass hump but has an early sub-bass falloff.

Currently, there are issues with excess plastic on plastic noise in the hinge. A version with an aftermarket headband as well as a closed back version are also being tested.

Expected price should be around $60

M57 Closed Back

The M57 design, but with an insert and different internal structure to convert it into closed back.
It still uses the same 50mm driver, but uses different Cooling Gel pads as well as more tuning methods. At present, the tuning is still a bit wonky, but in my view, quite tolerable. Bassy with a dark upper mid and treble.

A unit should be available when the proper sized pads arrive.

The Avocado

An experimental design in the shape and color scheme of an avocado. Intially expected to use a single 50mm driver, it is currently in testing with two angled 50mm drivers in each cup resulting in an absurd amount of bass bleeding well into the mid-bass.