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.

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

Nova Mini

A lightweight 3d printed open back headphone. Using a 40mm driver, same as the Nova Micro.

Currently, the re-design and build is complete, but the performance is sub-par. Either has too much mid-bass with an early bass roll-off, or the bass bleeds well into the lower mids creating a muddy sound. Adding crossovers to mitigate certain frequencies will add cost and negate the budget in mind.
This version will likely be scrapped entirely and sent straight to clearance.

Pulsar

Initially designed to use an insert for the standard M57, it has gone under a redesign changing how the M57 looks as well. Now with a slightly angled driver, further recessed into the cup, a smoother jack position, and a swivel stop internalized.

The closed back version is heavier, by about 75g. This is primarily due to the solid grill and heavier gel pads. The pads don't have the proper perforations from the factory, so the perforations are added by hand to achieve a better sound.

Currently has an absurd amount of bass and sub-bass, but is tuned to prevent the bass bleeding into the upper bass and mids, but at the expense of a darker treble. This will likely be the final revision for the ohysical design, with a more neutral sound profile to be created later.

Aluminum Headphones

Versions of headphones re-designed to be printed in aluminum and other materials. These will command a premium thanks to the production method being quite costly. To match the costs of metal 3d printing, each headphone will likely be paired with a wood enclosure and a resin cast headphone stand, as well as more premium hand-made cables.

Each copy would likely take over a month to make, as well as a price well above $500. A departure from our current product stack in cost and pricing. Driver will either be the 50mm peerless, a mass market planar driver, or a handmade planar or dynamic driver depending on sound quality.