ARC ON•EAR: Editor’s Award

ARC ON•EAR: Editor’s Award

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ARC ON•EAR is a standalone headphone DAC and amplifier that corrects your headphone's response and recreates the experience of mixing on professional studio monitors. Just released, it's already earning awards and recognition from music-making professionals.

Here's a summary of why ARC ON•EAR received the Editor's Choice award in the December issue of Hi-Fi Choice.

Because headphone drivers are positioned at 180° to the ears, they can create an unnaturally wide stereo image with a lack of room cues – making decisions on reverb, panning, and stereo width especially difficult.

ARC ON-EAR solves this with a custom cross-feed algorithm to create a believable stereo image on a par with listening to speakers in a well-tuned room.

Hi-Fi Choice

Find the December issue of Hi-Fi Choice magazine HERE.


ARC ON•EAR delivers the precision, depth, and trust of a real control room — inside your headphones. For the first time, you can mix, master, and produce with total confidence — anywhere.

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