ellipse studio headphones

A big sound requires a big driver. Most headphones use drivers between 30 and 40mm. The ellipse™ uses 50mm. A larger driver moves more air, and more air movement is what gives bass its real weight and presence. The kick drum hits. The soundstage opens up. Music stops feeling like it is coming from inside your head and starts feeling like it is happening around you.

The ellipse™ goes from 12Hz to 40,000Hz — well beyond what the human ear can detect. You may not hear those extra frequencies, but research shows they affect how music feels. The deep sub-bass registers as physical sensation. The high frequencies above the audible range influence brain activity in ways that make music feel more alive and immersive. The result is not just something you hear. It is something you feel.

The earcups sit around your ears and block out the world. No noise cancellation, no battery, no processing. Just thick and soft velour, closed earcups, and the music in front of you. It is a small thing that makes a big difference to how connected you feel to what you are hearing.

A wired connection means no compression, no latency, no pairing. The ellipse™ connects to your phone, your laptop, your audio interface, your hi-fi. You plug in and it works.

Brass is heavy, dense, and gets better with age. That is why it is used in the hardware on our guitars, and why every joint and metal detail on the ellipse™ is brass. It does not flex, it does not corrode, and it does not feel cheap in your hands. Materials that are built to last change how a product feels to own.

The ear pads are the first thing to wear out on any headphone. On the ellipse™, you replace them yourself. New pads, same headphone. That is a different kind of purchase.

The ellipse™ connects on either side. Plug a second pair directly into the first and two people hear the same thing, from the same source. No adapters or splitters needed.

Faux leather on the headband. Velour on the ear pads. Aluminum on the frame. Brass joints. Each material was chosen for how it feels after hours of use and how long it holds up. The textures come from the same world as guitar amplifiers and vintage cases. If you have ever held a well-made instrument, you will recognise the feeling.

Morten has always drawn - from book illustrations to our instruments. The ellipse™ started the same way. Rough lines first, then more considered ones. Some stayed from the very first sketch. Others took a long time to get right.

Once the drawing feels right, Morten takes it into 3D himself. Every joint, every curve, built piece by piece. A 3D file leads to a prototype. The prototype leads to changes. New files, new prototype. This went on until the ellipse™ became what it is today.

We put it in the hands of musicians and let them use it properly. In sessions, in studios, in real work. What they heard, what felt off, how the materials held up. Some things we thought were right turned out not to be. The ellipse™ you can buy today came out of those conversations.