Shop Updated with New Units - August 2022
Check out some new units in our shop!
New units are now available in our shop!
TylersEclectic's Thoughts and Impressions on the RAD-0
Phew, these are stupid good…
Thank you to Tyler for his thoughts and slick video about the RAD-0!
“Phew, these are stupid good...”
Check out more of Tyler’s work
How Do You Develop Mix Confidence?
…the best headphones I’ve ever heard in terms of flat-response, un-coloured, detailed sound are the Rosson Audio Rad-0…
Excellent philosophy from Grammy Award winning engineer and producer Dom Morley on developing mix confidence. Couldn’t agree more!
“…I’m a big fan of mixing on headphones. Headphones are great for mixing because they don’t care what sort of room you’re in, and the bang-for-buck with headphones is significantly greater than with speakers. I realise some people may take issue with this last point but look at it this way: the best headphones I’ve ever heard in terms of flat-response, un-coloured, detailed sound are the Rosson Audio Rad-0, a pair of which will set you back somewhere in the region of £2500. That’s some pricey headphones! But, if I wanted to buy a pair of speakers that gave me the same level of un-coloured, super-detailed mixing confidence then I’d probably need to spend around ten times that. And I would need to treat my room to the same level as well. All of a sudden, expensive headphones are starting to look pretty cheap…”
- Dom Morley, ProTools Expert
Audiophile Style RAD-0 Review
Thank you Josh Mound for the wonderfully in-depth review of the RAD-0! Check out the full review here.
“After months with the RAD-0, I can say without hesitation that it’s my favorite planar headphone bar none.”
John Darko, Alessandro Cortini, and John Tejada Talk RAD-0
John Darko, Alessandro Cortini, and John Tejada Talk RAD-0
An incredibly in-depth and informative chat between John Darko, Alessandro Cortini, and John Tejada about their experiences with the RAD-0. Blurring the lines between audiophile listening pleasure and accurate engineering, each find common ground in their enjoyment and usefulness of the RAD-0. This one is definitely worth your attention and time. Check out John Darko’s write up here!
Shop Updated with New Units - December 2020
Check out some new units in our shop!
New units are now available in our shop!
Darko Audio Product of the Year
A big thank you to John Darko for the humbling words and mention in your Products of the Year 2020 roundup.
“...I just can’t really criticize them for anything.”
Make sure to check out Darko.audio for more HiFi news and reviews.
Behind the Scenes: Ring Polishing
Here's a short video of some footage I shot for fun. Nothing serious. What you're watching is a portion of our process to create our RAD-0 headphones.
Shop Updated with New Units - September 2020
Check out some new units in our shop!
New units are now available in our shop!
Audiokey RAD-0 Review
“… the Rosson Audio RAD-0 is a reference level planar headphone for music lovers! And it will lead music lovers on a path of rediscovery across all of their media and happily so!”
“A BREATHTAKINGLY MUSICAL, AESTHETICALLY CUSTOMIZABLE HEADPHONE!”
A big thank you to Kermit Heartsong at Audiokey Reviews for the beautiful and excellent review. We are so thankful to receive their Gold Keynote Award!
“The Rosson Audio RAD-0 is, without doubt, one of the most brilliantly engineered, astonishingly musical, incredibly transparent, and extended planar magnetic headphones that we have had the opportunity to review. And, of course, we are pleased to both very highly recommend it and to award to the The Rosson Audio RAD-0 our “GOLD KEYNOTE” AWARD. Kudos to Alex Rosson and the design team!”
-Kermit Heartsong, Audiokey Reviews
Reggie Watts Visits the Lab
Our good friend John Tejada brought Reggie Watts to the lab to pour some custom rings. It was a pleasure to meet Reggie and create a one of a kind set of rings for a one of a kind artist.
Black Sun Empire Remix Competition
Black Sun Empire are hosting a remix competition for their 2004 debut album ‘Driving Insane’. Five tracks off the album will be available to remix, including their hit ‘Arrakis’, also remixed by Noisia. Five winning remixes will be released on the 2020 remastered album and receive a prize package including software, gear and merchandise. The competition will be hosted on Metapop, a Native Instruments platform, and in collaboration with Black Sun Empire’s label Blackout. All companies contributing to the prize package will be mentioned in all written and visual communication and are included on the competition page on Metapop.
Download the stems here
Grand Prize ($$$$$)
Release on Driving Insane Remastered on Blackout Music NL
Native Instruments Komplete 12 Ultimate Collector's Edition
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S49
Rosson Audio Custom Headphones (worth $2999)
MeldaProduction MMasteringFXBundle or MMixingFXBundle or MCreativeFXBundle and one instrument
PreSonus StudioOne Professional and ATOM Pad Controller
iZotope Music Production Suite
ADAM Audio T7V Active Studio Monitors
D16 Group Total Bundle
FL Studio All Plugins (or $900 IL VCash if you already own that)
Fabfilter Mixing Bundle (including the new Saturn 2)
Arturia V Collection
Sugar Bytes DrumComputer, Egoist and Looperator
Steinberg Absolute Collection
Kilohearts Phase Plant + Toolbox Professional plus sick t-shirt and cap
Cytomic 3 plug-ins of choice
Denise.io All Plugins
Creative Intent All Plugins
Kush Audio 1 year membership (requires a physical iLok USB generation 2 or 3)
Black Sun Empire limited edition skateboard
Runner Up ($$$$)
Release on Driving Insane Remastered on Blackout Music NL
Native Instruments Komplete 12 Ultimate
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32
Rosson Audio $1000 Voucher
Stealthsonics U4 In-Ear Monitors
MeldaProduction MEssentialFX Bundle and one instrument
PreSonus StudioOne Professional
iZotope Ozone 9
D16 Group Silverline Collection
FL Studio Signature Bundle
Fabfilter Plugin of choice
Arturia FX Collection
Steinberg Backbone Drum Re-synthesizer and Cubase Elements
Kilohearts Pluging of choice from Toolbox Professional plus sick t-shirt and cap
Cytomic 2 plug-ins of choice
Denise.io 2 plug-ins of choice
Creative Intent Tantrum
Third Place ($$$$)
Release on Driving Insane Remastered on Blackout Music NL
Native Instruments Komplete 12
Stealthsonics U2 In-Ear Monitors
Rosson Audio $600 Voucher
MeldaProduction MEssentialFX Bundle and one instrument
PreSonus StudioOne Professional
iZotope Ozone 9
FL Studio Producer Edition
D16 Group 3 plug-ins of choice from Silverline Collection
Fabfilter Plugin of choice
Arturia Pigments
Sugar Bytes Turnado
Steinberg Cubase Elements
Kilohearts Plugin of choice from Toolbox Professional plus sick t-shirt and cap
Cytomic 1 plug-in of choice
Denise.io 2 plug-ins of choice
Creative Intent Tantrum
Fourth Place ($$$$)
Release on Driving Insane Remastered on Blackout Music NL
Native Instruments Komplete 12
Rosson Audio $300 Voucher
MeldaProduction one instrument
PreSonus StudioOne Professional
iZotope Ozone 9
Fabfilter Plugin of choice
D16 Group 2 plug-ins of choice from Silverline Collection
Sugar Bytes Aparillo
Kilohearts Plugin of choice from Toolbox Professional plus sick t-shirt and cap
Denise.io 2 plug-ins of choice
Creative Intent Tantrum
Fifth Place ($$$$)
Release on Driving Insane Remastered on Blackout Music NL
Native Instruments Komplete 12 Select
MeldaProduction one instrument
PreSonus StudioOne Professional
iZotope Ozone 9
Fabfilter Plugin of choice
D16 Group 1 plug-in of choice from Silverline Collection
Kilohearts Plugin of choice from Toolbox Professional plus sick t-shirt and cap
Denise.io 2 plug-ins of choice
Creative Intent Tantrum