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Music is a social experience -- much more so than your headphones currently allow for. It's a way to express your individual taste and a key part of your own style and personality.

The Wearhaus Arc is a reimagining of this classic piece of hardware; with all the changes in how we share and listen to music, it's about time headphones evolved to keep up.





As music lovers ourselves, we know that music is one of the most powerful ways to connect with someone - whether they’re an old friend or a new acquaintance. We never liked the way that headphones automatically close you off from everyone around you (although in many cases, that’s useful!), so we built Arc to be the first pair of headphones that let you wirelessly sync up with multiple friends and listen together.

To accomplish this, we designed a mesh networking protocol on top of standard Bluetooth audio profiles, allowing Arc to relay music wirelessly between multiple units and listen in sync. Now you can easily introduce your friends to the artists you love most, or discover new music through people around you.

The Wearhaus App makes sharing music with your friends easy. It works in tandem with Arc, displaying a feed of stations nearby and controlling privacy settings as well as headphone color. Check out a quick demonstration below!

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We’ve tested broadcasting with up to six other people at a time, with a range of 100 feet outdoors and 65 feet indoors. Though theoretically Arc can support unlimited listeners, we're constantly working to test and increase the maximum range and number of connections, and will push firmware improvements to these even after we ship the product.

Just like your musical taste, the headphones you wear say a lot about who you are - for some people, it’s even more of a fashion statement. A key part of the Arc design and experience are the customizable LED light rings. You’re able to choose your personal color at any time using the mobile app or the touch controls. If you’re broadcasting, anyone who joins your station syncs up to your color! Of course, you can also dim or turn off the backlight entirely if you prefer to be more low key.

In our countless hours of user research, we noticed a pattern among almost every brand we tested; the simple act of changing volume or song required whipping out your phone or fumbling with buttons. That seemed like a terribly unnatural way to control your music, so we made sure to tackle that problem too while designing the Arc.

A touch-sensitive panel on the right earcup allows you to control playback with simple, intuitive gestures. You can play/pause your music with a single tap, swipe to move between songs and change volume, or control sharing functionality, all without having to touch your phone.

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No matter what else they can do, we went into this process knowing that the Arc will need to look, sound, and feel great to make a user happy. So we spent months working with our factory to optimize all the essentials.

Arc's battery lasts for 16 continuous hours of solo listening, or 10 hours of sharing. A micro-USB charging cable is included, along with a standard 3.5mm audio cable for those who prefer wired audio. Voice calls and in-game chat are supported by a high-quality digital mic embedded in the earcup, right next to your jaw.

Every part of the Arc has undergone rigorous stress and reliability testing, including careful tuning of headband pressure (no more sore ears!) and a super comfortable, form-fitting cushion design that seals out external noise.

40mm 32Ω dual-diaphragm drivers provide a delicate balance between the lows, mids, and highs, making sure no part of your music is overstated or drowned out. We've spent the last few months obsessively tuning Arc's acoustic design, and will continue to do so until production - we want you to give you the best audio quality possible!

The Wearhaus mobile app helps you see what people around you are listening to and instantly tune in. The main screen shows all nearby users’ stations, along with their current song and connected listeners. Selecting immediately adds you to the station, and you’ll start hearing exactly what everyone else is listening to. The station page lets you chat with the other listeners, upvote the channel owner and bookmark the song for later. A smartphone isn’t required to use the Arc, but our mobile app significantly enhances the social experience that the headphones create. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with

sound 00:00 00:00 We’re totally platform agnostic; regardless of whether you’re listening to music from iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud, or even watching a video on YouTube, you can stream any audio to people nearby. You can even plug in with an auxiliary cable and still share with others. Our app will be available on iOS and Android at launch, with other mobile platforms soon after. We’re totally platform agnostic; regardless of whether you’re listening to music from iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud, or even watching a video on YouTube, you can stream any audio to people nearby. You can even plug in with an auxiliary cable and still share with others. Our app will be available on iOS and Android at launch, with other mobile platforms soon after.





The first Arc prototypes were built in July and August 2013. Soon afterwards we joined Highway1, a 4-month hardware incubator run by PCH International.



Our manufacturing partner, based out of Shenzhen and with 20+ years of high-end headphone experience, got involved in our design very early on; we’ve been working with them since January 2014, began design for manufacture (DFM) in April, and are on track to ship in early January 2015! We opened up website for pre-orders in May, when we had the first presentable prototype ready. That helped us cover the design-for-manufacture costs and bring us to a production-ready state. Now we’re at a very exciting point on this journey, where we can begin shipping our headphones in January! We started this campaign to raise the funds that will hopefully get us all the way through our production run, and get the Arc off the assembly line and delivered to your eager ears. More importantly, we want to grow the community of passionate music listeners in the Wearhaus Arc community. The headphones are fantastic for listening to music with your close friends, and the more users, the more exciting the Wearhaus Arc becomes. We’d love your support and hope you will become a backer. THANKS EVERYONE! We reached our $200K goal. More LED features for all! [Previous post - WOW! We passed our $150K stretch goal and now each and every Arc will receive active noise cancelling through a firmware update after launch. Thank you so much for sharing and helping us reach this amazing goal! We promised something colorful and here it is. If we hit $200K, we will make your Arc LED lights extra special by adding pulsing patterns, multicolor options and access to any color in the RGB spectrum.] [Previous post - We hit our goal in the first 4 days of our campaign! We're super excited to see so many people interested in the Wearhaus Arc. As a reward to all of our early supporters, we'll be introducing some stretch goals that make the Arc even cooler! Since so many people have requested active noise canceling, we decided that we'll include it as a stretch goal for our campaign! If we are able to raise at least $150,000 before the end of the campaign, we'll add active noise canceling to the Wearhaus Arc! This won't be available immediately when we ship in January, but will be enabled through a firmware update using the Wearhaus app a few months afterwards.]