IK Multimedia ARC On-Ear Standalpone Headphone Correction / Virutal Monitoring

Accurate monitoring with no plugins or DAW needed

Traditional headphones — even “reference” models — don’t tell the whole truth. Their frequency response is never perfectly flat, and their exaggerated stereo image alters your perception of balance, timbre, and space. The result? Endless revisions, ear fatigue, and mixes that don’t translate.

ARC ON•EAR is a revolutionary standalone headphone DAC and amplifier that instantly corrects your headphone's response and recreates the experience of mixing on professional studio monitors.

For the first time, you can mix, master, and produce with total confidence — anywhere.

ARC ON•EAR doesn’t sound artificial or over-processed. Instead, it delivers the precision, depth, and trust of a real control room — inside your headphones.

• Headphone correction/virtual monitoring system
• Audiophile DAC and headphone amplifier with built-in correction
• Removes the guesswork from mixing on headphones
• Recreates the experience of monitors in a studio
• Virtually audition your mix on other top playback systems
• Control software to customize and load up to 5 profiles
• Support for hundreds of popular headphone models
• Rechargeable battery provides up to 4 hours of playback
• Digital and Analog audio inputs support all audio sources

Mixing on headphones has always meant compromise.

Even “reference” headphones color your sound, while exaggerated stereo width makes spatial judgment nearly impossible. ARC ON•EAR solves both problems — restoring a neutral frequency response and a natural stereo image — so you can trust what you hear every time.

A reference you can trust

Every pair of headphones has its own sonic fingerprint.

ARC ON•EAR uses precision calibration profiles, measured with state-of-the-art reference rigs, to ensure accurate, transparent, and reliable sound. With support for hundreds of popular headphone models, you’ll experience your mix exactly as it should sound — clear, balanced, and true.

Studio monitors — in your headphones

Unlike plug-ins or impulse-based “virtual rooms,” ARC ON•EAR uses advanced physical modeling to recreate how real studio monitors behave in an ideal acoustic space. No artificial reverbs. No timbral coloration. Just the natural depth, width, and clarity of a real control room — right in your headphones.