Velum AudioModel One — 2026

Mapping the room

Glass, light and the most honest sound.

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N°001Nov 2026

Sound,sculpted.

Velum Model One

Seven drivers. One sphere of glass. Nowhere to hide.

A hand-blown glass sphere that maps your room in eleven seconds — then fills every corner of it with 360° sound.

(01)Philosophy

We spent four years taking things away. What remained was glass, light, and the most honest sound we have ever heard.

Ilse Varga

Founder & head of design

(02)Engineering

Four ideas. One object.

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Spatial by nature.

Seven drivers sit inside the sphere, each pointing somewhere new. Sound leaves in every direction at once — so there is no sweet spot. The whole room is the sweet spot.

drivers
7
drivers
dispersion
360°
dispersion
low end
28 Hz
low end
02 / 04

It listens to the room.

Twin microphones hear how your walls, windows and sofa colour the sound, then tune 2,048 parameters to cancel them out. Move it, and it quietly listens again.

calibration
11 s
calibration
parameters
2,048
parameters
mics
2
mics
03 / 04

Light that breathes.

A ring of 96 micro-LEDs floats inside the glass and swells with the music's dynamics. When the music stops, it settles into a two-lux glow you can sleep beside.

micro-LEDs
96
micro-LEDs
night mode
2 lux
night mode
screens
0
screens
04 / 04

Blown by hand.

Every shell is mouth-blown from borosilicate glass by one of nine artisans in Bohemia. Tiny bubbles and ripples are left in on purpose. No two are alike, and each one is numbered.

artisans
9
artisans
per batch
5,000
per batch
every shell
1 of 1
every shell

(03)Details

Small things,
obsessed over.

Everything you touch, hear and never notice — tuned until it disappeared.

Battery

USB-C · Qi2 dock

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0%

Lift it from the dock and carry the room with you. A full day of music on one charge — and a full charge in 90 minutes.

Lossless

24-bit / 192 kHz

Studio-grade resolution, end to end. Nothing is squeezed on the way to your ears.

61Volume

Gestures

Turn the air.

Circle a hand above the glass to change volume. Wave to pause. No buttons to find in the dark.

Multiroom

Up to 0 rooms, in perfect sync.

Pair as many as you like. Every Velum stays within a millisecond of the others.

0%recycled base
Recycled aluminiumBorosilicate glassWool feltTree-free boxRepairableNo glue

(04)Finishes

Three glasses.
One voice.

Optical clarity. The light ring floats in plain sight.

(05)Voices

Heard in 38 countries. Loved in all of them.

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Average rating · 3,180 reviews

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Pre-orders, first batch

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Returned after 100 nights

“The first speaker I've owned that sounds like the room was built around it.
MIMara IlvesMastering engineer, Tallinn
“It's the only object on my desk that people ask to touch.
TBTheo BrandtArchitect, Zürich
“Dialogue sits exactly where it should. I score films on it now — quietly, at night.
ASAiko SatoFilm composer, Kyoto
“Calibration took eleven seconds. My acoustic panels took eleven weeks.
JWJonas WeirStudio owner, Glasgow
“Beautiful when it plays. Somehow more beautiful when it doesn't.
LNLena NovakProduct designer, Prague
“The light ring breathing with a cello recording — I didn't know I needed that.
RORuth OkaforSound artist, Lagos
“No app nagging me, no sweet spot to sit in. Just music, everywhere.
DRDaniel ReyesPhotographer, Mexico City
“Feels less like a gadget and more like something you'd inherit.
HKHana KimCeramicist, Seoul
“Beautiful when it plays. Somehow more beautiful when it doesn't.
LNLena NovakProduct designer, Prague
“The light ring breathing with a cello recording — I didn't know I needed that.
RORuth OkaforSound artist, Lagos
“No app nagging me, no sweet spot to sit in. Just music, everywhere.
DRDaniel ReyesPhotographer, Mexico City
“Feels less like a gadget and more like something you'd inherit.
HKHana KimCeramicist, Seoul
“The first speaker I've owned that sounds like the room was built around it.
MIMara IlvesMastering engineer, Tallinn
“It's the only object on my desk that people ask to touch.
TBTheo BrandtArchitect, Zürich
“Dialogue sits exactly where it should. I score films on it now — quietly, at night.
ASAiko SatoFilm composer, Kyoto
“Calibration took eleven seconds. My acoustic panels took eleven weeks.
JWJonas WeirStudio owner, Glasgow

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(06)Pre-order

Hear it
for yourself.

Velum Model One, from $649. The first 5,000 ship in November 2026 — each one numbered, each one a little different.

or get a note when it ships
  • Free shipping worldwide
  • 100-night home trial
  • 3-year warranty