HEAR
THE FUTURE
IN 16D
SON16 is an immersive sound lab building spatial instruments, 360° live experiences and the legendary SON16.ONE monitoring system. We don't play sound. We build worlds you can walk inside.
We are not a studio.
We are a listening organism.
Founded in 2016 in a basement with 16 speakers and one obsession — what if sound had architecture? Today SON16 is a 1200m² lab: anechoic chamber, dome stage for 300 listeners, synth museum, mastering suites and psychoacoustics research unit with universities.
Sound as space, not signal
Stereo is a postcard. Spatial is the journey. We compose in XYZ coordinates: height, depth, movement. A kick can orbit you. A choir can rain from ceiling. Listeners don't sit — they navigate. Every SON16 production is mixed three times: for dome (16ch), for Atmos, for binaural headphones with personalized HRTF.
16.4 Dome Stage
300 seats, 42 speakers, 4 subs under floor. You feel bass in bones.
Anechoic Lab
-12dB silence. Hear your own blood. Record foley & ASMR.
- ✓ 2016: first 16-speaker basement rave for 40 friends
- ✓ 2019: SON16.ONE monitor launch, sold 4,000 pairs
- ✓ 2023: dome stage opens, Boiler-style 360 streams hit 12M views
- ✓ 2025-2026: SON16 OS 3.0 — AI spatial upmix + haptic suits
Engineered for goosebumps
Three proprietary systems power everything: capture, render, reproduce. From 32-capsule ambisonic mic to neural HRTF personalization in 40 seconds via selfie scan.
SON16 CORE Render
Real-time 16-channel object renderer, 0.7ms latency. Drag sounds in 3D with gloves or MIDI. Exports to Atmos, Sony 360, binaural, dome.
HEX-32 Microphone
32 capsules on dodecahedron. Captures full sphere with 4th-order ambisonics. Rain, crowd, engine — perfectly relocatable.
MyHRTF AI
Scan your ears, get personal spatial profile. 87% listeners report “sounds outside head” vs 34% generic.
SON16.ONE Monitors
Coaxial + 360 tweeter ring. Flat 28Hz–40kHz. 4000+ studios use them. “They disappear, only hologram stays.”
Haptic Floor
Sub-bass transducers under stage. Deaf audiences feel kick, blind see via vibration mapping.
Memory Mix
AI that learns your taste and remixes live: more air, less harshness, vocal forward — in real time.
Measured, not marketed
Frequency response ±0.8dB, THD 0.002%, crosstalk -110dB. But main metric: 94% dome visitors cry, laugh or freeze during “Weightless” demo track. We chase that.
Instruments of immersion
Hardware, software and experiences. Buy, rent or book. Every product ships with 30-day dome trial and free Atmos mastering of one track.
SON16.ONE Monitors (Pair)
Reference coaxial + 360 ring. Room calibration mic included.
From whisper to earthquake in 5 steps
We hear you first
90-min deep dive in dome: references, emotions, venues you dream to fill. We measure your HRTF and taste profile.
3D demo in 48 hours
Rough object mix: where kick lives, where vocal flies. You walk inside with VR or come to dome.
Record the unrecordable
HEX-32 field recording, synth design, foley in anechoic chamber. 200+ layers per track typical.
Mix on 42 speakers
Human + AI balance, haptic mapping, three exports: dome, Atmos, binaural. Blind A/B with audience panel.
Premiere under the dome
Launch party for 300 + global 360 stream. We stay for tour support and spatial stems archive.
Loved by ears worldwide
“I mixed 20 years in stereo. One night in SON16 dome killed it. My album in Atmos gained 3M streams in a month.”
Producer, 2x Platinum
“AURA headphones with MyHRTF — first time I heard rain BEHIND me on a record. I took them off to check windows.”
Film composer
“We premiered our VR game with SON16 spatial audio. Retention +41%. Players just stand and listen to wind.”
Game director, Kyoto
Choose your depth
Listen
- Dome concert seat
- AURA bar test (30 min)
- MyHRTF demo scan
- Free tea + vinyl shop
Create ⭐ Most popular
- Atmos + binaural master
- Dome mix session (4h)
- HEX-32 recording day
- Spotify / Apple delivery
- Premiere stream slot
Reside
- Private studio + dome nights
- SON16.ONE loan pair
- MOD16 + engineer 20h
- Label & tour support
Do I need Atmos experience to work with you?
No. 70% clients come from stereo. We teach spatial thinking in first session, provide templates for Ableton, Logic, FL and Pro Tools, plus free 1-hour onboarding.
Can I hear the difference on normal headphones?
Yes — every dome mix includes binaural render with MyHRTF. On AURA or even Apple EarPods you hear height and behind. Dome is 100%, headphones is 85% of magic.
Where are you located?
Main dome in Los Angeles Arts District, second lab in Berlin Kreuzberg, pop-up in Tokyo Shibuya. Online mastering worldwide in 72 hours.
Do you sell SON16.ONE internationally?
We ship to 40 countries with free calibration. 30-day return if you don't cry on first listen — only 1.2% return.
Fresh signals from the lab
Research notes, artist stories, product drops and dome diaries. Updated weekly by engineers, not marketers.
SON16 OS 3.0: AI that places sound like a human
Neural upmix from stereo to 16 channels in real time, trained on 900 dome mixes...
Coming soon →AURA II review roundup: 9.4/10 across 14 magazines
Bone conduction + planar, 40h battery, head-tracking...
Coming soon →Dome season: 24 sold-out nights, 7200 listeners
From ambient funerals to gabber mornings — how we program...
Coming soon →Come listen with your body
Book a dome tour, demo or mastering
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