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iyo audio Introduces
VAD Pro
The world’s first virtual auditory display.
Overview
VAD Pro
VAD stands for Virtual Auditory Display - iyO's breakthrough in audio spatialization with high precision. When paired with iyO's psychoacoustics software, VAD Pro enables artists to create and render deeply immersive audio on an entirely new creative canvas. VAD Pro is the first studio-reference quality spatial audio device.
Hi-fi ambisonic rendering
VAD Pro uses sophisticated, personalized psychoacoustics with built in head tracking to render an ambisonic dome around you.
A new creative canvas
The jump from stereo to VAD is bigger than the jump from mono to stereo.
Stereo will soon be obsolete.
Bespoke audio, made for you
VAD Pro is custom fit to your ear anatomy and auditory brain, providing extreme isolation and impeccable spatial rendering.
Rotatable magnetic connector
Ensures secure yet flexible connection.
Titanium housing faceplate
Lightweight, ultra-rigid cover that reduces resonance.
Driver system
Hybrid 10 mm dynamic driver and twin balanced armature for powerful bass and detailed mids/highs.
Tuned sound port
Directs and refines sound for natural auditory perception.
Clear housing
Transparent shell showcasing the internal architecture while ensuring strength.
Rotatable magnetic connector
Ensures secure yet flexible connection.
Titanium housing faceplate
Lightweight, ultra-rigid cover that reduces resonance.
Driver system
Hybrid 10 mm dynamic driver and twin balanced armature for powerful bass and detailed mids/highs.
Tuned sound port
Directs and refines sound for natural auditory perception.
Clear housing
Transparent shell showcasing the internal architecture while ensuring strength.
Details
VAD Pro — Acoustic System
An ambisonic studio in your pocket
Mix + master from anywhere, tour bus or coffee shop.
Hi-fi ambisonic rendering
Bespoke psychoacoustics designed for your hearing brain
VAD Pro renders audio spatially, not just left and right — but above, behind, and all around you. It’s not stereo. It’s a fully immersive soundstage, personalized to how your brain hears space.
a new creative canvas
Creating in spatial is a mind-blowing experience
With support for your DAW or Atmos source, VAD Pro lets you place sound with intent — in space. Render your music in iconic venues or build sonic worlds with precision tools and psychoacoustic software.
Bespoke audio, made for you
Custom-fit to your ear and to your brain
A custom-fit tip crafted for your ear. Triple-driver acoustics, precise from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. All-day wear with audio quality that matches studio monitors. Psychoacoustics matched to your hearing brain.
Mix + Master on a breakthrough audio canvas
What once took a Dome of speakers, now fits in your ears.
Why stereo isn’t enough
Stereo was built for flat sound. VAD opens up a full 3D soundstage, so you can place elements all around the listener — not just left or right.
Research-grade roots
The acoustic foundation of VAD PRO was shaped inside a high-order spatial dome, built for testing how the brain hears in 3D. That science is now embedded in your headphones.
From R&D to real-time
With VAD software, everything you hear is spatialized in real time using personalized filters. It’s not an effect — it’s engineered perception.
Precision, miniaturized
What used to take a room of speakers now lives in your ears. The leap isn’t just technical — it’s creative. You’re not monitoring a mix. You’re inside it.
The science
behind the sound
VAD Pro combines 7 DSP cores, integrated head tracking, and triple driver acoustics to generate impeccable soundscapes.
• technical features
audio
Dynamic driver + Twin Balanced Armature, DSP crossover
processor
7-core DSP processing system
connectivity
USB‑C audio + power for macOS
PSYCHOACOUSTICS
Personalized VAD filters designed for your auditory system
tracking
Ultra-fast head tracking for spatial audio
Software
iyO VAD App for Mac with real-time 3D rendering and fitting calibration
durability
Ultra-durable titanium chassis and housing
• what's in the box
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VAD Pro
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2 custom-fit silicone tips (R + L)
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2 triple driver acoustic systems (R + L)M
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USB-C cable
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Quick start guide
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Welcome to the future of sound
Hearing is believing.
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