Inside the Anechoic Lab

Step inside our anechoic chamber and the first thing you notice is what you cannot hear. Foam wedges the length of your forearm line every surface, swallowing echoes before they can form. Your own heartbeat becomes the loudest thing in the room.

Measuring the truth

Every Momo driver begins its life here. We sweep it from 5Hz to 40kHz and capture the response with reference microphones calibrated to a thousandth of a decibel. There is nowhere for a flaw to hide.

In here there is no room to blame. If the driver colors the sound, the chamber tells us — every single time.

— Dara Okonkwo

That obsession with neutrality is why a Momo X measured in Accra sounds identical to one measured in Berlin. The chamber is the great equalizer.