Halo
Over-ear headphones
Over-ear, 40-hour battery, a glow ring you pick yourself.
from $189Build your Halo
Street-tested, then sent up
Every Basm product is tuned in three loud cities before it leaves the atmosphere.
Stop 01BangkokSukhumvit Soi 11, 11:40 pm
Bangkok is loud in every direction: tuk-tuk engines, street-food woks, a karaoke bar two floors up. We clipped the Tuk to a grab bar and rode the night-market loop until the bass cut through all of it. It floats too, which matters in monsoon season.
- one night-market shift
- 12 h
- monsoon-proof, floats
- IP67
- clips to a grab bar
- 210 g
Stop 02New YorkA Bushwick rooftop, 3:12 am
New York tested the Rooftop the only way it knows: a party on a Brooklyn roof that ran until the sun came up over the bridges, then a ride home on the L train. Ten speakers linked in party mode, one shoulder strap, and no complaints from the neighbors we invited.
- sunset to sunrise, easy
- 18 h
- speakers in party mode
- 10
- fits under a subway seat
- 2.4 kg
Stop 03ChongqingJiefangbei, floor 22, 6:05 am
In Chongqing the street you're on is sometimes the roof of the next building. Fog stays open-ear on the stairways between them, so runners hear scooters coming out of the mist. Sweat, drizzle and a thousand steps later, it was still playing.
- things in your ear
- 0
- sweat and drizzle
- IP55
- with the case
- 30 h
Stop 04OrbitAltitude unknown, time irrelevant
This is where the Halo lives. Forty hours of battery, a glow ring in the color you pick, and noise cancelling strong enough to switch the city off. Put them on, press play and wait for the drop.
- with the glow on
- 40 h
- glow colors to pick
- 5
- of one, finished by hand
- 1