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Est. MMXXVI Issue 001 —
The Long Wait भारत / India

अंका

ANKA

Two ears. One obsession.
In-ear monitors, from India.

Status — in the workshop

01 — What's happening

We are making something brilliant, and we refuse to make it fast.

There is no product page yet. No pre-order, no hype cycle, no spec sheet copied off a datasheet. Just a company, a bench, and a first pair being tuned until it is undeniable.

When it is ready, you will hear it here first — and it will be priced like it was made by people who also have to buy their own gear.

Four promises

01 No borrowed tuning graphs.

02 No pre-orders before a finished pair exists.

03 No price that needs a paragraph of justification.

04 No launch date we can't keep.

stay tuned ✱ stay tuned ✱ stay tuned ✱ stay tuned ✱ stay tuned ✱ stay tuned ✱ stay tuned ✱ stay tuned ✱

02 — The curve, this week

A shape we keep arguing about.

Not a spec sheet. Not final. Just where the tuning stood the last time somebody put it on the rig and said "again."

— ANKA 01, rev. C--- Harman IE 2019 v2dB re 500 Hz · IEC 60318-4

03 — Bench notes · nothing here is final

Day 220 of getting it right

05 Aug 2026

Aluminium vs. steel Two shells on the table. One is lighter, one feels like a small expensive tool. We have argued about this for eleven days and settled nothing. Nothing here is a promise — we are just thinking out loud.

04 Aug 2026

One driver, done properly The first ANKA is going to be a single driver. Not because it is cheaper — because a crossover is a place to hide, and we would rather not have one.

03 Jul 2026

The bass argument Two of us wanted the sub-bass shelf a few dB higher. One of us was right. We are not saying who until you hear it.

02 Jun 2026

Nozzle geometry Half a millimetre off the nozzle changed the treble more than a week of tuning did. Physics remains undefeated and slightly rude about it.

01 May 2026

ANKA exists Company registered. No product, no premises, one measurement rig on a dining table and a lot of confidence.

Next note when there's something worth writing down. To be continued

04 — The list

Leave your name at the door.

One email. Sent the day the first pair is real. Nothing before it, nothing after it.

05 — Elsewhere