Audeze
Audeze produce high-quality planar magnetic headphones, and more recently a DAC/Amplifier combination too, in conjunction with their strategic partner Designworks.
The company originated in 2008 when founders Sankar Thiagasamudram and Alexander Rosson met engineer Pete Uka, who developed specialised flexible circuit materials for NASA. They quickly realized the material might be perfect for headphones and brought in driver designer Dragoslav Colich to create their first product, the LCD-1 headphone.