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Earin Unveils Next-Generation a-3 True Wireless Earbuds With Compact Loose-Fit Design
by Joao Martins

Earin Unveils Next-Generation a-3 True Wireless Earbuds With Compact Loose-Fit Design

Earin, the technology company from Malmö, Sweden, and pioneer of the original true wireless concept, used CES 2021 to unveil its third-generation of premium earbuds, the A-3. Backed by an impressive Kickstarter community, Earin was one of the first companies to actually ship true wireless in-earphones in 2015 and they immediately set the bar high in extremely compact earbuds. The new A-3 is now a more mature Bluetooth 5 product that combines a new loose-fit design with improved audio quality.
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Resonado Labs Debuts FCS Bidirectional Speaker Driver at CES 2021
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Resonado Labs Debuts FCS Bidirectional Speaker Driver at CES 2021

Audio technology startup Resonado Labs continues to expand on its patented Flat Core Speaker (FCS) technology, taking on conventional, century-old speaker principles. Evolving on its FCS principles, Resonado debuted a dual-sided speaker driver at CES 2021. FCS Bidirectional allows for a diaphragm to be bonded to both sides of a voice coil. This design offers unique opportunities for very wide sound coverage as well as being particularly well suited for dipole type loudspeaker systems.
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Oticon Introduces Oticon More Hearing Aid with On-Board Deep Neural Network
by Joao Martins

Oticon Introduces Oticon More Hearing Aid with On-Board Deep Neural Network

Hearing aid manufacturer Oticon is challenging once again the conventions of hearing aid technology and looking at ways to leverage the latest advancements in edge-processing. The company launched Oticon More, the first-ever hearing aid built with an on-board deep neural network (DNN), to give people with mild-to-severe hearing loss a fuller, more balanced and more effortless hearing experience. The goal is to enhance hearing with an AI engine trained on real-life sounds.
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Klipsch Unveils T5 II True Wireless ANC Earphones with Bragi OS and Dirac Sound Optimization
by Joao Martins

Klipsch Unveils T5 II True Wireless ANC Earphones with Bragi OS and Dirac Sound Optimization

The results of an extended collaboration between Klipsch, Dirac and Bragi were finally unveiled at CES 2021. The famous consumer audio brand (a VOXX International company), teamed up with Dirac's digital audio processing experts, and the pioneers in hearables and creators of the Bragi Software Suite with embedded AI, to create the new Klipsch T5 II True Wireless ANC Earphones, which will be launched later in 2021.
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Samsung Unveils Galaxy Buds Pro True Wireless Earbuds with ANC
by Joao Martins

Samsung Unveils Galaxy Buds Pro True Wireless Earbuds with ANC

As a much touted unofficial closing event for CES, Samsung Electronics introduced its latest line of Galaxy smartphones. As the annual tradition mandates, apart from smartphones of multiple sizes, some of which come with a stylus, Samsung also introduced accessories for those phones. In this case, an updated set of True Wireless Earbuds with improved sound quality and intelligent ANC, available in multiple colors, including purple. As a differentiator, the Buds Pro use a two-way driver design.
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Yamaha Launches MSP3A Compact Powered Monitors With Twisted Flare Port
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Yamaha Launches MSP3A Compact Powered Monitors With Twisted Flare Port

Yamaha has announced a new addition to its professional loudspeaker range, the MSP3A powered monitor, building on the sound reproduction and convenience features of the existing MSP3 model. The new compact design features a 22-watt built-in amplifier, Twisted Flare Port for clearer bass, and offers a variety of inputs, controls and optional support brackets, making it ideal for nearfield in home and project studios, post-production, monitoring electronic instruments and for surround reproduction.
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KEF Introduces New Uni-Core Driver Technology to Create Maximum Bass in Minimum Space
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KEF Introduces New Uni-Core Driver Technology to Create Maximum Bass in Minimum Space

KEF has unveiled a brand new driver technology called Uni-Core, which delivers a completely new take on speaker and subwoofer design. This latest speaker design approach uses two dual force-cancelling drivers with concentrically arranged, overlapping voice coils, driven by a single motor. This redefines size versus performance by enabling high-level performance while reducing the subwoofer or speaker cabinet volume significantly.
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Soundcore Launches True-Wireless Earbuds Liberty Air 2 Pro With Multi-Mode Noise Cancellation Technology
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Soundcore Launches True-Wireless Earbuds Liberty Air 2 Pro With Multi-Mode Noise Cancellation Technology

Anker Innovations introduced a next-generation true-wireless earbud model in its Soundcore brand. The Liberty Air 2 Pro presented at CES 2021 features advanced active noise-cancellation (ANC), transparency mode and uses the company's PureNote multi-coated driver technology. This a mid-priced true wireless ANC alternative with truly premium features and technology, showing how competitive the segment is becoming, and how hard for manufacturers it is to differentiate.
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TDK Introduces Lowest Pulse Density Modulation Multi-Mode MEMS Microphone With Acoustic Activity Detect
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TDK Introduces Lowest Pulse Density Modulation Multi-Mode MEMS Microphone With Acoustic Activity Detect

InvenSense, a TDK Group company, announced a comprehensive portfolio of new technology solutions during the 2021 Consumer Electronics Showcase. Among the expanded MEMS portfolio, the new T5838 SmartSound MEMS microphone offers a low power mode of just 130uAmps and a high-quality mode of 330uAmps, while supporting a dynamic range of 68dN SNR and 133dB AOP at 20kHz bandwidth. Optimized for smartphones, microphone arrays, smart speakers, and headsets, the T5838 supports configurable wake-on-sound at power levels as low as 20 µA.
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Sony Goes Spatial With New SRS-RA5000 and SRS-RA3000 Wireless Home Speakers
by Joao Martins

Sony Goes Spatial With New SRS-RA5000 and SRS-RA3000 Wireless Home Speakers

"Change the Way You Listen to Music" is Sony's pitch for CES 2021, reinforcing the company's past research efforts in spatial audio and specifically its 360 Reality Audio and Immersive Audio Enhancement technologies. The concept was so far implemented in binaural mode with headphones, but Sony demonstrated some concepts with speakers able to generate "ambient room-filling sound" since CES 2019. With users spending more time at home, Sony decided it was time to launch the new 360 Reality Audio wireless speakers, model SRS-RA5000 and SRS-RA3000.
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