All items tagged with active noise cancellation (333)
Soundcore Refreshes Sleep Earbuds Category with Smart ANC and Smaller Form Factor
June 17, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Soundcore Refreshes Sleep Earbuds Category with Smart ANC and Smaller Form Factor

Soundcore introduced the Soundcore Sleep A30, the 3rd generation in the company’s sleep-focused earbuds, following the company's successful, Sleep A10 and Sleep A20 models. With an ultra comfortable ergonomic, smaller design and now with Smart ANC, the new Sleep A30 earbuds offer users a quieter night in noisy environments, including a snoring partner, and the garbage truck at 3am. The upgraded charging case analyzes frequency and volume of sounds heard at night that disturb a user's sleep.
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Bose Introduces QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) with Enhanced Adaptive Noise Cancellation
June 16, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Bose Introduces QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) with Enhanced Adaptive Noise Cancellation

Bose announced the next generation of its acclaimed noise cancelling wireless earbuds, the QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen). As Bose's flagship TWS product with ANC, the new QC Ultra Earbuds retain the same QuietComfort design and the same level of noise cancellation, now enhanced with an AI-based adaptive ANC implementation. The updated model also introduces a suite of thoughtful updates designed to elevate the listening experience, including improved voice pickup, and wireless charging.
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STMicroelectronics Reveals Space-Saving, High-Frequency Digital Automotive Audio Amplifiers
June 10, 2025 by Joao Martins

STMicroelectronics Reveals Space-Saving, High-Frequency Digital Automotive Audio Amplifiers

STMicroelectronics has revealed new class-D automotive audio amplifiers for smart-cockpit applications, engineered for tiny overall dimensions and with a digital input that simplifies circuit design. Ready to meet the expanding requirements in modern automotive head units, digital clusters, and in-vehicle infotainment systems, the new HFDA class-D audio amplifiers offer four 27W channels of high-performance audio in a tiny 7x7 mm LQFP48 package.
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Skullcandy Aviator 900 ANC Headphones Feature THX Spatial Audio with Head Tracking
June 3, 2025 by Joao Martins

Skullcandy Aviator 900 ANC Headphones Feature THX Spatial Audio with Head Tracking

Skullcandy announced the revival of its popular Aviator franchise with the launch of Aviator 900 ANC ($299.99), its most premium headphones to date. When the original Skullcandy Aviator line launched in 2010, it was embraced by a global audience of tastemakers and celebrities drawn to its unique form factor and first-class audio experience. The new Aviator 900 ANC builds off the original’s classical retro aesthetic with new materials and technologies for those who want a style-forward, best-in-class audio experience.
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Alango Technologies Confirms Partnership with BEStechnic for Advanced Hearing Enhancement
May 26, 2025 by Joao Martins

Alango Technologies Confirms Partnership with BEStechnic for Advanced Hearing Enhancement

Alango Technologies announced a collaboration with BEStechnic to deliver new advanced designs for hearing enhancement and augmentation based on that company's ultra-low power Bluetooth Smart Audio platforms. Alango is now fully leveraging the latest BES2800YP SoC to run its advanced DSP software, introducing a new feature-rich solution for hearable devices, such as true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds and smart glasses.
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Sony WH-1000XM6 Noise Cancellation Headphones Revealed. What Changed Three Years Later?
May 16, 2025 by Joao Martins

Sony WH-1000XM6 Noise Cancellation Headphones Revealed. What Changed Three Years Later?

In May 2022, Sony launched the WH-1000XM5 wireless headphones, which immediately reclaimed the position as a market reference in active noise cancelling headphones and personal audio. Three years later, the new WH-1000XM6 model, powered by next-gen processors, 12 microphones, and intelligent algorithms, combines the best noise canceling into a new seamless, foldable design. This time, guided by world-renowned mastering audio engineers, Sony expects the WH-1000XM6 headphones to set a new standard for music lovers, travelers, and music professionals.
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Discover the Best Car Audio Experiences with audioXpress June 2025
May 12, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Discover the Best Car Audio Experiences with audioXpress June 2025

The June issue of audioXpress focuses on Automotive Audio and features an in-depth report by Roger Shively and J. Martins, plus articles from Jacob Soendergaard and Jesse Gratke (HEAD acoustics), Paul Beckmann and John Whitecar (DSP Concepts), Alexander Goldin (Alango Technologies), and Steve Temme (Listen). On other topics, Eric Carmichel describes an occluded ear simulator (OES) test solution, and Simon Ashton (AudioSmile) offers the technical details of his Little British Monitor (LBM).
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AVAtronics Announces Reference Design for its Wideband Adaptive Active Noise Cancellation and Speech Enhancement Engine
May 5, 2025 by Joao Martins

AVAtronics Announces Reference Design for its Wideband Adaptive Active Noise Cancellation and Speech Enhancement Engine

AVAtronics, the Lausanne-based Swiss company that developed a unique wideband active noise cancelling technology with multiple applications in personal audio and hearing assistance, announced the availability of a new reference design available for product developers. The project is the result of a cooperation with the Mint Design Group, a team of experienced product developers and designers with a heavy focus on audio from Lund, Sweden.
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Bowers & Wilkins Announces New Px7 S3 Advanced Wireless Headphones
April 24, 2025 by Joao Martins

Bowers & Wilkins Announces New Px7 S3 Advanced Wireless Headphones

Bowers & Wilkins announced its all-new premium active noise-cancelling wireless headphones. The renowned British audio brand has a long-established pedigree in the manufacture of reference-quality loudspeakers and gradually established a solid reputation also in category-defining headphones, from the original P5 of 2010 to the Px7 S2e of 2023. The Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3 headphones are a comprehensively re-imagined design benefiting also from Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon Sound platform.
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Getting Out of the Ear: The Evolution of ANC Technology in Hearables
April 23, 2025 by Alex Bonnet and Eric Benhaim

Getting Out of the Ear: The Evolution of ANC Technology in Hearables

This deep dive article from Alex Bonnet and Eric Benhaim - Orosound’s acoustics technical lead and chief technology officer, respectively - offers a unique perspective of the challenges associated with the increasingly popular open ear form factors. Extensively familiar with product implementation challenges, the two authors address the specificities of loose-fit and open-ear designs, and the potential of AI-based ANC technology for the future of hearables.
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