All items tagged with balanced armature (74)

Knowles Partners with Lucid Hearing to Enable Hearing Aid Premium Audio Quality

November 22, 2021 by Joao Martins

Knowles Partners with Lucid Hearing to Enable Hearing Aid Premium Audio Quality

Knowles announced the availability of the GM series receiver, a new high-performance, two-way balanced armature receiver designed specifically to enable hearing health applications to deliver audiophile-quality music performance. Knowles and Lucid Hearing have partnered to bring the hearing health industry the Westone Audio High Fidelity DWT, a premium hearing aid with a Receiver in Canal (RIC) that delivers exceptional sound quality for music-listening.

Knowles Celebrates 75 Years of Voice and Audio Technology Integration

November 10, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Knowles Celebrates 75 Years of Voice and Audio Technology Integration

Knowles Corporation is celebrating the company's 75th anniversary. Knowles pioneered many industry-firsts including balanced armature drivers for the first hearing aids in 1954, and the first MEMS microphones used in everything from the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover to the latest true wireless earbuds. Today, Knowles products and solutions are in cell phones, laptops, wearables, smart speakers, or any device with voice control. And Knowles leverages its 75 years of success and expertise to expand in audio processing, the smart home or automotive applications.

xMEMS Samples Ultra-Small Full-Range Microspeaker

November 4, 2021 by Mike Klasco

xMEMS Samples Ultra-Small Full-Range Microspeaker

Back in January 2015, I gave a talk about MEMS loudspeakers, and I have regularly written about MEMS speaker progress. A half decade later, it seems we are finally now moving beyond the industry's joke that MEMS’ development progress can be measured in dog years: it takes 7 human years for each year of MEMS’ progress! The big news is xMEMS Labs, a company founded just in January 2018, has announced it is now in mass production of its Montara, a monolithic MEMS “µspeaker” with a slim 1mm profile, and announced Cowell, the world’s smallest monolithic MEMS µSpeaker, at just 1.15mm high and 3.2mm wide.

Sonobo Startup Has Ideas to Stand-Out in Crowded True Wireless Market

August 11, 2021 by Joao Martins

Sonobo Startup Has Ideas to Stand-Out in Crowded True Wireless Market

With dozens of models of true wireless earbuds on the market, it may be hard to determine what is truly the best. Sonobo, a startup company founded by "an international team" in the US, UK, and Italy, believes it can offer "the best" and make us "hear the world differently." The company promises to launch, not one, not two, but three different models at once, and actually throws some clever ideas for differentiation - that is, if their crowdfunding campaign is successful.

Knowles Offers AI-Enabled True Wireless Development Kit with Advanced Features

August 5, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Knowles Offers AI-Enabled True Wireless Development Kit with Advanced Features

Knowles announced the availability of a new AI-enabled True Wireless Stereo (TWS) Development Platform that will certainly be welcomed by developers and manufacturers globally, looking to accelerate the product development process, from entry-level to premium applications. The new TWS development kit shortens the design cycle for OEMs, enabling advanced, differentiated products with contributed technology from Alango Technologies and Chatable, among others.

64 Audio Launches U6t Six-Driver Universal In-Ear Monitor

July 8, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

64 Audio Launches U6t Six-Driver Universal In-Ear Monitor

64 Audio, the in-ear monitor company from Vancouver, WA, announced the new U6t Universal In-Ear Monitor, available with an MSRP of $1,299. This six-driver model has been designed for discerning music enthusiasts looking to combine all of the properties of 64 Audio’s acclaimed A6t custom IEM into a universal - and more affordable - option. The new U6t still combines the company's recognized technologies and design features from custom IEMs.

Edifier Unveils NeoBuds Pro Hi-Res Certified, Noise Canceling True Wireless Earbuds

July 6, 2021 by Joao Martins

Edifier Unveils NeoBuds Pro Hi-Res Certified, Noise Canceling True Wireless Earbuds

If the market research is accurate and consumers' main priority is audio quality, then it makes sense to offer the best possible options as a way to differentiate new true wireless earbud designs. That was now attempted by Edifier, a company with access to the best available technologies and manufacturing resources. The NeoBuds Pro ANC earbuds are a new Hi-Res Audio certified TWS design, now available to pre-order on IndieGoGo.

Campfire Audio Unveils New Generation IEMs for Musicians and Creators

June 22, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Campfire Audio Unveils New Generation IEMs for Musicians and Creators

Campfire Audio, the Portland, Oregon-based audio brand that started by selling upgraded cables for in-ears, later evolved into sophisticated IEMs and has been very highly regarded in music enthusiast circles ever since, is now launching its first set of IEMs directly targeted at performers, music creators, engineers and home studio professionals. There's a big difference though. These are the most affordable Campfire IEMs, using new shell materials in order to reduce cost without compromising on the drivers.

Bowers & Wilkins Expands Into True Wireless With New PI7 and PI5 Models Focusing on Audio Quality

April 21, 2021 by Joao Martins

Bowers & Wilkins Expands Into True Wireless With New PI7 and PI5 Models Focusing on Audio Quality

Bowers & Wilkins thinks that most currently available true wireless stereo (TWS) designs represent a compromise choice, one that trades sound quality for wireless convenience. “Bowers & Wilkins has always insisted this issue would need to be addressed before the company could consider launching its own TWS products,” they state. And that's what they did with their new PI7 and PI5 true wireless earbuds, where audio quality was the design focus, while adding some cool differentiating features.

Alclair Audio Introduces a New Flagship Electrostatic Stage Monitor

February 15, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Alclair Audio Introduces a New Flagship Electrostatic Stage Monitor

When Alclair launched its first ever custom in-ear monitor with electrostatic drivers in 2018, they designed it for the Pro Audio and studio market. With the launch of the new ESM thirteen driver custom in-ear monitor, the Minnesota-based company brought their electrostatic designs to the stage and Live Sound audiences. As Alclair states, the ESM has all the components of a listening monitor, offering an expertly crafted combination of balanced armature and electrostatic drivers.

«
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
»