Audio-Technica Improves Cartilage Conduction in Second-Generation Design

The industry continues to explore the potential of open-ear solutions for personal audio, and Audio-Technica launched an interesting product, improving on the company's earlier experiments with cartilage conduction. The new ATH-CC500BT2 takes the familiar neckband design of existing bone conduction products to leverage cartilage conduction technology, with an improved dedicated driver that maximizes audio conduction with less vibration, also adding AI noise-reduction and filter optimizations.

Six years since its foundation and more than three years since a successful crowdfunding campaign that enabled the company's vision to proceed, Auricle will finally debut awareONE at CES 2025. A first-of-its-kind innovation in audio technology, combining multi-sensory sound with cutting-edge cartilage conduction, awareONE is a completely new approach to open-ear headphones. Due to its unique technology and implementation, Auricle opted to manufacture and assemble awareONE completely in Denmark.