All items tagged with earbuds (38)

Auracast: Leave No User Behind While Streamlining the Experience

December 12, 2024 by Andrew Bellavia

Auracast: Leave No User Behind While Streamlining the Experience

In a future where one envisions being able to pop in and out of Auracast experiences as one goes about their day, the method of doing so must be as easy as possible. From assistive listening to mainstream audio experiences, from hearing aid telecoils and TV streamers, Andy Bellavia explains how to make Auracast work better for everyone.

Ear Hygiene and Critical Listening

October 17, 2024 by Mike Klasco

Ear Hygiene and Critical Listening

If we have a vehicle we value, at one point we have the car sent over to the shop for service. The same thinking applies to golden ears, from product development teams getting the product’s tonal balance DNA sonic signature, as well as chasing down buzzes and resonances. Cleaning out your ears is a sensible procedure before critical listening. This article explores self-assessment tailored to the user’s sound profile, hearing enhancement solutions, and newly available solutions for ear hygiene and visual ear care tools, such as the Bebird EarVision package.

Exploring AirPods 4 ANC: This Changes Everything

September 26, 2024 by Joao Martins

Exploring AirPods 4 ANC: This Changes Everything

With the launch of the latest AirPods 4 with ANC, Apple just proved that Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency, and Adaptive Audio can be done effectively in an open design. Thanks to the H2 chip, now both the AirPods 4 ANC and the existing AirPods Pro 2 in-ears support the same level features. This is a big deal and it changes everything in this competitive product segment, about to enter the age of hearables.

Bragi Announces Strategic Collaboration with Qualcomm to Offer Brands AI Solutions for Headphones and Earbuds

September 11, 2024 by Special Content

Bragi Announces Strategic Collaboration with Qualcomm to Offer Brands AI Solutions for Headphones and Earbuds

Bragi, the innovator behind AI headphones, has announced a strategic collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd., a leader in wireless technology and intelligent on-device computing and AI. This collaboration brings support for Bragi’s AI User Interface and integrated apps, to the Qualcomm Voice and Music Extension Program, helping audio OEMs and ODMs develop fully featured and differentiated earbuds, headphones and speakers.

Bose and Bragi Unite to Provide Brands with Turn-Key, Licensable Audio Solutions for Headphones and Earbuds

August 28, 2024 by Special Content

Bose and Bragi Unite to Provide Brands with Turn-Key, Licensable Audio Solutions for Headphones and Earbuds

Bose, a global leader in audio innovation for the home, car and on-the-go, and Bragi, the pioneer of AI headphones, have announced a partnership aimed at delivering cutting-edge, turn-key licensable audio wearable solutions – simplifying the process of building high-quality audio products for brands worldwide.

Diamond Coatings for Speakers, IEMs, and Headphones

August 21, 2024 by Mike Klasco

Diamond Coatings for Speakers, IEMs, and Headphones

This article explores a fascinating topic that is recurrent in the loudspeaker industry: diamond coatings. As speaker designers look to refine their products' sound quality through diaphragm treatments, there are benefits to be explored from diamond coatings, or more specifically diamond-like-coatings (DLC), which is a process that matured over the last half-century. The industry has now reached a stage where this technology becomes available and viable, particularly for microspeakers.

Unveiling the Impact of Ear Canal Geometry for In-Ear Headphone Testing

June 26, 2024 by GRAS Sound & Vibration

Unveiling the Impact of Ear Canal Geometry for In-Ear Headphone Testing

Frequency response is not the only important factor in testing in-ear headphones, and instead, the listening experience is largely influenced by how the pressure field is built up in the semi- or fully closed ear simulator, making leak and insertion position overshadowing parameters. This article shares the simulation work to assess the pressure field and its impact on different ear canal geometries, with surprising conclusions, fundamental to ensure consistency and repeatability when characterizing in-ear devices.

New LG TONE Free T90S Earbuds with Dolby Atmos and Pure Graphene Drivers

May 20, 2024 by Joao Martins

New LG TONE Free T90S Earbuds with Dolby Atmos and Pure Graphene Drivers

LG Electronics introduced a new model in the company’s popular TONE Free true wireless earbuds with UV light sterilization in the charging case. The new TONE Free T90S flagship earbuds are a refined design that also offers a heightened listening experience thanks to new pure graphene drivers, ideal to match the Dolby Atmos experience with Dolby Head Tracking technology. The TONE Free T90S' are an even more comfortable Adaptive ANC design that adds all the latest most desirable features.

GAIT and NEG Sign Strategic Partnership To Deliver Ultra-Thin Glass Diaphragm Technology Solutions

April 4, 2024 by Joao Martins

GAIT and NEG Sign Strategic Partnership To Deliver Ultra-Thin Glass Diaphragm Technology Solutions

Glass Acoustic Innovations Ltd. (GAIT) announced a strategic partnership with leading glass manufacturer Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (NEG), to deliver ultra-thin glass diaphragm technology solutions intended for high-performance acoustic diaphragms in headphones and earphones. This collaboration marks a significant evolutionary milestone for GAIT, uniting two industry leaders in the glass and acoustic industries.

xMEMS Labs Showcases Sleep Buds Reference Design with Active Venting at CES 2024

January 18, 2024 by Joao Martins

xMEMS Labs Showcases Sleep Buds Reference Design with Active Venting at CES 2024

During CES 2024, xMEMS Labs unveiled an innovative reference design for the fast-growing sleep buds product segment. The MEMS pioneer had a lot to show at CES and the creation of reference designs using the companies new MEMS drivers speaks volumes as to the way the market is enthusiastically embracing the technology. The new reference design leverages xMEMS' solid-state Cowell drivers and Skyline DynamicVent technologies to deliver a trifecta of noise blocking, noise-masking sound, and an industry-first vented mode for improved comfort.

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