All items tagged with headphones (568)

Audeze Releases MM-100 Professional Studio Headphones

April 12, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Audeze Releases MM-100 Professional Studio Headphones

Audeze, the premium planar headphone manufacturer, announced its latest headphone design made in collaboration with 17-time Grammy-winning engineer/producer Manny Marroquin. The new MM-100 are headphones intended to bring the "studio sound for everyone," with a more consumer-friendly price point. This is the second time Audeze will be teaming up with Manny Marroquin following the launch of the MM-500 in 2022, which immediately received a warming welcome from recording and studio communities.

Sony Electronics Launches MDR-MV1 Open Back Monitor Headphones for Spatial Sound Creation

April 12, 2023 by Joao Martins

Sony Electronics Launches MDR-MV1 Open Back Monitor Headphones for Spatial Sound Creation

Sony Electronics announced the MDR-MV1 Reference Monitor Headphones, designed for sound engineers and music creators looking for accurate spatial sound field reproduction. The new Sony headphones combine sound quality with long-lasting wear, comfort, and reliability. The open-back design enables a wide sound field, making the MDR-MV1 a suitable option for mixing and mastering immersive spatial sound, such as 360 Reality Audio, as well as high-resolution audio stereo material.

PSB Speakers Announces the M4U 9 and M4U TWM Wireless Headphones and Earbuds

April 10, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

PSB Speakers Announces the M4U 9 and M4U TWM Wireless Headphones and Earbuds

PSB Speakers, the premium hi-fi loudspeaker brand founded by Paul Barton in 1972, is announcing all-new additions to their high-performance M4U headphones line with the presentation of the M4U 9 and M4U TWM models at Axpona Audio EXPO North America (AXPONA) 2023. The company has entered the headphones space over 10 years ago, and recently announced an ambitious new project for a completely new series of products, supporting the latest SCL6 codec for high resolution wireless audio transmission and Sonical’s CosmOS platform.

beyerdynamic Appoints Andreas Rapp as New Chief Executive

April 4, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

beyerdynamic Appoints Andreas Rapp as New Chief Executive

Andreas Rapp has been appointed chief executive officer and managing director of beyerdynamic, effective April 1, 2023. In this role, he is responsible for the operational business of the renowned audio brand from Heilbronn, Germany, succeeding Edgar van Velzen, who is leaving the company. Rapp worked previously at beyerdynamic in its consumer division, from 2002 to 2004.

Hearables, Headphones Testing, Audio Electronics, and More in audioXpress April 2023

March 10, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Hearables, Headphones Testing, Audio Electronics, and More in audioXpress April 2023

Want to understand what's ahead in the most revolutionary audio product category of the 21st century? Read the State of the Hearables Industry Market Update. And for product developers and manufacturers, there's also a Headphones Test and Measurement report. Burkhard Vogel discusses op-amp noise in simulated models, Bruce E. Gillingham offers a complete monoblock power amplifier project, and René Christensen writes about acoustic topology optimization. And so much more....

Building a Haptic Dimension: The Science Behind the Taction Transporter

March 2, 2023 by James Biggs and John Steinberg

Building a Haptic Dimension: The Science Behind the Taction Transporter

Haptic motors are finding applications in gaming, music, VR/AR, and therapeutic/wellness. The Transporter is a patented transducer that delivers faster more accurate bass and is designed to work with the main audio driver in headphones. It subtly vibrates against the user’s skin to produce an extra dimension that can be described as a high-fidelity extension. Silmon J. Biggs and John Steinberg, the two masterminds behind Taction Technology share the story of this development. This article was originally published in audioXpress, January 2023.

PSB Speakers, Sonical and MQA Announce Partnership to Create Next-Generation Headphones

February 28, 2023 by Joao Martins

PSB Speakers, Sonical and MQA Announce Partnership to Create Next-Generation Headphones

PSB Speakers, together with hearables start-up Sonical and audio codecs specialists MQA, announced a partnership that intends to define a new category of high-resolution audio headphones. The collaboration is aimed at creating true hifi headphones and smart earbuds, combining MQA's SCL6 high resolution wireless audio transmission and Sonical’s CosmOS platform. Planned for release under the PSB Speakers brand by Q1 2024, the resulting products will be the first headphones to feature Sonical’s ear computing platform, enabling a variety of apps and software upgrades.

Dirac Appoints Emelie Gessner Gozzi as Chief Marketing Officer

February 17, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Appoints Emelie Gessner Gozzi as Chief Marketing Officer

Swedish digital audio pioneer Dirac announced the expansion of its senior leadership team with the appointment of Emelie Gessner Gozzi as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Reporting directly to CEO Peter Friedrichsen, Gessner Gozzi will lead a growing internal and external marketing team in the development and implementation of a brand strategy to align the marketing and communications programs across the company’s core markets – automotive, home theater, headphones, mobile and streaming.

HEAD acoustics Introduces ViBRIDGE Holistic In-Ear Headset Testing Solution

February 14, 2023 by Joao Martins

HEAD acoustics Introduces ViBRIDGE Holistic In-Ear Headset Testing Solution

As many audioXpress readers already learned from reading the article by Hans W. Gierlich on the Benefits of Using Structure-Borne Sound in Headset Signal Processing, HEAD acoustics created a complete test solution for in-ear and headset devices using bone-conduction sensors. There are good reasons for developers and manufacturers to explore the use of bone-conduction sensors and test them with the new ViBRIDGE solution.

Sennheiser Introduces Upgraded HD 660S2 High-Performance Headphones

February 8, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser Introduces Upgraded HD 660S2 High-Performance Headphones

The Sennheiser consumer division now managed by Sonova Consumer Hearing announced a new updated HD 660S2 model, expanding the capabilities of the popular 600-series family, the longstanding affordable benchmark for high-performance headphones from the brand. The company responded to the hi-fi community's feedback and the lessons learned from the Drop communities, crafting a headphone that improves the drivers, while skillfully balancing reference-level detail and frequency response.

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