All items tagged with personalization (136)
Automotive Audio: Car Cabin Sound Personalization
June 21, 2025 by Alexander Goldin

Automotive Audio: Car Cabin Sound Personalization

Millions of dollars are invested to create the best possible sound experience inside cars. With increasingly sophisticated automotive audio systems allowing immersive audio and different experiences for each seat, sound personalization is a natural extension for audio enhancement solutions. This article describes a way to address hearing loss as a foundation for personalization inside vehicles.
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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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Sonical Expands Initiatives to Accelerate Adoption of Advanced Hearing Enhancement Technologies
May 28, 2025 by Joao Martins

Sonical Expands Initiatives to Accelerate Adoption of Advanced Hearing Enhancement Technologies

Sonical, the creators of CosmOS, the world’s first operating system for hearables, is expanding industry collaborations and initiatives to strengthen its position in the health and wellness market. The company also announced the strategic acquisition of key assets from Hue Hearing, a direct-to-consumer hearing solutions company with a deep understanding of individuals with hearing difficulties. The intention is to leverage that company's knowledge to create a new reference platform for the industry.
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Apple CarPlay Ultra Showcases New Approach in Automotive Software Integration
May 16, 2025 by Joao Martins

Apple CarPlay Ultra Showcases New Approach in Automotive Software Integration

Many automakers still struggle with dashboard software and user interfaces for the car, leading drivers to mostly ignore the features that were painstakingly implemented at enormous cost. This also encourages the use of CarPlay or Android Auto display and controller solutions. Apple designed CarPlay Ultra to offer a deeper level of software integration with the car’s systems, with a unique look and feel for each automaker. The first CarPlay Ultra integration is now available from luxury brand Aston Martin.
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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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Intelligent Audio is Changing Everything!
April 23, 2025 by Ivan Knez

Intelligent Audio is Changing Everything!

In both enterprise and consumer audio, a profound transformation is underway. Devices that once passively transmitted sound are now becoming intelligent, adaptive, and context-aware. Apple’s latest AirPods 4, with their AI-enhanced features, have elevated mainstream awareness of what premium audio can feel like — personalized, immersive, and effortless.
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Sonical Promotes WeFunder Crowdfunding Campaign
April 23, 2025 by Joao Martins

Sonical Promotes WeFunder Crowdfunding Campaign

Sonical, the Headphone 3.0 pioneer and creator of the headphone operating system CosmOS, based in San Mateo, CA, launched a WeFunder campaign, inviting everyone to join the company's movement to redefine wearable audio technology. "We’re not just creating another audio device — Sonical is revolutionizing the way we experience sound, combining groundbreaking AI and unparalleled audio personalization to improve lives everywhere. And now, you can help us make this vision a reality!", the company promotes.
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Sound Personalization in Audio Products Webinar, April 8
April 1, 2025 by Cristina Costa

Sound Personalization in Audio Products Webinar, April 8

For decades, volume control, treble, and bass, maybe a few EQ preset keys, have been the available options for sound adjustments. Today, personalized sound playback in audio products is becoming increasingly recognized, as is hearing compensation in personal audio products. The Audio Product Development Alliance (APDA) hosts a new live session with Jan Rennies-Hochmuth, Head of Personalized Hearing Systems, Fraunhofer IDMT, to discuss how dynamic hearing profiles enable a new level of individual sound experiences in audio products.
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Focal Bathys MG Headphones: Testing Wireless Luxury
March 26, 2025 by Joao Martins

Focal Bathys MG Headphones: Testing Wireless Luxury

In October 2022, Focal made its entry into the competitive wireless headphones segment with its first “Bluetooth hi-fi” Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) design, named Bathys. Short after, it relaunched the design with new finishes and added support for Mimi personalization. More importantly, Focal understood that it needed to sell it as a “luxury” product considering the asking price of US $799 USD. It didn’t work very well. Now, Focal is introducing the Bathys MG, doubling down on the strategy, with an updated model priced at $1,299 USD.
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Knowles to Demonstrate Premium Audio Innovations at CES 2025
December 19, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Knowles to Demonstrate Premium Audio Innovations at CES 2025

Knowles Corporation will unveil its latest state-of-the-art audio technologies at CES 2025, fresh from the announcement of the sale of its MEMS microphones business, and now focusing more on balanced armature and sensors. CES attendees are invited to visit Knowles at the Venetian Resort, Toscana Suite #3801, to explore groundbreaking audio innovations across hearing health, true wireless stereo (TWS), open wearable stereo (OWS), and audiophile applications.
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