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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.

The Latest in Wireless Earbuds and Hearables Innovations in audioXpress April 2025

March 12, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

The Latest in Wireless Earbuds and Hearables Innovations in audioXpress April 2025

audioXpress April 2025 is now available and includes a comprehensive Market Update on Wireless Earbuds and Hearables, covering AI, Sensors, how Wi-Fi streaming is possible in headphones, and more. René Christensen explains Expansion Techniques for Acoustical Engineering, Ethan Winer writes about Built-In Guitar Effects, and Vincent Thiernesse shares his incredible single control Low-Frequency Hybrid Crossover. Don't miss also Paul Marchese's Primer on Class-D Amplifiers, and Richard Honeycutt's article on Silvertone guitar amp circuits.

Qualcomm Acquires On-Device Machine Learning Pioneer Edge Impulse

March 10, 2025 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm Acquires On-Device Machine Learning Pioneer Edge Impulse

A Californian company that was instrumental in multiple pioneering efforts to run machine learning on-device, particularly for voice recognition, Edge Impulse has agreed to be acquired by Qualcomm, which is aiming to boost its own development ecosystem for edge AI applications. Edge Impulse, founded in 2019 with the mission to streamline the creation of AI and machine learning models in embedded systems, says it will remain open to other platforms, while accelerating integration with Qualcomm devices and development kits.

Xiaomi Buds 5 Pro Wi-Fi Support 24-bit/96kHz Lossless Audio at 4.2Mbps

March 6, 2025 by Joao Martins

Xiaomi Buds 5 Pro Wi-Fi Support 24-bit/96kHz Lossless Audio at 4.2Mbps

A year past since Qualcomm announced its S7 Pro Snapdragon Sound platform with micro-power Wi-Fi, Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi unveiled the new Xiaomi Buds 5 Pro Wi-Fi earbuds at MWC 2025. The brand designed a premium model with a triple coaxial driver system, hybrid active noise cancellation (ANC) up to 55dB, support for AI-powered transcription, and Qualcomm XPAN for direct connectivity to smartphones, enabling 24-bit/96kHz lossless audio with an expanded 4.2Mbps bandwidth.

Flow DSP Announces Exciting Integrations and Partnerships at CES 2025

January 29, 2025 by Joao Martins

Flow DSP Announces Exciting Integrations and Partnerships at CES 2025

One of the most unexpected booths at NAMM 2025 was undoubtedly that of Flow DSP, the Integrated Development Environment for Audio that was created by Tymphany and is now becoming a separate business unit. Flow DSP has recently joined the Qualcomm Voice & Music Extension Program to help deliver innovative DSP and AI solutions for the audio industry running on Snapdragon Sound platforms. The Flow DSP team also announced an exciting integration with Elk Audio, creating an embedded Linux platform that runs VSTs with 2ms latency.

CES 2025: An Automotive Audio Perspective

January 23, 2025 by Roger Shively

CES 2025: An Automotive Audio Perspective

Roger Shively shares his Automotive Audio perspective of CES 2025. An evolutionary year, more tempered after the explosive nature of the software-defined vehicle becoming reality last year. Narrow and Deep AI, Machine Learning, and Generative AI had their roles in developing and maintaining most of the software and platforms for automotive audio at CES 2025. The “Ploughman's Lunch” of Automotive Audio, Shively was going to call his chronicle from the automotive-filled West Hall and the Beach Lot across the street.

CES 2025 First Impressions and Audio AI

January 16, 2025 by Joao Martins

CES 2025 First Impressions and Audio AI

A Celebration of the Art of the Possible. CES 2025 was extremely successful. Even with the impression of fewer people because of the show being even more dispersed. In this first impressions report we discuss how Edge-AI (on-device) is transforming what is possible in audio processing. And of course there was MagSafe and Qi2. USB4. Bluetooth LE Audio. Auracast. Wireless Multichannel. And much more. This is necessarily a brief first impressions editorial to follow up on a very intense edition of CES, where the business-to-business aspects of the show have intensified as predicted.

RME Introduces Windows 11 ARM 64-bit Drivers for All RME USB Interfaces

January 15, 2025 by Joao Martins

RME Introduces Windows 11 ARM 64-bit Drivers for All RME USB Interfaces

With Microsoft’s enhanced emulation technology for native Windows apps, current ARM laptops are now ready for professional audio production. However, audio is a unique domain where driver emulation is not an option. To meet this challenge RME has developed WDM and ASIO drivers that are fully compatible with Windows 11 ARM 64-bit, unlocking the potential of Snapdragon X-CPU chipsets from Qualcomm.

Shokz Unveils OpenMeet Professional Headset at CES 2025

January 10, 2025 by Joao Martins

Shokz Unveils OpenMeet Professional Headset at CES 2025

Shokz had a very strong presence at CES 2025, and unveiled the new Shokz OpenMeet headset, promoted as the new gold standard for professionals. Powered by an advanced Qualcomm chip, four amplifiers, and an advanced dual-microphone system with Qualcomm’s Clear Voice Capture (cVc) noise reduction, OpenMeet combines DualPitch technology that fuses bone and air conduction, and LeakSlayer 3.0 to minimize sound leakage, using advanced vibration control to keep conversations and audio private.

Sonde Health Integrates Voice-Based Health Monitoring Technology Into Qualcomm's Snapdragon S7+ Gen 1 Sound Platform

January 10, 2025 by Cristina Costa

Sonde Health Integrates Voice-Based Health Monitoring Technology Into Qualcomm's Snapdragon S7+ Gen 1 Sound Platform

A pioneer in voice-based health tracking, Sonde Health demonstrated the integration of vocal biomarker health tracking in small-footprint chipsets for hearing aids, earbuds, headphones, and other wearables. The solution, presented at CES 2025, delivers on the promise for voice-based health monitoring technology, benefiting from the convergence of voice artificial intelligence (AI) integrated into consumer earbuds.

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