All items tagged with active noise cancellation (321)
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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Honor Unveils AI-Powered Earbuds Open Advanced Design at MWC 2025
March 3, 2025 by Joao Martins

Honor Unveils AI-Powered Earbuds Open Advanced Design at MWC 2025

Honor introduced the Honor Earbuds Open – a unique open-ear design that rests directly on the ear and is able to cancel the outside world thanks to advanced AI audio processing capabilities. In fact, Honor calls this design the “industry's first open-ear 3-mic hybrid active noise cancellation system.” And the Honor Earbuds Open not only block external noise, but allow users to make calls privately thanks to its reverse acoustic system that reduces audio leakage. The user’s voice is perfectly captured even in noisy environments with a combination of a voice accelerometer, 3-mic array, and bone conduction sensor technology.
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Edifier Announces LolliClip Open-Ear True Wireless Noise-Cancelling Earbuds
February 21, 2025 by Joao Martins

Edifier Announces LolliClip Open-Ear True Wireless Noise-Cancelling Earbuds

Edifier announced LolliClip, a bold new open-ear design that the company claims is able to offer effective adaptive active noise cancellation to block out unwanted noise. The interchangeable true wireless earbuds feature an innovative ear-clip design that enhances compatibility, providing a comfortable and secure fit. Edifier also added other premium features to the LolliClip, including spatial audio with head-tracking, and Hi-Res Wireless Audio.
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Beats Introduces Powerbeats Pro 2 Sports Earhook Buds with Heart Rate Monitoring
February 11, 2025 by Joao Martins

Beats Introduces Powerbeats Pro 2 Sports Earhook Buds with Heart Rate Monitoring

Beats announced Powerbeats Pro 2, its most advanced product ever, built for ultimate athletic performance and featuring Heart Rate Monitoring for workouts. The new Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 are powered by the same Apple H2 chip as in the AirPods Pro, featuring Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency, Adaptive EQ, Voice Isolation, and Personalized Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking. The earhook design is also lighter, allowing up to 45 hours of battery life with the Qi wireless charging case.
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Bluacs Joins Audio Foundry and Licenses Its Fresh Air Technology to Tymphany
February 10, 2025 by Joao Martins

Bluacs Joins Audio Foundry and Licenses Its Fresh Air Technology to Tymphany

Audio Foundry, the collaborative automotive audio technology platform, announced Bluacs as its newest member. The leading speaker research company from Australia is widely recognized in the industry for its Fresh Air Speaker technology, applicable to woofer and subwoofer designs that leverage the full car cabin volume. As part of this collaboration, Tymphany will be licensing Bluacs' technologies to advance in-vehicle sound experiences.
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R&D Stories: Pushing the Boundaries of Active Noise Cancellation
January 29, 2025 by Stefan Liebich and Johannes Fabry

R&D Stories: Pushing the Boundaries of Active Noise Cancellation

Detailing a different perspective on signal processing, Stefan Liebich and Johannes Fabry bring us the story of how Elevear is exploring what is possible with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC). Offering a great overview about how signal processing works for ANC and transparency in true wireless earbuds, the two Elevear technical minds share their perspective on how the technology roadmap is taking us in exciting directions.
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Find All the Cutting-Edge Audio Knowledge in audioXpress February 2025
January 13, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Find All the Cutting-Edge Audio Knowledge in audioXpress February 2025

Read the Market Update on MEMS microphones, Shure’s valuable perspective about Wireless Multichannel Audio Systems (WMAS) technology, and a review of the extraordinary Eigenmike em64 Ambisonics microphone. Brent Butterworth reviews the new Sony MDR-M1 headphones, and Alex Bonnet and Eric Benhaim (Orosound) explain how to leverage ANC in open-ear designs. Brian Lowe (Belleson) shares his Top Amp design for phono preamps, Douglas Self reveals more op-amp distortion tests, and Richard Honeycutt revisits the legendary Dynaco ST-70 and ST-70 II tube power amps.
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JLab Unveils Epic Lux Lab Edition Wireless Headphones
January 7, 2025 by Joao Martins

JLab Unveils Epic Lux Lab Edition Wireless Headphones

JLab announced its most advanced wireless headphones ever with the launch of its new Epic Lux Lab Edition model. The new over-ear headphones made their debut at CES 2025, where they surprised positively for the balanced sound with custom dynamic drivers, adaptive noise cancellation, 90+ hours of playtime, clear call capability, and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity. Interestingly, wireless charging is supported directly from the earcups, and the headphones come with an included charging dock.
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The Rise of Hybrid True Wireless Stereo Earbuds: Exploring Dual-Driver Innovations
January 6, 2025 by Mehul Kochar

The Rise of Hybrid True Wireless Stereo Earbuds: Exploring Dual-Driver Innovations

The market for True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds has seen significant growth driven by advancements in technology and increasing consumer demand for high-quality audio experiences. Hybrid designs, which incorporate two types of drivers, are steadily entering the market as an option that allows OEMs to deliver superior sound quality. This article explores how different hybrid driver configurations enhance audio quality, user experience, and acoustic precision.
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Creative and Mimi Join Forces to Elevate Personalized Audio
January 3, 2025 by Joao Martins

Creative and Mimi Join Forces to Elevate Personalized Audio

Creative Technology and Mimi have teamed up to offer more personalized audio options with the launch of the Aurvana Ace Mimi, the latest TWS earbuds to join the brand's Aurvana series. This collaboration offers users customized audio tuned to their unique hearing profiles, with the assurance that the xMEMS dual-driver system will respond accordingly without distortion. The Aurvana Ace Mimi also deliver LDAC high resolution audio support for the best audio experience on wireless earbuds.
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