All items tagged with active noise cancellation (309)

Bang & Olufsen Launches Beoplay H95 Adaptive ANC Headphones

August 27, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Bang & Olufsen Launches Beoplay H95 Adaptive ANC Headphones

Celebrating 95 years of heritage in sound, design and craft excellence, the high end luxury Danish consumer electronics brand announced Beoplay H95, a new upscale take on the most sought-after technology ever in headphones: Active Noise Cancellation. But Bang & Olufsen went one step further and crafted the ultimate listening experience with two customized titanium drivers, a proprietary DSP engine, and long lasting comfort and effective Adaptive ANC.

HEAD acoustics Promotes Free Online Seminar on "Optimizing Listening Effort of Communication Devices"

August 18, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

HEAD acoustics Promotes Free Online Seminar on "Optimizing Listening Effort of Communication Devices"

HEAD acoustics is promoting a new free online seminar dedicated to communications under noisy conditions, evaluation of the listening effort, and detailing the company's own efforts towards a perceptual-based method targeting the objective prediction of that listening effort under variable communication conditions and using different devices. A very relevant topic in current times, discussed online by top experts in the field, September 1, 2020.

Samsung Launches Galaxy Buds Live ANC True Wireless Earbuds

August 14, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Samsung Launches Galaxy Buds Live ANC True Wireless Earbuds

Samsung is now selling its new true wireless earbuds worldwide, following a new product announcement event for smartphones and wearable products. The most interesting thing about the new Galaxy Buds Live is the product's original design. More focused on comfortable fit, Samsung combined Harman's driver expertise in a bigger, 12mm dynamic driver, which combined with a bass duct, delivers deeper and richer sounds. To support the active noise cancellation features, the Galaxy Buds Live come with three microphones and a custom Voice Pickup Unit.

Earbuds Consumer Survey Identifies Key Takeaways for Manufacturers

August 11, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Earbuds Consumer Survey Identifies Key Takeaways for Manufacturers

Austrian company ams, a leading worldwide supplier of high-performance sensor solutions, shared the results of its ‘Comfortable, Smart, High-performing Earbuds Survey’ conducted in Spring 2020 with 2000-plus consumers around the world on their audio earbud uses, habits and preferences. Earbud comfort seems to be a key focus for existing users, with the survey identifying the benefits of active noise cancellation and volume-limiting technology as top earbud innovations. Preference between loose fit and tight-fitting, in-ear earbuds, depends upon type of activity.

Synaptics Completes Acquisition of DisplayLink and Broadcom’s Wireless Business

July 31, 2020 by Joao Martins

Synaptics Completes Acquisition of DisplayLink and Broadcom’s Wireless Business

Synaptics Inc from San Jose, CA - the same company that in 2017 acquired Conexant, one of the industry's leading audio and voice technology specialists - expanded even more it's connectivity lead with the just concluded acquisition of DisplayLink Corp., a leading supplier of universal docking solutions and high-performance video compression technology. This strategic expansion of Synaptics business happens just a few days after the acquisition of assets and manufacturing rights associated with the wireless connectivity business of Broadcom.

EPOS Wants to Dominate the Global Gaming and Enterprise Headset Market

July 31, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

EPOS Wants to Dominate the Global Gaming and Enterprise Headset Market

There's a new company firmly determined to dominate the wireless gaming and enterprise headset space. EPOS was established from the original joint venture between Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co. KG and Demant A/S from Denmark, a leading audio and hearing technology group. The two companies decided to end the joint venture in 2018, and Demant launched a new own-branded portfolio under the name EPOS, while continuing to sell the current Sennheiser Communications portfolio of products, co-branded as EPOS | Sennheiser.

New Earphone True Wireless Design With ANC Explores a Different Approach to End Ear Discomfort

June 29, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

New Earphone True Wireless Design With ANC Explores a Different Approach to End Ear Discomfort

Korean technology startup NeoPon is bringing to market a new earphone that promises to eliminate the discomfort experienced from wearing earbuds for prolonged periods. This is the company's second design with a bendable earphone, which is now being promoted on Kickstarter. The design is intended to prevent all the unintended consequences of current inside-the-ear or loose fit designs, by not applying pressure on ear canals and featuring an adjustable structure that stays in place. The NeoPon 2 earphones also feature active noise cancelling and a flexible hook with adjustable microphone.

Rand McNally Introduces Entire New Line of ClearDryve Headphones/Headsets for Professional Drivers

June 24, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Rand McNally Introduces Entire New Line of ClearDryve Headphones/Headsets for Professional Drivers

Expanding its celebrated and awarded ClearDryve headphone and headset line, Rand McNally today debuted three new noise-cancelling devices designed for professional drivers with an improved design. ClearDryve is the company's line of superior wireless stereo headphones that convert into mono headsets through removal of one earcup, providing flexibility for over-the-road drivers.

DSP Group Strengthens Its Position in Rapidly Growing Headset Market with Acquisition of SoundChip SA

June 10, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

DSP Group Strengthens Its Position in Rapidly Growing Headset Market with Acquisition of SoundChip SA

DSP Group, Inc., a leading global provider of wireless chipset solutions for converged communications, has announced the acquisition of privately owned SoundChip SA, a leading supplier of active noise cancellation (ANC) technology, engineering services, design tools, and production-line test systems for headsets. The acquisition combines SoundChip’s proven capabilities in hybrid ANC with DSP Group’s SmartVoice advanced low-power voice processing platform, algorithms, and mixed-signal expertise to streamline the delivery of cutting-edge wireless and true wireless stereo (TWS) headsets, from concept through to manufacturing. DSP Group’s technologies have recently been adopted by Google, Panasonic, and Technics in their latest TWS headset models.

Practical Test & Measurement: Objective Listening Effort Evaluation

June 3, 2020 by Hans W. Gierlich

Practical Test & Measurement: Objective Listening Effort Evaluation

This article by Hans W. Gierlich and Jan Reimes - two top experts in communication technologies from HEAD acoustics GmbH - details the expanded effort for understanding speech under noisy conditions, and addresses a new approach recently introduced by HEAD acoustics, resulting in a new model that can be used to test active noise cancellation (ANC) performance in complex scenarios where the system needs to distinguish between speech signals as part of the background noise and speech signals directed toward the users of these devices. This article was originally published in audioXpress, April 2020.

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