Consumer Technology Association CES 2022 Innovation Awards Audio Highlights

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced the CES 2022 Innovation Awards honorees, including those recognized as Best of Innovation honorees. The CES Innovation Awards is an annual initiative honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products across 27 product categories. The CES 2022 Innovation Awards program received a record-high number of over 1800 submissions. audioXpress highlights the audio-related awards.

Klipsch confirmed that its new true wireless earbuds with best-in-class Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology and built-in artificial intelligence are now available! The Klipsch T5 II True Wireless ANC earphones are the result of an extended collaboration between the consumer audio brand (a VOXX International company), Dirac's digital audio processing experts, and Bragi, the pioneers in hearables and creators of the Bragi Software Suite with embedded AI.

Swedish digital audio processing pioneer Dirac and ASUS, the electronics powerhouse, have raised the bar on mobile audio with the new ASUS ROG Phone 5, which features a new level of sound fidelity for a smartphone with dual speakers, delivering a spatial soundscape and accurate stereo sound localization. The ASUS ROG Phone 5 now becomes the first smartphone to feature Dirac’s breakthrough MIMO mixed phase speaker co-optimization technology.

Sound processing pioneer Dirac announced a commercial agreement with RHA to explore the integration of Dirac’s latest audio algorithms into the British manufacturer's headphones. According to the Swedish company, "the collaboration with RHA marks an important step for Dirac as it establishes itself as a global leader in digital sound optimization solutions for the headphone market – as it has for the luxury automotive, home theater, and mobile markets." RHA says this relationship with Dirac reinforces the company’s mission to deliver the best possible audio quality.

Dirac Research announced that gaming headset brand Tritton is equipping its all-new Kunai Pro with Dirac 3D Audio – a pioneering digital audio solution that enables an unparalleled level of 360-degree immersion and externalization over headphones. The Dirac-enabled Tritton Kunai Pro debuted at CES 2019 and marks the first gaming headset to feature Dirac 3D Audio, and the Swedish company’s official debut into the gaming market.