All items tagged with headphones (563)
Austrian Audio Releases Hi-X15 and Hi-X25BT High Excursion Headphones
August 5, 2021 by Joao Martins

Austrian Audio Releases Hi-X15 and Hi-X25BT High Excursion Headphones

Austrian Audio continues to expand on its heritage and expertise with new headphones for prosumer applications. The new headphones are the more affordable models in the company's Hi-X series, capitalizing on the listening experience of High Excursion driver technology for everyday use. The new Hi-X15 closed-back headphones, and wireless Hi-X25BT can be used on the studio or anywhere, and are positioned to project the brand even further.
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Audeze and SMRT Image Announce CRBN Electrostatic Headphones for Medical and Neuroscience Applications
August 2, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Audeze and SMRT Image Announce CRBN Electrostatic Headphones for Medical and Neuroscience Applications

Over the years Audeze has developed planar magnetic headphones that are highly praised by musicians, sound engineers, and audio/music enthusiasts for their high quality. The company, whose R&D and manufacturing center is based in Orange County, California, is now launching a new series of electrostatic headphones using a new transducer technology called CRBN, which Audeze believes will help improve patient comfort, and support neuroscience research.
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Yamaha Announces YH-L700A Advanced ANC Headphones
July 16, 2021 by Joao Martins

Yamaha Announces YH-L700A Advanced ANC Headphones

The announcement comes directly from Japan and the brand's Asian and Pacific websites, following the Yamaha Design Laboratory preview unveiled in 2020 to promote the new headphones created by lead designers Masafumi Futo and Yoshinobu Terazaki. Now, Yamaha confirmed the flagship and truly unique YH-L700A headphones will be available August 2021, introducing an advanced ANC implementation with a series of smart optimizations.
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Build Your Own AIAIAI TMA-2 Modular Headphones
July 13, 2021 by Joao Martins

Build Your Own AIAIAI TMA-2 Modular Headphones

Danish headphone brand AIAIAI is an interesting example of differentiation based on design, product and user focus. Cleverly combining a simple but effective design that serves multiple needs, AIAIAI offers a range of headphones for home studio, DJs, and contemporary lifestyle. Understanding its user-base, the brand gained a cult-following that is the envy of many larger audio brands. And the latest concept from AIAIAI is now a totally customizable headphone.
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Roboden Elastic Cable - A Great Idea Finally at a Reasonable Price
July 8, 2021 by Mike Klasco

Roboden Elastic Cable - A Great Idea Finally at a Reasonable Price

An elastic cable? Roboden is a unique stretchable cable for microphones and headphones. It expands up to 40% longer, has low microphonics, and looks and feels premium! Mike Klasco writes about it, now that Hightek, an OEM cable manufacturer from Taiwan has licensed the technology. Finally, stretching cables are in the BOM range of quality consumer electronics products. This article was originally published in The Audio Voice newsletter, July 2021.
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Grado Introduces New X Driver and Updated Prestige Series Headphones
July 2, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Grado Introduces New X Driver and Updated Prestige Series Headphones

Grado Labs, the headphone and phono cartridge manufacturing shop founded in 1953 - still family owned, and operating out of the same Brooklyn building where they started - just recently announced a major renovation of its headphone range with the updated Prestige Series. All the five models in that series are now marked with an X, to signal the presence of the 4th generation of Grado headphone drivers, named "X Drivers." And each of the new Prestige Series headphones is also built with a new cable and new headband.
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Turtle Beach Introduces New Recon 500 Gaming Headsets with 60mm Dual Drivers
June 4, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Turtle Beach Introduces New Recon 500 Gaming Headsets with 60mm Dual Drivers

In the extremely competitive gaming headphone segment, all leading brands continue to push engineering and manufacturing to the extreme, attempting to combine best designs, technologies, and materials at extremely low prices. Turtle Beach just announced its latest Recon 500 Gaming Headset design with multiplatform compatibility, using custom designed 60mm dual drivers, and cutting-edge materials, all for just $79.95 MSRP. Available in all-black and Arctic Camo finishes.
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Audiodo Personal Sound Technology Powers New Fresh ‘n Rebel’s Clam Elite ANC Headphones
May 19, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Audiodo Personal Sound Technology Powers New Fresh ‘n Rebel’s Clam Elite ANC Headphones

Audiodo announced the newest product to feature their Personal Sound technology in partnership with Dutch lifestyle brand Fresh ‘n Rebel. Fresh ‘n Rebel’s new Clam Elite ANC headphones are the first for the Rotterdam based brand to feature Audiodo’s personalization features. For Audiodo, they mark the fourth product and third over-ear headphones to include the company’s patented technology.
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Austrian Audio Releases New Hi-X65 Professional Open-Back Over-Ear Headphones
May 19, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Austrian Audio Releases New Hi-X65 Professional Open-Back Over-Ear Headphones

Targeting critical applications for studio mixing and mastering, Austrian Audio has released its third headphone model, capitalizing on the transducer design developed internally for the Hi-X55 model. Following the on-ear Hi-X50 and the over-ear Hi-X55 headphones launched in 2020, Austrian Audio’s new Hi-X65 professional headphones are an open over-ear design with a high excursion driver to ensure greater transparency.
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Naim Launches Uniti Atom Headphone Edition
May 11, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Naim Launches Uniti Atom Headphone Edition

Increasing the options for those wanting to upgrade their music source options for high-quality headphones, Naim Audio has launched Uniti Atom Headphone Edition – a headphone-optimized version of its original Uniti Atom music streaming system. Unlike traditional headphone amplifiers and DACs, which require a separate computer or streaming device, the new Uniti Atom Headphone Edition is a fully formed music-streaming system: just add headphones.
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