Noble Unveils Five-Driver TWS Design With ANC and Personalization by Audiodo

Not a company that shies away from pushing the envelope on personal audio, Noble Audio just announced a world's first true wireless stereo design using five drivers - 1 dynamic, 1 planar, and 3 balanced armatures. Not an easy feat given that a true wireless relies only on a tiny battery. But the FoKus Rex5 earbuds also support Active Noise Cancelling and even features sound personalization, developed in collaboration with Audiodo.

Taiwan-based semiconductor design house Sounds Great is unveiling prototypes of its Motion Microchip and Semiconductor Dynamic Speaker (SDS) solutions at CES 2022 in Las Vegas. The company's technology is the smallest speaker solution of its type, and will be presented as a 1.5x1.5mm single driver or an SDS array, enabling applications from earphones to stereo reproduction in consumer devices. In its second year at CES, the company shows a promising speaker concept with large potential for ultra low-power designs.

After years of research and development, Berlin-based hardware and software audio technology manufacturer Holoplot announced the launch of its X1 product line. This is the first commercially available wavefield synthesis solution specifically built for large conferences, concerts, venues, theme parks, immersive installations and similar applications requiring high-impact, innovative 3D professional audio technology.

When Alclair launched its first ever custom in-ear monitor with electrostatic drivers in 2018, they designed it for the Pro Audio and studio market. With the launch of the new ESM thirteen driver custom in-ear monitor, the Minnesota-based company brought their electrostatic designs to the stage and Live Sound audiences. As Alclair states, the ESM has all the components of a listening monitor, offering an expertly crafted combination of balanced armature and electrostatic drivers.

B&C Speakers announced the release of its new high performance DE110 mini high frequency driver. With just 60mm in diameter and 50 watts of program power, the driver was designed for applications where size and/or weight are an issue, multi-driver horns and line array elements.