All items tagged with wireless earbuds and audio transparency (35)

Sony Announces Innovative LinkBuds Wireless Lifestyle Earbuds and Speaker Range

October 2, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Sony Announces Innovative LinkBuds Wireless Lifestyle Earbuds and Speaker Range

Sony announced two new wireless earbuds with innovative designs and features. The LinkBuds Fit are ANC earbuds with advanced processing, while the LinkBuds Open update the open ring driver design launched in 2022. Available with interesting new colors and with innovative lifestyle accessories, the LinkBuds Fit and LinkBuds Open earbuds combine premium features in more affordable designs. The LinkBuds range is also expanded with the new LinkBuds Speaker, an innovative concept of a Bluetooth wireless speaker to pair with earbuds.

Exploring AirPods 4 ANC: This Changes Everything

September 26, 2024 by Joao Martins

Exploring AirPods 4 ANC: This Changes Everything

With the launch of the latest AirPods 4 with ANC, Apple just proved that Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency, and Adaptive Audio can be done effectively in an open design. Thanks to the H2 chip, now both the AirPods 4 ANC and the existing AirPods Pro 2 in-ears support the same level features. This is a big deal and it changes everything in this competitive product segment, about to enter the age of hearables.

Bose Introduces New-Generation QuietComfort Earbuds

September 19, 2024 by Joao Martins

Bose Introduces New-Generation QuietComfort Earbuds

As a pioneer in the active noise cancellation (ANC) field, Bose is highly recognized for the quality of its products with that feature. And yet, the company has struggled to find an edge in the ultra-competitive true wireless earbuds segment even with its ANC technology. With these new QuietComfort Earbuds, Bose attempts to find a sweet spot, with an updated Bluetooth platform, a much improved design, a lower price... and its legendary noise cancellation.

Apple Introduces New Loose-Fit AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation

September 10, 2024 by Joao Martins

Apple Introduces New Loose-Fit AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation

The news that Apple launched an updated version of its (regular) AirPods was somewhat muffled by the announcement of the hearing aid capabilities brought to AirPods Pro 2 with a simple software update. But the new AirPods 4 with ANC are a big deal for the industry which has been struggling to combine the benefits of the loose-fit (now also called open-ear) form-factor with the convenience of active noise cancellation when required. The key, as always for Apple, is in the elegant implementation of Adaptive Audio.

New Ways to Measure Noise Cancelling, Transparency, and Other Modes in Headphones and Earphones

January 24, 2024 by Brent Butterworth

New Ways to Measure Noise Cancelling, Transparency, and Other Modes in Headphones and Earphones

Now that headphones and earphones are adding situational awareness, hearing protection and hearing enhancement features, HEAD acoustics created new test methods to evaluate these functions, faithfully simulating environments that a consumer might typically encounter when using products with these features. As an experienced reviewer in this category, Brent Butterworth was invited to visit HEAD acoustics' US headquarters in Brighton, MI, to learn about all the solutions the company has developed for this purpose, based on measurement techniques outlined in ETSI standards.

Jabra Updates Elite 8 Active and Elite 10 TWS Earbuds at CES 2024

January 11, 2024 by Joao Martins

Jabra Updates Elite 8 Active and Elite 10 TWS Earbuds at CES 2024

Short after being unveiled at IFA 2023 and launched in the market, at CES 2024 Jabra unveiled a suite of experience-enhancing updates to its latest Elite wireless earbuds, the Elite 8 Active and Elite 10. The updates introduce new noise suppression algorithms for more powerful ANC, clearer calls and better awareness of the user's surroundings with HearThrough to provide a more natural audio experience. Bluetooth LE Audio maybe in a future update.

New JLab JBuds Mini Are the Smallest True Wireless Earbuds Available

September 1, 2023 by Joao Martins

New JLab JBuds Mini Are the Smallest True Wireless Earbuds Available

Designed for the best fit for smaller-sized ears, the new JLab JBuds Mini are small and affordable earbuds, incorporating maximum technology into a small charging case. JLab Audio is a company that always tries to surprise and differentiate all its products in extremely competitive markets such as true wireless earbuds. The new JBuds Mini decrease the size of what is possible with the the smallest, Bluetooth 5.3 earbuds on the market.

Marshall Unveils Motif II ANC Bluetooth LE Audio Ready True Wireless Earbuds

August 29, 2023 by Joao Martins

Marshall Unveils Motif II ANC Bluetooth LE Audio Ready True Wireless Earbuds

And it's on! Starting with the IFA show in Berlin and until the next CES 2024 in January, the consumer electronics industry is getting ready for a new wave of update announcements, including the first Bluetooth LE Audio "ready" wireless audio transmitters and receiver products. Fresh from its reconversion from Zound Industries into Marshall Group, the legendary brand announced their new flagship TWS earbuds, Motif II ANC. Affordable, up to date with the latest technologies, and with a very familiar form factor.

USound and Luxshare-ICT Deliver Dual-Driver Audio Module for TWS

August 25, 2023 by Joao Martins

USound and Luxshare-ICT Deliver Dual-Driver Audio Module for TWS

Luxshare-ICT, one of the largest manufacturers and supplier for global consumer electronics brands, and Austrian MEMS pioneer USound have developed Gemini, an innovative hybrid audio module that offers numerous advantages through its 2-way audio technology combining a MEMS and a dynamic driver coaxially aligned. The solution not only enhances sound quality but allows effective active noise cancellation (ANC) applications with MEMS drivers.

Denon Launches PerL Series of True Wireless Earbuds with Nura Personalization Technology

June 21, 2023 by Joao Martins

Denon Launches PerL Series of True Wireless Earbuds with Nura Personalization Technology

Denon launched its Denon PerL Series of True Wireless Earbuds, which combines the hearing profiling technology pioneered by Australian crowdfunding champions Nura Sound, now rebranded as Masimo Adaptive Acoustic Technology (AAT). The two Denon TWS earbuds are also basically the same products designed and already promoted NuraTrue and NuraTrue Pro, now renamed as Denon PerL and Denon PerL Pro.

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