Sentences with phrase «many headphone makers»

Apple has never spent more than the $ 3 billion it paid for headphone maker Beats in 2014.

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is orchestrating a $ 3.2 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics, the headphone maker and music streaming distributor founded by hip - hop star Dr. Dre and record producer Jimmy Iovine, according to a published report.

Beats is one of the most prominent headphone makers in the world and sells a wide array of both wired and wireless headphones.

The headphone maker has launched an Indiegogo campaign for a pair of $ 249 «noise - masking sleepbuds» intended to help you get more ZZZs.

In 2014, Google paid $ 3.2 billion for smart thermostat maker Nest, Apple (AAPL) acquired headphone maker Beats for $ 3 billion, and Microsoft spent $ 2.5 billion to own the Swedish gaming startup responsible for Minecraft.

I've never been able to say that about a pair of earbuds, and I hope other headphone makers follow suit.

Sennheiser isn't the only headphone maker to do this, but it's an annoyance: Noise cancelling isn't constantly necessary, and it technically degrades sound quality and battery life more than it has to.

Yes, we're all going to keep losing this new accessory, at least until headphone makers stop making headphones with standard audio plugs.

Both impose design limitations on headphone makers, who could create awesome sound much more easily if they go with a wired open - back design (such as, for example, the Sennheiser HD 650s); it's just much simpler.

Like fellow American brand Shure, Blue is a company with a rich tradition of making great microphones that is now trying to assert itself as a respectable headphone maker, too.

Unlike other wireless headphone makers that get themselves lost in trying to invent a whole new «intuitive» control scheme, Beats keeps things extremely simple.

The conundrum for headphone makers?

In fairness, Google worked with some wireless headphone makers to improve the Bluetooth pairing process — the company provided a pair of Libratone Q ADAPT headphones for review to prove the point — but the trend is still disquieting.

Then there's Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, who bought headphone maker Beats and later sold it to Apple for a stunning $ 3 billion.

This is the doing of Bose, but is somewhat standard in terms of headphone makers.

As headphone makers introduce updated versions of pairs we recommend, we try to prioritize testing them against their predecessors to see how they fit into our picks as soon as we can.

Google and Bose are today officially announcing a new version of the headphone maker's great noise cancelling headphones, the QC 35s.

Apple changed their design specs and it causes issues with lots of 3rd party headphone makers — not just Brainwavz.

RBH was one of the first headphone makers to acknowledge it (and include fittings)

Does that mean the problem lies with the smartwatch manufacturers and not the headphone makers?

«But Apple isn't a green company, and even if it was, other headphones makers certainly aren't.

Even Apple, which typically shuns big deals and doesn't even disclose many smaller acquisitions, bought its own chip design company, P.A. Semi; Beats, the headphone maker and music service; and Siri, the voice - controlled assistant service.

In January, while the world wondered whether Apple would replace the ancient headphone cable with its Lightning cable, one hi - fi headphone maker beat it to the punch.

Our first experience with the luxury headphone maker was with the Master & Dynamic MH40 that we lauded for its gorgeous design, build and audio quality.

Almost all headphone makers want to cancel out those external sounds instead.

Headphone makers are quickly going wire - free, probably because smartphone makers have been increasingly ditching the 3.5 mm headphone jack.

Before the company launched Apple Music it bought Beats, the eponymous headphone maker, for $ 3.2 billion.

The company announced today (Jan. 8) that it's inked a number of partnerships with companies ranging from headphone maker Bose to luggage manufacturer Samsonite that will integrate Tile's tracking capabilities into other consumer products.

And that list can easily grow considering how easy it is for headphone makers to get Fast Pair support.

Headphone makers don't even need to issue updates to their headphones to support Fast Pair.

The Beats X is a bold new product for what has quickly become a traditional headphone maker.

Another of the world's most reputable headphone makers, Japan's Audio - Technica, is ready to respond to whatever we, the consumers, want from it.

The latter note from Audio - Technica, teasing more Bluetooth products, is an undercurrent I've picked up from all of my discussions with mainstream headphone makers.

The other big benefit is that the headphones could draw all of their power from the Apple device, removing the need for headphone makers to worry about internal batteries in noise - cancelling headphones.

We've heard such distortion in pairs from less experienced noise cancelling headphone makers when taking the London Tube, standing next to the door, but haven't heard any such distortion from the Bose QuietComfort 35.

To celebrate CES, headphone maker 1More is offering an exclusive 30 percent off sale for readers of The Verge (use promo code VERGE30).

When Apple made it's $ 3 billion purchase of headphone maker Beats in 2014, its founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre joined the company as executives, overseeing the Apple Music and Beats 1 audio services.

808 Audio joins the growing list of headphone makers to release its own set of truly wireless earbuds this year.

Luxury headphone maker Audeze is finally making some attainable products.

With the news that Apple has acquired popular headphone maker Beats for a whopping $ 3 Billion, Beats by Dre is officially now a topic of substance on iMore!

The headphone maker announced at the IFA trade show today that a software update coming in October will allow access to Alexa, and will be available in English (US and UK) and German.

The introduction of the iPhone 7 signaled the slow death of the 3.5 mm headphone jack and headphone makers have capitalized on creating wireless and Lightning connected options.

Sol Republic is a very popular headphone maker, and its entry - level Jax are almost as ubiquitous as Apple's EarPods.

According to the headphone maker, this audio manipulation is done by first calibrating the headphones to your ears - creating something called an audiogram - and then using the audiogram in tandem with a modulation table to adjust all incoming signal to compensate for hearing loss.

High - end headphone makers focused on quality audio and the aforementioned noise - cancellation technology, while hearing aid makers brought out the big guns in the areas of miniaturization and amplification.

Audiophile headphone maker Audeze is getting into this gimmick game with the announcement of its new Mobius headset — though the difference here is that Audeze's gimmick is really rather awesome.

Where many headphone makers opt to duplicate the material found on the ear - pads for the inner portion of the headband, the TMA - 1 provide no cushioning.

Like many other headphone makers at CES this year, Japanese electronics company JVC released several wireless headphones, bringing us ever closer to a wireless future where we're all juggling a dozen chargers in our bags.

These surprisingly simple headphones nail the basics in a way so many other «smart» headphone makers seem to miss.

There are also some headphone makers that are already using the same kind of technology, like the Trekz Titanium from Chinese company Aftershockz.