Not exact matches
Issues that we are currently attacking are content generation, getting more
headphone companies to let us be their OEM for Shieldz and meeting
with decision -
makers.
Almost a year after agreeing to pay $ 3 billion for Beats, the
maker of hip
headphones and a streaming music service, Apple is working
with Beats engineers and executives to introduce its own subscription streaming service.
Premium
headphone -
maker Audeze, new headset combines head - tracking technology
with highly immersive audio created specifically for achieving the best...
And the French
maker has really taken tie - in
headphones to a new level
with the limited edition Assassin's Creed Origins: Listen Wireless,
with APTX compatible Bluetooth 4.1, heat - sensitive memory foam ear cushions, an ultra-flexible headband, and a circum - aural closed - back design combining to great effect.
You can sit and read, ponder the 49 - minute film Otolith III, projected on to the end wall, or sit
with headphones watching The Owl's Legacy, a rarely seen TV series by veteran film -
maker and artist Chris Marker about the legacy of ancient Greece, whose 13 parts play on 13 monitors.
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.
Over a year ago, I wrote about how phone
makers were starting to do away
with headphone jacks.
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.
Sankar Thiagasamudram is the co-founder and CEO of Audeze, a
maker of high - quality
headphones, which are all the rage
with audiophiles and music professionals.
The Swedish audio firm works
with an increasing number of device
makers to optimize the sound quality of smartphone loudspeakers and
headphone outputs.
Apple changed their design specs and it causes issues
with lots of 3rd party
headphone makers — not just Brainwavz.
Does that mean the problem lies
with the smartwatch manufacturers and not the
headphone makers?
With smartphone
makers ditching the
headphone jack in the hopes of a truly wireless future, we're having to rely on Bluetooth devices like earbuds and
headphones more and more.
The popular iPhone accessory
maker is already prepared to cure your
headphone jack woes this fall
with the introduction of its newest adapter that gives your old
headphones new Bluetooth 4.1 powers.
Apple has faced plenty of criticism for its decision to remove the traditional
headphone jack from the iPhone 7 series, although other Android device
makers including Motorola did it without dealing
with much backlash at all.
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.
German audio gear
maker Bragi's first product, The Dash, was incredibly ambitious — a pair of wireless
headphones with built - in fitness tracking and onboard storage to play music without relying on a phone.
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.
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.
It'll go on sale at HiHonor later this year, and the first 100 buyers in each country will get a pair of red co-branded Honor - Monster AM15
headphones at no extra charge, courtesy Huawei's newly forged partnership
with peripherals
maker Monster.
However, accessories
makers would manufacture
headphones that can be connected
with iPhone through wire.
And now that many phone
makers are ditching the
headphone jack, wireless
headphones are a good way to ensure compatibility
with just about any new device.
The key will be for phone
makers like Samsung to come up
with compelling alternatives to standard
headphones.
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!
Dekari Audio, one of the leading
makers of ear - pad replacements, is throwing its cans into the
headphone arena
with its first set: the Dekari Blue.
Interestingly, this is reminiscent of when Apple removed the
headphone jack starting
with the iPhone 7, and then several Android
makers followed suit.
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.
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.
The Marshall Mid ANC's claims of 20 hours of music
with ANC and Bluetooth switched on isn't far off the claims offered by other, more expensive
headphone makers.
If you don't like phones
with curvy rounded displays or how one handset
maker got rid of the
headphone jack on its latest device, you can always switch and find another manufacturer that will give you what you want.
Honor had announced that it had partnered
with the renowned
headphone maker Monster to bundle earphones
with the Honor 7X Red limited edition, but there is no update on this whatsoever.
With major phone
makers such as Apple and Lenovo on a quest to kill off the
headphone jack, finding a pair of
headphones that deliver solid wireless audio has never been more important.