Getting back to normal? Are we “getting back to normal”, CES 2024 suggest so. This was my 8th year attending in my current role and anecdotally it felt as busy as it ever was pre-COVID. The CEA stated that there were 135,000+ attendees, which is close to the usual 150,000+. As always there was a wide range of …
Ultimate Ears’ recent UE Premier in-ear monitor (IEM) headphones boast an impressive 21 drivers per earpiece, “to deliver a signature sound with unparalleled fidelity, control and precision”. It is the trend to add more and more drivers (speakers) to IEM earbuds, but SAR has not seen anything quite so dramatic as 21 per earbud before. On closer inspection …
Knowles Balanced Armatures Pack High-Fidelity Punch into 21-Driver UE PREMIER IEM Read More »
Knowles announced its new product to compete in what is commonly known as the “bone conduction” sensor market for TWS (this should not be confused with bone conduction headphones, which transmit audio). This sensor is used to pick up the vibration of the human skull and to assist with voice pick up in noisy or windy …
For many years the MEMS microphone market has been dominated by a few major vendors, Knowles and Infineon (plus many companies using Infineon die, including AAC). Few new companies have emerged with new technologies that could possibly upset the status quo. Vesper was one such company, but it only had minimal success before it was …
AAC helps directional MEMS microphone startup get to market Read More »
In a previous post Hear This: ‘Ear-Worn Computing’ Around the Corner, I talked about the next generation of headphones (Headphone 3.0) and how this is likely to impact the market over the next few years. At CES 2023 this vision of the future became a little closer to reality, with several companies demonstrating technology that …
CES 2023: Technology advancements drive Headphone 3.0 forward Read More »
The reference design is not dead! This is still a very valuable technique to highlight new technologies and give developers an easier way to start a design, as well as guide existing customers towards using these new products. Knowles’ new reference design brings together its hybrid driver and SiSonic MEMS microphones alongside a Qualcomm QCC5144 …
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