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Bowers & Wilkins Launches Px8 S2 Flagship Wireless Headphones
September 24, 2025 by Joao Martins

Bowers & Wilkins Launches Px8 S2 Flagship Wireless Headphones

British brand Bowers & Wilkins - which is now officially part of Harman International - launched an update to its flagship active noise-cancelling wireless headphones – the Px8 S2. Described simply as "the best headphone Bowers & Wilkins has ever made," the new Px8 S2 improves the active noise cancellation with an eight-microphone array and faster recharging. For now offering aptX Adaptive 24/96 and aptX Lossless support, the Px8 S2 headphones are Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast ready.
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Automotive Audio: Audio System Design in the Age of Software-Defined Vehicles
September 9, 2025 by Paul Beckmann and John Whitecar

Automotive Audio: Audio System Design in the Age of Software-Defined Vehicles

As the automotive industry is undergoing a transformation and software forces a re-evaluation of audio architectures to meet new technical demands and consumer expectations, this article offers a unique perspective on where things are headed. Detailing how DSP Concepts is evolving its Audio Weaver modular audio processing framework to adapt audio systems for SDVs, the article offers unique insights on the deployment of AI-driven audio features.
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beyerdynamic Launches AVENTHO 100 On-Ear Wireless Headphones with ANC
July 10, 2025 by Joao Martins

beyerdynamic Launches AVENTHO 100 On-Ear Wireless Headphones with ANC

Blending modern technology with a 1970s-inspired design, beyerdynamic’s latest wireless on-ear headphones offer a fresh take on lifestyle products. The new AVENTHO 100 headphones feature ANC, enhanced speech clarity, and premium materials in a foldable design with plenty of travel-ready features. The new product arrives fresh from the news of the acquisition of the century-old brand and inventor of the dynamic headphones by manufacturing powerhouse Cosonic.
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Cambridge Audio Melomania A100 TWS Earbuds: Bet on Features
July 7, 2025 by Joao Martins

Cambridge Audio Melomania A100 TWS Earbuds: Bet on Features

Over a period of six years, starting with the Melomania 1, Cambridge Audio offered a combination of great and unique designs and strong features. In fact, the 2020 Melomania Touch are still among the most elegant earbuds ever available. In 2025, the category is now becoming ever more competitive, and the British brand decided to drop the unique design, embrace the AirPods form factor like almost everyone else, and go for differentiation based on features and remain price-competitive thanks to a Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound core.
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Bowers & Wilkins Announces New Px7 S3 Advanced Wireless Headphones
April 24, 2025 by Joao Martins

Bowers & Wilkins Announces New Px7 S3 Advanced Wireless Headphones

Bowers & Wilkins announced its all-new premium active noise-cancelling wireless headphones. The renowned British audio brand has a long-established pedigree in the manufacture of reference-quality loudspeakers and gradually established a solid reputation also in category-defining headphones, from the original P5 of 2010 to the Px7 S2e of 2023. The Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3 headphones are a comprehensively re-imagined design benefiting also from Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon Sound platform.
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Focal Bathys MG Headphones: Testing Wireless Luxury
March 26, 2025 by Joao Martins

Focal Bathys MG Headphones: Testing Wireless Luxury

In October 2022, Focal made its entry into the competitive wireless headphones segment with its first “Bluetooth hi-fi” Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) design, named Bathys. Short after, it relaunched the design with new finishes and added support for Mimi personalization. More importantly, Focal understood that it needed to sell it as a “luxury” product considering the asking price of US $799 USD. It didn’t work very well. Now, Focal is introducing the Bathys MG, doubling down on the strategy, with an updated model priced at $1,299 USD.
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The Future of Seamless Audio According to Qualcomm
March 20, 2025 by Joao Martins

The Future of Seamless Audio According to Qualcomm

An exclusive interview with Dino Bekis, Qualcomm's Vice President and General Manager, Wearables & Mixed Signal Solutions Business Unit, where he shares fascinating insights into the company's roadmap and future developments, leveraging the best of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in wireless earbuds and headphones into a seamless, high-quality audio experience. We also learn about Qualcomm's unique vision for its latest generation Snapdragon Sound platforms, and XPAN technology, allowing wireless hi-res audio without bandwidth constraints or compromising battery life.
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The Latest in Wireless Earbuds and Hearables Innovations in audioXpress April 2025
March 12, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

The Latest in Wireless Earbuds and Hearables Innovations in audioXpress April 2025

audioXpress April 2025 is now available and includes a comprehensive Market Update on Wireless Earbuds and Hearables, covering AI, Sensors, how Wi-Fi streaming is possible in headphones, and more. René Christensen explains Expansion Techniques for Acoustical Engineering, Ethan Winer writes about Built-In Guitar Effects, and Vincent Thiernesse shares his incredible single control Low-Frequency Hybrid Crossover. Don't miss also Paul Marchese's Primer on Class-D Amplifiers, and Richard Honeycutt's article on Silvertone guitar amp circuits.
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Qualcomm Acquires On-Device Machine Learning Pioneer Edge Impulse
March 10, 2025 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm Acquires On-Device Machine Learning Pioneer Edge Impulse

A Californian company that was instrumental in multiple pioneering efforts to run machine learning on-device, particularly for voice recognition, Edge Impulse has agreed to be acquired by Qualcomm, which is aiming to boost its own development ecosystem for edge AI applications. Edge Impulse, founded in 2019 with the mission to streamline the creation of AI and machine learning models in embedded systems, says it will remain open to other platforms, while accelerating integration with Qualcomm devices and development kits.
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MWC 2025: First Impressions
March 7, 2025 by Joao Martins

MWC 2025: First Impressions

Precisely a month since I was at the Barcelona Fira attending the mammoth of a trade show that is Integrated Systems Europe, here I was back in Barcelona for an even bigger and busier event, the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) promoted by the GSMA. 109,000 attendees and 2,900 exhibitors. In this first impressions report I discuss Bluetooth, why there was no Auracast, how Qualcomm made a splash with XPAN, and why are mobile operators obsessed with AI and Robots.
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