All items tagged with aptX Adaptive (97)

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.

KEF Introduces the New Muo Portable Bluetooth Speaker with Auracast

September 23, 2025 by Joao Martins

KEF Introduces the New Muo Portable Bluetooth Speaker with Auracast

After more than 60 years of delivering great hi-fidelity sound, KEF is now embracing the challenge of conveying the same credits for portable audio with a new generation of the Muo Bluetooth speaker. Leveraging all the group's speaker expertise, the KEF Muo aims to deliver the same sense of "high fidelity sound" in a Bluetooth 5.4 design with LE Audio, Auracast, and aptX Adaptive, delivering effortless portability and everyday flexibility.

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.

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.

Bose Introduces QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) with Enhanced Adaptive Noise Cancellation

June 16, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Bose Introduces QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) with Enhanced Adaptive Noise Cancellation

Bose announced the next generation of its acclaimed noise cancelling wireless earbuds, the QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen). As Bose's flagship TWS product with ANC, the new QC Ultra Earbuds retain the same QuietComfort design and the same level of noise cancellation, now enhanced with an AI-based adaptive ANC implementation. The updated model also introduces a suite of thoughtful updates designed to elevate the listening experience, including improved voice pickup, and wireless charging.

Sennheiser BTD 700 Adds Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast Support to Any Source

June 3, 2025 by Joao Martins

Sennheiser BTD 700 Adds Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast Support to Any Source

Sennheiser unveiled a high-performance Bluetooth dongle designed to improve the wireless audio experience and unleash the full potential of its current wireless headphones and earbuds supporting Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast. The new Sennheiser BTD 700 dongle also adds support for aptX Lossless and aptX Adaptive codecs while opening up low-latency gaming possibilities. An effective single plug-and-play solution that accelerates the benefits of the latest Bluetooth updates.

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.

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.

Xiaomi Buds 5 Pro Wi-Fi Support 24-bit/96kHz Lossless Audio at 4.2Mbps

March 6, 2025 by Joao Martins

Xiaomi Buds 5 Pro Wi-Fi Support 24-bit/96kHz Lossless Audio at 4.2Mbps

A year past since Qualcomm announced its S7 Pro Snapdragon Sound platform with micro-power Wi-Fi, Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi unveiled the new Xiaomi Buds 5 Pro Wi-Fi earbuds at MWC 2025. The brand designed a premium model with a triple coaxial driver system, hybrid active noise cancellation (ANC) up to 55dB, support for AI-powered transcription, and Qualcomm XPAN for direct connectivity to smartphones, enabling 24-bit/96kHz lossless audio with an expanded 4.2Mbps bandwidth.

McIntosh Introduces MSA5500 Streaming Integrated Amplifier

December 6, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Introduces MSA5500 Streaming Integrated Amplifier

A brand mainly associated with classic, high-end hifi, McIntosh Laboratory just announced a new streaming and amplifier all-in-one setup, crafted for modern living. Under the unmistakably McIntosh design with the iconic blue Watt Meters, the compact MSA5500 Streaming Integrated Amplifier’s combines endless capabilities and connectivity such as AirPlay 2, Bluetooth, Chromecast, Spotify Connect and more, as well as physical inputs for a turntable and HDMI (ARC). Just add the right speakers.

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