{"id":38857,"date":"2023-02-28T16:41:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T21:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/?p=38857"},"modified":"2023-07-11T11:59:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:59:57","slug":"psb-speakers-sonical-and-mqa-announce-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/en\/psb-speakers-sonical-and-mqa-announce-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"PSB Speakers, Sonical and MQA announce partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0…to create next-generation headphones.<\/span>
\nThe first in new category of smart, mobile and true hifi audio products<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Tuesday, Febraury 28, 2023, Pickering, Canada\u2013 PSB Speakers, together with hearables start-up Sonical and audio specialists MQA, announced a partnership that will define a new category of high-resolution audio headphones. The product combines high resolution wireless transmission, proven high-fidelity design, and Sonical\u2019s CosmOS platform. Released under the PSB Speakers brand by Q1 2024, it will be the first headphone to feature Sonical\u2019s ear computing platform, enabling a variety of apps and software upgrades. It also includes MQA\u2019s latest technology, SCL6, the most advanced codec for adaptive, high-resolution audio streaming.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

CosmOS is Sonical\u2019s revolutionary operating system that runs on powerful low wattage processing cores, bringing unprecedented levels of connectivity and computational power to headphones. CosmOS offers mobile audio product manufacturers the versatility to keep pace with rapidly changing consumer demands for convenience and performance. The integration of Qorvo\u2019s Ultra-wideband (UWB) radio technology enables a superior audio experience thanks to UWB\u2019s higher data rate and extremely low latency. Using Antennaware\u2019s UWB antenna directly addresses any issues associated with Body Blocking which could occur with wireless wearable devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Canada-based PSB Speakers, a pioneer in psychoacoustics and an early brand to create audiophile grade wireless headphones, will innovate through deep relationships with Sonical and MQA to push the boundaries of mobile listening. The product will utilize MQA\u2019s new technology, SCL6, an innovative, time domain-based codec for the highest quality audio streaming. Developed by industry veteran and MQA founder, Bob Stuart, SCL6 ensures high-resolution sound even at low data rates.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGiven PSB Speakers\u2019 long-time commitment to the science of audio and music listening, it\u2019s a pleasure to be in this partnership which shows the world what CosmOS can do,\u201d says Gary Spittle, Founder and CEO of Sonical.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur use of the CosmOS platform to make the world\u2019s first software defined wireless headset and the inclusion of MQA\u2019s adaptive wireless codec helps set a new benchmark for a high resolution, mobile high-fidelity product. We believe this product underscores what Paul Barton and the PSB team have accomplished over the brand\u2019s 50-year history in the pursuit of audio excellence for listeners at home and now on the move,\u201d says Gordon Simmonds, President and CEO of Lenbrook Industries, PSB Speakers\u2019 parent company.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMQA was founded by one of the great innovators in audio.\u00a0We design by thinking of the consumer experience first which means we are comfortable challenging the status quo.\u00a0The vision shared by our partners at PSB Speakers and Sonical, bringing together superior audio quality and the next generation of consumer convenience, makes this a perfect fit for our latest technology SCL6,\u201d says Mike Jbara, CEO of MQA.<\/span><\/p>\n

About Sonical<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Gary Spittle founded Sonical in 2020 to enable the rapidly developing Headphone 3.0 market. Sonical is building the platform for Headphone 3.0 that unlocks the secret potential of your ears using more effective wearable products. \u200b The team at Sonical is developing their own operating system, CosmOS, along with a dedicated silicon chip specifically designed for hearables running downloadable plugins. \u200b This will unlock the large number of app developers that have created advanced AI based algorithms. \u200b Their mission is to empower hearables manufacturers, as well as individual users, to select which features and combinations of apps they want to include in their new hearables products in the same way one currently chooses which apps you want on your laptop, tablet or smartphone. \u200b Sonical enables App developers to have direct access to consumers to deliver a differentiated experience, exactly what they need, when they need it.<\/span><\/p>\n

About PSB Speakers<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Since 1972, Founder and Chief Designer, Paul Barton, has been cementing his legacy as an expert in designing and building high-fidelity speakers that incorporate scientific principles in psychoacoustics. More than 50 years later and now a strategic part of Lenbrook International\u2019s global portfolio, PSB Speakers\u2019 products are sold in more than 70 markets where the brand sets the standard for \u201cTrue to Nature\u201d sound and is critically acclaimed for its value-driven and non-fatiguing speaker design. With an expansive suite of products that include audiophile speakers, ANC headphones, powerful and musical subwoofers, and a family of installed speaker solutions, PSB Speakers is designed and built to bring life to recorded music at world class levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

About MQA<\/span>
\n<\/strong>MQA Ltd is a research, development and licensing company, whose mission is to achieve excellence in all aspects of audio entertainment: from sound recordings, content streaming and broadcasting, to consumer playback devices. The first product to market \u2013 Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) \u2013 was a breakthrough suite of technologies that delivers the original sound of the recording studio in a format small enough to stream. This award-winning technology is licensed by leading record labels, music services, broadcasters and hardware manufacturers worldwide. In late 2022, the Japan Audio Society certified a new technology developed by MQA \u2013 SCL6 \u2013 for use with its Hi-Res Audio Wireless logo. MQA Ltd is a UK-based private company.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0…to create next-generation headphones. The first in new category of smart, mobile and true hifi audio products Tuesday, Febraury 28, 2023, Pickering, Canada\u2013 PSB Speakers, together with hearables start-up Sonical and audio specialists MQA, announced a partnership that will define a new category of high-resolution audio headphones. The product combines high resolution wireless transmission, proven […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154720,"featured_media":38862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2723,1359,2735,2725],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hifi","category-headline-en","category-trends","category-whats-new","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154720"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38857"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38861,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38857\/revisions\/38861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}