If you stream music (and who doesn't these days) you've obviously come across abbreviations at the end of the audio files. The acronyms reading WAV, FLAC, MP3 and so on, are called audio codecs. You ...

Smartphone manufacturers all but took away our beloved phones with headphone jacks. Now we’re left buying admittedly great wireless earbuds hand over fist. But listening to music is no longer a ...

With the rise in popularity of wireless headphones and earbuds, a lot of technical terms have come along with them. From wireless charging to Bluetooth multipoint, wear sensors, ANC and transparency, ...

Wolfson Microelectronics plc today announced a new line of audio CODEC chips to address the increasing need for great sounding handheld multimedia. The new chips feature enhanced audio processing, a ...

IDT’s STAC9750/9751 are general purpose, full duplex, audio CODECs conforming to the analog component specification of AC’97 (Audio CODEC 97 Component Specification Rev. 2.2). They have 18-bit ADCs ...

Apple did its part in moving the world to wireless headphones. With the removal of the headphone jack with iPhone 7, the company made it clear that the future of audio is wireless. However, the ...

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We asked a sampling of industry engineers and users for their perspectives on the evolution of codec designs and applications ...

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Audio codecs dictate the quality, stability, and power use of a headphone's Bluetooth connection. But they're hide-and-seek champions on Android. That said, we’re not always shown our audio codec ...

Digital is becoming the dominant technology in today's audio applications. With satellite radio, VoIP, cellular phones, and MP3 players, digital is replacing analog techniques in broadcast ...

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