Press release
20.11.2008 - New York
Prize-winning audio technology from Sennheiser
MX W1 wireless earphone system wins CES Innovations Award
The MX W1 wireless stereo earphone system from Sennheiser was presented with the CES Innovations Award on 11 November in New York. The world’s first portable and fully wireless digital stereo earphone system impressed the expert jury in the “Headphones” category. The superb sound quality and innovative transmission technology of the MX W1 allows wireless music enjoyment in CD quality.
“We are delighted to have won this Consumer Electronics Association award and are proud to have developed the MX W1 as the first wireless earphone system with digital transmission technology,” said Susanne Seidel, President Global Marketing at Sennheiser. The Innovations Design and Engineering Award is presented once a year in recognition of the most innovative consumer electronics products. An interdisciplinary jury made up of engineers and technical journalists chose the MX W1 as the best product in its category this year on the basis of its engineering qualities, design, function and user value. The earphone system already won the coveted EISA Award presented by the European Imaging and Sound Association in August this year.
“Our customers and partners expect products from Sennheiser that not only offer state-of-the-art technology but also fulfil the special demands of audiophile music fans,” explained Sennheiser Product Manager Sven Wilhelmsen. The MX W1 certainly lives up to these expectations: thanks to new transmission technology from Kleer™, the wireless stereo earphone system allows complete freedom of movement. Sennheiser is the first manufacturer in the world to offer a completely wireless earphone system that works without compression and therefore without any loss of audio quality. At the same time, newly developed transducers guarantee a highly detailed sound with well-defined bass notes. Sennheiser’s “twist-to-fit” system ensures a secure and comfortable fit in the ear, and a carrying case with an integrated battery allows fast recharging even when on the move. Kleer™ technology also offers multi-receiver capability, enabling two people to listen to the same audio source at the same time.
About the CES Innovations Awards
The Innovations Design and Engineering Awards (CES Innovations Awards) have been presented by the Consumer Electronics Association since 1976. A jury consisting of industrial designers, engineers and technical journalists evaluates the products on the basis of their engineering qualities, design, function and user value. The best products in a total of 34 categories are chosen and will be put on display in the Innovations Showcase during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas in January 2009.
The Sennheiser Group, with its headquarters in Wedemark near Hanover, Germany, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems. The family-owned company, which was established in 1945, recorded sales of over € 395 million in 2007, 83% of which were generated abroad. Sennheiser employs almost 2,000 people worldwide, around 55% of whom are in Germany. Sennheiser has manufacturing plants in Germany, Ireland and the USA and is represented worldwide by subsidiaries in France, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark (Nordic), Russia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico and the USA, as well as by long-term trading partners in many other countries. Also part of the Sennheiser Group are Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin (studio micro-phones), K + H Vertriebs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Klein + Hummel studio monitors, installed sound) and the joint venture Sennheiser Communications A/S (headsets for PCs, offices and call centres).
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Kleer
Kleer is a fabless semiconductor company that has developed the first wireless audio technology to combine high quality audio and robust ISM band coexistence with low power consumption to address portable, home and automotive audio markets. Unlike Bluetooth, Kleer’s patented subsampling radio architecture was designed from the ground up to communicate lossless CD-quality digital stereo audio over a robust 2.4GHz radio link, while achieving 10 times the battery life of a comparable Bluetooth solution. Kleer’s Audio LP technology is ideally suited for OEMs of portable audio players, iPod® and other player accessories, home audio/theater systems, earphones, headphones, and speakers. Kleer distributes its products via direct sales in North America, and a distribution channel in Korea and Japan. The Company is headquartered in Cupertino, California with product development facilities in Ottawa, Ontario. For more information, contact the company at 19925 Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite 111, Cupertino, CA, 95014, Tel: 408-973-7255, Fax: 408-973-7256, Email: info@kleer.com, or visit the company web site at http://www.kleer.com/
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