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“My Disdainful Encounter with $2,000 Earbuds at CES”

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I really wanted to hate the $2,000 earbuds I tried at CES Instead, I need to hide my credit card away so Breggz won't bankrupt meLook, anyone who is saying they’re going to start selling a pair of $2,000 studio monitor-quality in-ear headphones had better show up with the receipts. I spoke with Breggz Audio‘s CFO, Jeroen van Els, to figure out what it was about these in-ear headphones that was so special. From there, the company fell into a rabbit hole of creating the best possible in-ear headphones. After the (admittedly brief) demo, van Els showed me the “transparency” mode, which meant he was able to talk to me while I was still wearing the earphones. For professional artists needing lower latency, we’re working on solutions to be introduced later,” van Els shares.

“Timekettle’s Multilingual Translation Hardware: Allowing Simultaneous Translation for $699”

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Personal translation devices have had a hugely transformative decade. It’s easy to imagine a time in the not-so-distance future when real-time, in-person smartphone translation is a ubiquitous commodity. For in-person meetings, two devices are touched together to initiate conversation translation. Remote users dial into the phone number associated with the product to access its translation capabilities. The Timekettle X1 is available online starting today, priced at $699.