The World Health Organisation estimates that 1.1 billion people worldwide are at risk of severe hearing loss as a result of loud sounds in recreational settings. Considering that headphones are now capable of deafening sound levels and that entertainment content is accessible at our fingertips anywhere and anytime, this comes as no surprise.
While this is a frightening fact, very little is being done to prevent it from becoming the next big issue. The only thing we hear is "keep the volume down", but most of us ignore it. Why is this? What makes more than a billion people prefer a louder listening experience to a safer one? We believe that the answer can be found in psychoacoustic research, and not in compulsive self-harming behaviour. (In fact, it has been shown that our ears pick up more on low and high frequencies at high listening levels than at low listening levels.)
It is our mission to create immersive, exciting listening experiences at safe levels. With the use of smart DSPs based on psychoacoustic research, we have worked continuously since 2018 to find effective solutions for making it all happen.
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