Nura suffered the identical quiet destiny as numerous startups earlier than. The revolutionary Australian agency was successfully acqui-hired by Masimo, which has been amassing its personal arm of audio manufacturers. The Southern Californian medical gadget firm beforehand bought quite a few acquainted names, together with Bowers and Wilkins, Polk Audio and Denon.
Not like these corporations, nonetheless, the Nura model has gone away in consequence. COO Blair Tripodi informed me again in April, “Nura was a know-how tuck-in and acquisition-hire of engineering expertise to assist the Masimo Adaptive Acoustic Know-how (AAT) platform.”
The deal was initially positioned as a partnership to the surface, with a press launch titled, “Nura Joins Forces With Denon.” It didn’t provide a lot perception into the acquisition, however did spotlight “a Denon product that includes Masimo AAT, anticipated in mid-2023.” AAT is in impact, the brand new title for the Nura platform.
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The primary product in the meantime, was introduced early at present. The Denon PerL and PerL Professional bear greater than a passing resemblance to the Nura True, which can be one thing of a reduction for Nura followers. The odd title, in the meantime, is a partial mix phrase of “Personalized” and “Listening,” an apparent reference to Nura’s (now Denon’s) custom-made sound profiles, which made the merchandise stand out in a sea of samey earbuds.
Each of the buds are totally wi-fi and depend on the Denon PerL Headphone app to create cusom profiles. Each additionally function lively noise cancelation, by the Professional function eight mics to the PerL’s 4, which ought to enhance the sound blocking. Masimo additionally says the next in regards to the Professional,
Whereas customary Bluetooth know-how compresses and decompresses audio throughout wi-fi transmission, Denon PerL Professional earbuds present a streaming expertise much like listening to a CD. This implies customers can take pleasure in high-fidelity streaming sources with glorious audio constancy. PerL Professional additionally creates a encompass sound impact that enhances the general audio expertise in a compact and cozy wi-fi earbud design.
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You should buy the PerL and PerL Professional for $199 and $349, respectively, by Denon’s website.