2023 has been an exciting year for the audio industry.
In this year, OWS open-back headphones have become the latest trendy category, and leading manufacturers are vying to enter the game to launch new products, ushering in explosive growth; Traditional true wireless and headphones continue to innovate, and continue to make progress in noise cancellation and sound quality. Gaming headsets, conference headsets, sports headsets and other sub-categories have developed rapidly to better meet the needs of specific scenarios. There is also no shortage of innovations such as AI applications and form combinations, bringing a new atmosphere to the industry.
The 2023 52audio Golden Sound Award is hosted by I Love Audio Network, which aims to set a vane for the audio industry while encouraging audio brands to continue to innovate and promote the technological progress and development of the industry by summarizing and reviewing the audio market throughout the year, and based on the actual performance of products, market response and user feedback.
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The wonderful year 2023 is gone, and the announcement and presentation of the 52audio Golden Tone Award has also been completed. Next, let's review the top ten awards and award-winning products of this year's Golden Sound Awards!
In 2023, OWS open-back headphones will become the latest trendy category, and major audio brands will be the first to launch new open-back products, becoming the first year of open-back headphones.
Among these new open-back headphones, there is one that stands out in particular – the winner of the 2023 Golden Tone Award Open-Back Headphones of the Year is:
SHOKZ OpenFit comfort zone
Created by sports brand SHOKZ, the OpenFit comfort zone inherits Shokz's profound sports audio technology, and has undergone a drastic innovation in form. OpenFit is not only comfortable to wear and has an outstanding listening feel, but also leverages the influence of the top brand to further develop the open-back headphone category.
In 2023, true wireless earbuds continue to innovate, and continue to make progress in noise cancellation, sound quality, and more. The winners of the 2023 Golden Tone Awards True Wireless Earbuds of the Year are:
Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3
Bose QC Noise Cancelling Earbuds Ultra
Apple AirPods Pro 2nd generation (USB-C).
beats studio buds +
Edifier Edifier NeoBuds Pro 2
The FreeBuds Pro 3 has been added to the wireless lossless capability through the addition of Starlight, adding a strong touch to the audio industry throughout the year with technology. Bose QuietComfort's in-ear Shark series is getting an update in 2023, reaching new heights in terms of experience; The NeoBuds Pro 2 is a new flagship of the Edifier, which makes a leap forward in active noise cancellation and spatial audio while maintaining the excellent sound quality of the previous flagship, achieving cutting-edge head tracking.
In terms of Apple headphones, AirPods Pro will usher in a minor facelift in 2023, updated to the USB-C port, and obtained adaptive series functions through OTA; **Beats Studio Buds + Two Years of Sharpening a Sword The new product focuses on active noise cancellation performance.
Headphones will also usher in iterative updates in 2023, with established brands such as Bose and Beats launching new generations of their series, and brands such as Soundcore also entering this track. The winners of the 2023 Golden Tone Awards Headset of the Year are:
boseQC Noise Cancelling Headphones Ultra
beats studio pro
Soundcore Space One S1
The Bose QC Noise Cancelling Headphones Ultra not only evolves in terms of noise cancellation capabilities, but also adds immersive audio, in-ear sound field tuning and other technologies, becoming the most important headphone products in 2023. The 2023** Beats Studio Pro also updates the classic Beats Studio series, adding USB C lossless audio transmission for the first time, and comprehensively upgrading the experience in noise cancellation, spatial audio, and more. The SoundCore S1 is the most competitive headphone of the year, with noise cancellation as its main selling point.
Gaming headsets focusing on e-sports, gaming and other scenarios will usher in strong development momentum in 2023, among which, Sony's inzone series has also released a number of different form factors. The winners of the 2023 Golden Tone Awards Gaming Headset of the Year are:
Sony Inzone Buds
Sony Inzone Buds Gaming Beans push wireless TWS gaming headsets to new heights with features such as large drivers, LE Audio wireless connectivity, ultra-low latency, active noise cancellation, and more, bringing gamers an aural feast.
Another segment of office and conference headsets will also make great progress in 2023, among which iFLYTEK's iLyBuds series of Future Intelligence is still leading the way with iFLYTEK's technology accumulation. The winners of the 2023 Golden Tone Awards Annual Meeting Headset are:
iFLYTEK Recording Noise Cancelling Conference Headset iLyBuds Nano+
The iFLYTEK conference headset iLyBuds series has been focusing on office scenarios for a long time, and the flagship new product iLyBuds Nano+ in 2023 focuses on conference and office scenarios with the theme of "Efficient Meetings Anytime, Anywhere".
Translation machines and cross-language translation and communication products are not new, but in 2023, there are many new products in the field of translation and cross-language communication that have successfully broken the game with technology and experience innovation. The winner of the 2023 Golden Tone Award for Translation Headset of the Year is:
Timekettle X1 Simultaneous Interpreter
Timekettle X1 Simultaneous Interpreter empowers translation through modern AI technology, bringing a new atmosphere to the long-standing new category of translation products from multiple aspects such as operation interaction experience and translation accuracy.
With the further popularization of personal audio products, audio products for subdivided groups have flourished in recent years, among which children's headphones for children's learning scenarios have also begun to appear. The winner of the 2023 Golden Tone Award for Children's Headphones of the Year is:
Little Genius Headphones E2S
As a leader in children's smart products, the headphones E2S launched by Little Genius in 2023 expands the application scenarios of headphones to oral practice, recitation, etc. through a unique microphone in-ear monitoring design, exploring new possibilities for children's headphones.
In 2023, the Bluetooth speaker category will usher in new developments. Audio manufacturers have innovated and iterated on the sound, shape, and functional experience of Bluetooth audio, and many eye-catching audio products have emerged. The winner of the 2023 Golden Tone Award for Bluetooth Speaker of the Year is:
Edifier · Flower Re New-X light-cooled energy speaker.
Most of the products in the Bluetooth speaker market are portable as the main selling point, but the edifier edifier · Huazai NEW-X light-cooled energy speaker allows us to see another possibility. With excellent sound, cool appearance and practical charging dock design, NEW-X integrates sound and light to create a new species of Bluetooth speakers.
Entering the era of vlogging, the demand for recording is becoming more and more common, and portable wireless microphones that can greatly improve the recording quality of video equipment are also ushering in vigorous development, and in 2023, there are many unique** wireless microphones on the market. Golden Tone Awards 2023Portable wireless microphone of the yearThe winner of the award is:
Moma Mammoth Lark Mix
Maple flute Saramonic Blinkme B2
r de Rhodes Wireless Me
Listen to Xia Dayin Boss Clip Microphone x1
With the advent of the era of streaming and live broadcasting, the demand for portable microphones has grown rapidly. MOMA's Lark Mix shows us the new possibilities of portable microphones in the era of vlogging, and its excellent control of sound performance and volume and weight has created a new benchmark for the Little Bee microphone.
Released in 2023, the Maple Flute Blinkme gives the microphone screen a new role through the form of smart touch screen and personalized wallpaper, bringing more possibilities for the application scenarios of portable wireless microphones.
The first product of the cutting-edge acoustic brand Meetsummer - Meetsummer Collar Clip Microphone X1 brought a stunning debut for the brand. The microphone is not only lightweight and easy to use, but its large capsule also brings excellent sound picking ability, injecting fresh blood into the microphone market.
In 2023, the veteran microphone brand R de Roder Finn will update its wireless product line, and the new Wireless Me sets a new benchmark for wireless microphone performance, with a one-in-one + one-in-two two-way design that makes it more convenient to use.
The development of the audio industry is changing with each passing day, and the biggest driving force is the continuous innovation of all walks of life in the industry. Looking back at 2023, many audio products are not confined to the existing category framework, but have made dazzling innovations in form, technology, and usage methods, opening up a new direction for the development of audio products. Golden Tone Awards 2023Innovative Audio Product of the YearThe winner of the award is:
HAKII MIX Hakki Unbounded Smart Headband Headphones
Huawei FreeClip
Red Devil Deuterium Feng DAO TWS full-scene gaming flagship Bluetooth headset
ikko acitvebuds
HAKII MIX is a sports headset - it appears as a sports headband, providing a new idea for the form of headphones; Released at the end of the year, Huawei's freeclip redefines open-back headphones through new forms and technologies. Red Devil's new deuterium front is very innovative in RGB lighting effects, base mode and other forms and experiences; The IKKO ACITVEBUDS open the door to a new world of TWS with a headphone compartment with a screen and a separate intelligent system.
Bringing together the world's cutting-edge Bluetooth headsets and audio technologies, Audio Asia 2024 (Spring) will be held from May 16 to May 17, 2024 at the Futian Convention and Exhibition Center in Shenzhen. The exhibition attracts hundreds of companies from all over the world to participate, covering Bluetooth audio, speaker equipment and other fields, especially in promoting the application and popularization of audio and Bluetooth technology.
Exhibition time:May 16 - May 17, 2024.
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Summing up the past and setting sail for the future, the exciting year 2023 has come to an end, and the 52audio Golden Tone Awards have selected the top 10 product of the year awards by reviewing the audio market throughout last year, aiming to encourage high-quality innovation and push the audio industry forward.
According to public research data, it is expected that in the next few years, wireless Bluetooth headsets and other audio categories will continue to maintain a growth trend, and the prospects of the audio market are worth looking forward to, and we have reason to be confident in the future.
As we enter 2024, what new technologies and products will the audio market see in the coming year? I love audio network will look forward to it with you and the industry.