{"id":163463,"date":"2023-06-16T10:03:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T09:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=163463"},"modified":"2023-06-16T10:03:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T09:03:30","slug":"ecoute-wireless-headphones-with-built-in-tube-amplifier-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/ecoute-wireless-headphones-with-built-in-tube-amplifier-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9coute: Wireless headphones with built-in tube amplifier unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-b1286792=\"\">\n<div data-v-b1286792=\"\">\n<p>An interesting crowdfunding project called\u00a0\u00c9coute\u00a0appeared on the\u00a0Kickstarter\u00a0platform , it is a Bluetooth headphone with a built-in tube amplifier.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163464\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ecoute-wireless-headphones-with-tube-amplifier.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9coute - wireless headphones with tube amplifier\" width=\"1000\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ecoute-wireless-headphones-with-tube-amplifier.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ecoute-wireless-headphones-with-tube-amplifier-770x692.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00c9coute &#8211; wireless headphones with tube amplifier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, it was made on miniature Korg Nutube 6P1\u00a0double triodes\u00a0, but even this allows us to talk about a unique approach.\u00a0Headphones have an overhead design with aluminum cups and large soft ear cushions, a digital-to-analog converter is built on a\u00a0Realtek ALC4050\u00a0chip .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-b1286792=\"\">\n<div data-v-b1286792=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/236_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/>Bluetooth adapter version 5.3 supports\u00a0SBC, AAC, aptX Adaptive, aptX Low Latency\u00a0and\u00a0LDAC\u00a0codecs .\u00a0The acoustic part has a closed design &#8211; the slots are designed to remove heat from the lamps &#8211; and is built on dynamic radiators with\u00a040 mm cellulose diaphragms\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/237_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-inpage inpage-banner\" data-v-6be0a101=\"\" data-v-b1286792=\"\">\n<div id=\"adfox_inpage_mobile_34039481\" data-v-6be0a101=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-b1286792=\"\">\n<div data-v-b1286792=\"\">\n<p>The model has a projected retail price of\u00a0$800\u00a0, while co-funders can order\u00a0the \u00c9coute\u00a0for\u00a0$450\u00a0for January 2024 delivery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting crowdfunding project called\u00a0\u00c9coute\u00a0appeared on the\u00a0Kickstarter\u00a0platform , it is a Bluetooth headphone with a built-in tube amplifier. Of course, it was made on miniature Korg Nutube 6P1\u00a0double triodes\u00a0, but even this allows us to talk about a unique approach.\u00a0Headphones have an overhead design with aluminum cups and large soft ear cushions, a digital-to-analog converter [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/headphones\/ecoute-wireless-headphones-with-built-in-tube-amplifier-unveiled\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":163465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[640],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-163463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headphones","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}