{"id":2050943,"date":"2025-09-26T05:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2050943"},"modified":"2025-09-26T05:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:11:53","slug":"i-really-hope-the-new-playstation-wireless-speakers-special-planar-magnetic-drivers-come-to-music-focused-portable-speakers-that-could-be-something-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-really-hope-the-new-playstation-wireless-speakers-special-planar-magnetic-drivers-come-to-music-focused-portable-speakers-that-could-be-something-special\/","title":{"rendered":"I really hope the new PlayStation wireless speakers&#8217; special planar magnetic drivers come to music-focused portable speakers \u2013 that could be something special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<hr id=\"d364020b-04a9-455a-9e6b-84db15e30c60\"\/>\n<ul id=\"f146e23f-ff26-45e7-8a91-b0dacd61ef57\">\n<li><strong>Sony&#8217;s Pulse Elevate speakers have planar magnetic drivers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sony acquired audio firm Audeze specifically for this tech<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Planar drivers deliver incredibly dynamic, accurate audio<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"c9969787-3171-4571-bce8-3285d55ffa6c\"\/>\n<p id=\"16f6c5d2-c5b0-434a-9b68-df7716f5ab83\">Life isn&#8217;t fair, I know this. But as someone whose music listening is mostly desktop-based, I&#8217;m jealous of gamers today: why do they get small planar magnetic speakers before audio obsessives like me?<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/sony\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/sony\">Sony<\/a>&#8216;s new Pulse Elevate are the first planar speakers for gaming setups, and promise great specs for modern speakers: low-latency connectivity, noise-cancelling mics, multi-device connections, a built-in battery, and so on.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-base\"\/>\n<p id=\"16f6c5d2-c5b0-434a-9b68-df7716f5ab83-2\">But according to Sony they also feature something much more interesting: &#8220;studio-inspired planar magnetic drivers&#8221;. That means they&#8217;ve got the same kind of drivers as some of the very best <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/audio\/portable-audio\/best-over-ear-headphones-1280342\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/audio\/portable-audio\/best-over-ear-headphones-1280342\">over-ear headphones<\/a> that require large amounts of money to buy.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>These aren&#8217;t the world&#8217;s first planar speakers by any means \u2013 the Magneplanar entered production in 1969 and its successors are still in production today \u2013 but to the best of my knowledge they&#8217;re the first portable ones. And planar magnetic speakers are a really big deal, because the technology delivers incredibly accurate, lifelike audio.<\/p>\n<p>So how has Sony beaten the big audio brands to the punch?<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-acd0b5d3-2f21-45d8-b5c7-1902cca12dcd\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"i-think-we-ve-seen-sony-s-planar-tech-already-3\">I think we&#8217;ve seen Sony&#8217;s planar tech already<\/h2>\n<p id=\"465588b3-e7c6-4a91-806e-e1ca852527cb\">The short answer is: Audeze. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/gaming\/ps5\/sony-acquires-audeze-in-move-towards-more-high-end-ps5-gaming-headsets\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/gaming\/ps5\/sony-acquires-audeze-in-move-towards-more-high-end-ps5-gaming-headsets\">Sony Interactive Entertainment acquired Audeze in 2023<\/a> in order to &#8220;strengthen [Sony&#8217;s] efforts to continue innovating when it comes to the audio experience of PlayStation games&#8221;. Sony specifically <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2023\/sony-interactive-entertainment-to-acquire-audeze\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2023\/sony-interactive-entertainment-to-acquire-audeze\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">mentioned<\/a> Audeze&#8217;s planar magnetic drivers at the time it announced the acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>Audeze doesn&#8217;t just make planar magnetic headphones. It makes planar magnetic speakerphones too, and those devices use both planar drivers and neural network-based noise cancellation. So perhaps the tech in the new Pulse Elevate speakers was hiding in plain sight all along, albeit in a distinctly non-gaming context.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-LZk8F8NyYFR4mgwBvAwhb8\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-LZk8F8NyYFR4mgwBvAwhb8 slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Audeze website gives a good <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.audeze.com\/blogs\/technology-and-innovation\/fluxor-magnets\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.audeze.com\/blogs\/technology-and-innovation\/fluxor-magnets\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">overview<\/a> of its driver tech, which features the firm&#8217;s Fluxor magnets and nano-scale diaphragms to deliver exceptionally fast performance; together they deliver what Audeze proudly says are &#8220;some of the best reviewed [headphones] in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That means the Pulse Elevate could be something special not just for gamers, but for music fans more widely \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/playstation-bought-elite-hi-fi-maestro-audeze-but-the-ceo-says-audiophiles-dont-need-to-worry\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/audio\/playstation-bought-elite-hi-fi-maestro-audeze-but-the-ceo-says-audiophiles-dont-need-to-worry\">Audeze&#8217;s CEO promised TechRadar readers that its tech wouldn&#8217;t just be limited to PlayStation products<\/a>, and said: &#8220;SIE encourages us to expand these product offerings \u2026 This acquisition will only enhance our efforts and provide us with more opportunities in our target markets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I hope the speakers are as exciting as they appear to be \u2013 and that they&#8217;re just the first in more options. I&#8217;d love to see a small planar option among the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/audio\/portable-audio\/10-best-portable-speakers-1069079\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/audio\/portable-audio\/10-best-portable-speakers-1069079\">best Bluetooth speakers<\/a>, or a beefier option that ranks among the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/best-speaker\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/best-speaker\">best Wi-Fi speakers<\/a>, bringing audiophile tech in a compact size.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-you-might-also-like\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-you-might-also-like\"><span>You might also like<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.techradar.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony&#8217;s Pulse Elevate speakers have planar magnetic drivers Sony acquired audio firm Audeze specifically for this tech Planar drivers deliver incredibly dynamic, accurate audio Life isn&#8217;t fair, I know this. But as someone whose music listening is mostly desktop-based, I&#8217;m jealous of gamers today: why do they get small planar magnetic speakers before audio obsessives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2050944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2050943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/I-really-hope-the-new-PlayStation-wireless-speakers-special-planar.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2050944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}