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By 2010, ASTRO Gaming had 23 employees and had raised more than $5 million in additional funding. [5] In early 2011, the publicly traded Utah-based company, Skullcandy, purchased Astro Gaming for $10.8 million, acquiring all assets. [6] In 2016, Mill Road Capital purchased all outstanding stock of Skullcandy and its subsidiary, Astro Gaming. [7]
A spin-off organization, Astro Gaming manufactures gaming headsets. [5] [6] In 2008, the Astro Gaming A40 Audio System became the official licensed headset of Major League Gaming. [7] [6] Astro Studios has received several awards including Red Dot, [8] the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) 365 Awards. [9]
In telephony, sidetone is the effect of sound picked up by the telephone's transmitter (mouthpiece) and instantly introduced at a low electronic signal level into the receiver (earpiece) of the same handset, a form of electrical feedback through the telephone hybrid. [1]
An echo chamber is a hollow enclosure used to produce reverberation, usually for recording purposes. A traditional echo chamber is covered in highly acoustically reflective surfaces. By using directional microphones pointed away from the speakers, echo capture is maximized. Some portions of the room can be moved to vary the room's decay time.
Echo suppression and echo cancellation are methods used in telephony to improve voice quality by preventing echo from being created or removing it after it is already present. In addition to improving subjective audio quality, echo suppression increases the capacity achieved through silence suppression by preventing echo from traveling across a ...
An electret film is applied to the back plate of the microphone capsule and the diaphragm is made of an uncharged material, which may be mechanically more suitable for the transducer design being realized. Front electret This design features no back plate, and the capacitor is formed by the diaphragm and the inside surface of the capsule.
The iPhone Stereo Headset was introduced in 2007 and was bundled with the original iPhone and iPhone 3G, and featured a control capsule in-line with the left earbud's wire with a microphone and a single button, actuated by squeezing the unit, which can be programmed to control calls, presentations, music and video playback, launch Siri, or take pictures with the Camera application.