It is paradoxical, but follow me the current. Some 15 years ago I interviewed Freeman Dyson, one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century. Was he who gave me one of the most interesting definitions of kinship between Science and Technology: The first is the root and the second the fruit. And, although Freeman Dyson and James Dyson, the man behind the renowned brand who takes his last name, were not related, is paradoxical.
Dyson, the company, uses science to get to technology. Its best known product, the vacuumboats without bag, are based on the principle of cyclonic separation, a method to eliminate particles from an air, gas or liquid current, without using filters, by separation by vortices. In a nutshell: they analyze the patterns of wave movements in the air … waves such as sound. Yes, that is the paradoxical part.
Dyson began to venture into the audio products market taking advantage of its extensive experience in air flow and filtration technologies, perfected for three decades in the creation of products such as vacukers and air purifiers. The company took advantage This knowledge to develop the Ontrac headphones, which combine high loyalty audio with active noise cancellation.
In this way, Dyson’s approach to sound was more from science than technology: his engineers prioritized the precise reproduction of the original sound, without distortion, Taking advantage of your air flow and noise reduction experience. Thus, instead of trusting most listeners to evaluate sound quality, Dyson engineers choose to trust metrics, equalizations and acoustics.
The interesting thing is that many of the features of the OTrac arrive from updates to their software. AND The last one is available through the Mydyson app. This update incorporates improvements focused on connected devices and system stability.
One of the novelties of the software update is The new My EQ equalizer, a new functionality that allows users to adjust their audio experience through a 5 band equalizer. In addition to existing prejustments (improved, neutral and personalized), users can now configure each Fader (basically each signal that reaches the headset) independently, which allows full customization.
This update also incorporates New Modes of Active Noise Cancellation (ANC)which offer greater flexibility depending on the environment. Among them we have total isolation (completely eliminates external sounds), reduced insulation (attenuates environmental noise), total transparency, which amplifies the sounds of the environment and reduced transparency (allows a moderate entry of external sounds).
Another new functionalities is Audio Source Select, a function that Allows alternation without interruptions between Bluetooth devices Previously matched, such as smartphones, tablets and computers, directly from the Mydyson application. This improvement is specially designed for users who frequently alternate between different devices, avoiding having to access the operating system settings. We will soon make a deeper review about the Ontrac focusing on their specifications, one of them its extraordinary battery: 55 hours.