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Lots of tech gadgets are going wireless these days. It’s actually pretty amazing how all this technology has quickly become wireless, and now Sennheiser is getting ready to unveil their latest wireless stereo headphones during CES. There’s this new technology out that allows the player to transmit the music without it becoming compressed, thus allowing the music to retain its original quality and without any being lost.

“In Kleer we’ve found the ideal technology partner for our MX W1 wireless earphones”, explains Stijn Jans, Managing Director of Sennheiser Consumer Electronics GmbH, Singapore branch. “Kleer’s digital radio transmission technology produces excellent sound quality, which means that for the first time we are in a position to offer our customers wireless earphones without compromising our special Sennheiser sound.”

The MX W1 combines this new transmission technology with superior quality dynamic systems, coupled with Sennheiser’s twist-to-fit design - all to provide a snug fit, and great audio quality. Additionally, it comes with a tiny transmitter so you can take these headphones and your music anywhere.

“The transmitter is only the size of a matchbox and transmits CD quality music”, says Bill Whearty, vice president of sales and marketing for Sennheiser’s consumer electronic division in the U.S., explaining the system’s advantages. The plug and play transmitter makes conventional audio equipment instantly compatible with the MXW1 earphones. However, this detour will soon no longer be necessary, because Kleer products are fully compatible with one another. For example, an MP3 player with Kleer technology can transmit straight to our earphones. With Kleer, the audio signal’s latency is very low and transmission extremely interference-free,” continues Whearty. “These advantages all mean that battery life is considerably longer than you would get with conventional transmission standards.”

Another cool thing here is that the carrying case also acts like a charger for the earphones as well as the transmitter, designed to keep you always with power. Lastly, it comes with an embedded technology that allows you to have two different headphones but they both can receive the same, good quality audio from the same player.

“For over 60 years, Sennheiser has been at the forefront of its industry,” said Levent Gun, President and CEO of Kleer. “As the first OEM to bring to market true wireless, CD-quality stereo earphones, the company is demonstrating once again why Sennheiser is heralded world-wide as a visionary and an expert in delivering high-quality acoustics products. We’re proud to provide Sennheiser with the enabling technology to deliver this much-awaited product to earphone consumers world-wide.”

The MX W1 will be available in the States roughly in May of 2008.

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