For six decades, Bose has sold a deceptively simple promise: make the machinery disappear and let the listener feel the result. Its next act stretches that research habit from headphones and car cabins to luxury hi-fi and the software inside other brands' devices.
ESS Technology is a privately held fabless semiconductor company in San Jose, California that designs high-performance analog and audio chips. It is best known for its SABRE line of digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), built on the patented HyperStream modulation architecture, which are widely regarded among audiophiles as some of the best-sounding audio silicon on the market. ESS parts power everything from LG flagship smartphones and Sennheiser's flagship headphones to home-theater receivers, professional studio gear, soundbars, and automotive audio systems.
DSP Concepts is the Silicon Valley audio software company behind Audio Weaver, the embedded audio development platform that powers more than 50 million devices, from Tesla cabins and GoPro cameras to Amazon Alexa-built-in microphones and the first single-SoC Dolby Atmos soundbar.