Creative announces Sound BlasterAxx wireless speakers with mics

In a departure from its traditional sound cards, Creative has just unveiled a line of Bluetooth speakers with in-built mics, called the Sound BlasterAxx range. Yes, these are the ones we anticipated last week, but now we have a lot more detail. There are three different sizes of speaker, but even the largest can be powered over USB from a mobile device (with sufficient current output) or power pack. The speakers are designed to bring the company into the Internet age with a number of voice-enhancing features for video chat apps like Skype. These include highly focused directionality and noise reduction, to frame out peripheral noise, and also Smart Volume, which automatically adjusts audio levels as you move closer to or further from the mic. There's also some quirky stuff like comic voice effects, just in case you're not embarrassed by how you sound on a mic already.

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