Music enjoyment in high-end quality: the Sennheiser MX W1 wireless stereo earphones are now available in stores throughout Europe. The audio specialist introduced the MX W1 at CES 2008 as the industry’s first true wireless stereo earphones based on Kleer™ wireless audio technology.

“We’re thrilled to be the first audio vendor in the world to bring premium quality true wireless earbuds to the retail channel,” said Stijn Jans, Managing Director at Sennheiser Consumer Electronics, Singapore. “The Kleer technology, which features lossless audio transmission and therefore provides the same audio quality as a wired headphone, is what allowed Sennheiser to bring such a product to market.” The digital radio transmission technology guarantees outstanding sound quality. “Packed” into a small transmitter and two separate earbuds, the MX W1 combines this transmission technology with completely new developed Sennheiser transducers. The twist-to-fit system keeps the earphones securely and comfortably in your ear and a transport case with integrated batteries charges the earphones even on the go.

“Our customers and partners expect Sennheiser to provide the most technologically advanced audio products in the world,” said Product Manager Sven Wilhelmsen. As earphones without annoying cables have been high up the wish list of technology-minded music fans for quite some time, the MX W1 is definitely living up to these expectations. “From the sleek, untethered ‘twist-to-fit’ earpieces and smallest rechargeable coin cell battery in the world, to the crystal-clear uncompressed CD-quality stereo sound and extremely high interference immunity, the MX W1 represent the best that Sennheiser and Kleer can offer to consumers in wireless earphone technology and design,” said Levent Gun, President and CEO of Kleer about the wireless earphones. The MX W1 is now available in stores throughout Europe.

Kleer™ is a trademark of the Kleer Corporation

Sennheiser
The Sennheiser Group, with its headquarters in Wedemark near Hanover, Germany, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of microphones, headphones and wireless transmission systems. The family-owned company, which was established in 1945, recorded sales of over € 395 million in 2007, 83% of which were generated abroad. Sennheiser employs almost 2,000 people worldwide, around 55% of whom are in Germany. Sennheiser has manufacturing plants in Germany, Ireland and the USA and is represented worldwide by subsidiaries in France, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark (Nordic), Russia, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Canada, Mexico and the USA, as well as by long-term trading partners in many other countries. Also part of the Sennheiser Group are Georg Neumann GmbH, Berlin (studio microphones), K + H Vertriebs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Klein + Hummel studio monitors, installed sound) and the joint venture Sennheiser Communications A/S (headsets for PCs, offices and call centres).

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Kleer
Kleer is a fabless semiconductor company that has developed the first wireless audio technology to combine high quality audio and robust ISM band coexistence with low power consumption to address portable, home and automotive audio markets. Unlike Bluetooth, Kleer’s patented subsampling radio architecture was designed from the ground up to communicate lossless CD-quality digital stereo audio over a robust 2.4GHz radio link, while achieving 10 times the battery life of a comparable Bluetooth solution. Kleer’s Audio LP technology is ideally suited for OEMs of portable audio players, iPod® and other player accessories, home au-dio/theater systems, earphones, headphones, and speakers. Kleer distributes its products via direct sales in North America, and a distribution channel in Korea and Japan. The Company is headquartered in Cupertino, California with product development facilities in Ottawa, Ontario. For more information, contact the company at 19925 Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite 111, Cupertino, CA, 95014, Tel: 408-973-7255, Fax: 408-973-7256, Email: info@kleer.com, or visit the company web site at http://www.kleer.com/

*iPod is a trademark of Apple.

Kleer Media Contacts:
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