Hey Everyone,
Firstly, I would like to extend our sincere apologies for the lack of content from us over the past few months, but this is because we’ve been working flat out to finish the AudyseCORE so you can get it into your helmets!
And finally, after many months, we’re excited to announce that we have finished BETA testing of the AudyseCORE and production is underway for the first units! We expect to be shipping the first COREs in late September followed by another batch in early October with units being shipped in the order we received them.
We are extremely excited to see and hear your experiences with the AudyseCORE and are happy to share a behind-the-scenes look at what we’ve been doing over the last few months below!
BETA Testing
Since early April we have been BETA testing the AudyseCORE, specifically, to test the following things: noise cancelling performance, helmet fitment and audio playback quality.
Noise Cancelling:
On the topic of noise cancelling performance, we are happy to share that the noise cancellation during riding is up to 30dB. With our noise cancellation being specifically tuned to target the low frequencies you experience from wind and wind buffeting. One amazing effect of reducing that loud wind noise, is that you are suddenly able to hear the sounds of on-coming traffic and vehicles during city riding. This is because the wind noise overloads your ears, drowning out the other important sounds around you. When you remove that huge wind noise, you suddenly get improved awareness! And this effect is particularly noticeable at the relatively low speeds that you typically encounter in city riding, which is when you need the awareness of surrounding cars the most.
Fitment:
Speaker fitment within your helmet is one of the most important aspects required to achieve good cancellation. Over the last few months, we have been rapidly iterating the design of the internal speakers to make them as low-profile as possible. Currently, the speaker enclosure themselves have a total thickness of 11.3mm. This paired with earcups made of memory foam mitigate any pressure on your ear and/or head. One thing that was noted during BETA testing is the variability of the speaker pockets inside different makes and models of helmets. Every helmet brand positions their speaker pockets in different locations and this may or may not work for your head shape. In turn, the positioning of the pocket may not match that of your ear, so in-order to achieve proper fitment and noise cancelling performance, the speaker can be installed outside of the speaker indent. During BETA testing, it required our testers to complete some trial and error to ensure proper ear alignment.
Audio Quality:
Since we designed the AudyseCORE to replace the existing speakers of a standard communication unit, we spent a lot of time to ensure we could also increase the audio quality. The speaker enclosures of the AudyseCORE have been specifically designed to provide a flat frequency response, in other words, it is an ideal baseline to allow riders to tune the audio performance for their needs. This can be done either through the app for your specific Bluetooth communicator or done through the Music/Audio settings of your mobile phone. Since our speakers are active – the AudyseCORE is equipped with a powerful headphone amplifier, digital signal processing and a properly-designed speaker enclosure – giving fantastic bass response, something that your typical motorsport speakers don’t have!
If there’s any interest, we would love to find a reason to do a series of tests comparing the different speaker units from Cardo and Sena to the AudyseCORE, so please let us know if this is of interest!
Manufacturing
As mentioned above, we are currently manufacturing the first batch of AudyseCORE’s, for a small team, this has been a tremendous amount of work, which involves software and hardware design, design reviews, corrections and improvements. Lab testing, road testing, software and hardware revisions etc. Then communicating the design files and manufacturing instructions to our manufacturer.
For the manufacturing process we had to create detailed assembly documents and instructions for our manufacturer, along with creating the product packaging, layout and design and the QA and testing procedures.
All to say, after weeks of work and countless sleepless nights, we can finally say, we’re ready to roll!
Thank You
We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for your continued support and patience through our journey of releasing the AudyseCORE. It’s truly is an inspiration to us to keep pushing through endlessly tiring days, knowing that we have you, the Founder’s Club members, waiting patiently for your product. We’re almost there!
As we continue to grow and evolve, we invite you to share Audyse with your friends and fellow riders, and we’re always happy to answer any questions you may have and to hear your thoughts and experiences!
Thank you for being a part of Audyse!
