You know how audiophiles carry those extra things around? The boxes or dongles that they plug their headphones into before connecting to their phone, laptop, or music player?

Those are called DAC/AMPs, or Digital-to-Analog Converter/Amplifiers.

“But what does all that extra stuff do?”, you may be wondering.

Most electronics will only ration a finite amount of power to the 3.5mm headphone jack. And most wireless headphones or earbuds tend to limit power consumption to conserve energy for longer playtimes. So in effect, they’re nerfed by design. If you want something more powerful, you’ll need to buy a whole set of extra dongles and wires.

We've taken that entire system and miniaturized it into something roughly the size of a standard earbud's inline control system. 

Meet the Audio Cortex: a fully functional audio computer seamlessly integrated into the wire of SANWEAR-HARDWIRE. 

The Audio Cortex converts your digital audio, then amplifies it with the right power that our new Planar-Dynamic drivers need to reach their full potential. 

Audio Cortex simply takes back that control and gives the Planar-Dynamic drivers the power they need.

The result? Sound that's cleaner, punchier, and more lifelike than most headphones alone could ever produce. Except we didn't stop there…

Audio Cortex also houses a Digital Signal Processor that intelligently shapes and optimizes every sound with no lag, plus an ENC microphone system with AI-tuned directional capture, and a programmable action button for complete control over your listening experience.

What used to require a backpack full of equipment now just looks like your earphone’s mic and volume control. Now, everyone else is playing catch-up.