Aivvy Q, Smart Headphones That Can Play Music From The Cloud

Compared to other electronic devices, headphones don't undergo a drastic change from time to time. This is due to its good performance in performing the main task: to reproduce sound.

If you follow the innovation in the world of audio devices, particularly headphones, it walks slowly but sure. Originally the device required wires to operate, but now you can get the wireless headphones easily. Then there are also wireless headphones that can operate on its own, aka doubles as a music player, despite its presence in the market may not be too general.

Now the latest innovation of headphones comes in the form of crowdfunding project on Kickstarter. Named Aivvy Q, this device is not just ordinary headphones that can double as a music player.

The idea that's brought by Aivvy Q is: use the headphones, and enjoy the music, that's all! There is no pairing process, and no process to fill the song files into the device. You only need to use the Aivvy Q, and then the music will be playing by itself. When you take it off, the music will automatically pause.

Where do these songs come from? From the cloud; Aivvy Q will download the songs automatically when it's charged, save song files via Wi-Fi into the internal storage which has capacity of 32 GB. After that, the Aivvy Q is ready to use even when it's not connected to the internet. Of course you can save your music collection into this device, or connect the Aivvy Q to your smartphone with cable, but this way will conflict with the concept that's offered by this headphones.

And what’s about the music choices? Aivvy Q will extract millions of songs stored in its cloud service into a variety of channels: pop, rock, classic rock, disco, friday night, there are many options offered. To select any channel to be stored in Aivvy Q, you can set it using its companion application on the smartphone.

After downloading a number of channels that contain a lot of songs, Aivvy Q will learn your musical taste based on your behavior. Swipe forward or backward on the outside of the earcup to change the song, tap to show your fondness for a song, and swivel the earcup to change the channel. The more often you use Aivvy Q, the more nimble this device in composing a playlist to suit your taste.

Aivvy Q carries a pair of 40mm drivers with a frequency response of 20-20000 Hz. It brings an active noise canceling feature, and the battery can last up to 40 hours for non-stop use.

Aivvy Q body is made from a combination of aluminum and leather that's lining all over the body with memory foam pads. Aivvy Q is offered in three colors: white, black and brown.

Aivvy Q is still in the stage of prototype finalization. Its Kickstarter campaign is still ongoing despite it has been exceeding the target. The lowest pledge offered for now is $ 249 for one unit of Aivvy Q plus its cloud service for one year. After one year, the Aivvy Q users will be charged with subscription rates. The music catalog that's offered by Aivvy Q cloud service could be different in each country.

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