audioXpress January 2025. Innovations in Audio. Product Development. The Best in DIY Audio

audioXpress January 2025. Innovations in Audio. Product Development. The Best in DIY Audio
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Rehear Audiology Promotes AI Revolution in the Hearing Industry

Rehear Audiology Promotes AI Revolution in the Hearing Industry
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The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities

The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities
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Design, Simulations, and Measurements in Voice Coil December 2024

Design, Simulations, and Measurements in Voice Coil December 2024
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New MEMS Microspeakers Company Getting Ready to Take Off
by Joao Martins

New MEMS Microspeakers Company Getting Ready to Take Off

Myvox is the name of the latest Swedish venture to get into the emerging and highly promising MEMS microspeakers space. As a differentiator, Myvox draws on the team's experience developing what they call "pure MEMS microspeakers" to promise advancements in audio quality, more than just purely focusing on the economies of scale of a "speaker-in-a-chip". Very close to start sampling, Myvox promises superior sound performance on a better form factor.
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Alango Unveils Hearing Augmentation Technology on Snapdragon S7 at CES 2025
by Joao Martins

Alango Unveils Hearing Augmentation Technology on Snapdragon S7 at CES 2025

Hearables and hearing augmentation applications are major trends for consumer electronics, and at CES 2025 Alango Technologies will reveal what the company describes as "a transformative breakthrough". As a member of the Qualcomm Voice and Music Extension Program, Alango will be one of the first companies to unveil a complete hearing augmentation solution running on Qualcomm Technologies' advanced Snapdragon S7 Sound platform. This collaboration allows Alango to bring a ready-to-market solution for personalized audio in true wireless earbuds.
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Dynaudio Showcases Next-Generation Immersive Soundbar at CES 2025
by Alfred Moody

Dynaudio Showcases Next-Generation Immersive Soundbar at CES 2025

Dynaudio will promote its new Symphony Opus One immersive soundbar design concept at CES 2025 in Central Hall booth 21832. After a debut at CEDIA Expo 2024, the company further developed the concept and will demonstrate the latest version, which now includes electronics inside the soundbar itself. The new high-end immersive soundbar design from the Danish company supports both stereo music listening to fully immersive movie and gaming experiences.
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    Gentex Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire VOXX International
    by Joao Martins

    Gentex Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire VOXX International

    Gentex Corporation, a supplier of digital vision, connected car, dimmable glass and fire protection technologies, announced that it entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger for Gentex to acquire VOXX International Corporation in an all-cash transaction. In the announcement, Gentex says that its expertise in high volume manufacturing will benefit the Premium Audio Company business and its Klipsch, Onkyo and Integra audio brands, and will increase its business in OEM automotive audio systems.
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    SPARK Microsystems Showcases Major Advancements in UWB Wireless Connectivity for Audio at CES 2025
    by Joao Martins

    SPARK Microsystems Showcases Major Advancements in UWB Wireless Connectivity for Audio at CES 2025

    SPARK Microsystems, the Canadian company specializing in next-generation ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless communications, will attend CES 2025 to showcase the latest breakthrough advancements in wireless connectivity for speakers and headphones. Visitors to SPARK's Palazzo Las Vegas suite can preview the myriad ways SPARK UWB technology is evolving wireless audio, gaming, and other connected devices, including for medical applications.
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    Knowles to Demonstrate Premium Audio Innovations at CES 2025
    by audioXpress Staff

    Knowles to Demonstrate Premium Audio Innovations at CES 2025

    Knowles Corporation will unveil its latest state-of-the-art audio technologies at CES 2025, fresh from the announcement of the sale of its MEMS microphones business, and now focusing more on balanced armature and sensors. CES attendees are invited to visit Knowles at the Venetian Resort, Toscana Suite #3801, to explore groundbreaking audio innovations across hearing health, true wireless stereo (TWS), open wearable stereo (OWS), and audiophile applications.
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    Development & Design: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of an Unusually Shaped Horn
    by Joerg Panzer and Patrick Macey

    Development & Design: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of an Unusually Shaped Horn

    In another example of cutting-edge experiments that deserve recognition, Joerg Panzer (R&D TEAM, Germany) and Patrick Macey (PACSYS, UK) detail an investigation of the sound pressure response and radiation impedance of a loudspeaker horn driven by an electro-dynamic transducer. The two authors (and creators of the respective software tools) combined measurements with simulation software using finite and boundary element methods and explored the associated issues with meshing for each method.
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    Test Bench: B&C Speakers’ DE640-16 Compression Driver
    by Vance Dickason

    Test Bench: B&C Speakers’ DE640-16 Compression Driver

    The B&C Speakers DE640-16 Compression Driver is a 1.4" exit design, which along with the recent DCM414 midrange and the DE360 models represent a line of two-point suspension ring radiator type compression diaphragms. The DE640-16 features a 65mm (2.6") Polymer diaphragm and neodymium ring magnet and is specified for a recommended crossover frequency around 1kHz, and a 140W continuous power rating. For this Test Bench, the DE640-16 was matched with the Eighteen Sound XT1464 elliptical flare horn.
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    Fasetto to Promote Sound Over Power Lines Audio Solutions at CES 2025
    by Joao Martins

    Fasetto to Promote Sound Over Power Lines Audio Solutions at CES 2025

    Fasetto, the latest company to bet on signal distribution over power lines, will exhibit its expanded Audio Cu solutions at CES 2025. Fasetto says it has overcome all obstacles of moving data cleanly over the power lines in all environments, a feat that took many years to achieve. Fasetto is currently offering Audio Cu adapters for home audio, but also for DJ controllers, and an SoC for embedded systems, which can be licensed for integration in TVs and professional audio systems.
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    Synaptics Brings Astra AI-Native Platform to CES 2025
    by Joao Martins

    Synaptics Brings Astra AI-Native Platform to CES 2025

    Following earlier demonstrations at trade shows all over the world, Synaptics will showcase its Astra AI-Native processing and Veros intelligent connectivity offerings at CES 2025. Synaptics Astra AI-native platform showcases the advantages of purpose-built hardware paired with an open-source development framework, and intelligent connectivity to enable rapid development of context-aware connected devices.
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