Listen, Test, and Measure It! audioXpress March 2020 Now Available.

Listen, Test, and Measure It! audioXpress March 2020 Now Available.

Get Ahead on Cones, Woofers, Compression Drivers and More with Voice Coil February 2020!

Get Ahead on Cones, Woofers, Compression Drivers and More with Voice Coil February 2020!

Realistic Speech and Sound Testing of Voice-Operated Devices

Realistic Speech and Sound Testing of Voice-Operated Devices

The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities

The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities

From Drivers to Enclosures, Don't Miss Voice Coil March 2020!

February 26, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

From Drivers to Enclosures, Don't Miss Voice Coil March 2020!

The March 2020 edition of Voice Coil is now available online and in print. In this edition, Vance Dickason gets hands-on with the Audio Precision APx500 Flex Audio Analyzer, Mike Klasco writes about Loudspeaker Enclosure Materials, and James Croft explores a new patent of a novel orientation of a cardioid speaker design. And in Test Bench, Dickason characterizes a home audio transducer from Eastech's Punktkilde line, the cosmetically pleasing AUGWL0016-JN02 6.5” midbass driver.

NXP Announces Far-Field Offline Voice Control Solution In Collaboration with Sonos

February 26, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

NXP Announces Far-Field Offline Voice Control Solution In Collaboration with Sonos

NXP Semiconductors announced availability of its voice solution, SLN-LOCAL-IOT, a fully integrated development platform for offline voice control. The solution consists of a full hardware module design and associated software required to implement far-field voice control with a customizable wake word and local commands. NXP also announced market availability of the i.MX RT600 crossover microcontroller (MCU) family, ideal for ultra-low power audio and voice applications.

Linear Systems Reintroduces LSK389 Ultra-Low Noise N-Channel JFET

February 26, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Linear Systems Reintroduces LSK389 Ultra-Low Noise N-Channel JFET

Linear Systems has reintroduced its most popular part, the LSK389, which the Silicon Valley company calls the industry’s first 100% noise tested, ultra-low noise (en = 1.3nV/√Hz (typ), f = 1.0kHz and NBW = 1.0Hz), monolithic dual, n-channel JFET. New test capability screens to a billionth of a volt (nV/√Hz) of noise now ensures that all LSK389s devices produce no burst (RTN or popcorn) noise and meet or exceed 1/f and broadband noise specifications.

Ultimate Ears HyperBoom Portable Bluetooth Speaker with Adaptive Equalizer

February 26, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Ultimate Ears HyperBoom Portable Bluetooth Speaker with Adaptive Equalizer

Ultimate Ears expanded its lineup of portable Bluetooth speakers with Ultimate Ears HyperBoom, the brand’s loudest speaker yet, rocking triple the loudness and more than six times the bass of MegaBoom 3, the previous largest size portable speaker from the Logitech brand. The new HyperBoom speaker promises to keep any party going with its powerful bass and wide dynamic range, easy music sharing feature, adaptive equalizer and rechargeable 24-hour battery.

Sony Announces New Flagship Xperia 1 II Smartphone with 360 Reality Audio Decoding

February 25, 2020 by Joao Martins

Sony Announces New Flagship Xperia 1 II Smartphone with 360 Reality Audio Decoding

The Mobile World Congress 2020 in Barcelona was cancelled, but that doesn't keep companies from making their scheduled announcements for the mobile industry. Sony released information about all the new products that intended to show in Barcelona and there is an interesting announcement of a flagship smartphone with interesting audio specifications, apart from the usual great quality screen and cameras. The new Sony Xperia 1 II Smartphone even has a 3.5mm audio jack!

HyperX Now Shipping Cloud Flight S Wireless Gaming Headset with Qi Charging

February 25, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

HyperX Now Shipping Cloud Flight S Wireless Gaming Headset with Qi Charging

HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology, announced the HyperX Cloud Flight S wireless gaming headset is now available and shipping. This new gaming-grade wireless headset is an interesting design since it offers complete freedom with free-standing Qi-certified wireless charging and up to 30 hours of battery life. Working with 2.4GHz WiFi wireless audio connectivity for low latency, the Cloud Flight S features 50mm dynamic drivers which are optimized to render virtual 7.1 surround sound from games into immersive binaural.

MagnaChip Launches New MOSFET to Enhance Protection for Wireless Earphones While Recharging

February 25, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

MagnaChip Launches New MOSFET to Enhance Protection for Wireless Earphones While Recharging

MagnaChip Semiconductor, a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products from South Korea, announced the company is entering the wireless earphone market with the introduction of a new MOSFET solution that helps preventing the battery in these wireless devices from overcharging. This MOSFET is designed to control excessive current flowing into wireless earphones while recharging the battery in order to protect wireless earphones from being damaged.

Goodix Licenses and Deploys CEVA Bluetooth Low Energy IP in SoCs Targeting Connected Devices

February 24, 2020 by Joao Martins

Goodix Licenses and Deploys CEVA Bluetooth Low Energy IP in SoCs Targeting Connected Devices

CEVA announced that Goodix Technology has licensed and deployed CEVA’s RivieraWaves Bluetooth low energy IP in its GR551x series of Bluetooth low energy System-on-Chip (SoCs). The GR551x series is designed to help users develop low-power Bluetooth-based products including smart mobile devices, wearables, and connected applications. Goodix just acquired NXP’s Voice and Audio Solutions (VAS) business.

Zylia Launches ZYLIA Studio v2.0 Software with Significant Improvements in All Fronts

February 24, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Zylia Launches ZYLIA Studio v2.0 Software with Significant Improvements in All Fronts

Zylia continues to expand its efforts in the field of 3D audio recording and production, showing a remarkable pace of product development and innovation. The Polish startup now released the new version of ZYLIA Studio, the company's software dedicated to work with the ZM-1 spherical microphone which provides an easy workflow of multitrack recording and mixing. The desktop application for macOS, Linux and Windows gained many new features and is now more user friendly.

Chord Electronics Introduces New 2go and 2yu Hi-Res Music Streaming Devices

February 24, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Chord Electronics Introduces New 2go and 2yu Hi-Res Music Streaming Devices

Chord Electronics introduced five new products at The Bristol Hi-Fi Show 2020, including the new ULTIMA PRE 2 preamp, ULTIMA 5 and ULTIMA 6 stereo power amps, plus the new 2go streamer/server and 2yu digital interface. Making its European debut, the new 2go streamer/server adds both Ethernet and wireless streaming, plus 4 TB of microSD card storage to Chord's Hugo 2 DAC/pre/headphone amp. The 2yu digital interface turns the 2go device into a standalone streamer.

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