Loudspeaker Knowledge and Resources in Voice Coil May 2024

Loudspeaker Knowledge and Resources in Voice Coil May 2024
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audioXpress May 2024 Glass Audio Special Issue Now Available

audioXpress May 2024 Glass Audio Special Issue Now Available
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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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Advertise in the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2024!

Advertise in the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2024!
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Audio Engineering Society Promotes AES Europe Spring 2022 Convention
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Audio Engineering Society Promotes AES Europe Spring 2022 Convention

The AES Europe Spring 2022 (AES’s 152nd Convention) will feature both in-person and online events. The convention will take place May 7-8, at the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague, Netherlands, and will be followed by an online technical program May 16-19, for those who cannot attend the real thing. The program for the convention will include a large focus on immersive audio, synthesis and effects.
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HEAD acoustics Proposes Multi-Dimensional Audio Quality Score as Standard Method for Audio Quality Assessment
by Joao Martins

HEAD acoustics Proposes Multi-Dimensional Audio Quality Score as Standard Method for Audio Quality Assessment

MDAQS or Multi-Dimensional Audio Quality Score, is a new binaural perception-based software tool that replaces human evaluation with novel metrics in the assessment of audio quality. This is a much needed approach for characterization of headphones, earphones, speakers, and any audio system, including automotive audio designs, researched, documented and validated by audio test and measurement company HEAD acoustics.
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LYNX Technik Incorporates AI Technology from Audionamix for Real-Time Complex Noise Removal in Hardware
by Joao Martins

LYNX Technik Incorporates AI Technology from Audionamix for Real-Time Complex Noise Removal in Hardware

Among the many announcements of more hardware purposely designed for broadcast and content production operations, at the NAB 2022 Show in Las Vegas, German company Lynx Technik AG unveiled a new hardware module in its renowned yellobrik series, that features Artificial Intelligence from Audionamix. The IDC (Instant Dialog Cleaner) 1411 yellobrik module was designed for operations with serial digital video signals, and incorporates the AI technology from Audionamix for effective noise removal directly in the signal flow.
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    Test Bench: SB Acoustics’ Satori MW13TX-4 5” TPCD Cone Midbass Driver
    by Vance Dickason

    Test Bench: SB Acoustics’ Satori MW13TX-4 5” TPCD Cone Midbass Driver

    TPCD is the acronym for Thin-Ply Carbon Diaphragm, which is essentially the technology developed in Sweden by Oxeon to create a new-generation material with properties that are now well-proven for speaker cones and domes. The Satori MW13TX-4 TPCD cone 5” woofer is the fourth TPCD diaphragm transducer to be explicated in Test Bench, and this one has a substantial feature set, including a single piece bowl-shaped TPCD cone and NBR surround. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, January 2022.
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    Hypex Announces New and Improved NCOREx Class-D Amplifier Technology
    by Joao Martins

    Hypex Announces New and Improved NCOREx Class-D Amplifier Technology

    Hypex Electronics announced a new and improved iteration of its popular NCORE Class-D amplifier technology and unveiled the NCx500 OEM, the first of a new NCOREx family of modules to be launched. According to the Dutch company, the new technology will afford at least 2x better performance compared to original NCORE products. Hypex will introduce the new NCOREx technology at the ISE and High End shows in May 2022, paving the way for future OEM products.
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    DSP Concepts and StreamUnlimited Announce Reference Design for Advanced Voice Control Development
    by Adam Levenson

    DSP Concepts and StreamUnlimited Announce Reference Design for Advanced Voice Control Development

    DSP Concepts and StreamUnlimited are working together to support audio product development with a new reference design that offers advanced voice control features. DSP Concepts offers its Audio Weaver and TalkTo software development tools for StreamUnlimited's established range of hardware modules, including the latest Stream1955 next generation System-On-Module based on the latest NXP Quad Core SoC. The platform offers support for all major voice assistants.
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    From Microspeakers to Room Acoustics: COMSOL Promotes Three Acoustics Simulation Online Events
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    From Microspeakers to Room Acoustics: COMSOL Promotes Three Acoustics Simulation Online Events

    COMSOL continues its global virtual event series with COMSOL Day: Acoustics, to be held in three different time zones, with each event featuring a one-day program focusing on acoustics simulation using COMSOL Multiphysics software. Sessions will be hosted online on April 28, May 5, and May 19 by organizers in the USA, Europe, and China, respectively. Three online COMSOL Day events will showcase the benefits of multiphysics simulation to industries developing audio and acoustics products.
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    Lectrosonics Introduces Dual-Channel and Quad-Channel Digital Slot Receivers
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    Lectrosonics Introduces Dual-Channel and Quad-Channel Digital Slot Receivers

    Lectrosonics announced the introduction of the DSR and DSR5P dual-channel and DSR4 quad-channel digital slot receivers. The new receivers are compatible with all the current Lectrosonics mono and stereo digital transmitters and are backward compatible with any of the Digital Hybrid Wireless transmitters made in the past 20 years. These new-generation receivers provide the highest level of RF and audio performance available for field and location production.
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    Genelec Promotes 8331 and 8341 Coaxial Monitor RAW Series Models
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    Genelec Promotes 8331 and 8341 Coaxial Monitor RAW Series Models

    Genelec has expanded its range of RAW recycled aluminum models to include the 8331 and 8341 three-way coaxial studio monitors from The Ones series. A proportion of each sale of these new RAW models will be donated to the Audio Engineering Society (AES) throughout the whole of 2022 by the active loudspeaker and professional monitoring specialist manufacturer from Finland.
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    AKM Developed New Flagship Velvet Sound AK4499EXEQ Stereo D/A Converter
    by Joao Martins

    AKM Developed New Flagship Velvet Sound AK4499EXEQ Stereo D/A Converter

    The new flagship DAC Velvet Sound | Veritas AK4499EX and the previously announced premium DAC AK4493S are two of the latest products developed by Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation (AKM) to be unveiled for the first time at the High End Show 2022. AKM will exhibit at the International Parts+Supply (IPS) section of the show in Munich, Germany, showcasing all the new-generation products, as the Japanese company gradually resumes production and shipments.
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