audioXpress May 2024 Glass Audio Special Issue Now Available

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

Advertise in the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2024!
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Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024

Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024
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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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Rotel Announces New C8 and C8+ Installation Amplifiers
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Rotel Announces New C8 and C8+ Installation Amplifiers

Rotel Electronics announced the C8 and C8+, the brand’s latest Class AB custom installation amplifiers, leveraging Rotel’s 60-years audio engineering heritage delivering 8 channels of high-performance multi-zone audio. The amplifiers are powered by an oversized, in-house manufactured toroidal transformer feeding an array of high current dedicated output devices comfortably driving even the most demanding loudspeakers in critical listening zones.
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HP Announced Agreement to Acquire Poly
by Joao Martins

HP Announced Agreement to Acquire Poly

HP Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire Poly, the company created from the merger of Plantronics and Polycom, and the last remaining of the videoconference era companies. HP has been acquiring other companies in the audio space in order to expand its offer to growing market segments, and this acquisition is intended to significantly reinforce its position as a leading global provider of workplace collaboration solutions.
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Vesper Launches 2nd Generation Smart Piezoelectric Voice Accelerometer with ZeroPower Sensing
by Joao Martins

Vesper Launches 2nd Generation Smart Piezoelectric Voice Accelerometer with ZeroPower Sensing

Vesper continues to redefine its range of MEMS solutions for voice applications with the launch of the VA1210, Vesper’s 2nd generation analog piezoelectric smart voice accelerometer. The VA1210 offers higher sensitivity (+17 dB) and higher (+6 dB) SNR than the 1st generation VA1200 in voice pickup. Additionally, new intelligent features of Wake-on-Voice (WoV) and hardware voice activity detection (HVAD), introduced into the VA1210, enable a drastic improvement of voice quality True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds.
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    Warwick Acoustics Promotes Patented Electrostatic Transducer Panels for Automotive Applications
    by Joao Martins

    Warwick Acoustics Promotes Patented Electrostatic Transducer Panels for Automotive Applications

    Warwick Acoustics already achieved significant recognition with its unique electrostatic transducers, currently used in the world's best sounding headphones (unfortunately also the most expensive and only available with a dedicated amplifier and electronics). Now, the UK-based audio technology company says that it is primed to disrupt the $8 billion in-car audio market with its ultra-light and low-power patented electrostatic technology, key in modern automotive systems.
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    IKEA and Spotify Unveil VAPPEBY Outdoor Bluetooth Speaker Lamp
    by Joao Martins

    IKEA and Spotify Unveil VAPPEBY Outdoor Bluetooth Speaker Lamp

    It's no big secret that IKEA and Spotify are from Sweden, and a collaboration between the two Swedish companies on a Bluetooth speaker would not come as a surprise. But effectively, IKEA has done speakers before and the company has mainly worked with Sonos on two very successful products for whole home audio. Now, IKEA finally confirmed a project with Spotify for a new Bluetooth situational speaker and lamp named VAPPEBY, available from April 2022.
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    Digigram Announces New ALP-222e and ALP-222e-Mic PCIe Sound Cards
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    Digigram Announces New ALP-222e and ALP-222e-Mic PCIe Sound Cards

    Digigram has announced the release of two new PCIe sound cards, ALP-222e and ALP-222e-Mic as part of their new ALP-X range. According to the French audio equipment manufacturer, the ALP-X range comprises a series of digital and analog sound cards with improved features that will gradually roll out throughout 2022 to replace the legacy Digigram VX sound cards. ALP-222e and ALP-222e-Mic are the first two cards of the range to be released on the market.
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    Yamaha VSP-2 Speech Privacy System Now Shipping to US and Canada
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    Yamaha VSP-2 Speech Privacy System Now Shipping to US and Canada

    Following availability in Japan, Yamaha Unified Communications announced that its all-new VSP-2 Speech Privacy System is in stock and available for immediate shipping to the United States and Canada. The VSP-CU2 control unit features user-selectable sound types and volume levels and it supports two, four, or eight VSP-SP2 speakers. The unique sound masking system can be installed quickly into any space to ensure conversations are kept confidential.
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    Dirac Introduces New Dirac Live Auto Target Curve
    by Joao Martins

    Dirac Introduces New Dirac Live Auto Target Curve

    Swedish digital audio processing pioneer Dirac announced a new auto target curve functionality for its Dirac Live solution that aims to make it easier for consumers to get even better sound quality out of their sound systems. The company's Dirac Live solution will now automatically generate an auto target curve based on a specific sound system's unique measurements. Dirac believes that with this new functionality, consumers no longer need in-depth knowledge of room correction to enjoy the best sound possible.
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    DSP Concepts Optimizes Audio Weaver for Analog Devices' SHARC+
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    DSP Concepts Optimizes Audio Weaver for Analog Devices' SHARC+

    In a collaboration between DSP Concepts and Analog Devices, the performance of Audio Weaver Core runtime libraries has been optimized to take full advantage of the SHARC+ core and to leverage the powerful SHARC+ DSP FIR/IIR hardware accelerators. This optimization effort results in tangible benefits for developers of automotive audio systems and other products, when utilizing audio processors in the ADSP-2156x, ADSP-2159x, and ADSP-SC59x product families.
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    GaN Systems Launches 300W Audio Boost Converter Switched Mode Power Supply
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    GaN Systems Launches 300W Audio Boost Converter Switched Mode Power Supply

    GaN Systems announced the launch of its 300W Audio Boost Converter SMPS at the 37th annual Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) in Houston, Texas. The 300W reference design, targeted for automotive, marine, motorcycle, and a broad range of 12VDC input applications, features a complete turnkey platform solution that accelerates time-to-market, delivering improved audio quality and smaller, more streamlined audio systems.
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