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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Outline Awarded Patent for Warped Finite Impulse Response (WFIR) Technology
by audioXpress Staff

Outline Awarded Patent for Warped Finite Impulse Response (WFIR) Technology

Following the Italian patent awarded in 2021 to the Outline Newton, an FPGA-based audio processor, the Brescia-based company announced it has now also received a domestic patent for its Warped Finite Impulse Response (WFIR) technology. The Italian manufacturer of professional loudspeaker systems - a pioneer in line-source and adjustable line arrays systems for large scale applications - continues to invest in new loudspeaker-related technologies and has already also applied for an international patent.
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Rotel Announces MKII Models of Integrated Amplifier and CD Players with Upgraded Audio Circuits and Components
by audioXpress Staff

Rotel Announces MKII Models of Integrated Amplifier and CD Players with Upgraded Audio Circuits and Components

Rotel launched the A12MKII Class AB integrated amplifier, together with the CD14MKII and RCD-1572MKII CD players, expanding options further for hi-fidelity enthusiasts who still prefer separate stereo components. The new Rotel A12MKII, CD14MKII and RCD-1572MKII upgraded models are timed to signal the brand's 60th anniversary, and all benefit from innovations and improvements to the circuit designs and enhancement to critical audio components for better audio performance.
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Roland Announces iPad-Based Solutions for Livestream Productions
by Joao Martins

Roland Announces iPad-Based Solutions for Livestream Productions

As part of its AV professional solutions division, Roland announced new products to help take livestreaming productions to the next level. Helping users to work with what they already have, the new AeroCaster Live iPad app and AeroCaster VRC-01 console offer a complete audio and video production and presentation solution, accepting wireless signals from mobile devices and external computers. Roland also introduced the UVC-02 Web Presentation Dock and CGM-30 Gooseneck Microphone to create a simple to use package for presentation and professionals calls.
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    JBL SUB80P Compact Powered Subwoofer Features Wireless Connectivity and 400W Dynamic Power
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    JBL SUB80P Compact Powered Subwoofer Features Wireless Connectivity and 400W Dynamic Power

    Among the products announced at CES 2022 by Harman Luxury Audio, the new JBL SUB80P powered subwoofer was announced as part of the brand's expanded portfolio of high-performance loudspeakers. The new compact enclosure includes a high-gloss black painted finish and a down-firing 8-inch subwoofer. The subwoofer design delivers the flexibility of wireless connectivity allowing for easy placement in a wide variety of system applications, including as a low frequency extension for JBL latest Studio Monitors.
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    Inovonics Introduces New HD Radio Broadcast Monitors
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    Inovonics Introduces New HD Radio Broadcast Monitors

    Headquartered in the mountain community of Felton, California, the Inovonics engineering team continues to work tirelessly to meet the needs of an increasingly connected broadcast world. Inovonics now introduced the new 551 and 552 HD Radio Modulation Monitors, providing the ultimate choice for advanced FM and HD Radio signal monitoring. Incorporating all the necessary features for station setup, regulatory compliance and remote monitoring, both models are on schedule to begin shipping mid-February 2022.
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    CES 2022 Audio Highlights. 10 Companies We Want to See and Hear Again!
    by Joao Martins

    CES 2022 Audio Highlights. 10 Companies We Want to See and Hear Again!

    It was just like CES 2022 was a blink. We walked all over CES 2022, from hotel suites and halls - literally and virtually - to report on these great audio companies and technologies! Among our #CES2022 audio highlights we discuss presentations and demos from xMEMS Labs, Noveto, Exeger, Mayht, Tectonic, Resonado, Fraunhofer IIS, Silentium, GaN Systems, and Axign. Text and CES report originally published in The Audio Voice weekly newsletter.
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    Bang & Olufsen Offers Beolink Software Update That Connects Past With Present and Future Multiroom Products
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    Bang & Olufsen Offers Beolink Software Update That Connects Past With Present and Future Multiroom Products

    Bang & Olufsen announced an automatic software update to its new generation of home speakers that ensures multiroom compatibility between products launched in the last 40 years. From Bang & Olufsen’s iconic loudspeakers, music systems and turntables of the 1980s to its modern wireless speakers, the new update to Beolink makes a generation of products across decades work seamlessly together, showcasing Bang & Olufsen’s commitment to longevity.
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    NXP Advances Matter Smart Home Connectivity with Industry’s First Secure Tri-Radio Device
    by Joao Martins

    NXP Advances Matter Smart Home Connectivity with Industry’s First Secure Tri-Radio Device

    NXP Semiconductors announced the IW612, the industry’s first secure tri-radio device to support the Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and 802.15.4 (Zigbee, Thread, Z-Wave, Matter) protocols. Part of NXP’s new family of tri-radio products, the new device enables seamless, secure connectivity for smart home, automotive and industrial use cases. The single SoC enables simultaneous transmit and receive for higher performance in smart solutions, and supports Matter, the new interoperable, secure connectivity standard for the smart home.
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    CEVA Bluetooth Dual Mode 5.3 Platform Now SIG Qualified for Wireless Audio
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    CEVA Bluetooth Dual Mode 5.3 Platform Now SIG Qualified for Wireless Audio

    CEVA announced that its RivieraWaves Bluetooth Dual Mode 5.3 Platform has achieved Bluetooth SIG Qualification, along with its GAF (Generic Audio Framework) and LC3 codec. As the first IP company to receive Bluetooth Dual Mode 5.3 qualification, CEVA brings the latest improvements in Bluetooth connectivity and LE Audio to the market, lowering the entry barriers for semiconductors and OEMs targeting LE Audio applications. 1 billion CEVA-powered Bluetooth devices are estimated to have shipped in 2021.
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    The Vitec Group Acquires Audix Microphones
    by Joao Martins

    The Vitec Group Acquires Audix Microphones

    The Vitec Group, an international conglomerate of hardware products and software solutions for content creation, announced that it completed the acquisition of Audix, the microphone manufacturer from Portland, Oregon, which in the past three years has successfully executed the most ambitious product catalog expansion in its history. With the acquisition, The Vitec Group expands its audio hardware business established with the 2018 acquisition of Rycote, the manufacturer of advanced microphone windshields and suspension systems.
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