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About Joao Martins
Since 2013, Joao Martins leads audioXpress as editor-in-chief of the US-based magazine and website, the leading audio electronics, audio product development and design publication, working also as international editor for Voice Coil, the leading periodical for the loudspeaker industry. Covering Audio and Video technology for more than 30 years - Broadcast, Film, Computer Graphics, and Music - as founder and editor of several leading publications in Portuguese and Spanish languages, (he's also fluent in French!), he benefits from a broad and rich perspective of those sectors and its multiple verticals. Marketing and Communication Specialist working at the intersection of media and technology for over three decades, Joao Martins started as a musician and studied visual arts and cinema before founding its own (short-lived) advertising agency. After a career in marketing and sales in film, television, radio and pro audio systems, transitioned full time to magazine publishing, founding new

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Sonobo Startup Has Ideas to Stand-Out in Crowded True Wireless Market
August 11, 2021 by Joao Martins

Sonobo Startup Has Ideas to Stand-Out in Crowded True Wireless Market

With dozens of models of true wireless earbuds on the market, it may be hard to determine what is truly the best. Sonobo, a startup company founded by "an international team" in the US, UK, and Italy, believes it can offer "the best" and make us "hear the world differently." The company promises to launch, not one, not two, but three different models at once, and actually throws some clever ideas for differentiation - that is, if their crowdfunding campaign is successful.
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Market Update 2021: True Wireless Earbuds Evolving Toward Hearables
August 5, 2021 by Joao Martins

Market Update 2021: True Wireless Earbuds Evolving Toward Hearables

There’s a lot happening in the true wireless stereo (TWS) category and this market update article intends to provide a quick overview of the state-of the-art technologies and platforms in the space, as well as some reference approaches in product design. This audioXpress Market Update addresses what is happening in this vibrant product category in 2021.
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Austrian Audio Releases Hi-X15 and Hi-X25BT High Excursion Headphones
August 5, 2021 by Joao Martins

Austrian Audio Releases Hi-X15 and Hi-X25BT High Excursion Headphones

Austrian Audio continues to expand on its heritage and expertise with new headphones for prosumer applications. The new headphones are the more affordable models in the company's Hi-X series, capitalizing on the listening experience of High Excursion driver technology for everyday use. The new Hi-X15 closed-back headphones, and wireless Hi-X25BT can be used on the studio or anywhere, and are positioned to project the brand even further.
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JBL Professional New PRX ONE All-in-One Portable PA System Designed to Work With Pro Connect Control App
August 5, 2021 by Joao Martins

JBL Professional New PRX ONE All-in-One Portable PA System Designed to Work With Pro Connect Control App

Harman Professional Solutions unveiled its latest addition to the JBL Professional PRX Column Portable PA family, the PRX ONE all-in-one portable PA. This next generation active column design features an acoustically optimized driver array, built-in digital mixer and DSP, and Bluetooth functionality. JBL also designed it to be used with the all new, universal JBL Pro Connect app for simplified management of the PRX ONE system.
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SquadCast Cloud Recording Studio Service Now Offers Dolby.io Audio Processing
August 4, 2021 by Joao Martins

SquadCast Cloud Recording Studio Service Now Offers Dolby.io Audio Processing

Cloud recording studio (CRS) platform SquadCast announced an update (v4.5) to its service which includes Dolby.io noise cancellation, one-click audio mastering, a new category-first integration API, and new workflow features among other enhancements. SquadCast’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription now allows users to connect and record up to 10 people simultaneously in a recording session.
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Soniox Releases Knowledge Augmented Audio AI for Contextual Transcription
July 29, 2021 by Joao Martins

Soniox Releases Knowledge Augmented Audio AI for Contextual Transcription

Soniox already offers a very accurate speech recognition transcription engine for English language, and the company now released an audio AI solution that automatically annotates the transcribed audio with real-world entities and their contextual information, providing an augmented representation of the audio stream in real-time and low-latency. Soniox offers this novel technology in Soniox APIs, iOS app and web application.
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Nura Offers Personalized Sound and ANC in True Wireless Earbuds
July 28, 2021 by Joao Martins

Nura Offers Personalized Sound and ANC in True Wireless Earbuds

Nura, the Australian startup that created one of the most effective personalized sound headphone solutions, has been trying to evolve its concept into new form-factors. After trying an interesting Bluetooth in-ear design with the Nura Loop, the Melbourne-based company finally launched Nura True, a TWS with ANC solution that truly promises to boost the company's technology and the brand itself.
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See Nothing, Ear Nothing With New Nothing True Wireless Earbuds
July 28, 2021 by Joao Martins

See Nothing, Ear Nothing With New Nothing True Wireless Earbuds

There's truly nothing to see in the new transparent true wireless earbuds that were announced recently by Nothing, a recently formed consumer electronics company based out of London. Touted as "highly anticipated," the Nothing Ear is a comission-engineered, mail-order manufacturing exercise, offering Active Noise Cancellation for just $99 USD. The main feature, the use of transparent plastic, will look great with the ear wax patina after a few weeks of use.
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Eighteen Sound: The Younger Face of Italian Speaker Tradition
July 22, 2021 by Joao Martins

Eighteen Sound: The Younger Face of Italian Speaker Tradition

In October 2015, audioXpress visited pro audio loudspeaker manufacturer Eighteen Sound in Italy, and we shared the details of its modern factory in Reggio Emilia. The article was intended to illustrate the ongoing company's expansion, combined with a bit of its history. A lot has changed in the company's structure since then, Eighteen Sound (and Ciare) was acquired by B&C Speakers, and the faces at Reggio Emilia also changed. This article was originally published in audioXpress, February 2016.
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Yamaha Announces YH-L700A Advanced ANC Headphones
July 16, 2021 by Joao Martins

Yamaha Announces YH-L700A Advanced ANC Headphones

The announcement comes directly from Japan and the brand's Asian and Pacific websites, following the Yamaha Design Laboratory preview unveiled in 2020 to promote the new headphones created by lead designers Masafumi Futo and Yoshinobu Terazaki. Now, Yamaha confirmed the flagship and truly unique YH-L700A headphones will be available August 2021, introducing an advanced ANC implementation with a series of smart optimizations.
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