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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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Harman Signs Strategic Partnership with Aqipa Group to Distribute and Market AKG Consumer Headphones in Europe
July 30, 2024 by Joao Martins

Harman Signs Strategic Partnership with Aqipa Group to Distribute and Market AKG Consumer Headphones in Europe

Harman International, an independent subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, announced a strategic distribution and marketing partnership with Aqipa for its AKG consumer headphones in Europe. The partnership with the consumer products logistics and marketing experts at Aqipa reflects Harman's plans to restore AKG's market position in headphones, with new products scheduled to be presented at IFA 2024.
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Speechmatics Introduces Flow API for Advanced Speech Interactions
July 30, 2024 by Joao Martins

Speechmatics Introduces Flow API for Advanced Speech Interactions

Speechmatics, a pioneer in speech recognition and currently a leader in multilanguage transcription technology, has announced the launch of an API that will enable developers to build voice interactions into any product, including AI assistants and agents. Flow combines Speechmatics' real-time automatic speech recognition (ASR) with large language models (LLMs) and text-to-speech capabilities, offering a complete solution for voice-based interactions that are accurate, responsive, and secure.
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Sonus faber Concertino G4 Speaker Introduces Innovative Unibody Cork Enclosure
July 29, 2024 by Joao Martins

Sonus faber Concertino G4 Speaker Introduces Innovative Unibody Cork Enclosure

Sonus faber launched its new Concertino G4 speaker during the Tokyo Audio Show 2024. The fourth edition of the brand’s iconic Concertino speaker expands on the its heritage of high-quality sound and Italian craftsmanship, with the innovation of a unique single structure cabinet made with recycled cork. The design maintains the iconic trapezoidal Concertino shape, with an exterior enhanced by trademark Sonus faber materials, such as leather, aluminum, brass, and walnut wood side panels.
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HearAngel and Sonical Announce Strategic Partnership to Integrate Smart Hearing Safeguarding for Headphones
July 25, 2024 by Joao Martins

HearAngel and Sonical Announce Strategic Partnership to Integrate Smart Hearing Safeguarding for Headphones

HearAngel (a LimitEar company) and Sonical announced a software licensing agreement to integrate the HearAngel smart hearing safeguarding solution into Sonical's CosmOS operating system for headphones. This collaboration allows manufacturers using the Sonical platform to offer hearing safeguarding either as a standard feature or user option. The announcement was just one in a series of new partnerships for CosmOS confirmed during CanJam London 2024.
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TEAC Releases Updated CG-10M-X Master Clock Generator
July 25, 2024 by Joao Martins

TEAC Releases Updated CG-10M-X Master Clock Generator

TEAC Corporation of Japan announced the release of the CG-10M-X, a Reference Series Master Clock Generator intended primarily to expand its Reference 500 Series components. A 10MHz master clock generator with a TEAC Reference OCXO (Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator), the CG-10M-X is equipped with a thermostatic chamber to ensure high oscillation stability, output buffer amplifier circuit, and improved power supply circuit among other refinements.
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A Century of Sound: The Story of Celestion. New Book Now Available
July 24, 2024 by Joao Martins

A Century of Sound: The Story of Celestion. New Book Now Available

2024 marks Celestion's 100th year. To celebrate the milestone, the manufacturer of loudspeakers for sound reinforcement applications and guitar and bass, published "A Century of Sound: The Story of Celestion". Detailed and beautifully illustrated, this book compiles the history of Britain's oldest and longest surviving loudspeaker company. An essential historical document for anyone interesting in loudspeaker history, the book is now available for purchase at retail.
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Roswell Pro Audio Introduces Custom Microphone Shop
July 24, 2024 by Joao Martins

Roswell Pro Audio Introduces Custom Microphone Shop

Roswell Pro Audio, the boutique microphone company founded by Matthew McGlynn, also the creator of RecordingHacks and DIY microphone kit shop Microphone-Parts, now launched a new Custom Shop Mic Builder tool to provide customization options for their popular Mini K line of microphones. The new online configurator offers over 1,800 combinations of cosmetic options, circuit modifications, additional features as well as accessory options to create unique looks and sounds.
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Sound Particles inDelay Plugin Allows Total Spatial Control
July 24, 2024 by Joao Martins

Sound Particles inDelay Plugin Allows Total Spatial Control

Sound Particles has just released a new delay effects plugin with features never seen before, creating a completely new sound design concept thanks to its fully integrated 3D Particles System. As Sound Particles did with its groundbreaking hyperrealistic Doppler effects tool, the new inDelay plugin makes using delays creatively better, quicker and easier, while allowing playing up to 100 delays at the same time.
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AMPACS Announces Industry's First 2-Way Over-Ear Headphone Reference Design Based on xMEMS MEMS Speakers
July 23, 2024 by Joao Martins

AMPACS Announces Industry's First 2-Way Over-Ear Headphone Reference Design Based on xMEMS MEMS Speakers

Furthering the integration of solid-state microspeakers in over-the-ear headphones, global ODM/OEM AMPACS announced a turnkey 2-way headphone solution designed in collaboration with MEMS pioneer xMEMS Labs. The patented 2-way module architecture improves spatial audio accuracy and reduces weight, among other benefits versus conventional single-driver architectures. Pre-production prototypes are ready now, and the production-ready solution will be available in September 2024.
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Analog Devices Now Sampling New ADXL380 and ADXL382 Triaxial MEMS Accelerometers
July 22, 2024 by Joao Martins

Analog Devices Now Sampling New ADXL380 and ADXL382 Triaxial MEMS Accelerometers

It was a big product announcement from Analog Devices at Sensors Converge 2024, but aside for what was revealed to those attending the event, there has yet to be a formal announcement. The ADXL380 and ADXL382 are low noise, low power, wide bandwidth, 16-bit sensors that cover a dynamic range of 85dB, making them good options for precision applications with minimal calibration, with the ADXL380 being ideal for new true wireless ANC earbuds. audioXpress explores here all the important details about these two new 3-axis MEMS accelerometers.
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