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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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June 1, 2015 by Joao Martins

Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook Media Kit

The Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook is the most comprehensive collection of listings on loudspeaker materials ever assembled! With 18 product sections, 200 separate categories, and over 800 companies from around the globe, the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook is an indispensable resource for industry OEMs, specifiers, and buyers.
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Ambitious Hi-Res Audio Players and DACs from Astell&Kern
May 28, 2015 by Joao Martins

Ambitious Hi-Res Audio Players and DACs from Astell&Kern

Korean company Astell&Kern (iRiver) has managed to forge an interesting niche market by developing and manufacturing portable high-resolution audio players. The company announced their latest-generation flagship portable HRA Player, the AK380, with 32-bit/384kHz PCM and DSD support. At the same time, Astell&Kern launched the much more affordable AK Jr.
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RCF Enters Headphone Market with Iconica Series
May 26, 2015 by Joao Martins

RCF Enters Headphone Market with Iconica Series

New companies are entering the headphone market everyday but not all the companies are established driver manufacturers with the expertise and resources of the Reggio Emilia company. The new ‘Iconica by RCF’ headphones elegantly combine a distinctive life-style design with the specifications required by recording engineers and DJs.
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Merging Technologies Innovative Network Attached DAC Introduced in Europe and US
May 25, 2015 by Joao Martins

Merging Technologies Innovative Network Attached DAC Introduced in Europe and US

Fresh from an historic launch at the High End Show in Munich, Merging’s revolutionary audiophile D/A converter, NADAC, will now be introduced at T.H.E. Show Newport, in the US. High End enthusiasts will be able to experience the full advantage of Merging’s network approach, particularly suited to DSD source files and high resolution formats.
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Headphones in the Spotlight
May 21, 2015 by Joao Martins

Headphones in the Spotlight

Worldwide shipments of headphones keep on growing year after year and are already one of the top consumer electronics categories. The problem is, with all the excitement, it seems that many companies are not actually doing proper marketing research. Both in mass-market oriented designs and those models targeting high-end users the market is also being flooded with “me too” products.
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MQA Support Continues to Grow at High End 2015
May 21, 2015 by Joao Martins

MQA Support Continues to Grow at High End 2015

This year’s Munich High End show saw MQA supporter numbers soar above the one hundred mark. The music encoding and streaming format was demonstrated publicly for the first time at a show and it was confirmed that MQA is to be established as a separate business entity from Meridian Audio in order to license the technology.
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High End 2015 in Munich Was Another High-Quality Show
May 21, 2015 by Joao Martins

High End 2015 in Munich Was Another High-Quality Show

Once again, the High End 2015 Show in Munich, Germany, made a splash as the world’s largest trade fair for the audio industry. With 506 exhibitors from 42 countries (+11%), increased attendance with a total of 20,637 visitors (+16%) and 6,588 trade visitors from 71 countries (+22%), the show has an ever-increasing international profile.
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New Focal Trio6 Be Switchable Monitoring Speakers
May 15, 2015 by Joao Martins

New Focal Trio6 Be Switchable Monitoring Speakers

The new studio monitor from Focal’s SM6 line supplies two speakers in a single cabinet. The Trio6 Be is effectively a three-way monitor and a two-way monitor, remotely switchable thanks to its new FOCUS mode, allowing to compare the mix, focusing on the same acoustic basis, and the same stereo image, minus the extreme frequencies.
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New Drivers from Eighteen Sound at Prolight+Sound 2015
May 4, 2015 by Joao Martins

New Drivers from Eighteen Sound at Prolight+Sound 2015

The Reggio Emilia loudspeaker specialist was in full force at the 2015 Prolight+Sound show in Frankfurt with an impressive display of new products in its catalogue. New for this year, the 8CX650 and 10CX650 coaxial loudspeakers, announced earlier in the year, are now shipping. But there’s also the ND4015Ti2 compression driver, the XG10 line source waveguide and much more.
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Audio Heads and Tails
April 30, 2015 by Joao Martins

Audio Heads and Tails

During his review of the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2014, our colleague and audioXpress contributor Oliver A. Masciarotte wrote an amusing sentence: “Many engineers would debate the fact, but consumer electronics (CE) wags the tail of the pro audio dog.” I have often debated this... Exactly whose tail is moving which dog?
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