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Audeze Enhances Maxwell Headphones for Professional Dolby Atmos Mixing
by Joao Martins

Audeze Enhances Maxwell Headphones for Professional Dolby Atmos Mixing

Audeze, the Los Angeles-based planar magnetic headphone manufacturer, announced the beta launch of a significant firmware upgrade to its Maxwell gaming headset, adding head tracking support compatible with the Dolby Atmos Renderer for professional mixing. Utilizing built-in hardware already included in every Maxwell headset, this integration transforms Maxwell into a powerful tool optimized for content creators and audio engineers mixing in Dolby Atmos.
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Qualcomm Unveils S7 Pro Snapdragon Sound Platform With Micro-Power Wi-Fi and 24-bit/192kHz Lossless Streaming
by Joao Martins

Qualcomm Unveils S7 Pro Snapdragon Sound Platform With Micro-Power Wi-Fi and 24-bit/192kHz Lossless Streaming

During its Snapdragon Summit event Qualcomm unveiled the latest S7 and S7 Pro Gen1 Sound platforms, which will soon power a new generation of advanced audio products. The new platforms offer five times the compute power, three times the DSP processing power, and almost 100 times on-device AI processing power compared to the previous generation. A real differentiator is the use of micro-power Wi-Fi to extend wireless audio range and support for up to 192kHz lossless music quality in the S7 Pro.
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BdSound and Vivoka Join Forces to Boost the World of Voice Assistants
by Joao Martins

BdSound and Vivoka Join Forces to Boost the World of Voice Assistants

BdSound and Vivoka, two European pioneers in voice technology, announced a strategic partnership to reshape the landscape of voice assistants. Through this collaboration, BdSound will leverage Vivoka's development framework allowing users to high-level construct tailored voice assistants. And BdSound's audio and speech processing technology will become an integral part of the acoustic front-end tools offered by Vivoka, promising to make voice assistants more accessible and customizable than ever before.
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Tymphany and Exeger To Launch Self-Powered Speaker at CES 2024
by Joao Martins

Tymphany and Exeger To Launch Self-Powered Speaker at CES 2024

Exeger, the manufacturer of Powerfoyle energy-harvesting technology, announced a partnership with Tymphany, the manufacturer of audio systems, acoustic modules and drivers and one of the largest OEM/ODMs in the audio industry, to produce a self-powered speaker which will be unveiled at CES 2024. Tymphany's Hybrid-life Green Speaker, under development, will be powered by Exeger's patented solar cell technology, which converts all forms of light into electricity.
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Matter 1.2 Arrives with Nine New Device Types & Improvements
by Joao Martins

Matter 1.2 Arrives with Nine New Device Types & Improvements

The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) just announced the second update to Matter, version 1.2, now available for device makers and platforms to build into their products. The update is packed with nine new device types, revisions, and additions to existing categories, core improvements to the specification and SDK, and certification and testing tools. The Matter 1.2 certification program is now open and members expect to bring these enhancements and new device types to market later this year and into 2024 and beyond.
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Estron Accelerates Time to Market with Advanced Cable and Connector Solutions
by Joao Martins

Estron Accelerates Time to Market with Advanced Cable and Connector Solutions

Estron, the Danish manufacturer of high-quality wire, cable, and miniaturized connector solutions, showcased the company's newest solutions for hearing aids and audiology at the recent EUHA 2023 congress in Nuremberg, Germany. Making its debut was es-Hear, a complete off-the-shelf plug cable and RIC (Receiver-in-Canal) solution using a plug-and-play micro connection. And Estron showcased its latest multipole micro connector that supports its patent pending 8 conductor solution.
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SPAT Revolution Now Supports Audio-Technica's BP3600 Immersive Audio Microphone
by audioXpress Staff

SPAT Revolution Now Supports Audio-Technica's BP3600 Immersive Audio Microphone

The recently released SPAT Revolution software (version 23.08) now supports the new Audio-Technica BP3600 immersive audio microphone, allowing for the capture and mixing of a truly three dimensional audio image. According to FLUX::Immersive, the update of its object and perceptual immersive mixing software is now Apple Silicon ARM Native compatible, and introduces loads of new features and optimization updates.
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Peter D’Antonio Honored with Wallace Clement Sabine Medal Award from Acoustical Society of America
by audioXpress Staff

Peter D’Antonio Honored with Wallace Clement Sabine Medal Award from Acoustical Society of America

REDIacoustics co-founder and Director of Research Dr. Peter D’Antonio has been awarded the Wallace Clement Sabine Medal by the Acoustical Society of America [ASA] recognizing outstanding contributions to the knowledge of architectural acoustics. ASA highlights Peter D’Antonio's contributions to the theory, design and application of acoustic diffusers. The award will be presented at the spring 2024 ASA meeting to be held in Ottawa, Canada.
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Edifier Elevates TWS Audio Performance with Knowles Balanced Armature Drivers and MEMS Microphones
by Joao Martins

Edifier Elevates TWS Audio Performance with Knowles Balanced Armature Drivers and MEMS Microphones

Knowles Corporation has joined forces with consumer audio brand Edifier in the creation of the NeoBuds Pro 2 True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds. The new flagship TWS earbud design from Edifier raises the bar for premium wireless audio with the help of Knowles RAN balanced armature (BA) receivers and SiSonic MEMS microphone technology. The new flagship earbuds are the first to debut Edifier's proprietary Wide-Band Multi-Channel ANC.
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Sphere Las Vegas Equipped with Powersoft Audio Amplifiers and Haptic Seating
by audioXpress Staff

Sphere Las Vegas Equipped with Powersoft Audio Amplifiers and Haptic Seating

Powersoft supplied 167,000 audio channels of its energy-efficient amplification for Sphere Immersive Sound, the most advanced concert audio system on the planet, part of the the $2.3 billion venture inaugurated September 29. In addition to providing audio amplifiers for the resident Holoplot sound system, Powersoft equipped Sphere's groundbreaking venue with 10,000 haptic seats using its Mover infrasound shakers with patented moving-magnet technology.
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