Patent Review: Desktop Audio Monitor System and Method

In this patents review, James Croft looks at one of the most interesting concepts for a “Desktop Audio Monitor System and Method.” US Patent 9036837, was granted in 2015 to James Tuomy (Framingham, MA), Barry Michael Kosherick (Hudson, MA), Laurie Wilk (Framingham, MA), and J. Richard Aylward (Ashland, MA). The concept was actually introduced to the market a year earlier, and made its big debut at the NAMM Show 2015, by Phasx Technologies. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, August 2015.

Phasx Technologies introduced its new digital audio production systems PX 300 and PX 600 at the Summer NAMM in Nashville. Eight years in development, Phasx promises a brand new digital audio monitoring concept for mastering and production, combining a dedicated hardware DSP monitoring controller with monitors designed to fit comfortably on the desktop around computer workstations.