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China Audio Industry Association Promotes Global Audio Summit 2025
January 27, 2025 by Joao Martins

China Audio Industry Association Promotes Global Audio Summit 2025

The annual Global Audio Summit promoted by the China Audio Industry Association (CAIA) will be held at the Zhangjiang Science Hall in Shanghai, March 26-27, 2025. Promoting unique business opportunities for all, and a deeper understanding of the audio industry in China, the 2025 CAIA Global Audio Summit will be once again the most valuable knowledge and networking event for companies from all over the world.
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Find All the Cutting-Edge Audio Knowledge in audioXpress February 2025
January 13, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Find All the Cutting-Edge Audio Knowledge in audioXpress February 2025

Read the Market Update on MEMS microphones, Shure’s valuable perspective about Wireless Multichannel Audio Systems (WMAS) technology, and a review of the extraordinary Eigenmike em64 Ambisonics microphone. Brent Butterworth reviews the new Sony MDR-M1 headphones, and Alex Bonnet and Eric Benhaim (Orosound) explain how to leverage ANC in open-ear designs. Brian Lowe (Belleson) shares his Top Amp design for phono preamps, Douglas Self reveals more op-amp distortion tests, and Richard Honeycutt revisits the legendary Dynaco ST-70 and ST-70 II tube power amps.
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JLab Unveils Epic Lux Lab Edition Wireless Headphones
January 7, 2025 by Joao Martins

JLab Unveils Epic Lux Lab Edition Wireless Headphones

JLab announced its most advanced wireless headphones ever with the launch of its new Epic Lux Lab Edition model. The new over-ear headphones made their debut at CES 2025, where they surprised positively for the balanced sound with custom dynamic drivers, adaptive noise cancellation, 90+ hours of playtime, clear call capability, and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity. Interestingly, wireless charging is supported directly from the earcups, and the headphones come with an included charging dock.
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Start the Loudspeaker Year with Voice Coil January 2025
December 30, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Start the Loudspeaker Year with Voice Coil January 2025

The first issue of Voice Coil for 2025 is now available and includes a new article by Claus Futtrup about computation of alignments, Dave Morrison discussing Spikes & Isolation for Speaker Decoupling and another valuable directory of Earphone and Headphone Manufacturers and parts. On his Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the new Scan-Speak D3004/666000 metamodal TPCD dome tweeter and the Dayton Audio UMII10-22 Ultimax II 10" Subwoofer.
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Cleer Audio Announces Hideaki Yamaguchi (Yama) as CEO
December 18, 2024 by Joao Martins

Cleer Audio Announces Hideaki Yamaguchi (Yama) as CEO

Cleer Audio, the US-based headphones and smart speaker brand, announced the appointment of Hideaki Yamaguchi (Yama) as its new CEO effective immediately. A product management, marketing and supply chain specialist who previously worked in Sony's consumer division and Logitech, Yamaguchi brings Cleer Audio a wealth of experience with his extensive background in consumer electronics. He replaces Patrick Huang who left the company earlier in the year.
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IDUN Audio Partners with Merry Electronics to Enable Spatial Audio in New Headphone Designs
December 17, 2024 by Joao Martins

IDUN Audio Partners with Merry Electronics to Enable Spatial Audio in New Headphone Designs

IDUN audio, the Danish embedded spatial audio technology specialists announced a strategic partnership with Taiwan-based Merry Electronics. IDUN audio will showcase three new spatial audio integrations for personal audio during CES 2025, all running on Merry's brand new reference designs for true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds, a new OWS open ear clip solution, and the recently announced new dual driver headphones.
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xMEMS Labs and Merry Electronics Showcase Two-Way Headphone Reference Design at CES 2025
December 3, 2024 by Joao Martins

xMEMS Labs and Merry Electronics Showcase Two-Way Headphone Reference Design at CES 2025

Underscoring the potential of solid-state MEMS microspeakers over-the-ear headphones, xMEMS Labs and Merry Electronics announced they will demonstrate a new production-ready reference design at CES 2025. Targeting both premium wireless over-the-ear headphones and gaming applications, Merry highlights xMEMS’ patented 2-way module architecture as a way to improve spatial audio accuracy and reduce weight for gamers, among other benefits.
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Chord Electronics Launches Alto Headphone Preamplifier
November 18, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Chord Electronics Launches Alto Headphone Preamplifier

British company Chord Electronics has announced general availability of its Alto headphone distribution preamp and nearfield monitor amplifier, originally introduced at the 2024 NAMM Show as a solution for professional studio applications. First introduced as part of the Chord Electronics Pro range, designed specifically to meet the exacting demands of critical monitoring, the Alto headphone/monitor amp is now accessible to all.
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Drop Launches OAE1 Headphones as Non-Signature Edition
November 14, 2024 by Joao Martins

Drop Launches OAE1 Headphones as Non-Signature Edition

Drop, the vibrant community-driven e-commerce brand that is now owned by Corsair, announced a reset on its latest Grell headphone collaboration, with the announcement of the Drop + Grell OAE1 Non-Signature Edition. Following the extremely negative reviews that the original Drop + Grell OAE1 headphones received when they launched earlier in 2024 (fortunately, only 1,000 units had been made anyway), the new “non-signature”edition takes the original engineering concept and resets the design at a more accessible price.
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beyerdynamic Unveils DT 1770 and DT 1990 PRO MKII Studio Headphones with New TESLA.45 Driver
October 30, 2024 by Joao Martins

beyerdynamic Unveils DT 1770 and DT 1990 PRO MKII Studio Headphones with New TESLA.45 Driver

beyerdynamic announced the new closed-back DT 1770 PRO MKII and open-back DT 1990 PRO MKII headphones. The second generation of the company's studio reference headphones feature enhanced comfort, improved sound quality, plus a newly developed dynamic TESLA.45 driver. According to the German company, these refreshed flagship models have lower impedance to offer added flexibility for today's music professionals.
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