audioXpress January 2025. Innovations in Audio. Product Development. The Best in DIY Audio

audioXpress January 2025. Innovations in Audio. Product Development. The Best in DIY Audio
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Rehear Audiology Promotes AI Revolution in the Hearing Industry

Rehear Audiology Promotes AI Revolution in the Hearing Industry
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The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities

The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities
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Design, Simulations, and Measurements in Voice Coil December 2024

Design, Simulations, and Measurements in Voice Coil December 2024
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Alango Unveils Sound Processing Module for Qualcomm S7 SoC
by Joao Martins

Alango Unveils Sound Processing Module for Qualcomm S7 SoC

Alango Technologies announced a new digital sound processing module for Qualcomm's Bluetooth SoCs, including the latest S7 Gen1 Sound platform that features five times the compute power, three times the DSP processing power, and almost 100 times on-device AI processing power compared to previous solutions. According to Alango, this first to market platform offers a pre-integrated, ready-to-use modular solution for the latest generation of hearables and advanced audio designs.
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Bose Professional Announces Global Availability of EdgeMax LP In-Ceiling Asymmetrical Loudspeakers
by Joao Martins

Bose Professional Announces Global Availability of EdgeMax LP In-Ceiling Asymmetrical Loudspeakers

Bose Professional announced the global availability of EdgeMax EM90-LP and EM180-LP, expanding its EdgeMax line of premium in-ceiling directional loudspeakers. The new Bose EdgeMax LP models bring powerful sound and asymmetrical coverage to smaller rooms and more challenging spaces, and work together with the original EdgeMax loudspeakers, launched in 2017. These LP models deliver consistent high-quality performance across projects where specifications and installation conditions vary.
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Brane Audio RAD Speaker Technology Named in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024
by Joao Martins

Brane Audio RAD Speaker Technology Named in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024

As TIME revealed its annual list of the Best Inventions, which features 200 product, technologies and innovations changing our lives, there was a surprising mention of Brane Audio's Brane X portable speaker as a winner in the Entertainment & Gaming category. As audioXpress and Voice Coil readers learned earlier - and coincidently James Croft writes about in Voice Coil November 2024 - the company's Repel-Attract-Driver (RAD) that is part of the Brane X design, is indeed the first effective embodiment of a negative-spring woofer that bends Hofmann’s Iron Law.
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    Knowles Teams up with Mimi to Deliver Personalized Audio for Breggz
    by Joao Martins

    Knowles Teams up with Mimi to Deliver Personalized Audio for Breggz

    Since Dutch company Breggz introduced the concept of its luxury wireless hearables at CES 2024, the company has been evolving the project in partnership with key technology providers. The now called Breggz ZOHN-1 in-ears are leveraging Bragi's platform and Audio App Store concept to offer a future upgrade path, with new exciting options. Among those is the possibility to personalize the response to each user, thanks to a partnership with Mimi Hearing Technologies and Knowles, which supplies the balanced armature drivers
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    Studio Six Digital Launches New SoundScope VR Module
    by Joao Martins

    Studio Six Digital Launches New SoundScope VR Module

    Studio Six Digital announced the release of a new SoundScope VR module for its AudioTools professional audio test & measurement iOS app. SoundScope VR is an advanced acoustic analysis module that uses an advanced FFT algorithm to precisely analyze audio and offers a number of plotting options so that users can visualize the performance of an audio system in real time. Some of it's powerful features include an FFT 1/48th octave audio analyzer, RTA bar, line, and combo RTA+FFT plots, SPL measurements, and split-screen with Spectrograph.
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    TEAC Launches Reference 500 Series Pure Analog Headphone Amplifier/Preamp
    by audioXpress Staff

    TEAC Launches Reference 500 Series Pure Analog Headphone Amplifier/Preamp

    TEAC announced the HA-507, a new component in its compact Reference 500 Series, which now adds a low distortion, pure analog headphone amplifier/preamplifier. Incorporating the brand's premium audio technologies, and equipped with an optimized power supply circuit, the HA-507 has exceptional headphone driving power and an extremely wide frequency response that cannot be imagined from its compact appearance.
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    Sennheiser Profile Wireless Signals New Direction for the Brand
    by Joao Martins

    Sennheiser Profile Wireless Signals New Direction for the Brand

    The new Sennheiser Profile Wireless is a 2-channel, 2.4GHz all-in-one microphone system, designed for content creators and videographers as a versatile tool to effortlessly capture high-quality audio. It's also the first product from the brand to signal a new direction since the German company decided to sell its consumer business. Sennheiser Profile Wireless competes head-on with the mighty of Røde and all the emerging Chinese brands disputing this segment.
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    Reinforced Loudspeaker Performance in Voice Coil November 2024
    by audioXpress Staff

    Reinforced Loudspeaker Performance in Voice Coil November 2024

    In Voice Coil November 2024, Anthony Caiazzo details Countervail's patented fiber-reinforced composite technology, Mike Klasco revisits solutions to achieve increased bass response, while James Croft reviews two patents from Clean Energy Labs and Brane Audio that seem to have finally broken Hofmann's Iron Law. In Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the new MT19CP-8 7.5" coaxial driver from SB Acoustics' prestigious Satori line.
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    Pro-Ject Announces The Classic Reference Turntable
    by Joao Martins

    Pro-Ject Announces The Classic Reference Turntable

    Another week and another turntable from Pro-Ject Audio Systems is announced. The Austrian company - the largest producer of turntables in the world - has now announced The Classic Reference turntable, which it describes as a "supremely upgraded Classic EVO" or "an enhanced version of the VPO 175 limited edition turntable". The Classic Reference is said to merge "aesthetic appeal" with the latest and greatest hi-fi implements by Pro-Ject, available in black and chrome or brass and acacia wood.
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    beyerdynamic Unveils DT 1770 and DT 1990 PRO MKII Studio Headphones with New TESLA.45 Driver
    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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