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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Start the Loudspeaker Year with Voice Coil January 2025

Start the Loudspeaker Year with Voice Coil January 2025
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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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Bluetooth Wireless Audio, Innovations in Audio, and More in audioXpress December 2024

Bluetooth Wireless Audio, Innovations in Audio, and More in audioXpress December 2024
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Sony Announces Innovative LinkBuds Wireless Lifestyle Earbuds and Speaker Range
by audioXpress Staff

Sony Announces Innovative LinkBuds Wireless Lifestyle Earbuds and Speaker Range

Sony announced two new wireless earbuds with innovative designs and features. The LinkBuds Fit are ANC earbuds with advanced processing, while the LinkBuds Open update the open ring driver design launched in 2022. Available with interesting new colors and with innovative lifestyle accessories, the LinkBuds Fit and LinkBuds Open earbuds combine premium features in more affordable designs. The LinkBuds range is also expanded with the new LinkBuds Speaker, an innovative concept of a Bluetooth wireless speaker to pair with earbuds.
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Make It Active! Voice Coil October 2024 Is Now Available
by audioXpress Staff

Make It Active! Voice Coil October 2024 Is Now Available

In Voice Coil October 2024, Claus Futtrup writes about Compliance Alteration, and Mike Klasco and Nora Wong prepared an updated directory of Integrated Electronics for Loudspeakers. James Croft returns with a "Loudspeaker" patent review, granted to industry veteran Michael Levy, and Vance Dickason focuses solely on the eagerly awaited Purifi Audio PTT10.0X04-NAB-01 10" Midbass Woofer.
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STMicroelectronics and Qualcomm Enter Strategic Collaboration for Edge AI Wireless Connected Devices
by Cristina Costa

STMicroelectronics and Qualcomm Enter Strategic Collaboration for Edge AI Wireless Connected Devices

STMicroelectronics and Qualcomm Technologies International, announces a new strategic collaboration for the next generation of industrial and consumer connected solutions augmented by edge AI. The collaboration will pair STMicroelectronics' STM32 microcontroller ecosystem and Qualcomm's wireless connectivity solutions to allow simple, fast, and cost-effective designs of next-generation connected applications.
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    A Legend Streamlined: Sennheiser Unveils MD 421 Kompakt
    by Joao Martins

    A Legend Streamlined: Sennheiser Unveils MD 421 Kompakt

    Sennheiser is looking to the future with advanced wireless microphone technologies. But the German microphone manufacturer is also looking to its past for inspiration and to maintain its products competitive in today's market. The new MD 421 Kompakt is an appropriately named, compact version of one of its most legendary microphones, the Sennheiser MD 421. This redesign doesn't compromise on the performance of its large-diaphragm capsule, making the MD 421 Kompakt an even more versatile dynamic microphone.
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    Bose Introduces SoundLink Home Bluetooth Speaker
    by Joao Martins

    Bose Introduces SoundLink Home Bluetooth Speaker

    Bose is rethinking the portable speaker category and redesigning its own iconic SoundLink Bluetooth speaker family. The new addition to Bose's consumer portfolio is the SoundLink Home Bluetooth Speaker, an innovative design that fills any room and offers great aesthetics. Compact yet powerful, the SoundLink Home Speaker is a sleek wireless design that alludes to early Japanese transistor radios, but offers all the features associated with smart speakers.
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    Zoom Announces H2essential Multi-Mic Handy Recorder
    by audioXpress Staff

    Zoom Announces H2essential Multi-Mic Handy Recorder

    Portable digital audio recorders are never too many, and Zoom announced the launch of its latest H2essential Multi-Mic Handy Recorder. The H2essential was designed as a flexible 32-bit float audio recorder for creators, equipped with three built-in microphones and the ability to record in mono, stereo 90degrees, stereo 120degrees or 360 degrees surround. Following the launch of the simplified H1 XLR Handy Recorder, Zoom now offers an updated, fully integrated recorder that is also a versatile USB-C audio interface.
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    Tascam Launches FR-AV2 2-Channel 32-Bit Float Portable Audio Field Recorder and Timecode Generator
    by audioXpress Staff

    Tascam Launches FR-AV2 2-Channel 32-Bit Float Portable Audio Field Recorder and Timecode Generator

    Tascam announced the FR-AV2, a new ultra compact recorder with a rich feature set, suitable for most field applications, including synchronized video recording. The new Tascam FR-AV2 records two channels of digital audio at 32-bit floating point with timecode and can be used as a two-channel USB-C audio interface. The portable design accommodates all types of recording tasks and makes an ideal choice for all types of video production, and journalism.
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    Audeze Announces CRBN2 Electrostatic Headphones Featuring Improved Technology and Enhanced Bass Response
    by Joao Martins

    Audeze Announces CRBN2 Electrostatic Headphones Featuring Improved Technology and Enhanced Bass Response

    Audeze announced the release of the CRBN2 electrostatic headphones, advancing the technology used in the original model launched in 2021. According to the company, the new CRBN2 headphones build on the cutting-edge CRBN (pronounced “carbon”) transducers originally developed for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications, and now introduce Audeze's patent pending Symmetric Linear Acoustic Modulator (SLAM) technology, which expands the bass response normally missing in electrostatics.
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    Audio-Technica Introduces New Top-of-the-Line AT-LP8X Turntable
    by audioXpress Staff

    Audio-Technica Introduces New Top-of-the-Line AT-LP8X Turntable

    The market for vinyl continues to expand and manufacturers want to keep up with demand for new turntables to play those records. Established in 1962 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, by Hideo Matsushita as a phonograph cartridge manufacturer, Audio-Technica continues to be a respected name in this space with a range of reliable and affordable products. What Audio-Technica needed was a new top-of-the-line turntable to complete its portfolio. Enter the Audio-Technica AT-LP8X Semi-Automatic Direct Drive Turntable.
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    Exploring AirPods 4 ANC: This Changes Everything
    by Joao Martins

    Exploring AirPods 4 ANC: This Changes Everything

    With the launch of the latest AirPods 4 with ANC, Apple just proved that Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency, and Adaptive Audio can be done effectively in an open design. Thanks to the H2 chip, now both the AirPods 4 ANC and the existing AirPods Pro 2 in-ears support the same level features. This is a big deal and it changes everything in this competitive product segment, about to enter the age of hearables.
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