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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Marantz Launches MODEL 10 Reference Integrated Amplifier
by Joao Martins

Marantz Launches MODEL 10 Reference Integrated Amplifier

Marantz unveiled its new 10 Series Collection, which consists of three reference-quality high-end audio stereo products, all designed at the renowned Shirakawa Audio Works in Japan. The series will include the Reference SACD 10 player and the LINK 10n Reference Network Audio Player, which will be released later in 2024. For now, Marantz launched the MODEL 10 Reference Integrated Amplifier, which uses Purifi-licensed Class-D technology.
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NAD Launches New Remote Monitoring and DSP Firmware for CI Amps
by audioXpress Staff

NAD Launches New Remote Monitoring and DSP Firmware for CI Amps

NAD Electronics has announced the launch of new firmware for its network-controlled rack-mounted distribution amplifiers which bring an improved webUI for simpler configuration alongside a host of new features. Installers will now be able take advantage of a new dashboard on their CI 16-60, CI 8-120, and CI 8-150 amplifiers, to clearly view amplifier status, a new zone configuration area, as well as further DSP controls like limiters, delay, phase control and EQ adjustments.
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Dissipation, Thermals, and Rds(on)
by Jan Didden

Dissipation, Thermals, and Rds(on)

This article explores the significance of the Rds(on) specification of a MOSFET in a linear voltage amplifier and implications on Thermal Design - dissipation, thermal resistances, and heatsinking. It may be of interest to put this in perspective and highlight the connection between these subjects.
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    Control4 Integrates Apple Music Streaming Service
    by Joao Martins

    Control4 Integrates Apple Music Streaming Service

    Control4, now part of ADI, announced an integration partnership with Apple Music, adding even more streaming audio variety to enjoy throughout the home, all easily accessible and controllable via the simplicity and convenience of Control4's customizable architecture and wide range of intuitive user interfaces. With this native integration, Control4 Partners now have the ability to easily infuse Apple Music into scenes, routines and automations with the touch of a button, voice command, automatically via schedule, wake up, and more.
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    Xavian Designs Speakers Featuring Only Scan-Speak Ellipticor Drivers
    by Joao Martins

    Xavian Designs Speakers Featuring Only Scan-Speak Ellipticor Drivers

    Coming from the Czech Republic, Xavian is the first hifi company to do what many speaker designers have dreamed of doing. They designed a speaker completely relying on the advanced Scan-Speak Ellipticor drivers. Exploring the benefits of an elliptical voice coil to defeat cone and dome standing wave modes, the new Medea speakers from Xavian feature an 8.5" Scan-Speak Ellipticor woofer and 4.7" Scan-Speak Ellipticor silk dome tweeter in a simple two-way bass reflex wooden cabinet with a very simple, passive crossover design.
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    Computation of Bass Reflex Alignments
    by Claus Futtrup

    Computation of Bass Reflex Alignments

    The first in a series of great value for speaker designers, this article provides an updated approach for the mathematical presentation of the various alignments, applicable to all computerized development tools. This is effectively an explanation of the code available in the Alignment Chart of the Speakerbench web application that Class Futtrup developed in collaboration with Jeff Candy.
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    ICEpower – An Audio Company That Also Does Amplifiers
    by Jan Didden

    ICEpower – An Audio Company That Also Does Amplifiers

    Europe’s Nordic countries have long been the birthplace for high-quality and innovative audio products, particularly excelling at speakers and amplifiers. Located near Copenhagen, ICEpower has traditionally been known as a purveyor of high-performance Class-D amplifiers and associated switch-mode power supplies. The company continues to provide innovative Class-D solutions today, but its scope is now much broader than that, as this report discloses.
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    NAD Unveils New NAD Masters M10 V3 BluOS Streaming Amplifier
    by audioXpress Staff

    NAD Unveils New NAD Masters M10 V3 BluOS Streaming Amplifier

    NAD Electronics announced the NAD M10 V3 BluOS Streaming Amplifier with improved performance, a moving-magnet phono input, and Dirac Live Bass Control Ready. Beautifully designed with a full-color touchscreen display and brushed aluminum chassis, the new M10 V3 features 100 watts per channel of nCore amplification and now offers an updated ESS Sabre ES9039 DAC. NAD will preview the new M10 V3 at CEDIA Expo 2024 in Denver, Colorado.
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    Bose and Bragi Unite to Provide Brands with Turn-Key, Licensable Audio Solutions for Headphones and Earbuds 
    by Special Content

    Bose and Bragi Unite to Provide Brands with Turn-Key, Licensable Audio Solutions for Headphones and Earbuds 

    Bose, a global leader in audio innovation for the home, car and on-the-go, and Bragi, the pioneer of AI headphones, have announced a partnership aimed at delivering cutting-edge, turn-key licensable audio wearable solutions – simplifying the process of building high-quality audio products for brands worldwide.
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    Tech Industry Veteran Anders Storm Named Chief Executive Officer of Dirac Research
    by audioXpress Staff

    Tech Industry Veteran Anders Storm Named Chief Executive Officer of Dirac Research

    Swedish digital audio pioneer Dirac announced the appointment of Anders Storm as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, according to Dirac Chairman Johan Sedihn. Storm's appointment as CEO comes at a time when the company is experiencing record breaking growth in the automotive and home audio markets, driven by new and expanded commercial partnerships with some of the industry’s biggest players – as consumer demand for premium sound across all platforms continues to grow.
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