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
Read more...
Start the Loudspeaker Year with Voice Coil January 2025

Start the Loudspeaker Year with Voice Coil January 2025
Read more...
The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities

The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities
Read more...
Bluetooth Wireless Audio, Innovations in Audio, and More in audioXpress December 2024

Bluetooth Wireless Audio, Innovations in Audio, and More in audioXpress December 2024
Read more...
SPARK Microsystems Showcases Major Advancements in UWB Wireless Connectivity for Audio at CES 2025
by Joao Martins

SPARK Microsystems Showcases Major Advancements in UWB Wireless Connectivity for Audio at CES 2025

SPARK Microsystems, the Canadian company specializing in next-generation ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless communications, will attend CES 2025 to showcase the latest breakthrough advancements in wireless connectivity for speakers and headphones. Visitors to SPARK's Palazzo Las Vegas suite can preview the myriad ways SPARK UWB technology is evolving wireless audio, gaming, and other connected devices, including for medical applications.
Read more...
Knowles to Demonstrate Premium Audio Innovations at CES 2025
by audioXpress Staff

Knowles to Demonstrate Premium Audio Innovations at CES 2025

Knowles Corporation will unveil its latest state-of-the-art audio technologies at CES 2025, fresh from the announcement of the sale of its MEMS microphones business, and now focusing more on balanced armature and sensors. CES attendees are invited to visit Knowles at the Venetian Resort, Toscana Suite #3801, to explore groundbreaking audio innovations across hearing health, true wireless stereo (TWS), open wearable stereo (OWS), and audiophile applications.
Read more...
Development & Design: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of an Unusually Shaped Horn
by Joerg Panzer and Patrick Macey

Development & Design: Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of an Unusually Shaped Horn

In another example of cutting-edge experiments that deserve recognition, Joerg Panzer (R&D TEAM, Germany) and Patrick Macey (PACSYS, UK) detail an investigation of the sound pressure response and radiation impedance of a loudspeaker horn driven by an electro-dynamic transducer. The two authors (and creators of the respective software tools) combined measurements with simulation software using finite and boundary element methods and explored the associated issues with meshing for each method.
Read more...
    Microchip Launches New Turnkey Capacitive Touch Controllers
    by Cristina Costa

    Microchip Launches New Turnkey Capacitive Touch Controllers

    Turnkey touch controllers are a fast and easy way to upgrade from mechanical buttons to modern touch buttons or displays. With the launch of its 12-button MTCH2120 touch controller, Microchip Technology is providing product designers with a straightforward pathway for implementing touch button capabilities on user interfaces. The new touch controller comes with a comprehensive ecosystem of tools to streamline development and speed time to market.
    Read more...
    Test Bench: B&C Speakers’ DE640-16 Compression Driver
    by Vance Dickason

    Test Bench: B&C Speakers’ DE640-16 Compression Driver

    The B&C Speakers DE640-16 Compression Driver is a 1.4" exit design, which along with the recent DCM414 midrange and the DE360 models represent a line of two-point suspension ring radiator type compression diaphragms. The DE640-16 features a 65mm (2.6") Polymer diaphragm and neodymium ring magnet and is specified for a recommended crossover frequency around 1kHz, and a 140W continuous power rating. For this Test Bench, the DE640-16 was matched with the Eighteen Sound XT1464 elliptical flare horn.
    Read more...
    Fasetto to Promote Sound Over Power Lines Audio Solutions at CES 2025
    by Joao Martins

    Fasetto to Promote Sound Over Power Lines Audio Solutions at CES 2025

    Fasetto, the latest company to bet on signal distribution over power lines, will exhibit its expanded Audio Cu solutions at CES 2025. Fasetto says it has overcome all obstacles of moving data cleanly over the power lines in all environments, a feat that took many years to achieve. Fasetto is currently offering Audio Cu adapters for home audio, but also for DJ controllers, and an SoC for embedded systems, which can be licensed for integration in TVs and professional audio systems.
    Read more...
    Synaptics Brings Astra AI-Native Platform to CES 2025
    by Joao Martins

    Synaptics Brings Astra AI-Native Platform to CES 2025

    Following earlier demonstrations at trade shows all over the world, Synaptics will showcase its Astra AI-Native processing and Veros intelligent connectivity offerings at CES 2025. Synaptics Astra AI-native platform showcases the advantages of purpose-built hardware paired with an open-source development framework, and intelligent connectivity to enable rapid development of context-aware connected devices.
    Read more...
    Cleer Audio Announces Hideaki Yamaguchi (Yama) as CEO
    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.
    Read more...
    Onkyo Announces Logo Refresh to Signal Rebirth of an Iconic Brand
    by Joao Martins

    Onkyo Announces Logo Refresh to Signal Rebirth of an Iconic Brand

    Onkyo, the audio manufacturer from Japan, wants to reboot and refresh its public image and unveiled a new refreshed logo that is intended to reflect also a new vision for its future. Independently of its corporate structure, the company is committed to reinforce its brand and raising the bar in home entertainment technology. And for that, Onkyo clearly needs to refresh its image to better reflect its innovative solutions and strategy for 2025 and beyond.
    Read more...
    IDUN Audio Partners with Merry Electronics to Enable Spatial Audio in New Headphone Designs
    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.
    Read more...