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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Listen Announces Updated Bluetooth Interface with Support for High Definition and Low Latency Bluetooth Measurements
by audioXpress Staff

Listen Announces Updated Bluetooth Interface with Support for High Definition and Low Latency Bluetooth Measurements

The updated BTC-4149 Bluetooth measurement interface, available worldwide exclusively from Listen, Inc., together with its SoundCheck 17 software, now supports aptX HD and aptX-Low Latency Bluetooth protocols for accurate measurement of high definition and low latency Bluetooth devices. This enables manufacturers of Bluetooth audio devices to accurately test the audio of the latest high performance Bluetooth sink and Bluetooth source devices, making the same measurements as on traditional audio devices.
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RHA Introduces Bluetooth 5 Universal Wireless Flight Adapter
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RHA Introduces Bluetooth 5 Universal Wireless Flight Adapter

Scottish headphone manufacturer RHA has released a Wireless Flight Adapter with a market leading 16-hour battery life – allowing users to connect wireless headphones to in-flight entertainment systems. The adapter can also be used to turn audio devices - from cassette players to game consoles - into Bluetooth compatible devices. The RHA Wireless Flight Adapter is a Bluetooth 5 device able to transmit in a range of 10 meters or more, and is available now for for only 49.95 EUR/USD.
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Waves Audio Uses Nx Technology to Recreate Abbey Road Studio 3 Room Emulation
by Joao Martins

Waves Audio Uses Nx Technology to Recreate Abbey Road Studio 3 Room Emulation

Waves Audio introduced the Abbey Road Studio 3 plugin, created in collaboration with Abbey Road Studios. Using its Waves Nx 3D audio binaural encoding technology to emulate the acoustics of a space, the new plug-in allows anyone to work with headphones, as if it was inside the Abbey Road Studio 3 Control Room. For music producers, this means the ability to hear the music in the renowned studio, with an emulation of the studio's nearfield stereo monitors, 5.1 or 7.1 setups.
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    SEAS Announces E0101-04 Dark Diamond Tweeter Launch by Popular Demand
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    SEAS Announces E0101-04 Dark Diamond Tweeter Launch by Popular Demand

    SEAS just announced that it is launching the new E0101-04 Dark Diamond tweeter, in direct response to market interest. With its beautifully precision machined, black anodized aluminum faceplate, which is horn loaded for a smooth frequency response, maximum stability and smooth appearance, the Dark Diamond essentially follows the improvements implemented to the renowned White Diamond tweeter, which the company states, represent "the ultimate sound reproduction quality at high frequencies, flawless, clean, uncolored and natural."
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    Logitech Introduces G PRO X Gaming Headset Range with Blue VO!CE Technology
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    Logitech Introduces G PRO X Gaming Headset Range with Blue VO!CE Technology

    Following the acquisition of Blue Microphones a year ago, Logitech is already leveraging the brand with an expansion to a new market segment. The company announced the new Logitech G PRO X lineup of gaming gear, designed to deliver high performing sound and voice transmission for gamers, combined with the comfort and durability required for serious gamers that play for long periods of time. The two new headsets are branded Logitech G, a brand of Logitech.
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    World’s First Sure-Fi Radio Technology Offers Robust Alternative for Low Data Rate Transmission
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    World’s First Sure-Fi Radio Technology Offers Robust Alternative for Low Data Rate Transmission

    Based in Provo, Utah, Sure-Fi has developed the world’s first radio that the new company says is able to “leap” signals through tall buildings of metal, brick, concrete and anything else preventing typical signals from getting through. Able to save time, money and avoid trenching to connect impenetrable places in extremely harsh environments, the patented technology can be installed in minutes and is being used in construction, mining, factories and congested areas like apartment complexes and stadiums.
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    Sennheiser Acquires Majority Stake in VR/AR Audio Software Company Dear Reality
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    Sennheiser Acquires Majority Stake in VR/AR Audio Software Company Dear Reality

    Sennheiser has taken a majority sharehold in Dear Reality GmbH. The German company specialized in spatial audio algorithms and VR/AR audio software will continue to operate as a separate company based in Düsseldorf and Dear Reality confirms that its existing customers will be able to rely on existing dearVR products, while looking forward to new joint VR/AR workflows developed in collaboration with Sennheiser. Uwe Cremering, responsible for AMBEO Immersive Audio at Sennheiser, will support the company as a third CEO alongside founders Achim Fell and Christian Sander.
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    AKM Launches New 4-Channel 32-bit A/D Converter and Two New Multicore DSP Audio Processors
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    AKM Launches New 4-Channel 32-bit A/D Converter and Two New Multicore DSP Audio Processors

    Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation (AKM) made two new product announcements focusing on 4-channel applications. The AK5704EN 4-channel 32-bit A/D audio converter was developed for high-quality low-power multi-microphone recording applications. Its built-in microphone amplifier and power supply make it an ideal solution for conference systems, microphone array systems or smart speakers. The also new AK7739VQ/AK7737VQ audio and voice processors are multicore units, designed for car audio, car navigation systems, and wireless speakers applications.
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    AudioControl Showcases New Studio Six Digital Audio Test and Measurement Solutions at InfoComm 2019
    by Joao Martins

    AudioControl Showcases New Studio Six Digital Audio Test and Measurement Solutions at InfoComm 2019

    Certainly one of the most interesting displays at InfoComm 2019 was the Studio Six Digital side of the AudioControl booth, now that the companies are effectively united, following the acquisition in 2018 of part of the capital of the company founded by Andrew Smith. It was great to see important updates on the Studio Six audio test and measurement systems for the iOS platform, but also an exciting new product, the dBPod Smart Sound Monitor.
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    Yamaha Launches New 4K UHD Surround Home Theater Integrated Packages
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    Yamaha Launches New 4K UHD Surround Home Theater Integrated Packages

    Yamaha unveiled the latest updates to its popular line of home-theater-in-a-box packages with the introduction of the YHT-4950U and YHT-5950U home theater systems. Featuring the most recent in 4K video and dynamic audio capabilities, the YHT-4950U and YHT-5950U can transform living rooms into an immersive, 5.1-channel surround sound experience. The new YHT-5950U model supports Yamaha MusicCast technology and the latest streaming services with multi-room capabilities, as well as voice control from Siri, Google or Alexa.
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