IK Multimedia Offers Free T-RackS Metering Suite with iLoud MTM and iLoud Micro Monitor
IK Multimedia is offering its acclaimed T-RackS Metering Suite at no charge to registered users of iLoud Micro Monitors and iLoud MTM monitors. The suite is part of IK's T-RackS mixing and mastering software workstation, and offers a full range of metering tools that will enhance any type of recording, mixing or mastering work. Combined with the accuracy of the iLoud range of nearfield studio monitors, users can now create professional tracks in any environment.
AES 2019 International Conference on Headphone Technology: It Should Happen Every Year!
Like the previous conference that was held in 2016 in Aalborg, Denmark, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Headphone Technology Conference in San Francisco, was a very successful and insightful event for all the participants. The Presidio park venue was also idyllic with the usual crisp waterfront weather. Perhaps too successful, as the event was sold out before it opened.
McIntosh Labs Launches MA352 Integrated Hybrid Amplifier
Mcintosh announced its new MA352 Integrated Amplifier, a hybrid design that combines the finest of vacuum tube and solid-state audio topology principles. Following the wildly successful and lauded MA252 hybrid integrated amp, McIntosh introduces another eye-catching amplifier that is able to reproduce music at the highest quality level with even more power. The MA352 Integrated Amplifier will be displayed at the 2019 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest and 2019 CEDIA Expo shows in Denver.
Schiit Audio Reimagines the DAC and Headphone Amp with Latest Asgard 3 and Bifrost 2
Schiit Audio just released the Asgard 3 amp and modular DAC, and the Bifrost2, the company's latest DAC that features a leap forward in USB technology. As Jason Stoddard, the founder and lead designer of Schiit Audio, explains "what do you do when it’s time to replace both of the products that started it all? I mean literally — Asgard was our first product period, Bifrost was our first digital product, and both started out being built in a garage. Well, here’s what we do: rethink everything."
New Bose Portable Home Speaker Ticks All Design Boxes
Bose announced its new Bose Portable Home Speaker, an ultra-versatile, compact design that combines the convenience of battery power, wireless Bluetooth and Wi-Fi with support for AirPlay 2 and Spotify Connect, and the ease of voice control in a modern new design. The new Portable speaker also delivers improved 360-degree sound, deeper bass than any other portable smart speaker its size, and weighs a mere 2.3 pounds to effortlessly take music from room to room, around the home, and basically anywhere.
Paradigm and Anthem to Showcase Persona Speaker, Persona Subwoofer, and STR Electronics at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2019
Paradigm and Anthem will offer demonstrations of its Persona Series loudspeakers and Anthem STR electronics during the 2019 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF). Persona Series speakers and STR Series electronics have received a total of twelve prestigious Product of the Year awards from all the major hifi publications. Paradigm will demonstrate its latest flagship Persona 7F speakers and Persona SUB subwoofer alongside Anthem's critically acclaimed STR Preamplifier and STR Power Amplifier.
What You Need To Know About Smart Speaker Acoustic Measurements
Smart speakers are a relatively new class of consumer audio device with unique characteristics that make testing their audio performance difficult. In this new application note, Audio Precision provides an overview of smart speaker acoustic measurements with a focus on frequency response – the most important objective measurement of a device’s audio quality.
Klipsch Refreshes Iconic Cornwall Speaker at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2019
Klipsch, a VOXX International Company, announced that its Cornwall IV speakers, from its legendary Heritage series, have received modern acoustic and cosmetic updates that further enhance the replication of the live music performance. Visitors to the RMAF 2019 show will have the chance to hear the improved three-way design, now featuring an updated compression driver and substantial electro-acoustic improvements to the mid and high frequency dispersion. The Klipsch Cornwall IV speakers continue to be designed and handcrafted in the USA.
miniDSP Launches IL-DSP Tiny Headphone Amplifier Based on XMOS xCORE-200
Those tireless folks from miniDSP have done it again! The Hong-Kong company just announced IL-DSP (In Line DSP), a tiny USB headphone amplifier with integrated DSP that is the perfect device to insert between any mobile music source and one's favorite headphones. This is a USB Audio class 2 device interface for PC-Mac-Linux-Android OS with a 3.5mm stereo jack output that is PCM and DSD capable, and features 10 PEQ filters (IIR correction) to equalize headphones, 3 button controls and an embedded microphone.
MPEG-H Audio Selected to Enhance Brazilian Digital Television with Immersive and Personalized Sound
The SBTVD (Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital / Brazilian Digital Television System) Forum has selected MPEG-H Audio for inclusion as an additional audio system in the ISDB-Tb (Brazil's own digital terrestrial standard) specifications. Fraunhofer IIS and its technology partners EiTV and ATEME have showcased live ISDB-Tb broadcasting using MPEG-H Audio for the first time at the 2019 SET Expo trade show, taking place from August 27 to 29 in São Paulo, Brazil.