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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Smartphones Approaching TVs as Americans’ Most-Frequently Owned Tech Product, Says New CTA Study
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Smartphones Approaching TVs as Americans’ Most-Frequently Owned Tech Product, Says New CTA Study

4K UHD television sets, digital streaming devices and smart speakers are among the fastest growing technology segments, according to the latest Consumer Technology Association (CTA) research. Smartphones continue their meteoric popularity and are now owned in 87 percent of U.S. homes, second only to televisions at 96 percent ownership. Laptops are the third most popular product in the United States. Smartwatches are also growing in popularity.
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Audio Engineering Society Announces Executive Director Transition
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Audio Engineering Society Announces Executive Director Transition

After six-and-a-half years of service as the Audio Engineering Society’s Executive Director, Bob Moses has elected to leave his position, effective July 1, 2018. AES Financial Planning Officer Bill Foster was appointed as Interim Executive Director, while the AES engages in the search for a new permanent Executive Director.
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Wi-Fi Alliance Introduces Next-generation Wi-Fi Certified WPA3 Security
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Wi-Fi Alliance Introduces Next-generation Wi-Fi Certified WPA3 Security

The Wi-Fi Alliance continues to expand its initiatives in order to ensure interoperability and increased security. The latest announcement is the introduction of Wi-Fi Certified WPA3, the next generation of Wi-Fi security, bringing new capabilities to enhance Wi-Fi protections in personal and enterprise networks. Building on the widespread adoption of WPA2 over more than a decade, WPA3 adds new features to simplify Wi-Fi security, enable more robust authentication, and deliver increased cryptographic strength for highly sensitive data markets.
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    Waves Audio Is Now Shipping the TRACT System Calibration Plugin and TRACT System Calibration + Smaart Di v2 Bundle
    by audioXpress Staff

    Waves Audio Is Now Shipping the TRACT System Calibration Plugin and TRACT System Calibration + Smaart Di v2 Bundle

    As recently promised, Waves Audio is now shipping the TRACT System Calibration plugin and the TRACT System Calibration + Smaart Di v2 bundle. With the Waves TRACT plugin, sound engineers can now turn any sound system into a well-balanced foundation for their mixes, quickly and easily. The TRACT plugin integrates with Smaart, the industry-standard audio analysis software, to auto-correct EQ issues and time-align any sound system: live or in the studio.
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    RHA Introduces Entry Level High-Quality MA390 Wireless Headphone
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    RHA Introduces Entry Level High-Quality MA390 Wireless Headphone

    RHA has expanded its wireless headphone range with a new entry-level Bluetooth 4.1 model packed with premium features, for a very affordable price. The new RHA MA390 Wireless features a lightweight, understated design that delivers 8-hour battery life, 10m range and ability to sync with two devices at once. Using a single custom dynamic driver, the MA390 Wireless allows users to switch between music, calls and digital assistant functions at the touch of a button.
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    Adam Hall Group Opens Doors to Its New Experience Center in Germany
    by Ward Maas

    Adam Hall Group Opens Doors to Its New Experience Center in Germany

    Adam Hall Group created a new Experience Center at its headquarters, located in the Hessian town of Neu-Anspach near Frankfurt, Germany. The opening was celebrated with an exclusive celebration for customers, industry partners and employees worldwide, signaling another important component in the company's overall concept of helping people to realize their creative ideas in event technology solutions. Adam Hall Group also announced a major expansion of its co-located Logistics Park.
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    Avantone Pro Brings 'Back' Nearfield Studio Monitoring Mainstay
    by Joao Martins

    Avantone Pro Brings 'Back' Nearfield Studio Monitoring Mainstay

    While many in the audio industry work to establish the ideal target frequency response for audio reproduction on studio monitors, speakers and headphones, others are providing "familiar" listening references that, with all their imperfections, are already familiar to working professionals. That's exactly what affordable high-quality audio products producer Avantone Pro now announced with the introduction of the CLA-10 Nearfield Monitors - which many will instantly recognize.
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    DTS Play-Fi Launches Headphones App to Bring Personal Connectivity to Home Systems
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    DTS Play-Fi Launches Headphones App to Bring Personal Connectivity to Home Systems

    DTS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Corporation, announced the new DTS Play-Fi Headphones app, now available on iOS and coming to Android in early July, as a companion app to select DTS Play-Fi audio products. The new companion app allows DTS Play-Fi users to enjoy shared content via standard headphones while maintaining audio/video synchronization, expanding the possibilities of the wireless streaming technology, originally intended for multi-room speakers.
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    RØDE Microphones Launches Videomic Me-L for Apple iOS Devices
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    RØDE Microphones Launches Videomic Me-L for Apple iOS Devices

    At the Vidcon 2018 event, in Anaheim, California, RØDE Microphones announced the release of the new VideoMic Me-L microphone for iOS devices. The new VideoMic Me-L is the evolution of the VideoMic Me, which uses a standard 3.5mm jack connector and proved to be extremely reliable, and useful for anyone using a smartphone or DLSR camera to shoot video. Of course, since there's no more jack on current iPhones, RØDE designed the VideoMic Me-L with Lightning connector.
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    Bose Launches Noise-Masking Sleepbuds Following Indiegogo Campaign
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    Bose Launches Noise-Masking Sleepbuds Following Indiegogo Campaign

    Apparently, a large percentage of the population is looking for a solution to be able to get more hours of quality sleep without hearing city noise, neighbors or a snoring partner... So, you use earplugs, right? Well, not so fast. According to Bose, earplugs are not enough. You need an active system that fits in your ear comfortably when you are in bed and at least one of your ears is pressed against the pillow. That's why Bose designed the noise-masking, launched its very first campaign on Indiegogo (amassing an impressive $450,320 USD), and now made it available worldwide.
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