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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Pandora Expands Support for Pandora Premium and Alexa Voice Commands on Sonos
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Pandora Expands Support for Pandora Premium and Alexa Voice Commands on Sonos

Pandora streaming music provider, and Sonos, launched new ways for listeners to control their music on Sonos within Pandora’s mobile app. Listeners in the U.S. can now control Sonos directly through the Pandora mobile app and command Pandora stations with voice commands via Alexa. The new experience also includes support for Premium, Pandora’s on-demand service launched earlier this year.
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Apogee Introduces MiC Plus USB Microphone for iPad, iPhone, Mac and PC
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Apogee Introduces MiC Plus USB Microphone for iPad, iPhone, Mac and PC

Apogee introduced their new MiC Plus, professional quality USB microphone for iPad, iPhone, Mac and PC, designed for music production, voice recording, or live streaming. A significant upgrade to the Apogee MiC product family first introduced in 2011, MiC plus features an entirely new design with improved sound quality, dynamic range and built-in headphone output for latency-free monitoring while recording on any device.
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David Scheirman Takes Office as President of the Audio Engineering Society
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David Scheirman Takes Office as President of the Audio Engineering Society

David Scheirman has taken office as the new President of the Audio Engineering Society. In continuing its role of promoting audio science and education, the AES welcomes Scheirman and his forty-plus years of experience and expertise in professional audio – and as a long-time active member of the AES, where he’s served three terms on the Board of Governors, along with numerous roles and chair positions at AES conventions and within the AES committee system.
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    VOXX International Expands Membership with the Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) Association
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    VOXX International Expands Membership with the Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) Association

    VOXX International Corporation has significantly expanded its membership with the Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) Association to support interoperability across its portfolio of brands. As a WiSA member, VOXX International’s family of brands have access to the WiSA specification, technical support and testing protocols necessary to bring interoperable, wireless home theater products to market.
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    Frontier Silicon Extends Smart Audio Collaboration with Harman for JBL Wireless Speakers
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    Frontier Silicon Extends Smart Audio Collaboration with Harman for JBL Wireless Speakers

    British digital audio technologies specialist Frontier Silicon, announced that Harman, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of audio systems and speakers, has chosen Frontier’s Minuet Smart Audio platform as the technology to power its new JBL Control Xstream wireless speakers. This is the latest in a series of collaborations between the two companies which date back to 2013.
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    Apex Launches Next-Generation Intelli-X3 Series of System Management Processors
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    Apex Launches Next-Generation Intelli-X3 Series of System Management Processors

    Building on the success of Apex’s flagship Intelli-X2 series, the company is proud to introduce the first model of the next-generation Intelli-X3 series, the Intelli-X3 648 system management processor with optional Dante audio over IP capacity for full network redundancy. This is an extremely powerful 4 in by 8 out processor, with a simple user interface, and integration with Rational Acoustics Smaart 7 or 8 and WaveCapture LiveCapture.
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    Audio-Technica Launches ATH-M50xRD Red-and-Gold Version of its Professional Monitor Headphones
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    Audio-Technica Launches ATH-M50xRD Red-and-Gold Version of its Professional Monitor Headphones

    Audio-Technica unveiled the ATH-M50xRD Professional Monitor Headphones, a limited-edition red-and-gold version of A-T’s popular ATH-M50x and part of A-T’s M-Series line of headphones at the 143rd International AES convention in New York. The limited-edition ATH-M50xRD is now shipping and it must be said that this is indeed an appealing product, combining the quality features of one of the most popular reference headphones in the market with a unique finish that makes it stand-out.
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    Advanced Wireless-Charging Chip from STMicroelectronics Enables Faster Charging of Smartphones and Tablets
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    Advanced Wireless-Charging Chip from STMicroelectronics Enables Faster Charging of Smartphones and Tablets

    STMicroelectronics new STWBC-EP device supports the Qi Extended Power (15 W) profile, enabling smartphones and tablets to be charged up to three times more quickly. The device combines best-in-class energy efficiency, consuming just 16 mW in standby and is able to wirelessly transfer more than 80% of the total input power, with unique features created by ST to enhance the user experience.
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    HK Audio Expands Lucas Nano Family of Portable PA Systems
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    HK Audio Expands Lucas Nano Family of Portable PA Systems

    German brand HK Audio has introduced the new generation of its bestselling Lucas Nano family of portable, high-performance stereo PA systems: new for November 2017 are the Lucas Nano 302, Lucas Nano 305 FX and Lucas Nano 605 FX, joining the already available 608i and 602 models. These are small and compact sound reinforcement solutions that sound really good and are incredible versatile, and the new models just expand the more affordable options.
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    The Latest on Audio Technology, Speaker Design, and Acoustic Perspectives with audioXpress December 2017!
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    The Latest on Audio Technology, Speaker Design, and Acoustic Perspectives with audioXpress December 2017!

    Another great edition of audioXpress. Discover how well the Naim Audio Mu-so Qb Wireless Music System did in our in-depth review. Read about Axign, and how this Dutch company is revolutionizing Class-D efforts. Explore the ideal acoustic listening environment for dipolar and multi-directional speakers. Build an omni-directional coaxial speaker tower. Read an interview with Floyd Toole. And don’t miss the first part of our complete "Audio Editors Roundup." Now available online!
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