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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Worldwide Headphone Shipments Projected to Grow by 6.2% to 328.7 Million Units in 2015
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Worldwide Headphone Shipments Projected to Grow by 6.2% to 328.7 Million Units in 2015

According to the latest Futuresource Headphones Market Report, which provides a snapshot of the current trends in headphone technology, serving also as a guide for Christmas tech gadget shopping, aftermarket shipments of headphones are projected to grow by 6.2% this year to 328.7 million units. Wireless headphones is a major growth category, expected to grow by 63% in 2015 to reach 38 million units.
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Tang Band Speaker Announces​ ​Compact​ Bundled Subwoofer Products
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Tang Band Speaker Announces​ ​Compact​ Bundled Subwoofer Products

Tang Band Speakers announced a new​ integrated bass solution comprising of​ wave-shaped passive radiators which are bundled with active drivers. According to the Chinese​ (Taiwanese)​ speaker manufacturer, the ​many​ combinations are ​an ideal​ choice for passive radiator subwoofer designs.
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PMC Unveils Big QB1-XBD-A Main Monitors
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PMC Unveils Big QB1-XBD-A Main Monitors

Inspired by requests from high profile clients, PMC designed the QB1-XBD-A Active Reference Monitor, larger than anything the company has ever manufactured before. The QB1-XBD-A Class-D active ATL studio monitors were shown for the first time at the 139th AES convention in New York, impressing attendees in terms of sheer power and resolution.
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    Meridian Launches New Upgraded 808v6 Signature Reference Compact Disc Player With MQA Decoder
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    Meridian Launches New Upgraded 808v6 Signature Reference Compact Disc Player With MQA Decoder

    Meridian has introduced the latest generation of the 808 source player, part of its 800 Reference Series, specifically developed to render the very best sound from Compact Disc and network audio. The new 808v6 now decodes Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) sources and features upgraded S/PDIF and USB Receivers.
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    CEA is now called the “Consumer Technology Association”
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    CEA is now called the “Consumer Technology Association”

    In Step with Tech Evolution, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) unveiled its new name – the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). CTA announced the name and introduced its new logo at CES Unveiled New York, a half-day event offering a sneak peek at the year’s most innovative products and technologies two months before CES 2016.
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    Audinate Announces Immediate Availability of Dante Via Software
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    Audinate Announces Immediate Availability of Dante Via Software

    Audinate has announced the immediate worldwide availability of its new Dante Via software. With this new important tool, the creators of the widely adopted Dante networking solution are paving the way to expand audio-over-IP networks to a wide range of computer audio devices and applications, without the need for dedicated Dante hardware.
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    Gracenote Announces Rhythm Curation Feature Now Adding Mood and Tempo Metadata
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    Gracenote Announces Rhythm Curation Feature Now Adding Mood and Tempo Metadata

    Gracenote announced the beta launch of Gracenote Rhythm Curation, a Web-based application developed for professional music editors and DJs. Rhythm Curation help human curators working for popular streaming music services, labels and radio stations build better playlists, now also based on mood and tempo criteria.
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    Orion Studio: Another Thunderbolt and USB Audio Interface by Antelope Audio
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    Orion Studio: Another Thunderbolt and USB Audio Interface by Antelope Audio

    The new Orion Studio audio interface was introduced by Antelope Audio at the 139th AES convention in New York, together with the Orion32+. Both interfaces are based on Thunderbolt and offer speed, I/O flexibility, and quality AD/DA conversion in a 1U rackspace. The Orion Studio features also 12 Class A microphone Preamps which will certainly appeal to many project studios.
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    Steinberg Releases UR22mkII 24-bit/192 kHz Portable Audio Interface with iPad Support
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    Steinberg Releases UR22mkII 24-bit/192 kHz Portable Audio Interface with iPad Support

    Steinberg Media Technologies announced the upcoming release of their latest audio interface, the UR22mkII. The updated version of the popular UR22 now adds full iPad support with USB 2.0 class-compliant connectivity and bundles the Cubasis LE sequencer app. The UR22mkII combines advanced connectivity and flexible I/O options with choice components and build quality for its price class.
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    PreSonus Expands Studio Monitor Range with Air Motion Transformer and MTM Models
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    PreSonus Expands Studio Monitor Range with Air Motion Transformer and MTM Models

    PreSonus has announced the new R65 and R80 Active AMT Monitors, featuring a custom Air Motion Transformer (AMT) tweeter, driven by a 50W RMS Class D amplifier, and 6.5/8-inch woofers driven by 100W RMS Class D amplifiers and featuring Acoustic Tuning controls. PreSonus also introduced recently the new Eris E44 and E66 two-way active MTM (Midwoofer-Tweeter-Midwoofer) studio monitors, providing a wider stereo field.
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