New Beats Pill+ Bluetooth Wireless Speaker Signals Apple Guidance
Almost 17 months since Apple acquired Beats by Dr. Dre, the company decides to relaunch its original Bluetooth speaker, which sold over a million units worldwide since it launched in 2012. The new Beats Pill+ is now a much improved design and comes with a new Beats Pill+ App for additional features and functionality.
Sappi’s Symbio - Injection Moldable Cellulose Fiber Composite
Injection molded plastics dominate audio consumer electronics products but are perceived as “cheap” and have mediocre acoustic characteristics compared to wood. New cellulose reinforced composites developed by Sappi’s Symbio division combine the best of both wood and plastics with higher stiffness, lower weight and can be used for injection molding and extrusion processes in any color and finishing.
25 Years After the HD-1, Meyer Sound Unveils Amie Precision Studio Monitor
Meyer Sound introduced Amie — the first studio monitor from the company in more than two decades. Developed to meet the demanding needs of Skywalker Sound, Meyer Sound says “Amie brings a level of clarity professionals can trust, making it ideal for critical production environments where accurate translation to larger systems is imperative.” A new studio standard?
07
2015 PLASA Awards for Innovation Winners Announced
The PLASA Awards for Innovation & Sustainability 2015 and the Gottelier Award were presented at the PLASA Show at London’s ExCeL. This year, 31 products were nominated for the Awards for Innovation & Sustainability, with eight awards presented, including a final Gold Award for Innovation. In audio-related categories, Avid, d&b audiotechnik, Flare Audio and Neutrik received recognition from the jury.
Next-Generation Bose SoundTouch Wireless Systems Combine Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
Bose announced a completely redesigned range of SoundTouch Wireless systems, including the smaller SoundTouch 10 featuring new Unidome transducers with the highest excursion for any transducer of its size in the company’s history. All new models now combine Bluetooth technology with 802.11n dual-band Wi-Fi for multi-room capability, and upcoming improved Spotify integration.
Tektronix Keithley 2281S Is First to Emulate Battery Performance from Full Charge to Total Discharge
Tektronix unveiled its innovative Keithley 2281S Battery Simulator/precision DC Power supply to shorten design and test cycles for mobile devices. The new battery simulator from Tektronix uses a battery model that includes state of charge, amp-hour capacity, equivalent series resistance, and open circuit voltage.
ZUK Z1 Smartphone Uses High-Performance ams Noise Cancellation Chip for USB Type-C Earbuds
Lenovo’s new subsidiary, ZUK, is using ams’ Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) analog speaker driver for the earbuds of its new Z1 smartphone. This is also the first ANC headset in the world to feature the new USB Type-C connector rather than the traditional 3.5mm audio jack. The fully-integrated ams device offers noise cancellation with very low power consumption, making it ideal for headsets, headphones and ear pieces.
Drawmer 1978 Stereo FET Compressor Is Now Shipping
TransAudio Group, longtime U.S. distributor of Drawmer professional audio products, is shipping Drawmer’s new 1978 Stereo Tone Shaping FET Compressor. The 1978 builds on the success of the award winning 1973 multiband FET compressor with an expanded array of controls to give unparalleled flexibility to recording and mix engineers who wish to bless their tracks with an analog soul.
Audeze Introduces New Planar Magnetic Reference Headphone
The all new Audeze LCD-4 planar magnetic technology reference headphones were introduced at RMAF CanJam 2015. The LCD-4 features Audeze’s nano-grade diaphragms and unique Double Fluxor magnet arrays for the most powerful magnetic flux density in existence, an incredible 1.5 Tesla! At RMAF 2015, Audeze also unveiled its new The King Headphone Amplifier designed by Bascom King.
Schiit Audio Upgrades Bifrost Desktop DACs As Promised
Schiit Audio introduced new Bifrost and Bifrost Multibit upgraded units with USB input as standard. This upgradable DAC now offers optical, coaxial, and USB inputs and is available in the Bifrost Multibit configuration with proprietary closed-form DSP-based digital filter and Analog Devices’ AD5547CRUZ D/A converter, or as the affordable Bifrost version, using an AKM AK4490 D/A.