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audioXpress June 2024 Models Automotive Audio Development
by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress June 2024 Models Automotive Audio Development

audioXpress June 2024 puts automotive audio development into perspective. Starting with how AI and SDV are impacting the industry, an analysis of Integrated Audio Development Frameworks, how sound defines the driving experience of Electric Vehicles, and lessons learned from aftermarket car audio. Learn how to measure MEMS microspeakers, enjoy two great multiphysics simulation articles by Jinlan Huang and René Christensen, and much more.
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Q Acoustics Introduces 3000 Generation c Loudspeaker Series at High End 2024
by audioXpress Staff

Q Acoustics Introduces 3000 Generation c Loudspeaker Series at High End 2024

Q Acoustics made a successful presentation of its latest 3000c loudspeaker series at the 2024 High End show. Building on the legacy of its 3000i – Q Acoustics' most popular speaker series – this new affordable range expands the British audio brand track record of delivering sonic performance, high-quality design and build way beyond its class. Certainly, one of the most affordable speaker series displayed at the Munich show, caused a serious impression.
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Sphere Entertainment Acquires Holoplot
by Joao Martins

Sphere Entertainment Acquires Holoplot

Madison Square Garden (MSG), became a partner and shareholder of Holoplot GmbH in 2018, when the two companies partnered to implement the sound system that equipped the Sphere in Las Vegas. In 2023, MSG spun-off its traditional live entertainment businesses and created Sphere Entertainment. Now, Sphere Entertainment acquired all of the remaining Holoplot shares it did not previously own. The Berlin-based Wavefield Synthesis and 3D audio pioneer will continue to operate as a separate company.
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HiFi ROSE Line of Media Streamers to Support WiSA E Wireless Audio
by Joao Martins

HiFi ROSE Line of Media Streamers to Support WiSA E Wireless Audio

WiSA Association, the subsidiary of WiSA Technologies, and CITECH, a leading South Korean manufacturer, announced the two companies have entered into a strategic partnership designed to integrate WiSA's latest WiSA E wireless audio software solution into CITECH's HiFi ROSE line of media streamers. CITECH showcased its WiSA E transmitter and corresponding receiver modules at the High End 2024 show in Munich.
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World's First UWB Personal Wireless Audio Platform Features AntennaWare Technology
by Joao Martins

World's First UWB Personal Wireless Audio Platform Features AntennaWare Technology

Launched at High End 2024, Remora PRO is the world's first wireless audio device to deliver a reliable and robust experience for consumer and professional applications, including latency-critical uses. Based on the platform developed by Sonical with its CosmOS and “appable” software ecosystem, Remora PRO utilizes BodyWave antenna technology to make wireless Ultra Wideband (UWB) audio work flawlessly in a wearable and portable form-factor.
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New Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones Unveiled at High End 2024
by Joao Martins

New Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones Unveiled at High End 2024

Nearly three years after debuting the Drop + Grell TWS1X IEM earphones, Drop has teamed up again with renowned headphone designer Axel Grell for his newest project, the Drop + Grell OAE1 Signature Headphones. The new open, circumaural headphones are a perfectly symmetric design that somehow is described as inspired by “the natural structure of the human ear”, and intended to reproduce a “realistic sound field that closely resembles a speaker listening experience.”
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Virscient Introduces Apple Find My Network Accessory Reference Implementation for Qualcomm-Based Audio Devices
by Joao Martins

Virscient Introduces Apple Find My Network Accessory Reference Implementation for Qualcomm-Based Audio Devices

Virscient introduced SoundTrack, an Apple Find My network accessory reference implementation for Qualcomm-based audio devices. The new software solution by the wireless and audio specialists from New Zealand, allows manufacturers of high-quality audio devices to add one of the most valued features by consumers by offering user-friendly lost device location tracking via Apple’s Find My network and the Apple Find My app.
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WiiM Unveils WiiM Ultra and WiiM Amp Pro Streamers at High End 2024
by Joao Martins

WiiM Unveils WiiM Ultra and WiiM Amp Pro Streamers at High End 2024

Following the fast ramping success of the WiiM Pro and WiiM Pro Plus music streamers, followed recently by the WiiM Amp integrated streaming amplifier, the brand created by Linkplay Technology now travels to Munich to appeal directly to the most demanding user community with two new higher spec'ed and slightly higher priced models. Premiered at the High End 2024 show, the new WiiM Ultra and WiiM Amp Pro cater to those seeking to connect the whole home with affordable, high-quality sound.
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SoundHound AI and Perplexity Partner to Enable Large Language Models in Next-Generation Voice Assistants
by audioXpress Staff

SoundHound AI and Perplexity Partner to Enable Large Language Models in Next-Generation Voice Assistants

SoundHound AI, a pioneer in voice artificial intelligence, announced that it has partnered with Perplexity, the conversational AI-powered answer engine. Together the two companies plan to bring Perplexity’s online Large Language Models (LLM) capabilities to SoundHound Chat AI – a new generation of voice assistant that utilizes hundreds of real-time domains, as well as generative AI responses.
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Sennheiser Introduces New HD 620S Closed Back Headphones
by Joao Martins

Sennheiser Introduces New HD 620S Closed Back Headphones

The newest member of the acclaimed Sennheiser HD 600 headphone series offers a compelling take on closed headphones for private, reference listening without compromise. While Sennheiser offers a complete range of close-back headphones for professional use, this model is part of the Sennheiser consumer range, operated by Sonova under license. And the HD 620S headphones are targeted specifically to home listeners and that group of enthusiast users that actually care about frequency response targets - aka “audiophiles”.
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