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Your Speaker Focus Edition of audioXpress Is Now Served!
by audioXpress Staff

Your Speaker Focus Edition of audioXpress Is Now Served!

Our Speaker Focus edition offers a review of the two new SB Acoustics Speaker Kits, while Don Keele, Jr., reminds us of how things evolved, revisiting an EV 30W subwoofer project, and we interviewed Zoltán Bay, creator of the revolutionary Bay Radial Speaker! The September 2017 edition also features two great DIY projects: The Thinman Speaker by Ken Bird and a Hybrid Electrostatic Speaker with Tailored Dispersion by Charlie Mimbs.
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Qualcomm Adds Support for DTS Virtual:X Technology on MAPX Audio System-on-Chip Platform
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Qualcomm Adds Support for DTS Virtual:X Technology on MAPX Audio System-on-Chip Platform

Qualcomm announced that its MAPX audio SoC family now supports DTS Virtual:X immersive sound post processing. This next-generation technology is designed to translate any input source, from stereo to 11.1-channel content, into a format that can play back on a traditional 5.1, 3.1 or 2.1 speaker setup, including soundbars, which help deliver a compelling immersive listening experience for consumers without the need for height speakers.
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Eighteen Sound Expands Subwoofer Range with High Performance Tetracoil Technology
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Eighteen Sound Expands Subwoofer Range with High Performance Tetracoil Technology

Targeting the most demanding sound reinforcement applications, particularly touring systems, Eighteen Sound continues to design better-performing low frequency solutions with reduced size and less weight. Already a recognized leader in low frequency designs, the Italian brand continues to extend its subwoofer range featuring Tetracoil technology, with the introduction of the 15TLW3000 Very Low Frequency 15” woofer, and the announcement of the new 21TNLW5000 21” Neodymium woofer.
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Bang & Olufsen Unveils BeoLab 50 Speaker System
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Bang & Olufsen Unveils BeoLab 50 Speaker System

The new top-performing loudspeakers from Bang & Olufsen, the BeoLab 50 were just unveiled. The new speakers combine sophisticated sound and a beautiful design, with everything one could wish for in the home of the future… today. You wouldn’t tell from the outside, but the technology inside was inherited from the state-of-the-art BeoLab 90. As the brand explains, the BeoLab 50 is the first design from Bang & Olufsen, emerging directly from the prestigious and innovative BeoLab 90 loudspeakers.
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AudioControl New SA-4140i Hi-SPL Measurement Microphone Now Shipping
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AudioControl New SA-4140i Hi-SPL Measurement Microphone Now Shipping

AudioControl is now shipping the new SA-4140i hi-SPL measurement microphone for the iPhone. With the new microphone and the AudioControl Mobile Tools app, users are able to check SPL up to 140 dBA and analyze the acoustics of any environment, including visualizing the acoustical spectrum. The new package includes the improved microphone, clip holder, windscreen. The Mobile Tools iOS all is available on the App Store and includes SPL Meter, RTA, FFT, DQ Alignment, and Polarity.
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Audio Engineering Society Announces 2017 Election Results and Confirms Nadja Wallaszkovits as AES incoming President-Elect
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Audio Engineering Society Announces 2017 Election Results and Confirms Nadja Wallaszkovits as AES incoming President-Elect

The Audio Engineering Society has released the list of winning candidates from the balloting in the 2017 AES international elections. The newly elected officers will assume their roles in October, shortly after the end of the 143rd International AES Convention in New York. Entering the office of President-Elect is Nadja Wallaszkovits, who will serve first on the AES Board of Governors and Executive Committee as President-Elect, fully assuming the Presidency in October 2018 for a one-year term.
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NTi Audio Launches Useful Sound Level Visualization with the Projector PRO Update
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NTi Audio Launches Useful Sound Level Visualization with the Projector PRO Update

NTi Audio has launched a new generation of the very popular display projector for the XL2 Sound Level Meter. The new version of this very popular sound level visualizer now features an XL View Level display, a prediction mode available in a separate window, and the ability to retrieve measurement data from the XL2 without interruption to the measurement process.
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MultiDyne Integrates Dante Audio over IP Networking into Fiber Transport Solutions
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MultiDyne Integrates Dante Audio over IP Networking into Fiber Transport Solutions

MultiDyne Fiber Optic Solutions from Hauppauge, NY, has amplified its audio strategy with the integration of Dante Audio over IP networking from Audinate into its range of openGear solutions for modular, high-density fiber transport and signal conversion. The company’s first Dante-enabled product marries modular flexibility with flexible multichannel audio applications for fiber transport.
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Acroname Announces First Programmable USB Type-C Switch
by Cristina Costa

Acroname Announces First Programmable USB Type-C Switch

Acroname, a leading producer of embedded automation and manufacturing test platforms, has announced the launch of the USB-C-Switch, a 4-channel, programmable, USB 3.2 multiplexing switch, optimized for USB Type-C applications in manufacturing and development environments. “With USB-C-Switch in Acroname’s product family, test engineers will now have tools to manage the very latest features of USB,” the company says.
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Bryston Launches Cubed Series BP-173 Preamplifier
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Bryston Launches Cubed Series BP-173 Preamplifier

Bryston has announced the introduction of the new BP-173 (Cubed Series) preamplifier, utilizing patented technology that debuted on its much heralded Cubed Series amplifiers. The BP-173 is the first to employ the patented Salomie input circuit and a new highly flexible input/output configuration for enhanced system flexibility. Like all analog components from Bryston, the BP-173 is covered by an industry best 20 year warranty.
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