January Products: HiWave Wireless Speaker, Power Amp Kit, Wolfson DAC

HiWave develops new wireless speaker platform HiWave offers a Bluetooth wireless speaker demonstrator that runs for 100 hours at normal levels from a single charge cycle. HiWave Technologies, a provider of innovative audio amplifier ICs, full-frequency range speaker drivers, and …

Nortek Experiences Gain Most of this month’s industry news is financial and not much of it is all that good. However, Nortek, parent of multiple residential and commercial systems brands (e.g., Aton, Elan, Niles, SpeakerCraft, Sunfire, and Xantech), is the …

The Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing and Acoustics (ALMA) Winter Symposium, “Product Development in the Global Paradigm: Acoustic Modeling, Measurement, and Manufacturing in the Modern Marketplace” will take place prior to CES, on January 6 and January 7, 2013, at The …

The 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will be held from January 8-11, 2013, in Las Vegas, NV. (Now in its 45th year, the show debuted in June 1967 in New York, NY, with 200 exhibitors and 17,500 attendees.) The …

The December 2012 issue of audioXpress features product information about a variety of must-have audio gear. Headphones, an amp, a mic, and more are detailed. SVS Introduces New Ultra Series SVS recently launched its Ultra series of full-range loudspeakers. The …

The November 2012 issue of audioXpress features product information about a variety of interesting, well-designed audio gear. Headphones, an amp, a mic, and more are detailed. Cush Headphones Offer Sound Quality, Comfort, & Style KICKER recently unleashed its 39 years …

Each year’s “speaker special” issue is a favorite among audioXpress readers. This 2012 edition features in-depth articles about speaker technologies and design projects, without completely ignoring other interesting topics such as tube amps. This year’s special speaker section features informative articles about a detailed loudspeaker design project and an intriguing electrostatic speaker experiment. We also included a third must-read speaker-related article, but it isn’t in the special section because it focuses on enclosures rather than speaker design.

The September 2012 issue of Voice Coil is now available. The topics covered include CEDIA Expo 2012, a look at Kingstate Electronics, acoustic patent information, industry updates, a test of Faital Pro’s DF371 bullet-type tweeter, and a test of a …