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State of the Audio Economy: Macroeconomic Headwinds Also for the Audio Industry?
by Joao Martins

State of the Audio Economy: Macroeconomic Headwinds Also for the Audio Industry?

How well is the audio industry doing? Is there anything specific we in the audio industry can do, or are we just floating with the tide? Any attempt to characterize the state of the economy for the audio industry is limited to reading the signs from what are apparently very distinct, broader product segments. Yet, understanding these larger and wide-reaching product classes enables a better understanding of the overall macroeconomic picture and trends in consumer behavior.
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SubZone Subwoofer Placement Optimizer App Now Available
by audioXpress Staff

SubZone Subwoofer Placement Optimizer App Now Available

British start-up Sonic Baume has launched SubZone – a mobile app that finds the optimum position for a subwoofer in the room using acoustic simulation. Once the user enters some simple details about the room and listening position, the app predicts the effect of room modes for every possible position of the subwoofer. It then presents a heatmap of the room showing where the user should aim to put the subwoofer, and where to avoid placing it.
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Wireworld Releases Pick-How-Much-You-Want-to-Spend RCA Turntable Cables
by Joao Martins

Wireworld Releases Pick-How-Much-You-Want-to-Spend RCA Turntable Cables

Wireworld Cable Technology announced the release of four new cables for turntables with RCA connections. The four new cables, named Solstice 8, Eclipse 8, Silver Eclipse 8 and Platinum Eclipse 8, feature Wireworld's patented DNA Helix conductor geometry and Silver Tube RCA plugs, along with ultra-quiet Composilex 3 insulation and external ground wires. As a respected manufacturer of hifi and professional A/V cables, Wireworld offers four distinct options from fair to jewelry-level.
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Rownd Table-Size CNC Lathe Promises Machining for Everybody
by Joao Martins

Rownd Table-Size CNC Lathe Promises Machining for Everybody

Rownd Precision Industry is a new company that just launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter and reached its funding goal of $100.000 in just 11 minutes. The project is to build the Rownd Lathe, a compact CNC lathe that allows users to easily shape and form a variety of materials including wood, aluminum, and plastic. With a specially developed software, users can easily and safely create their own designs or utilize the open source Rownd Library for pre-made designs.
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TAD Laboratories Launches ET-703a Super High Frequency Beryllium Driver
by Joao Martins

TAD Laboratories Launches ET-703a Super High Frequency Beryllium Driver

TAD Laboratories of Japan launched its latest OEM product, the ET-703a Super High Tweeter. This new driver is a fine-tuned model of the company's ET-703 super high frequency horn tweeter, which has been highly acclaimed in the loudspeaker industry. With a frequency response from 5kHz to 45kHz at 8 ohms, featuring a triple-slit rear compression design with a 35mm voice coil, the ET-703a is promoted as one of the world's most efficient and broadband reproduction drivers for super high frequencies.
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Beyerdynamic Introduces SPACE MAX Speakerphone for Enhanced Online Conversation
by Joao Martins

Beyerdynamic Introduces SPACE MAX Speakerphone for Enhanced Online Conversation

Expanding its SPACE product series, the new beyerdynamic SPACE MAX speakerphone is basically a bigger and louder version of the original SPACE announced in 2022. Purpose-built for medium-to-large meeting spaces, SPACE is designed for those users looking for enhanced sound quality and don't want to deal with the hassle of separated microphones, speakers and audio interfaces. Featuring the same minimalist aesthetic design of the smaller version, this USB-C design is ready for work, anywhere that is.
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Voice Coil Focus: A Fresh Take on Green Audio 2023
by Mike Klasco

Voice Coil Focus: A Fresh Take on Green Audio 2023

Good intentions for sustainability, circularity, or simply reducing your carbon foot-print in the development or manufacturing stages not always produces the intended results. Mike Klasco reminds us how things are not always as simple as we would like, and that having good intentions and throwing empty claims might work on paper, but not actually work in the real world.
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Apple's WWDC 2023 Announcements: What Is New in Audio
by Joao Martins

Apple's WWDC 2023 Announcements: What Is New in Audio

As it happens every year, Apple promoted its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 5–9, 2023. Did you notice Apple’s important breakthrough in headset audio design? It was easy to just be dazzled by all the technology involved in the Vision Pro, but this design was described as providing "mind-boggling audio fidelity" by those who tried it. The Vision Pro features an interesting audio system that was the focus for this editorial, together with Adaptive Audio and other important technology innovations.
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R&D Stories: Developing an Electrostatic Transducer
by Comsol Multiphysics

R&D Stories: Developing an Electrostatic Transducer

This article discusses how Warwick Audio Technologies designed a completely new type of transducer for high-end electrostatic headphones using the latest materials, validated with computer simulation tools from Comsol. The design process for the High-Precision Electrostatic Laminate (HPEL) transducer was first available in the outstanding Sonoma Model One, the world’s first headphones to use HPEL audio transducers, and all subsequent Warwick products, now expanding also to automotive applications. This article was originally published in audioXpress, April 2018.
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Sound Control: The Ubiquitous Helmholtz Resonator
by Richard Honeycutt

Sound Control: The Ubiquitous Helmholtz Resonator

Our readers that follow Richard Honeycutt's column Sound Control know how this series of articles covers the most fundamental topics in acoustics and electroacoustics. Most people who have been around acoustics or acousticians have heard of the Helmholtz resonator. In this article, Honeycutt discusses the extraordinary scientist for whom this device is named - Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821–1894) - and examines how the resonator works, as well as its uses. This article was originally published in audioXpress, January 2017.
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