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Spatial, Immersive, Inside and Out Automotive Sound in audioXpress June 2023
by audioXpress Staff

Spatial, Immersive, Inside and Out Automotive Sound in audioXpress June 2023

audioXpress June 2023 combines must-read articles on Automotive Audio, essential knowledge, cutting-edge R&D, practical build projects and much more. Learn about the latest innovations and sound design for Electric Vehicles. Read about DSP tuning in automotive audio. Learn about Audioscenic's extraordinary journey in 3D audio beamforming technology, build a new signal amplifier and processor for the ACH-01 Accelerometer, and much more.
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Unity Demonstrates Wi-Fi Wireless, Lossless Headphones at Munich High End 2023
by Joao Martins

Unity Demonstrates Wi-Fi Wireless, Lossless Headphones at Munich High End 2023

The world’s first wireless lossless headphones, Unity will be available to try out at Munich’s High End show. The Swiss-brand will offer demos of the headphones in Halle 3 booth M12/N05 from May 18 to 21, at the MOC in Munich. Unity first launched in April during the 2023 NAMM show, offering convention-goers a chance to hear the difference of Wi-Fi quality audio lossless streaming. While the headphones are also geared toward audio professionals, they are also for those willing to invest to never be restricted by Bluetooth. The Unity headphones are available now in Anthracite Gray for $2,199.00 USD.
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DiGiCo Reveals Quantum852 Flagship Large-Format Live Audio Production Mixing Console
by Alfred Moody

DiGiCo Reveals Quantum852 Flagship Large-Format Live Audio Production Mixing Console

DiGiCo announced the launch of its next generation of large-format live audio production mixing consoles, designed from the ground up. Familiar, yet different, and with improved audio quality via enhanced algorithms, the new DiGiCo Quantum852 delivers a massive leap forward in processing power, it features new 1000-nit LCD screens for full daylight operation and a newly designed worksurface. And true to the DiGiCo ethos, the Quantum852 has been designed not just for now, but for the future.
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Phillips-Medisize and U-Turn Audio Improve Tonearm Performance for Next-Gen Turntables
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Phillips-Medisize and U-Turn Audio Improve Tonearm Performance for Next-Gen Turntables

Phillips-Medisize, a Molex company, and leading product manufacturer with a solid reputation for making high-end products and medtech devices using "thixomolding, has applied its expertise in magnesium-injection molding to collaborate with U-Turn Audio, the turntable manufacturer from Woburn, Massachusetts. Together, the companies developed a game-changing tonearm for next-generation turntables.
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Keeping Class A Cool. Infigo Audio Debuts Method 6 Stereo Amplifier
by audioXpress Staff

Keeping Class A Cool. Infigo Audio Debuts Method 6 Stereo Amplifier

Infigo Audio, a Canadian company that designs and manufactures amplifiers, DACs, and cables for consumers who are ready to invest in exquisitely designed electronics, announced its latest Method 6 two-channel amplifier. The new Method 6 (SRP: $20,000) features many of the same attributes as the brand's Method 3 monoblock amplifier and features a Class A architecture, but with a unique design that maintains a low temperature that is not typical of Class A amplifiers.
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APDA-ALTI Education Symposium 2023. Three Days of Audio Product Knowledge
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APDA-ALTI Education Symposium 2023. Three Days of Audio Product Knowledge

The Audio Product Development Alliance (APDA) in association with the Audio & Loudspeaker Technologies International (ALTI) Association, promotes a three day education symposium during the ALTI Expo & Conference 2023, June 11 - 13, 2023 at the DoubleTree by Hilton at the entrance to Universal, Orlando. Three days to improve your knowledge and skills in the development of audio products, from concept to delivery.
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Bang & Olufsen Launches Beosound A5 Portable Speaker
by Alfred Moody

Bang & Olufsen Launches Beosound A5 Portable Speaker

Bang & Olufsen introduced the new portable Beosound A5 speaker. Designed in collaboration with the Danish-Italian design duo GamFratesi, the new Beosound A5 bridges northern and southern design cultures with powerful sound, meticulous craftsmanship and product longevity that Bang & Olufsen is renowned for. A work of art, this speaker sets a desirable reference for the future of audio.
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Patent Review: Rotary Transducer with Improved High-Frequency Output
by James Croft

Patent Review: Rotary Transducer with Improved High-Frequency Output

This article examines an important patent filed in 2014 by F. Bruce Thigpen (Tallahassee, FL) and granted in June 2016. Appearing both as the inventor and assignee, Thigpen describes a rotary sound transducer having an improved output at higher frequencies. Thigpen has been working on this type of device for more than a decade and has advanced what was already a very difficult engineering achievement, to a more sophisticated structure that apparently raises the general performance and high frequency limits beyond what was thought possible with this architecture. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, July 2017.
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Practical Test & Measurement: Transitioning Audio Tests from R&D to the Production Line
by Steve Temme

Practical Test & Measurement: Transitioning Audio Tests from R&D to the Production Line

Production line audio testing poses many challenges such as noisy environments, harsh operating conditions, high throughput, relative limits, and more. In this article, Steve Temme, the founder and President of Listen, writes about the essentials of test and measurement applied to manufacturing environments and quality control. Production tests always benefits from proven practices and experience and that's what is shared in this article, outlining the main considerations to ensure a successful operation. This article was originally published in audioXpress, March 2023.
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IPS – International Parts + Supply – OEM Trade Show Takes Place Parallel to High End 2023
by Joao Martins

IPS – International Parts + Supply – OEM Trade Show Takes Place Parallel to High End 2023

Promoted by the High End Society in parallel with the Munich High End Show 2023 - May 18 to May 21, 2023 - the IPS - International Parts + Supply - is a new initiative focused on the supply side of the audio industry. Happening for the second time, the 2023 edition will benefit from an extended cooperation with the Audio & Loudspeaker Technologies International (ALTI) Association, which will promote a schedule of conferences and will host a B2B meeting area.
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