All items tagged with Class-D (119)
Powersoft Introduces New Amplifier Platform for Touring Market
March 10, 2025 by Joao Martins

Powersoft Introduces New Amplifier Platform for Touring Market

A few days past announcing the ultra-compact Nota PoE amplifier, its smallest product ever, and from the K-Array acquisition announcement, Powersoft announced Unica T, a new touring amplifier platform, designed for massive scale, power, and reliability, while optimizing space and ensuring seamless performance for touring professionals. The Italian manufacturer intends to expand its Class-D solutions on the market that originally projected the Powersoft brand globally.
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TEAC Launches Reference 500 Series Stereo Power Amplifier with Hypex NCOREx Technology
February 12, 2025 by Joao Martins

TEAC Launches Reference 500 Series Stereo Power Amplifier with Hypex NCOREx Technology

TEAC from Japan continues to expand its Reference 500 series of compact home audio components, now with the announcement of the AP-507 stereo power amplifier, based on a custom module using the latest Hypex NCOREx technology. Available in black and silver finishes, the design of the AP-507 is a clear nod to the classic hifi components from Japan with its large illuminated level meters, even if reduced to the compact dimensions of a TEAC 500 Series component.
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Elytone NAP1 Platform Improves with AES67 and AES70 (OCA) Support
February 5, 2025 by Joao Martins

Elytone NAP1 Platform Improves with AES67 and AES70 (OCA) Support

Elytone returned to ISE 2025 in Barcelona with another series of exciting technology updates in networked audio. The Taiwan-based company showcased new developments featuring its Networked Audio Processor 1 (NAP1) platform enabling IP audio networks over Dante and AES67, now with AES70 (OCA) controls, enhanced A2B Audio Bus bridging (including automatic plug & play). Also new is the addition of audio streaming capabilities, including Spotify Connect and Google Cast, with more streaming services in final testing and additional services to be added in 2025.
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Focal Unveils Utopia Main 112 and Utopia Main 212 Studio Monitors
January 16, 2025 by Alfred Moody

Focal Unveils Utopia Main 112 and Utopia Main 212 Studio Monitors

Focal is elevating its studio monitors with the introduction of the Utopia Main, a new range designed to take studios to the most demanding levels required by audio professionals with main and midfield options. Leveraging innovations from the company’s ultra high-end speaker range, the new Focal Utopia Main 112, and Utopia Main 212 are professional designs with completely new drivers, exceptional power, and advanced functionality.
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Texas Instruments Unveils New Automotive Audio Processors at CES 2025
January 8, 2025 by Joao Martins

Texas Instruments Unveils New Automotive Audio Processors at CES 2025

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced new integrated automotive chips to enable safer, more immersive driving experiences at any vehicle price point. A highly integrated automotive Arm-based microcontroller (MCU) and processor with TI’s vector-based C7x digital signal processor (DSP) core to achieve industry-leading processor performance. And TI’s new audio amplifier is the industry’s first with one-inductor (1L) modulation technology, allowing it to achieve Class-D performance with half the number of inductors.
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AudioControl Announces GaN-based Bijou Series Amplifiers with Integrated eARC
December 16, 2024 by Joao Martins

AudioControl Announces GaN-based Bijou Series Amplifiers with Integrated eARC

Ahead of the ISE 2025 show in Barcelona, AudioControl unveiled three new amplifier models bearing the Bijou Series name that originally helped the brand achieve global recognition in the residential market. The new Bijou Series offers a range of three high-performance GaN-based amplifiers for system installation professionals that combine improved audio quality with HDMI eARC and Dante connectivity from a discreet, space-saving but robust 1U footprint.
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McIntosh Launches PS1K Advanced Powered Subwoofer
October 24, 2024 by Alfred Moody

McIntosh Launches PS1K Advanced Powered Subwoofer

McIntosh Laboratory announced the PS1K Powered Subwoofer, crafted to redefine high-end home audio with unmatched bass precision and power. Engineered for music and home theater enthusiasts alike, the PS1K subwoofer enhances any system using two 13” woofers featuring powerful magnets and featuring McIntosh’s proprietary Low Distortion High Performance (LD/HP) magnetic circuit design, which reduces distortion and improves power handling. The PS1K’s dual woofers are driven by two 500-watt Class-D amplifiers.
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SVS Launches Flagship 17-Ultra R|Evolution Subwoofers with Digital Control
October 7, 2024 by Alfred Moody

SVS Launches Flagship 17-Ultra R|Evolution Subwoofers with Digital Control

SVS, a name that everyone immediately identifies with powerful subwoofers, launched its new flagship 17-Ultra R|Evolution subwoofer series. Previewed at CEDIA 2024 in Denver, the two new 17-Ultra subwoofer designs represent a ground-up design approach for the Ohio-based audio brand, including a custom 17" high-excursion woofer with dual voice coil windings, a digital processing stage, and full room correction optimization through a smartphone app.
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ESS Technology Introduces High Performance 8-Channel ESS Sabre SMART DACs
September 23, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

ESS Technology Introduces High Performance 8-Channel ESS Sabre SMART DACs

ESS Technology announced two new 8-channel DACs with integrated line drivers, which the California company says will deliver exceptional performance for professional audio designs, soundbars and powered speakers, as well as Class-D pre-amplifier controllers. The incorporated latest generation ESS patented Hyperstream IV architecture provides the recognized SABRE sound quality with improved audio performance.
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STMicroelectronics Announces Flexible, Space-Saving Class-D Amplifier for Car Audio
September 23, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

STMicroelectronics Announces Flexible, Space-Saving Class-D Amplifier for Car Audio

STMicroelectronics' latest HFA80A automotive-grade analog-input class-D audio amplifier combines high efficiency, small size, and a low bill of materials, with load diagnostics optimized for automotive and native electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). With its feedback-before-filter topology and 2MHz nominal PWM frequency, the ST HFA80A lets designers optimize the output filter for the targeted performance and achieve a compact outline with small component values.
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