All items tagged with automotive audio (124)

Warwick Acoustics Adds Experienced Automotive Industry Executive to Its Board of Directors

December 13, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Warwick Acoustics Adds Experienced Automotive Industry Executive to Its Board of Directors

Warwick Acoustics, the UK-based audio technology company renowned for its electrostatic loudspeaker drivers and products has expanded its Board through the appointment of Ian Harnett, a highly respected and longstanding senior executive in the automotive industry, as a Non-Executive Director. The appointment comes only eight months after Warwick Acoustics entered the automotive audio sector following an intense five-year R&D program.

Find the Best Way to Kickstart Your Audio Developments in audioXpress January 2023

December 12, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Find the Best Way to Kickstart Your Audio Developments in audioXpress January 2023

Multiple perspectives to inspire you in the new year. A Market Update on Bone Conduction Transducers, an article on the development of the Taction Transporter haptic transducer, and a valuable article by Hans W. Gierlich explaining an effective approach for testing structure-borne sound applied to in-ear developments. Andrew Bellavia writes about why the FDA’s OTC hearing aid rule could be quickly obsolete, Adam Levenson introduces the new Audio Foundry automotive audio development platform, and René Christensen makes its debut with audioXpress, writing about simulation techniques

Automotive Audio Ranks High as Consumers See Vehicles as Safe Space

December 8, 2022 by Joao Martins

Automotive Audio Ranks High as Consumers See Vehicles as Safe Space

DTS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi, released a report discussing the increasing importance of the vehicle as a third space, and uncovering drivers' preferred in-cabin features and functionalities. Safety, comfort, and radio/audio rank highest as vehicle design priorities. 91% of Millennials and Gen Z are interested in mood-sensing technology to adjust in-vehicle audio content. And 69% of drivers are interested in connected applications, including health and diagnostic updates.

AES 2022 Automotive Audio International Conference

December 7, 2022 by Roger Shively

AES 2022 Automotive Audio International Conference

Over the course of three days and two nights, June 8–10, the Audio Engineering Society’s 2022 International Automotive Audio Conference in Dearborn, MI, served as a great event for everyone in the automotive audio community to reconnect. The event also featured a full track of sessions promoted by the AES Audio Product Education Institute (APEI). This report, written by Roger Shively, the AES Conference Chair, reviews the most important presentations topics discussed and the exciting demonstrations by companies such as Dolby, Fraunhofer, Dirac, Tymphany, and DSP Concepts, among many others.

LG Display Develops Thin Actuator Solution for ‘Invisible’ Speaker Automotive Applications

November 22, 2022 by Joao Martins

LG Display Develops Thin Actuator Solution for ‘Invisible’ Speaker Automotive Applications

LG Display announced that it has developed a new Thin Actuator solution with large potential as a new speaker technology for automotive applications. According to the company, the innovative solution will be commercialized in the first half of 2023, meeting the requirements from electric vehicle car makers looking for new-generation sound solutions. The Thin Actuator Sound Solution is one of the many products receiving a CES 2023 Innovation Award (In-Vehicle Entertainment & Safety category).

Automotive Audio: Audio Objects as Platform Technology in Vehicles

November 16, 2022 by Christoph Sladeczek

Automotive Audio: Audio Objects as Platform Technology in Vehicles

This article describes a new workflow comprising the rendering of audio objects for the production and tuning process, as well as the implementation on resource-limited hardware, for immersive entertainment and personalized sound staging of automotive audio. Since the object-based audio is independent of the loudspeaker setup, this significantly reduces the complexity of the tuning processes for car manufacturers. This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2022.

DSP Concepts and Analog Devices Collaborate on Solution for Rapid Design of In-Vehicle Audio Entertainment Systems

November 16, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

DSP Concepts and Analog Devices Collaborate on Solution for Rapid Design of In-Vehicle Audio Entertainment Systems

DSP Concepts is collaborating with Analog Devices on a solution for automotive OEMs aimed at accelerating design cycles and reducing costs for in-vehicle audio system implementation. The new end-to-end development ADI LISTN EZ-AUDIO system will enable versatile, differentiated audio entertainment projects using Analog Devices SHARC+ DSP technology and the newly optimized Audio Weaver development platform from DSP Concepts to reduce design complexity and costs.

Alpine Becomes the First Aftermarket Car Audio Company with TIDAL Integration

September 9, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Alpine Becomes the First Aftermarket Car Audio Company with TIDAL Integration

Alps Alpine North America launched its TIDAL integration available via a free software update. The compatible head units include the new Alpine Halo11 iLX-F511, the Alpine Halo9 iLX-F509, the iLX-507, and Jeep-specific radios i509-WRA-JK and i509-WRA-JL. Alpine is the first aftermarket car audio company with full TIDAL integration, allowing subscribers to the service to stream and download hi-res files in MQA format or lossless audio at CD quality.

Klippel Updates dB-Lab Version 212 and QC 7 Analyzer System Software

August 22, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Klippel Updates dB-Lab Version 212 and QC 7 Analyzer System Software

As always, the Klippel engineering team continuously introduces the results of its latest R&D efforts and customer feedback to improve its solutions. Klippel has now released their second software update for the Klippel Analyzer System with various new features for both R&D and QC applications. The update is free of charge for all users running dB-Lab 212 or QC7. It introduces a utility Documentation Module (DOC) for use in dB-Lab, TEDS integration for microphones, and updates for the QC Stand-alone Software.

Dirac and NIO Push the Boundaries of Automotive Audio in the New NIO ET7 Smart Electric Flagship Sedan

August 16, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac and NIO Push the Boundaries of Automotive Audio in the New NIO ET7 Smart Electric Flagship Sedan

Swedish digital audio processing specialist Dirac and NIO, the innovative electric car company that is about to become the first Chinese manufacturer in the segment to become a global player, have announced a collaboration on the sound system for its latest model about to be launched in US and Europe. The latest NIO ET7 car has adopted Dirac Opteo Professional, the company’s most advanced automotive sound optimization solution, to ensure the ultimate sound performance.

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