All items tagged with communications (106)
HP Launches Nuheara Co-Developed Elite Wireless Earbuds at CES 2021
January 13, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

HP Launches Nuheara Co-Developed Elite Wireless Earbuds at CES 2021

Recognizing the essential role of personal computers during a global pandemic, at this year's CES 2021, HP launched a wide range of computers, displays and other solutions targeted at collaboration, work and life at home, hybrid work environments, and personal creative studios. Among those new solutions the company introduced the HP Elite Wireless Earbuds, developed in collaboration with hearable pioneers Nuheara, combining ANC with personalization and customization features.
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JBL Launches Tour Headphone Series Designed For Business Professionals
January 12, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

JBL Launches Tour Headphone Series Designed For Business Professionals

At CES 2021, JBL introduced its latest addition to its headphone portfolio, the JBL Tour Series, designed for business professionals who are looking for affordable headphones with advanced technology, smart features and a sleek design. The JBL Tour ONE over-ear and JBL Tour Pro+ true wireless in-ear models, both offer advanced technologies for productivity and work-from-anywhere, having received CES 2021 Innovation Awards honors.
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The Audio Technologies That Matter More Than Ever in audioXpress February 2021
January 11, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

The Audio Technologies That Matter More Than Ever in audioXpress February 2021

audioXpress February 2021 explains why Microphones have gained Essential Status, and how microphones have a foundational contribution to voice front-ends. Erica Yorga details how Thousands of Virtual Microphones can solve audio conferencing challenges, and Mike Meechan explains how to design high-performance microphone preamplifiers. Brent Butterworth reviews the Widex Moment mRIC RD hearing aids to understand the differences and similarities in the critical sound experience. Michael Steffes explains how to increase the output current for an audio op-amp, and Andrew C. Russell details the X-Altra, a high-performance MC/MM phono equalizer DIY project. Now available in print and digital.
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DPA Upgrades 4098 Gooseneck Microphones with CORE Technology
November 25, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

DPA Upgrades 4098 Gooseneck Microphones with CORE Technology

DPA Microphones recently upgraded its renowned 4098 Gooseneck Microphone to include its CORE by DPA technology. With this update, the 4098 CORE microphone range joins DPA’s other CORE products in offering minimal distortion across the entire dynamic range, increasing audio clarity and openness and further enhancing the already stellar sound. Perfect for both podium and conference room applications, the DPA 4098 CORE is the ideal solution for speech and formal announcements when high speech intelligibility is paramount.
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PreSonus Introduces Software-Controlled Revelator USB-C Microphone
November 12, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

PreSonus Introduces Software-Controlled Revelator USB-C Microphone

Reacting to the exploding demand for microphone that can be used at home for web meetings, podcasting, voiceovers, or general home studio use, PreSonus is the latest company to announce a new entry in the USB microphone category. The new PreSonus Revelator microphone makes it easy to get polished, professional-sounding results with selectable polar patterns, preset configurations and loopback audio. Better still, it's an affordable option that looks like a big, expensive studio microphone that offers that delivers the desired "Radio Sound."
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Communications: Enabling High-Quality Voice Conferencing
November 11, 2020 by Manfred Lutzky

Communications: Enabling High-Quality Voice Conferencing

audioXpress is proud to publish a contributed article by Manfred Lutzky, Head of Audio for Communications at Fraunhofer IIS, Audio and Media Technologies division and one of the members of the team responsible for the development of state-of-the-art speech and audio communication codecs such as EVS, AAC-ELD, and LC3/LC3plus. In this article, he provides a valuable perspective about the technologies and audio codecs that we depend upon to make audio and video conferencing calls. This article was originally published in audioXpress, October 2020.
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Communications: Testing and Optimizing Strategies for Conference Terminal Equipment
October 28, 2020 by Hans W. Gierlich

Communications: Testing and Optimizing Strategies for Conference Terminal Equipment

Following up on the two Communication articles published in audioXpress October 2020, Hans W. Gierlich, from HEAD acoustics GmbH, a top expert in his field, contributed this great overview article. With most company employees working from home and the trend toward decentralized organizations and remote collaborations, where webinar and conferencing services are the new way of communication, this a timely topic. This article was originally published in audioXpress, November 2020.
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Poly Introduces Speakerphones To Bring Professional-Quality Audio to Home Offices
October 16, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Poly Introduces Speakerphones To Bring Professional-Quality Audio to Home Offices

Poly (the company that resulted from the merger of Plantronics with Polycom) unveiled its Poly Sync Family, a new line of smart, USB and Bluetooth speakerphones. These new Poly are touted as smart because, among other things they use proprietary microphone technology to track the talker, not the noise. Appropriately, the new speaker line was announced during the Zoomtopia 2020 online event (focused on everything Zoom (the web conference company, not the Japanese audio brand), where the devices also were confirmed to be "Zoom Certified."
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More Digital Signal Processing and Better Audio in audioXpress November 2020
October 9, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

More Digital Signal Processing and Better Audio in audioXpress November 2020

This audioXpress November 2020 edition explores the latest trends in digital signal processing (DSP) and how it applies to all audio applications, now increasing in power thanks to cutting-edge artificial intelligence running on devices. In this issue, you will also learn how to "Test and Optimize Strategies for Conference Terminal Equipment," "What to Measure for Quality Control of Audio Devices," and more about Automotive Audio Bus A2B. Stuart Yaniger reviews the latest Earthworks M23R Measurement Microphone, and you can read articles about acoustics, audio electronics and the best in DIY audio from our monthly columnists.
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Microchip Unveils First Low-Power Digital-to-Analog Converter to Simplify Handheld Designs by Including Nonvolatile Memory
October 7, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Microchip Unveils First Low-Power Digital-to-Analog Converter to Simplify Handheld Designs by Including Nonvolatile Memory

Implementing multi-channel system control or signal outputs using Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) in today’s portable and handheld consumer, communications, and medical systems has been difficult to do without significant processor overhead for device configuration during power-up. Microchip Technology announced a solution to this problem with its MCP47/48FxBx8 family of octal 12-bit DACs, the first of their kind to include nonvolatile memory and an integrated Voltage Reference (Vref) source so they can be pre-configured for safe and efficient power-up without relying on the system processor.
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