The Standards We Need. A Review of the Book "Introducing Bluetooth LE Audio" by Nick Hunn

This article is a review of the recently distributed book, Introducing Bluetooth LE Audio, by Nick Hunn, Chair of the Bluetooth SIG Hearing Aid Working Group, Vice Chair of the Generic Audio Working Group and a key contributor to the Bluetooth LE Audio specifications. This is an important book for everyone who wants to understand Bluetooth LE Audio. But has the industry momentum for Bluetooth LE Audio been lost? Two years after the original Bluetooth LE Audio announcement in 2020, all we have is a Book.

Solid State Logic proudly announced Fusion, an all-analog 2U outboard processor created for the modern hybrid studio, which also signals a new generation of tools from the famous British brand. "Fusion introduces five completely new analog coloration tools designed to bring the perfect combination of added tonal character, weight and space to your mix bus or stereo stems, with the detail, warmth and finesse that only real analogue circuits can provide."

Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) is a revolutionary end-to-end technology that captures and delivers master quality audio in a file that’s small enough to stream or download. Given that this is essential reading for anyone interested in following subsequent MQA-enabled product reviews that audioXpress intends to feature, we have decided to make the article available in its entirety. This article was originally published in audioXpress, June 2016.

The International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2015 was widely agreed to be extremely successful. According to the promoters, the best yet (but they always say that). Measured in terms of conference content and quality of the event, we have to agree. It wasn’t the best for product announcements but it was certainly exciting for the technology previews.

A new documentary presented by Harman, featuring Quincy Jones, Mike Shinoda, Hans Zimmer, A.R. Rahman, Manny Marroquin and others, addresses audio compression’s impact on the listening experience. The documentary aims to promote the audiotioning of music using proper speakers and non-compressed sources.

Daniel Weiss founded Weiss Engineering in 1985. The company designs and manufactures digital audio equipment for mastering studios. Daniel graduated in 1979 with a BSEE from the HTL Rapperswil. Joined the Studer Revox company in 1979 as an Electronics Engineer. There he worked on analog anti-aliasing filters, test signal generators, sampling frequency converters and digital audio processing for a two channel DASH recorder. He left Studer in 1984 to start Weiss Engineering. Daniel is a Fellow of the AES and a Member of the IEEE.