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Turtle Beach Introduces Scout Air and ROCCAT SYN Buds Air True Wireless Gaming Earbuds
March 14, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Turtle Beach Introduces Scout Air and ROCCAT SYN Buds Air True Wireless Gaming Earbuds

Turtle Beach introduced its latest Scout Air True Wireless Earbuds, directly targeting mobile gaming applications, a market segment that will be a natural extension for the leading gaming headset brands. At the same time, the company introduced the SYN Buds Air true wireless gaming earbuds model, in its ROCCAT brand of PC peripherals, expanding the options for mobile gaming, console and PC gamers with new water and sweat resistant designs that deliver a low-latency game mode and long-lasting comfort.
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Voice for True Wireless Earbuds, GaN, and More Exciting Audio Frontiers in audioXpress April 2022
March 11, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Voice for True Wireless Earbuds, GaN, and More Exciting Audio Frontiers in audioXpress April 2022

The April 2022 issue of audioXpress offers an overview of voice for true wireless stereo earbuds with contributed articles from Knowles and Fluent.ai. Stuart Yaniger reviews the possibilities with GaN amplifiers, and Steve Temme explains the evolution of Rub & Buzz measurements and the latest perceptual algorithms. Ethan Winer designs a sample & hold circuit for a guitar-controlled, all-analog synthesizer project, Richard Honeycutt explores the meaning of “frequency response” as applied to rooms, and Mark Driedger explains why and how to test tubes.
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Apple Unveils New Creative Platform Mac Studio
March 8, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Apple Unveils New Creative Platform Mac Studio

Everyone knew it was coming, but hardly anyone guessed the form factor. Evolving directly from the popular Mac mini M1 and the iMac 24" M1, Apple introduced the ultimate desktop computer for creative work. The all-new Mac Studio and Studio Display are perfect at the core of any studio and are a scalable solution that starts within reasonable prices, considering the power of even the lowest level M1 Max silicon and the immense power of the newest M1 Ultra chips. Unprecedented performance and extensive connectivity in an incredibly compact design, combine with a 27-inch 5K Retina screen with a great audio system.
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Artilux Demonstrates New Breakthrough for Multi Spectral Optical Sensing
March 8, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Artilux Demonstrates New Breakthrough for Multi Spectral Optical Sensing

True wireless stereo earbuds - and basically all hearables - depend upon a multitude of sensors, including optical sensing. Great TWS designs use optical sensors for basic switch-on/off operation, all the way to sophisticated digital health features. Artilux is a Taiwan-based source for these solutions and the company now announced a new ultra-sensitive CMOS-based sensing platform, compact and ultra-low power, ideal for these market needs, including skin detection in earbuds.
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Dirac Takes Sudio E2 TWS Earbuds a Step Further with Virtuo Spatial Audio
March 3, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Takes Sudio E2 TWS Earbuds a Step Further with Virtuo Spatial Audio

Swedish digital audio processing pioneer Dirac and Sudio, the Swedish consumer electronics design house, announced a collaboration on Sudio’s new flagship E2 true wireless stereo earbuds, featuring Dirac Virtuo spatial audio. Founded in 2012, Sudio sits firmly at the center of Sweden’s visionary audio tech scene, and this collaboration with Dirac for the cutting-edge Sudio E2 earphones reflects the companies’ unrivaled strengths in combining breakthrough sound performance and elevated product design.
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USound Announces Fully Integrated MEMS Audio Modules for True Wireless Earbuds
March 2, 2022 by Joao Martins

USound Announces Fully Integrated MEMS Audio Modules for True Wireless Earbuds

USound, the developer and manufacturer of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) speakers for personal devices and wearables, announced an expanded partnership with AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik, a manufacturer of high-end printed circuit boards and integrated circuit substrates, to manufacture USound’s new fully integrated audio module for True Wireless Earbuds (TWS). The new audio modules can be 75% smaller and 85% lighter, with improved sound quality, compared to current TWS solutions.
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Renesas Develops World's Smaller and Lower Power Bluetooth Low Energy RF Transceiver
February 25, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Renesas Develops World's Smaller and Lower Power Bluetooth Low Energy RF Transceiver

Renesas Electronics announced the development of two 2.4 GHz RF transceiver technologies that support the Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) low-power, near-field communication standard. The new technologies also achieve a smaller mounting area and better power efficiency. Renesas presented these technologies at International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2022 (ISSCC 2022), held between February 20 and 24 in San Francisco.
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Ultrasone Introduces Wireless Bluetooth Headphones and TWS Earbuds
February 23, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Ultrasone Introduces Wireless Bluetooth Headphones and TWS Earbuds

German headphone brand Ultrasone unveiled three new wireless options to expand its product catalog. The new Ultrasone ISAR, LAPIS and METEOR ONE are effectively the first Bluetooth headphones in its long company history and also target new markets. Ultrasone says these are the result of more than two years of development, invested by the Bavarian headphone specialist to completely reposition itself within the important "wireless personal audio" segment.
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Cadence and Dassault Systèmes Partner on Electronic Systems Development
February 23, 2022 by Joao Martins

Cadence and Dassault Systèmes Partner on Electronic Systems Development

A partnership between Cadence and Dassault Systèmes intends to leverage the Cadence Allegro platform and the 3DExperience SolidWorks CAD software platform to optimize electromechanical systems modeling, design, simulation and product lifecycle management. The two companies are determined to accelerate innovation and time-to-product realization by improving modeling, simulation, virtual twin experiences, collaboration, manufacturing and supply chain execution.
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AKM Resumes Sample Shipments of 13 Velvet Sound DAC/ADC Products
January 31, 2022 by Joao Martins

AKM Resumes Sample Shipments of 13 Velvet Sound DAC/ADC Products

Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) has resumed sample shipments of 13 Velvet Sound D/A converters (DAC) and A/D converters (ADC) products - all part of a new generation of improved devices. The samples start shipping in January 2022. Mass production is scheduled for the third quarter of 2022. The new range of devices include new 115dB and 768kHz 32-bit DACs in 2, 4, 6, and 8-channel models, plus nine new 32-bit ADCs in 2, 4, and 8 channel models including the AK5522 ADC, ideal for bus-powered USB audio interfaces.
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