All items tagged with product design (405)
Pantheone I: Merges Art, Form, Sound & Technology to Create a 360 Experience
April 9, 2021 by Oren Adani

Pantheone I: Merges Art, Form, Sound & Technology to Create a 360 Experience

A high-quality speaker does not have to look like an ordinary, clunky piece of technology nor should anyone have to compromise on function to get a stylish speaker perfect for their home aesthetic. Groundbreaking, beautiful, and inspiring are just a few ways to describe Pantheone I. Pantheone Audio's first design, the Pantheone I, is a winner of the prestigious Red Dot Award for design and an Archiproducts Design Award. In this article for audioXpress, Oren Adani, the CEO and founder of Pantheone Audio shares the journey.
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AES Audio Product Education Institute Webinar to Address Multiphysics Simulation in Audio Product Design
April 7, 2021 by Audio Engineering_Society

AES Audio Product Education Institute Webinar to Address Multiphysics Simulation in Audio Product Design

The AES Audio Product Education Institute (APEI) initiative to promote methodologies, practices and technologies involved in developing and bringing audio products to market, will launch its Modeling and Measurement series of events with the webinar Multiphysics Simulation in Audio Product Design on Wednesday, April 14 (12:00pm EDT). The webinar will be presented by experts from COMSOL, Tectonic Audio Labs, and Veryst Engineering, each sharing audio product design simulation experiences and project examples.
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Naim Introduces New Mu-so Wood Edition Speaker
March 30, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Naim Introduces New Mu-so Wood Edition Speaker

Naim Audio introduced a new premium Wood Edition of its Mu-so 2nd Generation wireless speaker integrated system. Designed to support both multiroom music and TV sound, the new Mu-so Wood Edition is a more refined design, blending performance with a natural-looking style. The updated all-in-one wireless system, introduced in May 2019, offers high-resolution streaming, AirPlay 2, and increased DSP and room compensation capabilities.
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Focal Introduces Clear Mg Open-Back Luxury Headphones
March 17, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Focal Introduces Clear Mg Open-Back Luxury Headphones

Always pushing further in technology and materials, Focal unveiled Clear Mg, a new reference headphone design for the French brand. In addition to the sophisticated finishes, the sound reproduction of these open-back headphones is even sharper than that of their Clear predecessor. The luxury of Focal products lies in their performance and the experience they offer, as well as in every detail that enhances the object to make it more than a set of headphones.
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Keysight Introduces Smart Bench Essentials Connected Instruments
March 16, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Keysight Introduces Smart Bench Essentials Connected Instruments

Keysight Technologies, the electronics test and measurement company that was spun off from Agilent in 2014, has launched a new portfolio of Smart Bench Essentials (SBE) lab bench instruments. These new solutions are targeted at remote access labs and teaching institutions that require a unified, powerful graphical interface with integrated data management and analysis, that can be configured, controlled, and monitored from a single screen, also allowing sharing instruments and data remotely with peers.
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HIFIMAN Electronics Announces HE400se Affordable Open-Back Planar Magnetic Headphones
March 5, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

HIFIMAN Electronics Announces HE400se Affordable Open-Back Planar Magnetic Headphones

HIFIMAN, a company normally associated with price-no-object premium electrostatic and planar magnetic designs, confirmed that will launch a powerful new planar magnetic headphone that offers all the appreciated qualities of ultra-wide soundstage and detailed audio imaging, at a mass market price. The new HE400se ($149) is an open-back planar magnetic headphone that employs single-ended drivers with increased efficiency to 91dB, performing well with smartphones and tablets as it does with a full-size amplifier.
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StreamUnlimited Announces Feature Updates for StreamSDK
February 16, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

StreamUnlimited Announces Feature Updates for StreamSDK

StreamUnlimited's StreamSDK is a flexible software solution, portable to various classes of silicon, which enables the application of streaming audio functionalities to consumer electronics devices. Even under the current circumstances, the Austrian company has allowed to company to expand its software stack to support highly desirable features, spanning from Apple AirPlay2 and Amazon Micless-MRM, Tidal Connect, expanded voice assistant support and new immersive audio integrations.
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KEF Announces Mu3 Noise Cancelling True Wireless Earbuds
February 4, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

KEF Announces Mu3 Noise Cancelling True Wireless Earbuds

The hottest product category in consumer electronics in 2019, 2020 and counting, true wireless earbuds are now mandatory for any established audio brand. Designed by the famous British designer Ross Lovegrove and engineered by KEF's own UK acoustic team, the new KEF Mu3 earbuds deliver the latest technologies and high quality sound, in a refined Bluetooth 5 proposition that offers ANC, ambient mode and good battery life.
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Focal Presents New Celestee Affordable Luxury Headphones
January 28, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Focal Presents New Celestee Affordable Luxury Headphones

Those who think $549 is too expensive for a pair of headphones, should think again. French high-end audio market specialist Focal has been present on the headphones market since 2012, gradually developing a successful collection. Following the launch of Stellia in 2019 (price starting at $3000), Focal now presents Celestee. Obviously targeting uncompromising audio quality, these new closed-back headphones take the 2018 Elegia design further, and feature a brand new blue finish, which Focal says showcases the brand’s "savoir-faire".
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Signia Breaks Barriers With Active Pro Earbud-Style Hearing Aids
January 26, 2021 by Joao Martins

Signia Breaks Barriers With Active Pro Earbud-Style Hearing Aids

It's not only the technology that is evolving much faster in consumer true wireless earbuds. It's also consumer's perception of what these products can do and its widespread appeal. Understanding that hearing aids could greatly benefit from that form-factor to surpass existing stigmas, WS Audiology's hearing-aid brand Signia is targeting a new generation of users with its Signia Active Pro earbud-style hearing aids that also offer high-tech audiological benefits.
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