All items tagged with speaker design (261)
Focal Unveils Utopia Main 112 and Utopia Main 212 Studio Monitors
January 16, 2025 by Alfred Moody

Focal Unveils Utopia Main 112 and Utopia Main 212 Studio Monitors

Focal is elevating its studio monitors with the introduction of the Utopia Main, a new range designed to take studios to the most demanding levels required by audio professionals with main and midfield options. Leveraging innovations from the company’s ultra high-end speaker range, the new Focal Utopia Main 112, and Utopia Main 212 are professional designs with completely new drivers, exceptional power, and advanced functionality.
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QSC introduces KC12 Active 3-Way Column Loudspeaker System
January 15, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

QSC introduces KC12 Active 3-Way Column Loudspeaker System

In a refreshing announcement coming from QSC, the new KC12 “K Column” active 3-way column loudspeaker system builds on the legacy and reputation of the company’s World of K portfolio. The KC12 is a first-of-its-kind, 3000-watt active column loudspeaker system that surpasses the acoustic performance of conventional designs. Simple and easy to deploy, the elegant QSC KC12, available in black and white, is ideal for a wide range of applications from solo entertainers, musicians and bands, to DJs, corporate AV, and event production.
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Audioscenic Appoints John Croteau as Chairman
November 21, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Audioscenic Appoints John Croteau as Chairman

Audioscenic, the innovative UK-based company that is taking tridimensional audio reproduction to new frontiers, announced the appointment of John Croteau, a veteran technology executive, as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Croteau brings an impressive track record of driving innovation and growth in the technology sector including his roles as GM at Analog Devices, Senior VP at NXP, CEO at MACOM, and currently as CEO at neural biosensor company Pison.
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CODA Audio Launches HOPS10-Pro Advanced Triaxial Professional Loudspeaker
November 21, 2024 by Alfred Moody

CODA Audio Launches HOPS10-Pro Advanced Triaxial Professional Loudspeaker

The new HOPS10-Pro from CODA Audio is a high output 3-way point source loudspeaker with an advanced design, featuring dual 10” neodymium low distortion woofers to provide power and accuracy across low frequencies, combined with a 1.4" coaxial neodymium midrange and high-frequency ring-diaphragm driver. The design alignment ensures a perfectly coherent and uniform wavefront, resulting in a full-range sound reinforcement solution with a powerful 1400W rating, in a compact enclosure.
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AudioSmile Launches Refined Little British Monitor
November 7, 2024 by Joao Martins

AudioSmile Launches Refined Little British Monitor

AudioSmile, the brand of designer and maker Simon Ashton, has reached out to audioXpress to let us know about the release of a new version of the Little British Monitor (LBM), a successor to its previous (and highly praised) LBM and LBM MK2 models. Far more than a simple iteration, the new LBM (MK3) is a ground-up redesign to achieve the very best performance in a desktop-sized active speaker package. Available as both a finished product or a build-you-own kit.
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Bose Professional Announces Global Availability of EdgeMax LP In-Ceiling Asymmetrical Loudspeakers
November 4, 2024 by Joao Martins

Bose Professional Announces Global Availability of EdgeMax LP In-Ceiling Asymmetrical Loudspeakers

Bose Professional announced the global availability of EdgeMax EM90-LP and EM180-LP, expanding its EdgeMax line of premium in-ceiling directional loudspeakers. The new Bose EdgeMax LP models bring powerful sound and asymmetrical coverage to smaller rooms and more challenging spaces, and work together with the original EdgeMax loudspeakers, launched in 2017. These LP models deliver consistent high-quality performance across projects where specifications and installation conditions vary.
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Brane Audio RAD Speaker Technology Named in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024
November 4, 2024 by Joao Martins

Brane Audio RAD Speaker Technology Named in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024

As TIME revealed its annual list of the Best Inventions, which features 200 product, technologies and innovations changing our lives, there was a surprising mention of Brane Audio's Brane X portable speaker as a winner in the Entertainment & Gaming category. As audioXpress and Voice Coil readers learned earlier - and coincidently James Croft writes about in Voice Coil November 2024 - the company's Repel-Attract-Driver (RAD) that is part of the Brane X design, is indeed the first effective embodiment of a negative-spring woofer that bends Hofmann’s Iron Law.
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McIntosh Launches PS1K Advanced Powered Subwoofer
October 24, 2024 by Alfred Moody

McIntosh Launches PS1K Advanced Powered Subwoofer

McIntosh Laboratory announced the PS1K Powered Subwoofer, crafted to redefine high-end home audio with unmatched bass precision and power. Engineered for music and home theater enthusiasts alike, the PS1K subwoofer enhances any system using two 13” woofers featuring powerful magnets and featuring McIntosh’s proprietary Low Distortion High Performance (LD/HP) magnetic circuit design, which reduces distortion and improves power handling. The PS1K’s dual woofers are driven by two 500-watt Class-D amplifiers.
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Sonos Unveils New Arc Ultra Soundbar Featuring Sound Motion Technology
October 16, 2024 by Joao Martins

Sonos Unveils New Arc Ultra Soundbar Featuring Sound Motion Technology

Sonos announced Sonos Arc Ultra, a new premium soundbar that also debuts the new Sound Motion transducer technology that finally leverages some of the original Mayht patents. Part of the new generation of advanced designs that the Sonos engineering team is creating, the Sonos Arc Ultra is able to reinvent what a premium soundbar is capable of doing. With the new soundbar, Sonos also introduced Sub 4 with a refreshed design, both systems tightly integrated with Sonos app updates that deliver a significant progress in performance.
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COMSOL Conference 2024, Boston: Acoustics Up Front
October 11, 2024 by Roger Shively

COMSOL Conference 2024, Boston: Acoustics Up Front

After a five-year gap for in-person conferences from COMSOL, the 2024 event in Boston, MA - part of a planned series now expanding to Europe (Florence, Italy) and Asia (Shanghai, China) - was a very successful return. audioXpress was invited to attend, as more and more audio developers and manufacturers use COMSOL's Acoustics Module, Structural Mechanics Module, and the AC/DC Module, among others integrated in the leading Multiphysics modeling and simulation software.
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