Better Acoustics, Better Designs in audioXpress August 2024!

Better Acoustics, Better Designs in audioXpress August 2024!
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Audio Amplification Meets Product Development in audioXpress July 2024

Audio Amplification Meets Product Development in audioXpress July 2024
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The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities

The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities
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Aiming for Better Loudspeaker Designs in Voice Coil July 2024

Aiming for Better Loudspeaker Designs in Voice Coil July 2024
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Andrew Pernetti Strengthens Lavoce’s North American Sales Team
by audioXpress Staff

Andrew Pernetti Strengthens Lavoce’s North American Sales Team

Following Elettromedia's opening of a new sales and logistical center in Old Hickory, TN (Nashville), to support the activities of Lavoce Italiana, the company now announced the appointment of Andrew Pernetti to the new position of Distribution Sales Manager for North America. Lavoce offers a full range of HF and LF transducers for professional audio, and a full catalog of guitar and bass speakers for the MI market.
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AtlasIED Announces Strategic Investment in Fyne Audio
by Joao Martins

AtlasIED Announces Strategic Investment in Fyne Audio

AtlasIED, the commercial audio specialist that is now expanding its strategy to new market segments, announced a strategic investment in the famous Scottish loudspeaker manufacturer, Fyne Audio - a manufacturing built from the ashes and engineering tradition of Tannoy. The partnership is intended to combine AtlasIED’s expertise in integrated solutions with Fyne Audio’s transducer technologies to open broader market opportunities for both companies.
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New Meridian DSP9 Loudspeaker Revealed at High End Munich
by Joao Martins

New Meridian DSP9 Loudspeaker Revealed at High End Munich

"Undeniably Meridian" but also "a new dawn for the company", the presentation of the new Meridian DSP9 Digital Active Loudspeaker was most likely one of the most significant engineering efforts that debuted at the 2023 High End show in Munich. A more compact, single-cabinet evolution of the extraordinary DSP8000 XE speakers, this new active, digital, DSP-smart design is simply close to perfection for those willing to spend over $80,000 USD.
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    Naim Audio Presents NAIT 50 Limited-Edition Integrated Amplifier
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    Naim Audio Presents NAIT 50 Limited-Edition Integrated Amplifier

    On the occasion of its 50th Anniversary (1973/2023), British hifi brand Naim celebrated with a limited edition of a very special product. The NAIT 50 is a remaster of the very first NAIT compact integrated amplifier released in 1983, limited to only 1,973 pieces. The Salisbury-based company carefully recrafted its iconic product from the Naim archives and gave it an updated inside and adding new features such as an headphone output.
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    Experiential Technology in Vehicles: A Call for Innovation for the Future of Auto Infotainment
    by Val Salomaki

    Experiential Technology in Vehicles: A Call for Innovation for the Future of Auto Infotainment

    EDGE Sound Research is a company pioneering "embodied audio," a new form of sound reproduction that combines both auditory and physical sensations of sound in an optimized and singular embodiment. The technology is based on co-founder Ethan Castro’s experiences and research as a hard-of-hearing audio engineer and Ph.D. candidate in digital composition. The team's ResonX technology is currently being deployed through partnerships and collaborations with professional sports stadiums and concert venues.
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    Fulcrum Acoustic Announces Fulcrum Immersive Following Acquisition of Venueflex
    by Joao Martins

    Fulcrum Acoustic Announces Fulcrum Immersive Following Acquisition of Venueflex

    Fulcrum Acoustic announced the formation of Fulcrum Immersive as the result of Fulcrum Acoustic's acquisition of Concord, NC-based Venueflex and the company's software, DSP, and related technologies. Venueflex developed a digital signal processor system that learns a venue's acoustical environment and provides optimized processed audio with greater gain-before-feedback. The company's technology evolved as a foundation for immersive audio and active acoustics applications.
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    Audinate Announces Flexible Licensing for Dante Virtual Soundcard, New API for System Integrators, and AWS Cloud Support
    by audioXpress Staff

    Audinate Announces Flexible Licensing for Dante Virtual Soundcard, New API for System Integrators, and AWS Cloud Support

    Audinate announced the availability of transferrable licenses for the popular Dante Virtual Soundcard audio interface software. This new license type allows users to easily move a license from one computer to another. In a separate announcement, a new Dante Controller API is now included with Dante Domain Manager 1.5 to support systems integration. And Dante Connect now enables cloud-based workflows using Amazon AWS.
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    Patent Review: Bass-Reflex Speaker Cabinet Having a Recessed Port
    by James Croft

    Patent Review: Bass-Reflex Speaker Cabinet Having a Recessed Port

    This patent awarded to inventor Matthias Larrieu, on behalf of French company NEXO (owned by Yamaha Corp.) was the topic of this detailed review by James Croft. From the abstract it might be difficult to visualize what exactly differentiates the patented design from a standard bass reflex system. Basically, Larrieu created two V-shaped slices at the opening either centered or with one at each side of the port, helping to reduce amplitude and phase anomalies in the midrange due to port resonances, while improving mid-band directivity.
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    Remote Recording in the Rock Era: David Hewitt’s On the Road
    by Scott Dorsey

    Remote Recording in the Rock Era: David Hewitt’s On the Road

    For an enjoyable suggestion, after you finish reading audioXpress, Scott Dorsey reviewed an interesting book written by David Hewitt, one of the many well-known engineers who made history doing live recordings of rock concerts during the 1970s and 1980s - and continued to pioneer this approach to make great recordings of live events. On the Road: Recording the Stars in a Golden Era of Live Music, is an interesting first person testimony of some of the greatest moments in music recording history. This article was originally published in audioXpress, April 2023.
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    Apple Announces Beats Studio Buds+ Wireless Earbuds
    by Joao Martins

    Apple Announces Beats Studio Buds+ Wireless Earbuds

    From time to time, Apple reminds us that it owns another band called Beats, where products don't necessarily suffer the scrutiny endured by all the Cupertino products, allowing it to innovate and surprise when we least expect it. Beats announced the new Studio Buds+, expanding the Studio Buds lineup with enhanced features for both iOS and Android users, featuring better sound, upgraded Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency modes, IPX4 sweat and water resistance and up to 36-hours of battery life.
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