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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NAD Announces Masters M66 BluOS Streaming DAC-Preamplifier
by audioXpress Staff

NAD Announces Masters M66 BluOS Streaming DAC-Preamplifier

Ahead of the High End Munich show in Germany (May 18-21) and of its retail launch, NAD Electronics announced the Masters M66 BluOS Streaming DAC-Preamplifier, a new no-compromise flagship component, so advanced, it represents an entirely new category of hi-fi separates. The M66 offers leading-edge capabilities like BluOS high-resolution music streaming, Dirac Live Room Correction, Dirac Live Bass Control and four independent subwoofer outputs, a first for a two-channel pre-amp.
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Unity Demonstrates Wi-Fi Wireless, Lossless Headphones at Munich High End 2023
by Joao Martins

Unity Demonstrates Wi-Fi Wireless, Lossless Headphones at Munich High End 2023

The world’s first wireless lossless headphones, Unity will be available to try out at Munich’s High End show. The Swiss-brand will offer demos of the headphones in Halle 3 booth M12/N05 from May 18 to 21, at the MOC in Munich. Unity first launched in April during the 2023 NAMM show, offering convention-goers a chance to hear the difference of Wi-Fi quality audio lossless streaming. While the headphones are also geared toward audio professionals, they are also for those willing to invest to never be restricted by Bluetooth. The Unity headphones are available now in Anthracite Gray for $2,199.00 USD.
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Bowers & Wilkins Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Iconic Nautilus Loudspeaker
by audioXpress Staff

Bowers & Wilkins Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Iconic Nautilus Loudspeaker

An icon and a legend, the Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus ultra-high-end loudspeaker as always been available as a made to order item at the Bowers & Wilkins factory for 30 years. To mark this milestone, Bowers & Wilkins has created a unique pair of Nautilus finished in a stunning Abalone Pearl paint, a dramatic finish that perfectly commemorates this landmark anniversary.
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    Voice Coil Test Bench: The Radian Audio 475BEPB-8 1" Beryllium Compression Driver
    by Vance Dickason

    Voice Coil Test Bench: The Radian Audio 475BEPB-8 1" Beryllium Compression Driver

    This Test Bench centers on the Materion beryllium version of the popular Radian Audio 475PB 1" ferrite motor compression driver, also available with Radian’s outstanding sounding proprietary aerospace-grade aluminum alloy. These beryllium diaphragms are produced by Radian at its Pomona, CA, facility under license from Materion. This Test Bench offers a comparison analysis of the aluminum alloy with the beryllium model. An insightful characterization for speaker builders, designers, and manufacturers. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, February 2023.
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    Practical Test & Measurement: REST for Automated Test and Measurement
    by Matt Taylor

    Practical Test & Measurement: REST for Automated Test and Measurement

    This article is a great introduction to the use of web interfaces, and embracing web standards for automated testing of audio equipment, fundamentally exploring the possibilities of REST - which stands for Representational State Transfer, a widely accepted set of guidelines for creating reliable web APIs. Written by the founder of Seattle, WA-based QuantAsylum, this contributed piece advocates an open-design philosophy for controlling and querying things via REST, and leveraging the know-how of millions of developers. This article was originally published in audioXpress, March 2022.
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    Dirac, StormAudio, and Perlisten Team Up to Showcase Dirac Live Active Room Treatment at High End Munich 2023
    by Joao Martins

    Dirac, StormAudio, and Perlisten Team Up to Showcase Dirac Live Active Room Treatment at High End Munich 2023

    Dirac has teamed up StormAudio and Perlisten to showcase the ultimate immersive home theater demonstration. Attendees at the High End Munich show, which runs from May 18-21, will have the opportunity to experience the possibilities of the new Dirac Live Active Room Treatment software with StormAudio’s powerful ISP Elite MK3 Immersive Sound Processor, played through a THX Certified Dominus home theater-quality Perlisten 11.7.6 surround sound system.
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    CEVA Acquires Spatial Audio Business from VisiSonics
    by Joao Martins

    CEVA Acquires Spatial Audio Business from VisiSonics

    CEVA announced the acquisition of the RealSpace 3D Spatial Audio business, technology and patents from VisiSonics Corporation. The acquisition of RealSpace enables CEVA to offer a complete spatial audio solution to OEMs, targeting high volume markets including true wireless stereo, OTC hearables, gaming headphones, AR/VR, audio conferencing, automotive and media entertainment.
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    Phillips-Medisize and U-Turn Audio Improve Tonearm Performance for Next-Gen Turntables
    by audioXpress Staff

    Phillips-Medisize and U-Turn Audio Improve Tonearm Performance for Next-Gen Turntables

    Phillips-Medisize, a Molex company, and leading product manufacturer with a solid reputation for making high-end products and medtech devices using "thixomolding, has applied its expertise in magnesium-injection molding to collaborate with U-Turn Audio, the turntable manufacturer from Woburn, Massachusetts. Together, the companies developed a game-changing tonearm for next-generation turntables.
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    HEAD acoustics Introduces Solutions for Bluetooth LE Audio Testing
    by Joao Martins

    HEAD acoustics Introduces Solutions for Bluetooth LE Audio Testing

    LE Audio is an entirely new Bluetooth implementation introducing multiple exciting new opportunities for audio manufacturers, but also raising completely new challenges. As a leading source for audio measurement solutions, HEAD acoustics is updating its solutions to allow testing new Bluetooth LE Audio technologies. One of those is Auracast broadcast audio, which now can be fully tested and optimized with a HEAD acoustics labCORE test frontend.
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    Sennheiser Adds Personalization Options in Latest Smart Control App and Firmware Updates
    by audioXpress Staff

    Sennheiser Adds Personalization Options in Latest Smart Control App and Firmware Updates

    Sennheiser introduced an update to its latest Momentum true wireless earbuds and headphones and the companion Smart Control App, which adds more ways to personalize the listening experience. The app is available on iOS and Android, with additional features coming to Momentum True Wireless 3 earphones and Momentum 4 Wireless headphones via firmware updates.
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