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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Innovative Speakers and Headphone Drivers in Voice Coil January 2023
by audioXpress Staff

Innovative Speakers and Headphone Drivers in Voice Coil January 2023

For this first issue of 2023, Voice Coil compiled a set of valuable headphone and earphone driver vendor directories, updated with the latest factories. The remainder of this issue is centered on Test Bench characterizations of two very innovative drivers that Vance Dickason has received. The first one on the Test Bench was the PTT6.5M08-NFA-01 6.5" Midrange from Purifi Audio; The second driver was the already popular SW26DBAC76-4 10" shallow subwoofer from SB Acoustics.
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Syntiant Partners with Telink and Murata to Present New Edge AI Audio Solutions at CES 2023
by Joao Martins

Syntiant Partners with Telink and Murata to Present New Edge AI Audio Solutions at CES 2023

Syntiant is heading to CES 2023 with an exciting range of announcements and presentations of end-to-end edge AI solutions for always-on applications. The company will unveil a new reference design created in partnership with Telink that will enable ODMs and OEMs to easily and quickly deploy complete, ultra-low-power, deep learning voice processing applications in remote controls. Another major announcement is the launch of the Murata Type2DA neural decision processor module for edge AI audio and sensor applications.
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SoundFun to Demo MIRAI Speaker That Improves Dialogue And Makes Sound Easier for All to Hear
by Joao Martins

SoundFun to Demo MIRAI Speaker That Improves Dialogue And Makes Sound Easier for All to Hear

SoundFun, a Japanese startup focused on designing assistive listening products for seniors will present its new MIRAI curved speaker concept at CES 2023. The design uses a curved frame with an internal waveguide that generates a particular sound dispersion. The company says the MIRAI speaker makes it easier for people with hearing loss to hear critical sources such as TV dialogue. SoundFun will be part of the Japan Pavilion @Eureka Park.
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    Fraunhofer IIS Showcases Cutting-Edge Media Technologies at CES 2023
    by audioXpress Staff

    Fraunhofer IIS Showcases Cutting-Edge Media Technologies at CES 2023

    The current generation of Fraunhofer's technologies enables the creation, transmission, and experience of an entirely new universe of immersive and high quality sound. Looking to showcase tomorrow's audio experiences and cooperate with manufacturers to bring state-of-the-art audio technologies into their products, the research institute will be at CES 2023, in Las Vegas (January 5 - 8), at booth 15915 in the Central Hall.
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    Sony Promotes Real-time Live Distribution Technology With Full Object-Based Spatial Audio
    by Joao Martins

    Sony Promotes Real-time Live Distribution Technology With Full Object-Based Spatial Audio

    Sony Electronics has created a real-time live distribution technology with full object-based spatial audio, expanding on the ecosystem for its 360 Reality Audio technology. For the first time ever, according to Sony, this new distribution technology will allow users to immerse themselves in a three-dimensional sound field during live musical events, streamed over the Internet.
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    Athom to Showcase Homey Pro Matter-Ready Smart Home Hub at CES 2023
    by audioXpress Staff

    Athom to Showcase Homey Pro Matter-Ready Smart Home Hub at CES 2023

    Athom, a smart home solutions startup, will showcase the all new Homey Pro smart home hub at CES 2023, before introducing it in worldwide retail in 2023. Embedded with eight smart home technologies including Matter, Homey Pro offers a privacy-aware alternative for a better smart home. Now available for pre-order worldwide, the solution combines wireless and smart home devices from over 1000 brands in a unified home network with enhanced speed, privacy and ease of use.
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    Jensen Loudspeaker Presents New Vintage-Voiced 10” Blackbird 40 Guitar Speaker
    by audioXpress Staff

    Jensen Loudspeaker Presents New Vintage-Voiced 10” Blackbird 40 Guitar Speaker

    Jensen Speakers introduced the Jensen Blackbird 10-40, a new 10" guitar speaker in its Blackbird family. A powerful, paper-cone, vintage-voiced 10”, the Blackbird 10-40 is a completely new 40W speaker, with a 1.25” copper-wound voice coil and the exclusive “Reinforced AlNiCo” magnet design that Jensen developed for the highly successful Blackbird 12-40. This new 10" guitar speaker is the smaller sibling of the 12" Blackbird 40, and mirrors the tonal qualities of the larger model at 40W, with a very similar efficiency.
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    Knowles Teams With Trillbit to Simplify Setup of Voice-Integrated Smart Devices for OEMs and Consumers
    by Joao Martins

    Knowles Teams With Trillbit to Simplify Setup of Voice-Integrated Smart Devices for OEMs and Consumers

    OEMs can now pair low-power Knowles IA61x SmartMics with wake-on-voice capabilities with Trillbit’s ‘Data Over Sound’ for frictionless smart device setup of connected devices and appliances. Knowles announced a collaboration with Trillbit, the Boston-based data-over-sound company that offers next-generation software solutions to authenticate people and things without the use of passwords.
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    Test Bench: The MD60N-6 2.5" Dome Midrange from the SB Acoustics Satori Line
    by Vance Dickason

    Test Bench: The MD60N-6 2.5" Dome Midrange from the SB Acoustics Satori Line

    This is a Test Bench of one of the most intriguing high-frequency drivers from SB Acoustics' high-end Satori line, the MD60N-6 2.5" dome midrange. This design by Danesian Audio of Denmark, is a soft dome midrange that features a non-resonant coated cloth, and a large neodymium ring magnet with a dynamic dome stabilizer and flow resistor. There is also an injection-molded back-closed transmission line enclosure, filled with Thinsulate damping, mounted directly on the back side, covering its entire surface. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, August 2022.
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    You Can DIY! Egg Speaker Amp and System
    by Reinhard Metz

    You Can DIY! Egg Speaker Amp and System

    Most of our readers still remember Tom Perazella’s extraordinary egg speaker project with SB Acoustics Satori drivers, featured in the September, October, and November 2018 issues of audioXpress. Inspired by that design, Metz decided to build his own version, and also explore his own take with an active crossover tri-amp approach using a miniDSP 4x10HD system feeding a dedicated six-channel amplifier using Purifi 425W Class-D units. The new Egg Speaker Amp and System is an inspired take on the original. This article was originally published in audioXpress, July 2022.
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