audioXpress May 2024 Glass Audio Special Issue Now Available

audioXpress May 2024 Glass Audio Special Issue Now Available
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Advertise in the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2024!

Advertise in the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2024!
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Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024

Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 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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NFC Forum Defines Card Emulation Device Class Specification for Low-Cost Wearable Solutions
by Joao Martins

NFC Forum Defines Card Emulation Device Class Specification for Low-Cost Wearable Solutions

The NFC Forum unveiled a new NFC Device Class specification that provides device manufacturers and OEMs with a miniature, low-cost, sustainable solution for wireless wearable devices. The Card Emulation (CE) Device class is the first of its kind answering an industry need for wearable devices that provide basic functionality and longer battery life in a tiny footprint while maintaining interoperability with the current NFC ecosystem.
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JBL Introduces Four New Dolby Atmos Soundbars Including Flagship JBL Bar 1000 System
by Alfred Moody

JBL Introduces Four New Dolby Atmos Soundbars Including Flagship JBL Bar 1000 System

When it comes to new home audio designs, IFA 2022 was once again the soundbar show, with all major brands showcasing new models. Among those brands, Harman introduced four new soundbars, including the feature-packed JBL Bar 1000, which delivers a true home cinema experience without wires. Marketed as 7.1.4 channel system, the JBL Bar 1000 effectively uses four up-firing drivers to create an enveloping sphere of Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D surround sound. The JBL Bar 300, JBL Bar 500 and JBL Bar 800 join the JBL Bar 1000 to complete the all-new JBL Bar Series.
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CEDAR Unveils New DNS 4 Real Time Voice Cleaner
by audioXpress Staff

CEDAR Unveils New DNS 4 Real Time Voice Cleaner

When we mention a company that has revolutionized and has remained as a leading name in the world of audio restoration, dialogue noise suppression and speech enhancement, it becomes obvious that we are talking about CEDAR Audio. The Cambridge, UK-based company was the first to create hardware-based, real-time audio restoration systems, and still does it to this day, even though it is more widely recognized today by its software tools. For situations where only real time makes, sense, CEDAR is now introducing its latest DNS 4 portable dialogue noise suppressor.
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    Sonical Partners With Dolphin Design to Develop the Silicon for Open Hearables
    by Joao Martins

    Sonical Partners With Dolphin Design to Develop the Silicon for Open Hearables

    Sonical, the Silicon Valley company developing an open software platform for hearables, announced a partnership with Dolphin Design, a leading edge computing and embedded AI silicon IP company, and a subsidiary of Soitec, an industry leader in designing and manufacturing innovative semiconductor materials. Together, the two companies are working on a heterogeneous computing platform to design ASIC/SoCs with an innovative operating system that will change the end-user experience with hearables.
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    RME And DirectOut Joins Forces To Develop New Digiface Ravenna Audio Networking Interface
    by Joao Martins

    RME And DirectOut Joins Forces To Develop New Digiface Ravenna Audio Networking Interface

    RME Audio already offers audio networking interfaces, initially supporting AVB, and later embracing Dante due to popular demand. Now, RME and DirectOut have joined forces to present the new Digiface Ravenna. The mobile audio interface is based on the proven Digiface Dante, but features a Ravenna module developed by DirectOut and allows the transmission of a total of 128 audio channels coming, with a MADI option via a single USB 3.0 connection.
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    Upgraded Audient ASP4816-HE and New Look ASP4816-SE Audio Consoles Now Shipping
    by audioXpress Staff

    Upgraded Audient ASP4816-HE and New Look ASP4816-SE Audio Consoles Now Shipping

    These days, it's very rare to see new studio mixers being announced and even more if they are analog designs. That's why the announcement from British brand Audient that the ASP4816 Heritage Edition console is ready for shipping is something to take note. Previewed back in June, at the 2022 NAMM show, the new console features a brand new look and a few more tricks up its sleeve, inspired by its larger counterpart: Audient’s flagship console, ASP8024-HE.
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    Bose to Launch New Wireless Earbuds Powered by Qualcomm S5 Audio SoC
    by Joao Martins

    Bose to Launch New Wireless Earbuds Powered by Qualcomm S5 Audio SoC

    At IFA 2022 in Berlin, Qualcomm Technologies and Bose highlighted their continued collaboration during Cristiano Amon’s opening keynote. Bose is integrating Qualcomm wireless voice and music platforms across their portfolio of premium earbuds, headphones, speakers and soundbars. Qualcomm also confirmed that the new Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II, which are scheduled to be unveiled September 7, will be Powered by the new Qualcomm S5 Sound Platform.
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    Jabra Introduces Mainstream Elite 5 True Wireless Earbuds
    by Joao Martins

    Jabra Introduces Mainstream Elite 5 True Wireless Earbuds

    Among the many products introduced in the true wireless earbuds category at IFA 2022, GN stands out with the Jabra Elite 5 announcement. The newest addition to Jabra’s TWS earbuds lineup, the Elite 5 are engineered to provide advanced features for both phone calls and audio listening, at a consumer-friendly price of $149.99. Key features include hybrid Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) powered by a Qualcomm QCC3050 Bluetooth SoC, 6 microphones with wind noise suppression and powerful 6mm drivers with AAC and aptX Bluetooth support.
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    Sennheiser Unveils AMBEO Soundbar Plus and AMBEO Sub
    by Joao Martins

    Sennheiser Unveils AMBEO Soundbar Plus and AMBEO Sub

    Sennheiser's AMBEO soundbar established the benchmark in the form-factor when it comes to bringing immersive audio into living rooms in an unforgettable quality – be it for TV sound or music streaming. The new AMBEO Soundbar Plus expands the concept in more compact soundbar and separate subwoofer, still driven by the same groundbreaking 3D sound developed in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS), incorporating upHear Processing and MPEG-H Audio.
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    A Computer in Every Ear. The Rise of Headphone 3.0
    by Joao Martins

    A Computer in Every Ear. The Rise of Headphone 3.0

    Enter Sonical Headphone 3.0. A fully integrated approach for the product development of headphones and earbuds that allows consumers to load their own apps. audioXpress talked to Gary Spittle, the CEO and founder of Sonical, a young company that developed a chip and a real-time operating system for headphones and hearables. "Hearables should not be defined by the functions of a chip or the Bluetooth profiles, there is a lot more that product makers want to do," says Gary Spittle, the CEO and founder of Sonical.
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