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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Rational Acoustics Announces Substantially Updated Smaart v9 Software
by audioXpress Staff

Rational Acoustics Announces Substantially Updated Smaart v9 Software

Rational Acoustics announced the next major release version of Smaart (System Measurement Acoustic Analysis Real-time Tool), with many important new features. Smaart v9 will introduce a fundamentally revised software 64-bit code base, which unifies all editions to a common foundation and coherent interface: Smaart Suite v9, Smaart RT (Real-Time Edition), Smaart LE (Light Edition), and Smaart SPL (SPL Edition). The widely used acoustic test & measurement software platform, will be released on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.
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New High Quality, Low Latency Digital Wireless Transmission Solution Available from Audio Codecs
by Joao Martins

New High Quality, Low Latency Digital Wireless Transmission Solution Available from Audio Codecs

Audio Codecs, a new Belfast-based company and the developers of the Skylark digital audio data compression algorithm designed for low latency, joined forces with Virscient, a New Zealand based RF consultancy house, to launch a new wireless audio transmission module using Bluetooth Low Energy. The solution uses a Nordic Bluetooth LE SoC to transmit a 24-bit/48kHz high quality, low latency digital wireless microphone signal.
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Amadeus Holophonix Expands Options for Spatial Audio Productions
by Joao Martins

Amadeus Holophonix Expands Options for Spatial Audio Productions

Available as an hardware processor and now as a native macOS app, the Holophonix spatial sound processor from French audio equipment manufacturer Amadeus, has been evolving since its original introduction and is now proven in multiple high profile productions. Unveiled originally in 2018 at the Frankfurt Prolight+Sound trade show, and commercially available since January 1, 2019, the Holophonix spatial sound processor received many new features and improvements, according to requests and needs expressed by its users.
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    Nuvoton ICs with Integrated Klippel Controlled Sound - New Possibilities for Speaker Design
    by Mike Klasco

    Nuvoton ICs with Integrated Klippel Controlled Sound - New Possibilities for Speaker Design

    What more could speaker system designers want? How about not just to protect the speaker from overload, but enable the speaker to play louder with reduced bass distortion? Mike Klasco writes about his experience working with Nuvoton smart amps with integrated Klippel Controlled Sound (KCS) technology. Now in mass production and offering new possibilities for speaker design. First product examples are now available in the market.
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    R&D Stories: Design and Development of the Holoplot X1 Matrix Array
    by Michael Kastner

    R&D Stories: Design and Development of the Holoplot X1 Matrix Array

    Many product designers and manufacturers in the audio industry the world over have been making huge leaps forward in hardware, software, and interoperability that they have been largely unable to show off thanks to a disruption to live events. Following the return of trade shows in 2022, the lid has been lifted on a whole host of innovations in the pro audio space, and among them Holoplot has emerged as a standout with its X1 Matrix Array sound system. This is an inside account about how the Holoplot team has been pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the pro audio space.
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    Test Bench: TB Speaker 75-1558SH High-End Home Audio 3" Dome Midrange
    by Vance Dickason

    Test Bench: TB Speaker 75-1558SH High-End Home Audio 3" Dome Midrange

    This is an interesting Test Bench of a 3" dome midrange from Tang Band Speaker (aka TB Speaker), model 75-1558SH, intended for high-end and home audio applications. One of the most innovative and prolific OEM speaker manufacturers from Asia, Tang Band submitted a new 75mm diameter soft dome midrange, using a coated cloth diaphragm and surround, with a large neodymium magnet and distortion reducing shorting ring. The steel cup has a foam damped vent that loads into a shaped and 100% polyester-filled injection-molded back enclosure. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, June 2022.
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    Roon Labs Introduces Roon 2.0 and Mobile App Roon ARC
    by Joao Martins

    Roon Labs Introduces Roon 2.0 and Mobile App Roon ARC

    Roon was always the media library and streaming player software for those users who want to appreciate cover artwork and read all about the artists and all the recording credits, as much as listening to the music. And obviously, this was always associated with a home desktop experience, that only a large screen - or a large tablet, at best - can provide. With the new Roon 2.0, the company takes the experience mobile with the Roon ARC app for iOS and Android mobile devices. Roon 2.0 also brings additional enhancements, like native support for Apple Silicon.
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    Bowers & Wilkins Launches 700 Series Hi-Fidelity and Home-Theater Range
    by Joao Martins

    Bowers & Wilkins Launches 700 Series Hi-Fidelity and Home-Theater Range

    It's not for everyone's taste, but large, brown, woody speakers are still selling, particularly when featuring a famous brand name and the pedigree of a company that remains associated with bringing the studio sound to the living room. Bowers & Wilkins just unveiled its 700 Series range of hi-fidelity and home-theater loudspeakers, with eight models, from floorstanding to stand-mount and center-channel loudspeakers.
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    SMPTE Announces 2022 Honorees and Awards John Meyer the Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal
    by audioXpress Staff

    SMPTE Announces 2022 Honorees and Awards John Meyer the Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal

    SMPTE, the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has once again honored industry luminaries and next-generation leaders. The 2022 SMPTE Awards Gala takes place during the SMPTE Media Technology Summit (The Summit), the Society's first in-person conference since 2019. Among the names honored by the SMPTE, John Meyer receives the Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal, which recognizes a Lifetime of Contributions to Excellence in Cinema Sound.
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    PSB Speakers Launches Alpha iQ Streaming Powered Speakers with BluOS
    by Alfred Moody

    PSB Speakers Launches Alpha iQ Streaming Powered Speakers with BluOS

    Anticipating a presentation at CEDIA Expo 2022, PSB Speakers announced the Alpha iQ Streaming Powered Speakers with BluOS, an all-in-one audio system designed for modern, tangle-free, audiophile-grade listening. Expanding the Lenbrook Bluesound wireless audio ecosystem, these active bookshelf speakers can be managed with the BluOS Controller app. The Alpha iQ speakers will be available for pre-order online on October 19, 2022, for US $1,499 and retail availability will begin in late November 2022.
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