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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New Monolith M1000ANC Headphones From Monoprice Powered by Dirac Virtuo
by Joao Martins

New Monolith M1000ANC Headphones From Monoprice Powered by Dirac Virtuo

Featuring premium 40mm drivers, Dirac Virtuo spatial audio, robust ANC technology, and up to 60 hours of playback per charge, the new Monolith M1000ANC premium wireless headphones are the ideal definition of Monoprice's philosophy. With a stylish modern design, premium build and sound quality, these Bluetooth ANC headphones offer great value for a low price of $129.99.
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Dolby Announces Dolby Atmos Personalized Rendering beta for Immersive Mixing Using Headphones
by Joao Martins

Dolby Announces Dolby Atmos Personalized Rendering beta for Immersive Mixing Using Headphones

Monitoring Dolby Atmos immersive content through headphones using binaural rendering of all the complex, object-based and multichannel information is both a challenge and an attractive option for audio engineers and content professionals. With strong momentum towards Dolby Atmos and spatial audio, Dolby decided to accelerate it's Personalized Head-Related Transfer Function (PHRTF) initiative, and announced beta availability of the new Dolby Atmos Personalized Rendering app and service.
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Bowers & Wilkins Panorama 3 Immersive Audio Soundbar Now Available
by audioXpress Staff

Bowers & Wilkins Panorama 3 Immersive Audio Soundbar Now Available

Bowers & Wilkins launched a state-of-the art soundbar. The Panorama 3 was designed to get the most from the latest immersive or spatial audio content, offering an all-in-one elegant loudspeaker solution with room-filling sound for films, TV shows, games, and even music. As a single ultra-low-profile and easy-to-use component with built-in Dolby Atmos, the soundbar expands when paired with the Bowers & Wilkins Music App, ensuring high-resolution music streaming from a wide range of services.
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    Yamaha Launches New MG-X Mixing Consoles
    by audioXpress Staff

    Yamaha Launches New MG-X Mixing Consoles

    Yamaha has launched new MG-X models of audio mixing consoles, designed for live and installed sound applications where high quality SPX digital effects are needed. Intuitive and easy-to-use, these compact mixing consoles are ready for the road or the studio, with three models - MG16X, MG12X, and MG10X - that will also do well in conference rooms, or event spaces, benefiting from D-PRE microphone preamps with an inverted Darlington circuit, and 1-Knob compressors, among many valuable features.
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    Patent Review: Apparatus Using Missing Fundamental Frequencies to Improve Loudspeaker Sound Focusing
    by James Croft

    Patent Review: Apparatus Using Missing Fundamental Frequencies to Improve Loudspeaker Sound Focusing

    This review discusses an invention that promises to successfully process an audio signal to focus an acoustic signal by an arrangement of a plurality of loudspeakers, using a frequency analyzer, a signal processor, and a signal output interface. The frequency analyzer is configured to determine a fundamental frequency and the signal processor configured to adapt an overtone of the fundamental frequency. An approach that can work quite well, even though there are well-known drawbacks that the patent intends to resolve.
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    Directivity Measurement of In-Wall Loudspeakers
    by Christian Bellmann, Ruben Hauschild, and Mattia Cobianchi

    Directivity Measurement of In-Wall Loudspeakers

    In this article, the authors share their research on new requirements for the measurement of in-wall installation speakers. The directional characteristics are an especially important factor, because the direction in which a loudspeaker emits sound highly affects the interaction with the listening room and the listening experience. The authors' research addressed the requirement using holographic directivity to address the way the directional characteristics interact with the listening room. This article was originally published in audioXpress, December 2021.
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    Update Regarding the Supply of Amplifier Tubes from Tube Amp Doctor
    by Joao Martins

    Update Regarding the Supply of Amplifier Tubes from Tube Amp Doctor

    It's a known fact that both Ukraine and Russia are important suppliers of raw materials, particularly steel and aluminum, but also many critical parts and components for the electronic industry. The invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions imposed over Russia are obviously having a significant impact over the global supply of tubes. Tube Amp Doctor Musikhandels GmbH, based in Germany, just released a situation update regarding the supply of amplifier tubes.
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    Audinate Offers In-Field Purchase of Dante Audio-over-IP Channels 
    by audioXpress Staff

    Audinate Offers In-Field Purchase of Dante Audio-over-IP Channels 

    Audinate, the developer and licensor of the industry-leading Dante audio-over-IP technology, has announced the availability of Dante Ready, a new licensing program that allows the ability to purchase and add channels of Dante audio to supported products in the field. Dante Ready allows manufacturers to lower costs at the time of product release, and gives their customers the ability to purchase only the channels that are required for an application.
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    Pro-Ject Introduces Two New Hi-Fidelity CD Players
    by Joao Martins

    Pro-Ject Introduces Two New Hi-Fidelity CD Players

    Pro-Ject became known for its turntables, but the company's founder and CEO Heinz Lichtenegger invested also in manufacturing small electronic components, including CD players. The new Pro-Ject CD Box DS3 and CD Box S3 are great-value hifi products, designed with the best possible components. The CD Box DS3 ($899) maintains the best features of its predecessors and adds a Texas Instruments PCM1796 DAC, while the CD Box S3 ($549) is the first product of a new S3 compact line.
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    Yamaha Releases MS101-4 Compact Powered Speaker for Compact Monitoring
    by audioXpress Staff

    Yamaha Releases MS101-4 Compact Powered Speaker for Compact Monitoring

    Yamaha Corporation announced the new MS101-4 powered speaker, expanding its professional audio lineup. The MS101-4 is a full range, bass-reflex, powered speaker, designed to be the standard model in Yamaha's range of desktop utility powered monitors, and complemented with a rich catalog of mounting accessories, for any possible application scenario. In the best Yamaha tradition for this category, the MS101-4 promises to be a perfect choice anywhere audio monitoring is needed.
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