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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Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Presonus Audio Electronics
by Joao Martins

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Presonus Audio Electronics

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, one of the world’s largest guitar companies, announced it has signed a definitive agreement of merger with PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana based company is a leading designer and manufacturer of recording hardware and software, and professional audio live-sound solutions, popular in both the home studio and music PA markets.
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Outline Announces Revamped ET Series Acoustic Measurement Turntables
by audioXpress Staff

Outline Announces Revamped ET Series Acoustic Measurement Turntables

A longstanding mainstay of Outline’s diverse portfolio of products, the company's ET System measurement turntables have received important new developments and refinements and are now available in two new models - ET50-3D and ET250R2-3D - to suit different speed and load requirements. Outline’s original concept of a high-precision, computer-controlled turntable capable of placing significant loads with perfect accuracy in a measurement environment is in daily use around the world.
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CUI Devices Introduces Industry’s Smallest Micro Buzzer
by audioXpress Staff

CUI Devices Introduces Industry’s Smallest Micro Buzzer

CUI Devices’ Audio Group announced the introduction of a 3.2mm x 3.2mm magnetic transducer buzzer, making it among the smallest micro buzzers in the industry. As the latest addition to CUI Devices’ micro buzzers line, the CMT-322-65-SMT-TR features a low profile of 2mm, surface mount packaging, and a sound pressure level (SPL) of 65 dBA at 10 cm. The new product targets uses in portable equipment and space-constrained designs.
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    Cadence Announces New Tensilica HiFi 1 DSP Optimized for Bluetooth LE Audio True Wireless Devices
    by audioXpress Staff

    Cadence Announces New Tensilica HiFi 1 DSP Optimized for Bluetooth LE Audio True Wireless Devices

    Cadence Design Systems announced the new Cadence Tensilica HiFi 1 DSP, delivering increased voice- and music-processing performance with optimal neural network capability in a compact footprint with ultra-low energy, improving the user experience and extending battery life. The Tensilica HiFi 1 DSP is now the smallest and lowest power member of the HiFi DSP family, developed for battery-constrained applications, such as mobile, hearables, wearables, automotive, and connected devices.
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    Roon Confirms New Audio Partners and Refines Its Software User Experience
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    Roon Confirms New Audio Partners and Refines Its Software User Experience

    Roon, the innovative music management, discovery and streaming platform, announced an impressive array of over 25 new Roon Ready and Roon Tested devices from audio brands such as Arcam, Astell&Kern, Bluesound, JBL, Mission, Rotel and more. Additionally, the brand welcomed 5 new partners, including British loudspeaker pioneers Mission, whose new LX Connect all-in-one hi-fi system is Roon Tested. Other new partners include Argon Audio, Avik, Silent Angel and Zidoo (featuring three 4K UHD media players that are Roon Ready).
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    Mercedes-Benz AG and Dolby Working Together to Bring Dolby Atmos Music Experience to Cars
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    Mercedes-Benz AG and Dolby Working Together to Bring Dolby Atmos Music Experience to Cars

    Mercedes-Benz announced that it will be offering Dolby Atmos Music experiences in a range of its top car models, allowing drivers and passengers to connect with music to its fullest creative potential. Mercedes-Benz AG is partnering with Dolby Laboratories to "bring the studio right to the car," exploring the full potential of audio systems designed by Burmester Audiosysteme GmbH for immersive audio.
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    DSP Concepts Expands Executive Leadership Team and Audio Processing Solutions
    by Joao Martins

    DSP Concepts Expands Executive Leadership Team and Audio Processing Solutions

    DSP Concepts, whose Audio Weaver platform powers sound and voice for many of the world’s best consumer and automotive brands, announced a considerable expansion of its executive leadership team, appointing a pool of new talent throughout the globe. At the same time, the embedded audio specialist continues its expansion into new and existing verticals and just announced PlayPack, an expanded loudspeaker processing suite based on Audio Weaver.
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    Khadas Introduces Magnetic Snap-On Ultraslim Hi-Res Headphone Amplifier
    by Joao Martins

    Khadas Introduces Magnetic Snap-On Ultraslim Hi-Res Headphone Amplifier

    Khadas is about to launch an interesting new Ultraslim headphone amplifier with high-resolution audio support for smartphones. The design will be compatible with Apple’s MagSafe (and all the copycat magnetic chargers that are about to arrive in the market), just clipping into to the back of an iPhone 12 or 13. The Khadas TEA features the high-performance ESS ES9281AC Pro DAC, as well as LDAC and aptX HD Bluetooth audio from a Qualcomm QCC5125 chip.
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    Patent Review: A New Electro Acoustic Drive System With Sensor from Fraunhofer
    by James Croft

    Patent Review: A New Electro Acoustic Drive System With Sensor from Fraunhofer

    In this article, James Croft dives in an interesting loudspeaker patent (US20150146910A1), awarded May 28, 2015 to multiple inventors from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Institute in Munich, Germany. The patent describes a diaphragm drive system with a conventional electromagnetic motor and corrective piezoelectric elements that drive the suspension from a sensor that detects the nonlinearity and provides the corrective signal. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, September 2015.
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    Fresh From the Bench: Parasound Halo JC 5 Stereo Power Amplifier - The Measurements
    by Stuart Yaniger

    Fresh From the Bench: Parasound Halo JC 5 Stereo Power Amplifier - The Measurements

    Oliver A. Masciarotte was looking for an amplifier that he could respect without emptying his bank account. Richard Schram offered to send the Parasound JC 5, his company’s largest stereo power amplifier for evaluation. Anticipating the fun of enjoying the pleasures of this John Curl design, Oliver accepted the challenge, and Stuart Yaniger tested the JC 5 to confirm the amplifier’s merits with actual measurements. This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2021.
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