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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MQA Announces Integra as New Hardware Partner, While Onkyo and Pioneer Further Expand MQA Choices for Custom Install Sector
by audioXpress Staff

MQA Announces Integra as New Hardware Partner, While Onkyo and Pioneer Further Expand MQA Choices for Custom Install Sector

MQA, the pioneering technology delivering master quality audio in a file small enough to stream, announced a new hardware partner, Integra, along with the latest products to receive MQA upgrades, enabling listeners to experience every detail of the original recording. While Integra is an established name in the custom install market, Onkyo and Pioneer are also expanding its line of MQA-enabled integrated receivers, bringing full MQA decoding to nine further models, including network-ready models.
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Audeze Mobius Gaming Headphones Now Available On Amazon
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Audeze Mobius Gaming Headphones Now Available On Amazon

Audeze announced that their Mobius Cinematic 3D Audio headphones will now be available for purchase on Amazon.com, available in “Team Copper” and “Team Blue” colors. The Mobius has been building up momentum since its original Indiegogo campaign, which amassed an impressive $1,1 Million USD raised by 4075 backers, which had the chance to grab the innovative planar magnetic headphones, the first in the market with Waves Nx Head Tracking technology, for a discounted price. Since then, Audeze perfected the product with the latest components and entered volume production.
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Snips Offers Offline Options for Voice Control and Voice Assistants to OEM's at CES 2019
by Joao Martins

Snips Offers Offline Options for Voice Control and Voice Assistants to OEM's at CES 2019

Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) interested in implementing voice control in their new products without depending on Alexa or Google Assistant should visit Snips at CES 2019. Snips.ai is a French company that provides embedded voice assistants and interfaces for connected devices that run locally and offline. This year the company won a CES 2019 Best of Innovation Awards in the Embedded Technology category and will be demonstrating its technology at CES in the Eureka Park.
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    Le Pavé Parisien: A Unique Speaker Made of Concrete Presented at CES 2019
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    Le Pavé Parisien: A Unique Speaker Made of Concrete Presented at CES 2019

    Standing for a circular economy and against planned obsolescence Le Pavé Parisien presents the only high-end wireless speaker entirely cast in concrete. This is how French company Le Pavé Parisien, a startup founded in 2016, introduces its first product, which can already be ordered online and will be shown at CES 2019 for the first time. Cast in concrete and 100% "Made in France," Le Pavé Parisien hopes to appeal to a market wishing to combine superior audio quality in a portable design that is entirely repairable and recyclable.
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    Tempow Unveils New Technology for True Wireless Earbuds Compatible with Any Bluetooth Chipset
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    Tempow Unveils New Technology for True Wireless Earbuds Compatible with Any Bluetooth Chipset

    As audioXpress previously anticipated, French wireless audio pioneer Tempow has been developing a new technology approach to bring next-generation True Wireless Stereo (TWS) to the Bluetooth earbud mass market. Tempow's hardware-agnostic solution lets any smartphone manufacturer create wireless earbuds with near-zero latency, increased battery, and high fidelity, in alternative to proprietary or non-standard Bluetooth solutions.
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    HEAD acoustics Announces Fully Automated Testing of Voice-Controlled Smart Home Devices
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    HEAD acoustics Announces Fully Automated Testing of Voice-Controlled Smart Home Devices

    With HQS-SmartHome the measurement technology specialist HEAD acoustics provides a new tool for testing communication and audio quality of voice-controlled smart home devices. The database for the ACQUA analysis system contains efficient test series for analyzing and optimizing smart speakers, speakerphones and conferencing devices. HQS-SmartHome (HEAD acoustics Quality Standard) offers a wide range of realistic and reproducible measurements and simulations for research and development phase up to production.
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    1MORE Announces New Affordable True Wireless and Bluetooth Noise Cancelling Headphones
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    1MORE Announces New Affordable True Wireless and Bluetooth Noise Cancelling Headphones

    1MORE announced the addition of two new headphones to its award-winning line of premium headphones, including its first true wireless model and first Bluetooth ANC headphones. The 1MORE Stylish True Wireless In-Ear Headphones (Stylish TWS) and the Dual Driver BT ANC In-Ear Headphones (BT ANC) will round out the new wireless offerings from the Chinese company, and will be introduced at the CES 2019 show (January 8-11). These two new models are not exactly the most advanced in the market, but its price/performance ratio should once again surprise.
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    Meyer Sound Introduces USW-210P Compact Narrow Subwoofer
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    Meyer Sound Introduces USW-210P Compact Narrow Subwoofer

    Meyer Sound has introduced the USW-210P Compact Narrow Subwoofer, a self-powered loudspeaker providing robust forceful low-frequency reproduction in a slender form factor that is ideally suited to space-restricted installations or very small performance stages. According to the Californian company, the dual 10-inch driver configuration produces greater output than typical single 12-inch designs, making the USW-210P a preferred alternative wherever convincing bass power must be combined with minimal cabinet width and depth.
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    28% of Smart Speaker Owners use it to Control a Smart Home Device
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    28% of Smart Speaker Owners use it to Control a Smart Home Device

    The latest research from Parks Associates tracks growth of voice control and voice-based technologies for smart home and connected entertainment ecosystems. Parks Associates found that 28% of U.S. broadband households with a smart speaker use the voice assistant to control a smart home device, compared to only 12% that use it to control an entertainment device. The report "State of the Market: Smart Home and Connected Entertainment," is now available for download on the Parks Associates site.
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    Headphones Market Revenues Surged 26% in Q3 Says Futuresource Consulting
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    Headphones Market Revenues Surged 26% in Q3 Says Futuresource Consulting

    In its latest Global Headphone Report update, market research firm Futuresource Consulting continues to see solid growth in the headphones market, both in units sold and revenue. According to the latest quarterly tracking report from Futuresource, the global headphones market enjoyed an upsurge in revenues in Q3 this year, growing by 26% year-on-year. It seems noise-cancelling and true wireless headphones are exciting consumers.
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