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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New Qualcomm QCC3026 Bluetooth Audio System-on-Chip Now Available
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New Qualcomm QCC3026 Bluetooth Audio System-on-Chip Now Available

Qualcomm announced the QCC3026, a flash-programmable Bluetooth Audio System-on-Chip (SoC) that is designed to reduce power consumption by up to 50% compared to previous generation entry-level flash devices. The new SoC is also engineered to help manufacturers simply and quickly develop and commercialize feature optimized truly wireless headsets, and extends the Company’s portfolio of low power Bluetooth audio solutions following the announcement of the flagship QCC5100 Bluetooth SoC series earlier this year.
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DSP Group Announces Ultra-Low-Power Development Kit with Far-Field Speech Accuracy for Amazon Alexa Voice Service
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DSP Group Announces Ultra-Low-Power Development Kit with Far-Field Speech Accuracy for Amazon Alexa Voice Service

Wireless communications chipset solutions specialists DSP Group announced the availability of its HDClear 3-Microphone Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS). This Alexa certified solution features DBMD5, DSP Group’s advanced audio/voice processor, and its best-in-class HDClear voice enhancement processing technology, creating a complete development platform for low-power applications, including smart speakers, wearable computing devices, smart home devices and remote controls.
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Radial Engineering Launches New Website with Improved Experiences
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Radial Engineering Launches New Website with Improved Experiences

Just as it has been quietly doing with its other brands, Primacoustic, Jensen Transformers, Hafler, and Dynaco, Radial Engineering has launched its new website at www.radialeng.com. The new much improved website front has several features to make the user experience better, while maintaining the information rich content that Radial users have come to expect and rely upon. New 'personas' on the Home page are just one of several features improving user experience.
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    CEntrance MixerFace R4 Mobile Audio Recording Interface Now In Production
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    CEntrance MixerFace R4 Mobile Audio Recording Interface Now In Production

    The MixerFace R4 mobile recording interface (MSRP $349.99) that CEntrance debuted at NAMM 2018 is now in production and is set to ship in July to dealers and distributors worldwide. The battery-powered device turns a smartphone into a multitrack DAW with software such as Apple's GarageBand for 24-bit recording. The MixerFace R4 can also work with software running on selected Android devices, Apple iOS, macOS and Windows, creating a versatile solution for multitrack field recording.
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    Sennheiser Announces New X Massdrop HD 58X Jubilee Exclusive Headphones
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    Sennheiser Announces New X Massdrop HD 58X Jubilee Exclusive Headphones

    Following the success of previous collaborations, Sennheiser and Massdrop, a community-driven commerce platform, announced the latest result of the companies’ ongoing partnership: the Massdrop x Sennheiser HD 58X Jubilee. The new exclusive headphone is a tribute to the Sennheiser HD 580 Jubilee, an open, dynamic headphone that helped pave the way for a successful range of audiophile headphones including the HD 600 and the HD 650.
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    SD Memory Cards Now a Faster Alternative with New SD Express Format
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    SD Memory Cards Now a Faster Alternative with New SD Express Format

    The SD Association announced its new SD Express format, which adds the popular PCI Express and NVMe interfaces to the legacy SD interface. This revolutionary innovation for SD memory cards achieves up to 985 MB/sec transfer rate, while keeping compatibility with existing billions SD hosts in the market. With growing storage capacities this might be an attractive alternative to USB memories for many portable storage applications.
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    Aaware and Infineon Form Partnership to Develop Next-Generation Voice Solutions
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    Aaware and Infineon Form Partnership to Develop Next-Generation Voice Solutions

    Infineon Technologies, and Aaware, Inc., an emerging supplier of sound capture technology for far-field, voice-enabled digital products, announced the formation of a partnership to launch a next-generation voice development platform to be released later this summer. Aaware’s Acoustically Aware technology is highly synergistic with Infineon’s digital MEMS microphone technology, combining to bring the best sound capture for extremely noisy environments in commercial and industrial applications.
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    AumeoAudio Launches Heari Tailored Audio-Neckband Headphones on Kickstarter
    by Joao Martins

    AumeoAudio Launches Heari Tailored Audio-Neckband Headphones on Kickstarter

    Hong Kong-based firms MF Jebsen Electronics and AumeoAudio, the company that pioneered personalized audio on Kickstarter, have teamed up to launch Heari. The new concept was built on the success of Aumeo’s Headphone Personalizer. Heari is now campaigning on Kickstarter with two headphone models Powered by AumeoAudio, featured patented technology that measures each person’s hearing sensitivities to offer tailored sound, not only for music but also for awareness enhancing.
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    Celestion Introduces V-Type Impulse Responses
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    Celestion Introduces V-Type Impulse Responses

    Celestion, the celebrated manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers, debuted the V-Type IR as the latest addition to their acclaimed line of Impulse Responses, the definitive digital representations of the company’s renowned classic tones. The new V-Type IR, as well as the rest of the collection of genuine Celestion IRs, which also includes the recently launched G12T-75 IR, are available for audition and download at CelestionPlus.
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    Smartphones Approaching TVs as Americans’ Most-Frequently Owned Tech Product, Says New CTA Study
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    Smartphones Approaching TVs as Americans’ Most-Frequently Owned Tech Product, Says New CTA Study

    4K UHD television sets, digital streaming devices and smart speakers are among the fastest growing technology segments, according to the latest Consumer Technology Association (CTA) research. Smartphones continue their meteoric popularity and are now owned in 87 percent of U.S. homes, second only to televisions at 96 percent ownership. Laptops are the third most popular product in the United States. Smartwatches are also growing in popularity.
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