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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MediaTek Enhances On-Device Generative AI Processing
by Cristina Costa

MediaTek Enhances On-Device Generative AI Processing

MediaTek is already powering more than two billion connected edge devices every year and now the company confirmed that it is working closely with Meta's Llama 2 next-generation open-source Large Language Model (LLM). Combining this recently announced LLM with its latest APUs and NeuroPilot AI Platform, MediaTek aims to build a complete edge computing ecosystem designed to accelerate AI application development on smartphones, consumer connected devices, vehicles, smart home, etc.
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USound and Luxshare-ICT Deliver Dual-Driver Audio Module for TWS
by Joao Martins

USound and Luxshare-ICT Deliver Dual-Driver Audio Module for TWS

Luxshare-ICT, one of the largest manufacturers and supplier for global consumer electronics brands, and Austrian MEMS pioneer USound have developed Gemini, an innovative hybrid audio module that offers numerous advantages through its 2-way audio technology combining a MEMS and a dynamic driver coaxially aligned. The solution not only enhances sound quality but allows effective active noise cancellation (ANC) applications with MEMS drivers.
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Mackie Debuts Firmware Update With NDI and Multi Language Support for DLZ Creator All-in-One Podcast Mixer
by audioXpress Staff

Mackie Debuts Firmware Update With NDI and Multi Language Support for DLZ Creator All-in-One Podcast Mixer

Timed with IFA 2023, Mackie announced multi-language support for its DLZ Creator, the company's recently launched all-in-one podcasting and streaming audio solution for content creators of any experience level. The new 1.1 firmware update introduces support for the increasingly popular NDI networking protocol over Ethernet, and includes a localized user interface in English (default), Chinese (simplified Mandarin), Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
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    Audio Myths: Feedback Cannot Fix What Has Already Happened
    by Jan Didden

    Audio Myths: Feedback Cannot Fix What Has Already Happened

    This article, originally published in The Audio Voice newsletter (#434), explores some practical experiments with Negative Feedback. "If I had a dollar for every time someone mentioned that negative feedback cannot work, because you cannot correct something after it happened, I would be a rich man," says Jan Didden. "Yes, it can be hard to get your head around feedback circuits for audio amplifiers. Yet, all it takes is to look around you," he adds.
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    Sony Interactive Entertainment to Acquire Audeze and Launch New Lossless Wireless Audio Products
    by Joao Martins

    Sony Interactive Entertainment to Acquire Audeze and Launch New Lossless Wireless Audio Products

    Sony Interactive Entertainment - the Sony division responsible for the PlayStation products - announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Audeze, the renowned planar magnetic headphone manufacturer, which has been increasingly also recognized in the high-end gaming headphones space. Sony also announced its latest PlayStation Portal device which connects to new wireless earbuds, and also the new Pulse Elite headset, which uses planar magnetic drivers from Audeze - all launching later in 2023 using a new proprietary wireless lossless audio technology developed by Sony.
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    SB Acoustics New 7.5" MT19CP-8 Satori Coaxial Driver Expands High Quality Options for Speaker Designers
    by Joao Martins

    SB Acoustics New 7.5" MT19CP-8 Satori Coaxial Driver Expands High Quality Options for Speaker Designers

    The latest product in the growing SB Acoustics Satori high quality transducer range is the 7.5" Satori MT19CP-8 coaxial driver featuring an Egyptian papyrus fiber cone developed and perfected in its own cone/spider facility in Indonesia, matched with a dedicated 26mm high performance soft dome tweeter. A well-engineered driver for refined home audio designs that leverages on the extensive R&D that already characterizes the Satori speaker driver range.
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    Volt Introduces 10" Radial Triple Suspension Midbass Driver
    by Joao Martins

    Volt Introduces 10" Radial Triple Suspension Midbass Driver

    British OEM speaker manufacturer Volt Loudspeakers launched the new RV2501 Radial Midbass driver, its first 10" Radial model, designed to deliver into applications that need consistent performance with its larger counterparts. With 91dB/W/m sensitivity, a frequency response between 30Hz to 800Hz at 8 Ohms - which enables its use well into the midbass range - and rated for 250 watts AES power, the new RV2501 not only expands the Volt range for monitoring solutions in smaller studios, it could also find its way into home hi-fi designs.
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    Patent Review: Double Coil Speaker
    by James Croft

    Patent Review: Double Coil Speaker

    This article discusses a patent originally claimed in 2013 on a Double Coil Speaker design, which was granted in 2017 to Friedrich Reining (Vienna, Austria), on behalf of Sound Solutions International. The abstract from the patent details an audio system comprising an electro-acoustic transducer having two stacked voice coils mechanically linked to a membrane. James Croft discusses multiple approaches in similar concepts, and notes that the current state of technology might finally create a way to explore it in commercial products. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, March 2018.
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    Fresh From the Bench: WiiM Pro Smart Network Music Streaming System
    by Oliver A.Masciarotte

    Fresh From the Bench: WiiM Pro Smart Network Music Streaming System

    Linkplay Technology is recognized for its widely adopted wireless audio streaming modules, smart home, and connected AI products. The new WiiM Pro is a versatile music streamer that combines all the latest technologies and protocols, making it the ultimate (and most affordable) home audio hub available. audioxpress received a pre-launch unit to review subjectively and objectively. This article was originally published in audioXpress, July 2023.
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    U-Turn Audio Reveals Next Generation Orbit Turntables
    by audioXpress Staff

    U-Turn Audio Reveals Next Generation Orbit Turntables

    U-Turn Audio, a small, independent American maker of turntables based in Woburn, Massachusetts, announced the first ever refresh of their Orbit Turntable lineup. This next generation of turntables adds enhancements to their Orbit Basic, Plus, and Special models, and the ability to personalize a product with Orbit Custom models. The turntables feature high-tech magnesium tonearm, electronic speed control, revamped drive system, and more options than ever before - starting at just $249.
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