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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Avantone Pro Introduces Gauss 7 Active Reference Monitors With GAU-AMT Tweeter
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Avantone Pro Introduces Gauss 7 Active Reference Monitors With GAU-AMT Tweeter

After its recreation of the classic NS-10M’s and Auratone studio monitors, Avantone Pro now pays tribute to Gauss by bringing a notable speaker name back with the Gauss 7. This active full-range, two-way reference monitor design mixes vintage nearfields and new-school-boosted bandwidth and frequency response decades after the much-missed Gauss Speaker Company’s closure.
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LG Soundbar Designs for 2021 Feature Meridian Horizon Technology
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LG Soundbar Designs for 2021 Feature Meridian Horizon Technology

With LG aiming for its new 2021 soundbar range to deliver an even more premium audio experience, with easy connectivity, smart functionality and stylish aesthetics to complement its TV range, Meridian Audio’s engineers worked closely with the LG team to ensure that the implementation of its proprietary audio processing technologies and custom tuning deliver superior sound quality in their product class.
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Avid Now Offers Pro Tools Dolby Atmos Production Course and Certification
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Avid Now Offers Pro Tools Dolby Atmos Production Course and Certification

Avid partnered with Dolby to deliver its new “Pro Tools Dolby Atmos Production” course and certification, consisting of 12 hours of instructor-led training in addition to 40 hours of self-learning. The course is designed to deepen knowledge and skills for creators mixing Dolby Atmos tracks in Avid Pro Tools workflows, and is the newest build amongst Avid’s global certificate and training infrastructure.
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    DSP Concepts Launches TalkTogether Module for Audio Weaver
    by Joao Martins

    DSP Concepts Launches TalkTogether Module for Audio Weaver

    DSP Concepts launched TalkTogether, a fully-integrated solution focused on human-to-human communication. The new module for Audio Weaver allows brands to instantly add voice comms to any device - from a conference room speaker, to a gaming soundbar to a connected exercise device and more. Given the numerous possibilities, DSP Concepts is also opening up TalkTogether so developers can customize it to fit their precise needs, offering unprecedented design flexibility.
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    Yamaha Unveils Ambitious Immersive Audio Vision With Active Field Control Upgrade
    by Joao Martins

    Yamaha Unveils Ambitious Immersive Audio Vision With Active Field Control Upgrade

    Following industry trends towards spatial audio content and immersive audio reproduction systems, Yamaha announced the upcoming release of a new version upgrade for its Active Field Control (AFC) processing system, together with the introduction of new acoustic enhancement (AFC Enhance) and image control (AFC Image) applications. Together, Yamaha hopes to create a complete ecosystem for immersive audio, involving all its brands and R&D capabilities.
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    Smart Speaker Owners Own at Least One Smart Home Device
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    Smart Speaker Owners Own at Least One Smart Home Device

    New research from Parks Associates reveals a strong correlation between smart speaker and smart home device ownership — 60% of smart speaker owners and/or smart display owners own at least one smart home device, versus 34% of US broadband households overall. The firm's new research, Smart Speaker and Smart Display Market Assessment, identifies key market drivers and barriers in this product category and assesses growth in the smart speaker and display market via topline market forecasts.
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    SoundHound Announces the Expansion of Houndify Voice AI to 22 Languages
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    SoundHound Announces the Expansion of Houndify Voice AI to 22 Languages

    SoundHound announced the expansion of its Houndify Voice AI platform to 22 languages — covering a majority of the world's common languages. The expansion allows developers to add conversational intelligence to their products and services for users across the globe. The company also announced plans to add over 100 languages and variations as part of its commitment to provide the most comprehensive voice AI solution to brands and users everywhere.
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    Technics Announces SL-1200MK7-S Silver Finish Turntable
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    Technics Announces SL-1200MK7-S Silver Finish Turntable

    Technics unveiled the new SL-1200MK7-S Direct Drive turntable model. In keeping with the SL-1200 tradition of past decades and in response to recent inquiries, the brand decided to add a silver version. The new model inherits the same features and operational comfort as the SL-1200MK7 originally introduced in January 2019 in all-black matte finish, which has since been a success among the DJ community worldwide.
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    Bowers & Wilkins Expands Into True Wireless With New PI7 and PI5 Models Focusing on Audio Quality
    by Joao Martins

    Bowers & Wilkins Expands Into True Wireless With New PI7 and PI5 Models Focusing on Audio Quality

    Bowers & Wilkins thinks that most currently available true wireless stereo (TWS) designs represent a compromise choice, one that trades sound quality for wireless convenience. “Bowers & Wilkins has always insisted this issue would need to be addressed before the company could consider launching its own TWS products,” they state. And that's what they did with their new PI7 and PI5 true wireless earbuds, where audio quality was the design focus, while adding some cool differentiating features.
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    House of Marley Announces Get Together Duo Bluetooth 5 Speakers as a Greener Home Audio Alternative
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    House of Marley Announces Get Together Duo Bluetooth 5 Speakers as a Greener Home Audio Alternative

    House of Marley today announced the release of a seemingly unpretentious new bookshelf speaker design, an expansion of the brand’s popular Get Together line of Bluetooth 5 speakers. The brand created the new Get Together Duo as a greener alternative to home audio, combining a choice of distinctive materials while leveraging all the improvements in wireless audio design, showing how updated technology can make a difference.
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