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The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities

Bang & Olufsen Offers Beolink Software Update That Connects Past With Present and Future Multiroom Products

January 13, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Bang & Olufsen Offers Beolink Software Update That Connects Past With Present and Future Multiroom Products

Bang & Olufsen announced an automatic software update to its new generation of home speakers that ensures multiroom compatibility between products launched in the last 40 years. From Bang & Olufsen’s iconic loudspeakers, music systems and turntables of the 1980s to its modern wireless speakers, the new update to Beolink makes a generation of products across decades work seamlessly together, showcasing Bang & Olufsen’s commitment to longevity.

NXP Advances Matter Smart Home Connectivity with Industry’s First Secure Tri-Radio Device

January 13, 2022 by Joao Martins

NXP Advances Matter Smart Home Connectivity with Industry’s First Secure Tri-Radio Device

NXP Semiconductors announced the IW612, the industry’s first secure tri-radio device to support the Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and 802.15.4 (Zigbee, Thread, Z-Wave, Matter) protocols. Part of NXP’s new family of tri-radio products, the new device enables seamless, secure connectivity for smart home, automotive and industrial use cases. The single SoC enables simultaneous transmit and receive for higher performance in smart solutions, and supports Matter, the new interoperable, secure connectivity standard for the smart home.

CEVA Bluetooth Dual Mode 5.3 Platform Now SIG Qualified for Wireless Audio

January 13, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

CEVA Bluetooth Dual Mode 5.3 Platform Now SIG Qualified for Wireless Audio

CEVA announced that its RivieraWaves Bluetooth Dual Mode 5.3 Platform has achieved Bluetooth SIG Qualification, along with its GAF (Generic Audio Framework) and LC3 codec. As the first IP company to receive Bluetooth Dual Mode 5.3 qualification, CEVA brings the latest improvements in Bluetooth connectivity and LE Audio to the market, lowering the entry barriers for semiconductors and OEMs targeting LE Audio applications. 1 billion CEVA-powered Bluetooth devices are estimated to have shipped in 2021.

The Vitec Group Acquires Audix Microphones

January 12, 2022 by Joao Martins

The Vitec Group Acquires Audix Microphones

The Vitec Group, an international conglomerate of hardware products and software solutions for content creation, announced that it completed the acquisition of Audix, the microphone manufacturer from Portland, Oregon, which in the past three years has successfully executed the most ambitious product catalog expansion in its history. With the acquisition, The Vitec Group expands its audio hardware business established with the 2018 acquisition of Rycote, the manufacturer of advanced microphone windshields and suspension systems.

Shure Improves SRH840A and SRH440A Headphones

January 12, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Shure Improves SRH840A and SRH440A Headphones

Many of today’s content creators, professional musicians, and recording artists will underscore the importance of using gear that looks as good as it sounds. With this in mind, Shure has unveiled new enhancements and improvements to its portfolio of SRH Headphones. Featuring significant product design upgrades and nuanced improvements to sound quality, the second-generation SRH440A and SRH840A Headphones provide improved audio reproduction, long-wearing comfort, and durability.

PHABRIX Manufactures 8000th Handheld Signal Test Unit

January 12, 2022 by Joao Martins

PHABRIX Manufactures 8000th Handheld Signal Test Unit

PHABRIX, the manufacturer of video and audio broadcast Test and Measurement instruments that was acquired by Leader Electronics in 2019, announced that the 8000th of its Sx handheld unit is about to roll off the company’s production line. This significant milestone helps cement the brand's position as the broadcast industry’s most popular test and measurement device despite only being launched not even 14 years ago.

Røde Introduces Next-Generation VideoMic GO II Compact Shotgun Microphone

January 11, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Røde Introduces Next-Generation VideoMic GO II Compact Shotgun Microphone

Røde expanded its legendary range of on-camera microphones, introducing the VideoMic GO II, an ultra-lightweight and compact shotgun microphone that’s packed with innovative features for today’s content creators. Like the original VideoMic GO, one of Røde’s best-selling on-camera microphones, the VideoMic GO II offers sound quality while being very simple to use, and now with the addition of USB-C also adds a few new tricks up its sleeve that make it extremely powerful and versatile.

Patent Review: Extended Duct with Damping for Improved Speaker Performance

January 11, 2022 by James Croft

Patent Review: Extended Duct with Damping for Improved Speaker Performance

This article reviews a patent granted to Apple, describing an electronic audio device including an enclosure having an acoustic output opening and a speaker positioned within the enclosure, as implemented in the company’s range of iMac desktop computers. The speaker and the acoustic output opening are acoustically coupled by an acoustic output pathway and damping chamber. Apple’s patent cites the Matsushita patent as prior art, but this is a more developed concept. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, December 2015.

audioXpress February 2022 Captures the Sound of Today

January 11, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress February 2022 Captures the Sound of Today

The February 2022 edition of audioXpress is now available and features our annual Market Update on Microphone technology. Vikrant Singh Tomar discusses TinyML and Voice Recognition Technology On the Edge, Richard Honeycutt writes about Quantification of Speech Intelligibility, and Mike Klasco expands on audio applications for Haptic Devices. George Ntanavaras builds a phono and line/headphone amplifier project, Brian Bylenok proposes a refined Current Feedback Headphone Amplifier, and Richard Honeycutt reminds us that Tube Power Amps also have Classes. Now available in print and online.

Fresh From the Bench: USound Megaclite 4.0 UH-R2040 MEMS Earphones

January 11, 2022 by Brent Butterworth

Fresh From the Bench: USound Megaclite 4.0 UH-R2040 MEMS Earphones

The Megaclite 4.0 UH-R2040 is a reference design based on USound's Achelous UT-P2018 MEMS drivers, comparable in length and width to smaller balanced armatures, but thinner. They’re SMT reflow-compatible, so easy to incorporate into automatic assembly processes. Brent Butterworth listened, measured, and compared the performance of this new design against conventional in-ear products using established driver technologies. This article was originally published in audioXpress, October 2021.

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