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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Altice USA Introduces Amplify Smart Speaker Developed with Devialet
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Altice USA Introduces Amplify Smart Speaker Developed with Devialet

Altice USA, the American arm of the French telecommunications conglomerate, unveiled Altice Amplify, an Alexa-powered smart speaker developed in collaboration with French connected-speaker pioneers Devialet. Directly targeted at the booming North-America smart speaker market, the Altice Amplify introduces "an intelligent, high-fidelity home speaker that powers the connected home." Of course, Altice didn't discard the audio quality argument and worked with Devialet to design a true high-fidelity system.
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Strategy Analytics Forecasts 17 Billion Smart Home Devices in Use Worldwide by 2030
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Strategy Analytics Forecasts 17 Billion Smart Home Devices in Use Worldwide by 2030

The success of Wi-Fi technology is confirmed in new research from Strategy Analytics showing that nearly five billion home Wi-Fi devices are now in use around the world. The company's latest report predicts that a new wave of Wi-Fi smart home devices is about to drive adoption towards a total of 17 billion home devices in use worldwide by 2030, cementing the Wireless Home as one of the leading technology trends of the early 21st century.
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Weiss Engineering Announces New DSP501 / DSP502 Digital Signal Processors
by Joao Martins

Weiss Engineering Announces New DSP501 / DSP502 Digital Signal Processors

The DSP501 / DSP502 are two new state of the art Digital Signal Processors from Swiss company Weiss Engineering, founded in 1985 by Daniel Weiss. The two new processors, featuring exclusive algorithms developed by the company, that the company describes as "the essence of our experiences." The implementation in the two new hardware units intends to "enhance or adapt the audio signal to the room acoustics or speakers at hand," and combines some rather unique features.
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    WiSA Association Projects WiSA Ready TVs to Exceed 20 Million in 2020
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    WiSA Association Projects WiSA Ready TVs to Exceed 20 Million in 2020

    WiSA, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association, comprised of more than 60 leading consumer electronics brands, today announced its global TV member brands have expanded to 7 with projected WiSA Ready TVs to exceed 20 million in market in 2020. With the addition of TPV, which markets under the Philips TV brand, WiSA and its collective members will continue to deliver best-in-class, wireless, hi-resolution, multi-channel audio to the home entertainment experience.
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    xMEMS Demonstrates True MEMS Speaker for Earphone Applications
    by Joao Martins

    xMEMS Demonstrates True MEMS Speaker for Earphone Applications

    xMEMS Labs, a MEMS solutions startup headquartered in Los Altos, California, announced the demonstration of a novel MEMS speaker for earphone applications. This demo, according to the company, showcases not only the benefits of MEMS technologies with small size and low power consumption, but also its scalable design that will enable applications in many markets. The company, which has not yet revealed specifics on their MEMS speaker technology, claims to have developed a complete MEMS process that reduces manufacturing complexities.
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    Sennheiser Enters Automotive Sector Showing First In-Car AMBEO Sound System at Monterey Car Week
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    Sennheiser Enters Automotive Sector Showing First In-Car AMBEO Sound System at Monterey Car Week

    Sennheiser developed an AMBEO immersive audio solution for in-car entertainment and communication in collaboration with Southern California-based luxury automaker, Karma Automotive. Engineered using highest-grade microphone and loudspeaker technology and 3D audio expertise, the AMBEO sound system provides impressively enveloping sound and clear audio for phone calls. The system can first be experienced as a technology showcase on a new 2020 Karma Revero GT during Monterey Car Week (August 15-18).
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    New ZYLIA Mix & Master Service Allows Musicians to Optimize Spatial Sound From 360-Degree Recordings
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    New ZYLIA Mix & Master Service Allows Musicians to Optimize Spatial Sound From 360-Degree Recordings

    Zylia launched the ZYLIA Mix & Master service, a one-of-a-kind service that helps musicians to get spatial and binaural sound from sessions recorded with the ZYLIA ZM-1 360-degree microphone. For some time, everyone who purchases a ZYLIA MUSIC system, which includes the ZYLIA ZM-1 microphone array, will get the opportunity to submit four songs to the ZYLIA Mix & Master service — and get professional audio mixing and mastering for free.
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    Sogou Portable Smart Recorder C1 Leverages Nordic’s nRF52810 Bluetooth 5 SoC
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    Sogou Portable Smart Recorder C1 Leverages Nordic’s nRF52810 Bluetooth 5 SoC

    Sogou, a Beijing, China-based technology company, has selected Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52810 Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide the wireless connectivity for its Smart Recorder C1. Unveiled in Marc 2019 and now available, this Bluetooth LE portable voice recorder employs Nordic’s nRF52810 SoC to wirelessly transfer voice recordings to a smartphone app for transcription. According to Sogou, the device is able to achieve up to 95 percent speech-to-text accuracy in Chinese language.
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    HEAD acoustics Introduces coreA2B High-Performance Solution for Automotive Audio Performance Testing
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    HEAD acoustics Introduces coreA2B High-Performance Solution for Automotive Audio Performance Testing

    Providing high-quality audio is an important part of modern audio systems in vehicles. For this purpose, Analog Devices has developed Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) technology, optimized for delivering superior audio quality. Now, HEAD acoustics launched coreA2B, a high-performance solution for testing audio performance on the A2B bus technology implemented on a measurement extension board for the company's multi-channel hardware platform labCORE.
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    AKG Launches K361 and K371 Professional Studio Headphones
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    AKG Launches K361 and K371 Professional Studio Headphones

    Harman Professional Solutions announced new AKG K361 and K371 professional studio headphones targeting musicians, producers, and all content creators looking for a versatile monitoring solution that also combines style and mobility. The new K361 and K371 headphones blend studio-quality sound with a compact, foldable design, enabling creators to produce professional content in the studio or on the go.
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