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audioXpress May 2024 Glass Audio Special Issue Now Available
by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress May 2024 Glass Audio Special Issue Now Available

In the 2024 Glass Audio Special issue there’s Menno van der Veen’s TubeSociety TS-2022-OTL hybrid amplifier, and a Low-Feedback Triode Amplifier With Zero Output Impedance (ZOI) as DIY projects, designed by Tim Mellow and Peter Farrow. More great audio electronic articles by Rudolf Moers, Christopher Paul, and Dimitri Danyuk. Read about sustainable acoustical absorption, the Pure Acourate Sound Project, and The Neurochrome Story. And Andrew C. Russell concludes his High-Performance 60-Watt Class A Amplifier project.
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Measure Your Audio and Evolve Your Design Skills with audioXpress March 2024
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Measure Your Audio and Evolve Your Design Skills with audioXpress March 2024

The March 2024 issue of audioXpress includes an overview of the latest Audio Test and Measurement solutions, a review of the Listen SoundCheck 21 and AmpConnect 621 test suite, and a tribute to 20 years of Room EQ Wizard (REW). Learn how to build a True-RMS Voltmeter and what's behind the myth of Second Harmonic Distortion. Learn how motion feedback technologies can be applied to speakers, and how our hearing process affects our audio listening experiences, and much more. Dive in now!
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Capture Adaptive Audio Intelligence in audioXpress February 2024
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Capture Adaptive Audio Intelligence in audioXpress February 2024

In the February 2024 issue of audioXpress read the latest on AI, Adaptive Audio Enhancement, and Noise Cancellation, Microphones, and Voice Capture. René Christensen writes about Acoustical Shape Optimization, and Richard Honeycutt writes about Sustainable Acoustical Products. David Ralph writes about Duelund vs. Linkwitz-Riley crossovers, and Paul Kittinger explains how to build the Duetta Transmission-Line speakers. Chris Paul writes about A Better Beta Follower amplifier, while Richard Honeycutt puts together an Imaginary Silvertec Guitar Amplifier.
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Improve Your Audio Designs in 2024 with audioXpress
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Improve Your Audio Designs in 2024 with audioXpress

In audioXpress January 2024, Martin Turesson explains how Thin-ply Carbon Diaphragm (TPCD) technology can be applied also to headphones, and Claus Futtrup writes about Loudspeaker Bass Reflex Alignments. Paul Marchese discusses Composite Amplifiers, Roger Tall explains how a research effort allowed ClarityCap to understand the impact of resonances in capacitors. Our own Jan Didden interviews Robert Munnig Schmidt, while audio expert Ethan Winer explores audible consequences of jitter in digital audio conversion.
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Everything That's Audio in audioXpress December 2023
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Everything That's Audio in audioXpress December 2023

audioXpress December 2023 includes a market overview of multiroom audio, Brent Butterworth writes about new ways to measure ANC earbuds, and Stuart Yaniger measured the new Axign and GaN Systems Class-D audio amplifier board. Richard Honeycutt writes about tubes, BJTs, JFETs, MOSFETs, and ICs, and Dimitri Danyuk, discusses JFETs in audio circuits. Douglas Self explains how to optimize variable-frequency tone controls, and Jan Didden shares his eDD direct-drive amplifier project.
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audioXpress November 2023 Takes You to the Edge of Audio Development
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audioXpress November 2023 Takes You to the Edge of Audio Development

audioXpress November 2023 offers an exclusive in-depth report on optical MEMS microphone technology from sensiBel, and understand how microphones can impact active noise cancellation performance. Learn how a new ADC Hybrid Gain Control IC enables smooth microphone preamp gain changes, and how to use DSP for hearing enhancement applications. Explore a Motion Feedback (MFB) approach enabling effective active desktop subwoofers, and recap on a century of Home Loudspeaker Development.
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audioXpress October 2023 Speaker Builder Issue Is Now Available!
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audioXpress October 2023 Speaker Builder Issue Is Now Available!

In the October 2023 issue of audioXpress, Jan Didden visits Dutch & Dutch, Reinhold Lutz shares a practical way to measure loudspeakers in any room with his AudioChiemgau Mode-Compensator, which is tested by Rens Tellers. We have two DIY open baffle projects from Perry Marshall and Charlie Laub, Richard Honeycutt writes about the Western Electric 91E, and Ethan Winer shares his Popping P Filter circuit. In the Sound Control column, Honeycutt explores Passive Variable Acoustics, and Chuck Hansen concludes his article series on Power Transformers. audioXpress October 2023 is now available in print, digital, and online.
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Product Development, Speakers, and Acoustic Analysis in audioXpress September 2023
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Product Development, Speakers, and Acoustic Analysis in audioXpress September 2023

audioXpress September 2023 is a rich issue in the amount of audio topics explored and depth of analysis. Learn about the latest sound meters and acoustical simulation tools, what immersive audio really is, and what is possible with the development kits for true wireless earbuds from Knowles. Roger Shively does a full analysis of the Dinaburg C2S Concentric Coplanar Stabilizer speaker technology, Charlie Laub explains how to build a Minimally Baffled Dipole Loudspeaker, and Gary Gesellchen reveals viable bass reflex speaker designs.
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Book Review: An Exploration of Rock and Pop Venues, Acoustic and Architectural Design
by Richard Honeycutt

Book Review: An Exploration of Rock and Pop Venues, Acoustic and Architectural Design

In its regular Sound Control column, Richard Honeycutt explored this book by Niels Werner Adelman-Larsen., first published in 2014. This review covers the second edition, published in 2021, which is available in e-book, softcover, and hard-cover. The book was referenced in previous Sound Control articles and details an interesting study of the acoustics for rock and pop concerts and the differences in the acoustical requirements for these types of music. An important and updated perspective on modern acoustics. This article was originally published in audioXpress, June 2023.
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Active Acoustics, Noise Cancellation, and Product Development in audioXpress August 2023
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Active Acoustics, Noise Cancellation, and Product Development in audioXpress August 2023

As audioXpress August 2023 focus on Acoustics, read the report on Electroacoustic Enhancement and Active Acoustics. René Christensen details the model and application of the SonicEdge Ultrasound Speaker. Philipp Paul Klose writes about Noise Cancellation in Automotive Audio. And we visit the Western Electric Tube Factory in Rossville, GA. Read the AXPONA 2023 show report, how to Design a True Midrange Driver, and how to build an Instrumentation Amplifier-Based Preamplifier Line Stage.
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