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AKG Launches K361 and K371 Professional Studio Headphones
August 6, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

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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HEDD Confirms Air Motion Transformer HEDDphone Launch in 2019
August 5, 2019 by Joao Martins

HEDD Confirms Air Motion Transformer HEDDphone Launch in 2019

A headphone that is based on a real AMT driver, as used in professional studio monitors? The first presentation was at the 2019 High End show in Munich (May 2019), followed by another recent series of demonstrations at the CanJam London 2019 show (July 2019). Now HEDD Audio has announced that, before the end of 2019, the company intends to ship the new HEDDphone – the first full-range headphone design based on HEDD / ADAM founder and speaker veteran Klaus Heinz’ world-known Air Motion Transformer driver.
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HEAD acoustics To Present Leading-Edge ANC Testing and Development Solutions at AES Headphone Conference
July 16, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

HEAD acoustics To Present Leading-Edge ANC Testing and Development Solutions at AES Headphone Conference

HEAD acoustics will present its latest testing solutions for headphones and headsets at the upcoming AES International Conference on Headphone Technology in San Francisco, August 27 - 29. The company will show all that’s needed for product development and evaluation, including speech and audio quality testing, Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) performance evaluation, realistic background noise simulation, and a new measurement method for listening effort.
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Waves Audio Uses Nx Technology to Recreate Abbey Road Studio 3 Room Emulation
July 11, 2019 by Joao Martins

Waves Audio Uses Nx Technology to Recreate Abbey Road Studio 3 Room Emulation

Waves Audio introduced the Abbey Road Studio 3 plugin, created in collaboration with Abbey Road Studios. Using its Waves Nx 3D audio binaural encoding technology to emulate the acoustics of a space, the new plug-in allows anyone to work with headphones, as if it was inside the Abbey Road Studio 3 Control Room. For music producers, this means the ability to hear the music in the renowned studio, with an emulation of the studio's nearfield stereo monitors, 5.1 or 7.1 setups.
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Logitech Introduces G PRO X Gaming Headset Range with Blue VO!CE Technology
July 10, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Logitech Introduces G PRO X Gaming Headset Range with Blue VO!CE Technology

Following the acquisition of Blue Microphones a year ago, Logitech is already leveraging the brand with an expansion to a new market segment. The company announced the new Logitech G PRO X lineup of gaming gear, designed to deliver high performing sound and voice transmission for gamers, combined with the comfort and durability required for serious gamers that play for long periods of time. The two new headsets are branded Logitech G, a brand of Logitech.
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Headphone Shipments Achieve Q1 2019 Revenues of $5.9 Billion
July 3, 2019 by Futuresource Consulting

Headphone Shipments Achieve Q1 2019 Revenues of $5.9 Billion

Consumer appetite for premium headphones continues to grow, with global revenues rising five times faster than shipments in Q1 2019, according to the latest market tracker report from Futuresource Consulting. As the CE Team at Futuresource highlights in its latest update of the Worldwide Headphone Market Report, headphone market revenues have reached $5.9 billion. True wireless maintained its ascendance, outperforming all other form factors with growth of 223% in units and 188% in value.
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Futuresource Looks at Consumers Engagement with Audio Hardware & Content
June 25, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Futuresource Looks at Consumers Engagement with Audio Hardware & Content

Futuresource Consulting announced a brand new consumer market research program – Living with Audio: Consumer Engagement with Audio Hardware and Content. This new service from the market research firm provides an in-depth look at how consumers are engaging with home devices, headphones, smart speakers and audio content. The research answers questions around how many and what devices consumers own in their household, how they are currently using the devices and how often.
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Fresh From the Bench: 1MORE Triple Driver Over Ear Headphones
June 19, 2019 by Stuart Yaniger

Fresh From the Bench: 1MORE Triple Driver Over Ear Headphones

In this review for audioXpress Stuart Yaniger puts 1MORE’s Triple Driver Over Ear headphones through a series of rigorous tests. Intrigued by the design that uses a 40 mm graphene-coated dynamic driver, a ceramic tweeter, and what the company calls a bass reflector, Stuart Yaniger investigated and shares his findings. This article was originally published in audioXpress, February 2019.
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Sonarworks Announces Reference 4.3 Update with New Features
June 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Sonarworks Announces Reference 4.3 Update with New Features

The Latvia-based audio technology company Sonarworks has released the latest update to their monitoring calibration software, Reference 4.3, including a revamp of Systemwide as well as on-demand headphone profile downloads and new mixed-filter mode. Dedicated to improving the experience for both current and new users, the update includes a reworked filter mode as well as usability, latency and on-boarding improvements to allow greater ease of use with the software.
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Power for All Audio Needs with audioXpress July 2019!
June 10, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Power for All Audio Needs with audioXpress July 2019!

For our July 2019 edition, audioXpress focused on audio amplification technologies and platforms, including a Market Update on Audio Amplifiers. Eric Eklund writes about Smart Power Audio Amplifiers for Smartphones, and Ward Maas discusses Powersoft's OEM amplifier modules. Read the reviews on the Dayton Audio HTA20BT Hybrid Stereo Tube Amplifier, and on Sonarworks’ True-Fi Software, learn about control and monitoring user interfaces for AoIP, and much more. Download your edition now!
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