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Redrock Acoustics Relaunches Loudspeaker Testing Services
November 20, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Redrock Acoustics Relaunches Loudspeaker Testing Services

Redrock Acoustics, the company founded by Patrick Turnmire, announced the launch of a new website that also signals the return of the company to offering loudspeaker testing services. Renowned for offering engineering and design services, Redrock Acoustics is again opening access to services that include Klippel testing and transducer analysis. Visitors to the new website will find information about all services, and the SpeaD transducer development software, as well as other design tools.
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PMC Launches Multichannel Amp For Immersive Audio Applications
November 17, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

PMC Launches Multichannel Amp For Immersive Audio Applications

UK manufacturer PMC has launched a new multichannel amplifier specifically designed to meet the needs of the professional immersive audio and home cinema markets requiring multiple speakers. Designed for PMC by British manufacturer Linea Research, the eight-channel 750-8 is able to power any passive PMC speaker, offering a massive power output of 750 watts per channel, or 1,500 watts per channel when bridged and configured as a four-channel amplifier.
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Steinberg Nuendo 13 Adds MPEG-H Audio Support, TonalMatch, AI-based VoiceSeparator and Much More
November 16, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Steinberg Nuendo 13 Adds MPEG-H Audio Support, TonalMatch, AI-based VoiceSeparator and Much More

Steinberg released Nuendo 13, a new version of the powerful post-production software that continues to expand its features with unique and time-saving new tools for dialogue editors, mixing and recording engineers. Nuendo 13 introduces a completely integrated workflow for authoring and mixing content for the MPEG-H Audio format, Dolby Atmos improvements, extended video track enhancements, new plug-ins for vocal processing, and more than 20 additional workflow enhancements. A powerful updates with many industry firsts.
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Qi v2.0 Standard for Wireless Charging Is Now Ready to Provide Enhanced User Experience
November 16, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Qi v2.0 Standard for Wireless Charging Is Now Ready to Provide Enhanced User Experience

The Wireless Power Consortium’s (WPC) next generation standard for wireless charging, Qi v2.0, will soon be delivering on its promise of magnetic attachment, faster charging, higher efficiency and greater convenience as the first Qi2 mobile devices complete certification testing. In addition to an enhanced user experience, Qi v2.0 unifies the industry under one global standard. CES 2024 will be the global launchpad for dozens of new Qi2 products.
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Rockford Fosgate Makes Leadership Announcement Promoting Zach Luke to Managing Director
November 16, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Rockford Fosgate Makes Leadership Announcement Promoting Zach Luke to Managing Director

Rockford Fosgate announced the appointment of Zach Luke as the new Managing Director of Rockford Fosgate, a short eight months since being promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing. With an extensive background in leadership and a proven track record of success, in his nearly 20 years with Rockford, Zach Luke has held a variety of positions including director of marketing, regional sales manager, and for the last seven years, national sales manager.
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Lenovo Collaborates with Jabra to Introduce AI Enabled ThinkSmart Bar 180 Solution
November 15, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Lenovo Collaborates with Jabra to Introduce AI Enabled ThinkSmart Bar 180 Solution

Lenovo announced the new ThinkSmart Bar 180 bar for small and medium meeting spaces. The integrated room system, offered in collaboration with Jabra, combines an intelligent videobar with the Lenovo ThinkSmart Core and Controller for a complete, intelligent room system. Using AI-enabled video and audio streams, the new co-branded ThinkSmart Bar 180 delivers a more seamless, inclusive, and premium collaboration experience.
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Everything That's Audio in audioXpress December 2023
November 14, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

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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Sonoro to Offer Dirac Live Room Correction for New MAESTRO Quantum Receiver
November 14, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Sonoro to Offer Dirac Live Room Correction for New MAESTRO Quantum Receiver

Swedish digital audio processing pioneer Dirac confirmed that the new sonoro MAESTRO Quantum receiver will run Dirac Live Room Correction. The MAESTRO Quantum all-in-one integrated amplifier is the first product from the German company to feature Dirac Live, in combination with broad connectivity options. The new iconic design is an effort to deliver an intuitive, user-friendly hifi receiver that is both simple and convenient, but extremely powerful.
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Karlheinz Brandenburg Receives Medal of Honor from Verband Deutscher Tonmeister
November 13, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Karlheinz Brandenburg Receives Medal of Honor from Verband Deutscher Tonmeister

The Verband Deutscher Tonmeister e.V. (VDT) association awarded Karlheinz Brandenburg the Medal of Honor for his services to the audio industry. The award was presented to Brandenburg during the opening ceremony of the 32nd Tonmeistertagung in Düsseldorf, Germany, which also honored Günther Theile. The VDT is one of the oldest and biggest professional associations in the audio industry and the promoter of the biannual Tonmeistertagung conference and exhibition, which took place from 8 to 11 November.
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Genelec AoIP 9401A System Management Device Expands UNIO Audio Monitoring Platform
November 13, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Genelec AoIP 9401A System Management Device Expands UNIO Audio Monitoring Platform

Genelec has further expanded its UNIO Audio Monitoring Service Platform with the introduction of the 9401A System Management Device for Audio-over-IP Networking. The 9401A adds powerful AoIP connectivity to Genelec’s range of Smart Active Monitors and Subwoofers in ST2110, AES67 and Ravenna formats. With its 16 monitor outputs, the 9401A supports all formats from stereo to 9.1.6, and brings all the convenience and flexibility of multi-channel networked audio to the UNIO platform.
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