All items tagged with Harman International Industries (166)

Harman Opens Consumer Audio Engineering Lab in Denmark and New Factory in Thailand

June 21, 2024 by Joao Martins

Harman Opens Consumer Audio Engineering Lab in Denmark and New Factory in Thailand

Harman International Industries has opened an Audio Engineering Lab in Kvistgaard, Denmark, aiming to research and develop new headphone audio technologies. Harman's newest audio lab, dedicated to hearables development, is the first of its kind in Europe, benefiting from pool of audio and acoustic engineers that graduate from Denmark universities, among other advantages. Harman also announced a new manufacturing facility in Thailand, to support Harman's portfolio of automotive and components solutions.

High End 2024 - Streaming Coming of Age

May 23, 2024 by Joao Martins

High End 2024 - Streaming Coming of Age

High End 2024. Digital music players, streaming players, music streamers. Music sources in audio shows are changing. The industry is embracing music streaming services. At AXPONA 2024 and at the High End 2024, the prevalent music source in all demos and listening rooms are the latest class of network music streamers and digital audio players. This is my second article expanding on my personal experience at the excellent Munich audio show.

Renault Scenic E-Tech Electric Features Harman Kardon Premium Sound System

May 20, 2024 by Joao Martins

Renault Scenic E-Tech Electric Features Harman Kardon Premium Sound System

Harman International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, announced the continuation of its close and successful partnership with French carmaker Renault in celebrating the launch of the all new Scenic E-Tech electric, equipped with a Harman Kardon premium sound system. Harman also tuned the sound system to expand on Renault’s collaboration with Jean-Michel Jarre, the creator of the model's sound design.

Patent Review: Dual Coil Electrodynamic Transducer with Channels for Voice Coil Cooling

March 20, 2024 by James Croft

Patent Review: Dual Coil Electrodynamic Transducer with Channels for Voice Coil Cooling

James Croft reviews a published design submitted on behalf of Harman International Industries on January 2017. The design details an important approach to solving the everlasting problems of heat generation that limits the power handling capacity and the distortion-free acoustic output capability of loudspeakers, as well as their efficiency as electroacoustical transducers. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, September 2018.

Roon Labs Announces Nucleus One Affordable Music Server

March 19, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Roon Labs Announces Nucleus One Affordable Music Server

Roon announced the release of Nucleus One, the newest addition to the Nucleus music server product line combining high performance and affordability. Already benefiting from additional resources since the Roon acquisition by Harman, the Nucleus One leverages advances in computer technology, technical design, and manufacturing processes to deliver an attractively priced turn-key device specifically intended for Roon's library management, music exploration, and multiroom music player software.

CES 2024 First Impressions - An Audio Development Perspective

January 18, 2024 by Joao Martins

CES 2024 First Impressions - An Audio Development Perspective

CES 2024 was the best in a long time. audioXpress attended to report about the solutions and technologies that will enable the audio products of tomorrow, exploring the many hospitality and business suites where the audio industry is at during CES. We focused on attending closed demonstrations - about which we can reveal very little at this stage - because that's the only way to truly share the product developers’ experience, and gain a real perspective about the audio technologies that matter for product development and those that will determine the products in 2025 and going forward.

JBL Unveils Live 3 Earbuds Series with Smart Charging Cases and Bluetooth LE Audio

January 12, 2024 by Joao Martins

JBL Unveils Live 3 Earbuds Series with Smart Charging Cases and Bluetooth LE Audio

Harman presented a complete expansion of its headphone and true wireless earbuds range at CES 2024, under the JBL brand. The 2024 offerings will include the expansion of the innovative Smart Charging Case - a connected case featuring a color screen - to the three models in the new JBL Live 3 Earbuds series. The well-rounded JBL Live 3 Earbuds series, includes the Buds, Beam and Flex models, covering the most popular form-factors, all using Bluetooth 5.3, with a promised LE Audio update.

Harman Acquires Roon Music Management Platform and Aggregation Service

November 27, 2023 by Joao Martins

Harman Acquires Roon Music Management Platform and Aggregation Service

Harman, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, announced the acquisition of Roon, the music management, discovery, and streaming platform for music enthusiasts, headquartered in Bedford, NY. For Harman, the acquisition of Roon - apart from the considerable global user community - means access to the connectivity and streaming technology that complements Harman's existing portfolio, particularly for its Luxury Audio division.

Harman Embraces Air Conduction with New JBL Soundgear Sense

September 5, 2023 by Joao Martins

Harman Embraces Air Conduction with New JBL Soundgear Sense

The trend was already visible with Shokz, Oladance, and a bunch of other brands promoting the virtues of open ear designs using air conduction as the new panacea for personal audio. And at IFA 2023 we saw a deluge of "air conduction" product launches from every Chinese bulk exhibitor and even a few new brands. Although Harman was not at the show to be seen, it promoted an external event to showcase new affordable products and inevitably also its first-ever true wireless open-ear earbuds, the JBL Soundgear Sense.

JBL Authentics Wi-Fi Speaker Range - Retro Design Meets Voice Smarts

September 4, 2023 by Joao Martins

JBL Authentics Wi-Fi Speaker Range - Retro Design Meets Voice Smarts

Using the opportunity of IFA week, JBL introduced the new JBL Authentics speaker series, expanding on the retro design of the classic JBL L100 speaker and foam grills. Following previous "retro" models introduced by Harman's luxury division, the JBL Authentics bring the concept to the affordable level of home audio with three compact active speakers, integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth streaming, and simultaneous support for Alexa and Google voice assistants.

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