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Flare Audio R1 Headphones: Something Completely New?
December 2, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Flare Audio R1 Headphones: Something Completely New?

British audio company, Flare Audio, has launched what they describe as “the world’s first ‘fully’ open back headphones”. The Reference R1 uses several patent-pending technologies for driver alignment, reduce enclosure vibration and remove enclosed residual pressure interference (ERPI), to allow distortion free sound, even at full volume. The result, Flare claims, is “a completely new listening experience”.
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Celebrating Its 14th Year, audioXpress January 2015 Is Available Online
November 30, 2014 by Joao Martins

Celebrating Its 14th Year, audioXpress January 2015 Is Available Online

The January 2015 issue of audioXpress celebrates our 14th year. This edition includes our Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) 2014 report, we assembled and tested the MOD 102 Guitar Tube Amplifier Kit by MOD Kits, invited Scott Dorsey to update his Kludge reamplifier box and Gerhard Haas explains how to build a Wah Wah effects device. Don’t miss it!
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2015 CES Best of Innovation Honorees in Consumer Audio Announced
November 26, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

2015 CES Best of Innovation Honorees in Consumer Audio Announced

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced its 2015 International CES Best of Innovation Honorees for outstanding design and engineering advancements across 28 consumer electronics product categories. Some of the consumer audio honorees include Bragi, Alfred & Partners, Pioneer, Axxess CE, AudioQuest and Philips.
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Sennheiser Opens Experiential Stores in New York City and San Francisco for the Holiday Season
November 25, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser Opens Experiential Stores in New York City and San Francisco for the Holiday Season

Just in time for the holidays, Sennheiser opened two temporary experiential stores in New York City and San Francisco, running between November 22nd and December 28th. The stores deliver a unique sound experience to consumers while furthering Sennheiser’s own efforts to increase consumer awareness on the benefits of premium sound.
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Three New Headphones, a Portable Headphone DAC/Amplifier and Headphone Cables from Sony
November 12, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Three New Headphones, a Portable Headphone DAC/Amplifier and Headphone Cables from Sony

At the RMAF 2014 show in Denver, Sony introduced an expanded range of portable audio options to enjoy Hi-Res sound anywhere. This includes three new headphones – the MDR-Z7 headband type Hi-Res Headphones, MDR-1ADAC Hi-Res Headphones with Integrated DAC/Amplifier, and XBA-Z5 Hi-Res In-Ear Headphones – as well as the PHA-3 Portable Headphone DAC/ Amplifier, and several headphone cables including models engineered with Kimber Kable.
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Build A High-Quality, High-Power Headphone Amplifier
October 18, 2014 by George Ntanavaras

Build A High-Quality, High-Power Headphone Amplifier

A design based on superior op-amps used in audio applications. A high-quality amplifier must drive high-quality headphones. This article describes the design and construction of a high-quality, high-power headphone amplifier.
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Fostex Brings New Speaker System And Hi Fi Headphones to RMAF/Can Jam
October 10, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Fostex Brings New Speaker System And Hi Fi Headphones to RMAF/Can Jam

Debuting at this year’s Rocky Mountain Audio Festival/Can Jam show will be the new PX-5HS Hi-Fi speaker system and model TH500RP headphones from Fostex. Based on Fostex’ best selling studio monitor headphones T-series, the TH500RP are premium planar type headphones designed for hi fi audio listening. The PX-5HS is a 2-way Active Hi-Fi Speaker System, based on the Fostex professional reference monitor PX-5, carefully tuned to to deliver comfortably natural and clear sound to any listening room.
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New And More Affordable Aviom A320 Personal Mixer
September 30, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

New And More Affordable Aviom A320 Personal Mixer

Recently, Aviom confirmed the availability of the new A320 Personal Mixer, the latest design from the company who pioneered networkable personal mixing. The A320 features an interface that is as easy to use as the company’s iconic A-16II and is the most affordable Aviom personal mixer ever.
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Headphone Market Booming, Volume and Value On The Up
September 26, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Headphone Market Booming, Volume and Value On The Up

Futuresource Consulting has just completed its latest round of research into the headphones market. According to the new report, the market continues to climb skywards, the global headphones market expanded by nearly 10% in volume last year to reach 286 million units shipped, triggering 16% growth in retail value and revenues of $8.4 billion.
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Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones
September 15, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones

“We weren’t going to replace the QC15 headphones unless we had something that was better and different - and the QC25 is both.” That’s how Bose introduced its QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling headphones, combining an entirely new design, greater portability, better noise reduction and audio performance.
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