All items tagged with home cinema (114)
Fraunhofer to Present Uphear Flexible Rendering at CES 2025
December 5, 2024 by Joao Martins

Fraunhofer to Present Uphear Flexible Rendering at CES 2025

Once again the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (Fraunhofer IIS) will present its most recent advanced audio technologies at CES 2025. Targeting new consumer audio applications, the highlight will be upHear Flexible Rendering, a new technology that automatically combines all available speakers to generate an enveloping immersive sound field. This greatly simplifies high-quality immersive sound experiences on consumer audio reproduction devices, including loudspeakers, soundbars, and TVs.
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Sonos Unveils New Arc Ultra Soundbar Featuring Sound Motion Technology
October 16, 2024 by Joao Martins

Sonos Unveils New Arc Ultra Soundbar Featuring Sound Motion Technology

Sonos announced Sonos Arc Ultra, a new premium soundbar that also debuts the new Sound Motion transducer technology that finally leverages some of the original Mayht patents. Part of the new generation of advanced designs that the Sonos engineering team is creating, the Sonos Arc Ultra is able to reinvent what a premium soundbar is capable of doing. With the new soundbar, Sonos also introduced Sub 4 with a refreshed design, both systems tightly integrated with Sonos app updates that deliver a significant progress in performance.
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From Norway with Love: Arendal Sound Launches Flagship 1528 Speaker Series
October 8, 2024 by Joao Martins

From Norway with Love: Arendal Sound Launches Flagship 1528 Speaker Series

Norwegian company Arendal Sound launched its latest creation, targeting both stereo and home cinema applications. The new Arendal Sound 1528 speaker series redefines high-performance loudspeaker design at fair prices, merging sonic precision, striking power, and elegant aesthetics. A custom carbon-graphene mid-range driver joins an exclusive lithium magnesium tweeter in the biggest ever speakers from Arendal Sound.
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Fasetto AUDIO Cu Sound Over Powerline Solution Receives Dolby Atmos Product Certification
October 4, 2024 by Joao Martins

Fasetto AUDIO Cu Sound Over Powerline Solution Receives Dolby Atmos Product Certification

AUDIO Cu is a patented home audio solution that delivers audio data over power lines, eliminating the need to run speaker wires from an AVR to speakers or subwoofers. Fasetto developed a series of AUDIO Cu transmitters and receivers that are particularly useful for Dolby Digital and Dolby Atmos home cinema applications, with speakers positioned in the rear, on the walls and ceiling.
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KEF Introduces Q Series MAT Speaker Family
September 26, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

KEF Introduces Q Series MAT Speaker Family

Since 1961, KEF helped redefine home audio with a stream of innovations from the early adoption of synthetic materials to the world's first coincident-source speaker driver, Uni-Q. Introduced in 1988, Uni-Q has been present in nearly every KEF design ever since. To make high-fidelity audio experiences more accessible and versatile, KEF now introduced the successor to its Q Series family, updated with the 12th generation Uni-Q driver array featuring Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT).
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Ascendo Immersive Audio Debuts Director LED Wall Loudspeaker System at CEDIA Expo 2024
August 19, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Ascendo Immersive Audio Debuts Director LED Wall Loudspeaker System at CEDIA Expo 2024

Ascendo Immersive Audio developed a new direct-radiating in-ceiling speaker system, intended to solve the dilemma of home cinemas with LED walls and non-acoustically transparent screens. The ingenious design combines an AMT driver with an asymmetrical waveguide that can be placed directly above the screen. The new Director LED Wall Loudspeaker System will be demonstrated at the CEDIA Expo, September 5-7, at the Colorado Convention Center in Ascendo Sound Room 3.
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McIntosh Launches MX200 11.2 Channel Processor for Home Cinema
August 13, 2024 by Joao Martins

McIntosh Launches MX200 11.2 Channel Processor for Home Cinema

Luxury audio brand McIntosh Laboratory announced the new MX200 A/V Processor, with specifications to match the requirements of upscale home cinema system owners who like to keep their gear very prominently in sight. Merging cutting-edge technology with unmatched performance, the new MX200 offers up to 11.2 channels of signal processing and can adapt seamlessly to various home theater configurations, ranging from 5.1 all the way up to 7.2.4 surround sound speaker arrangements, with image support for 8K and HDR sources.
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Home Theaterology Coffee-Table Book Celebrates the Art of Home Theater Design
August 7, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Home Theaterology Coffee-Table Book Celebrates the Art of Home Theater Design

CEDIA Expo 2024 is supporting the launch of Home Theaterology, a book by Richard Charschan that inspires technology integrators, interior designers, and architects to create captivating home theaters. Featuring contributions from industry experts, the book debuts at CEDIA Expo 2024, highlighting innovative home theater designs and insights. Richard Charschan, is the founder and CEO of AcousticSmart, a company created in 1998 to help design private cinemas in peoples homes.
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DALI RUBIKORE Loudspeaker Series Now Shipping in North America
August 6, 2024 by Joao Martins

DALI RUBIKORE Loudspeaker Series Now Shipping in North America

Following the successful, consecutive launches of the flagship DALI KORE and the EPIKORE-11 speakers, DALI continues to celebrate the company's 40-year in business with the new RUBIKORE Series. The 5-model loudspeaker series is the epitome of DALI's recent loudspeaker research and development efforts, condensing all KORE innovations in trickled-down premium hifi models. Now available and shipping across North America.
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Vicoustic Launches New VicPattern Ultra Beat XL Absorber Acoustic Panels
July 29, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Vicoustic Launches New VicPattern Ultra Beat XL Absorber Acoustic Panels

A new addition to the VicPattern family of acoustic panels from Vicoustic is now available for studios, listening rooms, and home cinemas, offering a combination of effective absorption in critical frequencies and improved aesthetics. The new VicPattern Ultra Beat XL is an extra-large panel drawn with a seamless pattern design inspired by musical rhythms, and available in seven distinct finishes including five natural woods. Each panel uses VicPet Wool in a MDF and High-Pressure Laminate (HPL) frame.
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