All items tagged with immersive audio (436)
Sony Raises the Bar for Immersive Sound with New HT-A9 Wireless Home Theater System and Flagship HT-A7000 Soundbar
July 21, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sony Raises the Bar for Immersive Sound with New HT-A9 Wireless Home Theater System and Flagship HT-A7000 Soundbar

Sony Electronics introduced its new premium HT-A9 home theater system and flagship HT-A7000 soundbar, introducing new more convincing immersive audio sound experiences to the home. With a soundbar equipped with up-firing drivers and wireless surround speakers and subwoofers, the new Sony systems for the living room make it easier for households to enjoy all types of content with an incredibly immersive home theater and soundscape experience. Support for High-Resolution Audio and 360 Reality Audio, and other "spatial audio" formats included.
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LG Eclair Compact Soundbar and Matching Wireless Subwoofer Now Available
July 20, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

LG Eclair Compact Soundbar and Matching Wireless Subwoofer Now Available

LG Electronics announced the rollout of the new LG Eclair (model QP5) soundbar, its most compact model to date, starting in North America and followed by other regions around the world. A 2021 CES Innovation Award Honoree, this soundbar features Dolby Atmos, and is a great fit for contemporary lifestyles thanks to its sleek, compact design that fits well in limited spaces while still being able to deliver powerful immersive sound.
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Klipsch Expands Dolby Atmos Soundbar Lineup With Cinema 1200 and Cinema 800 Systems
July 19, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Klipsch Expands Dolby Atmos Soundbar Lineup With Cinema 1200 and Cinema 800 Systems

Currently celebrating its 75th anniversary, Klipsch introduced a complete lineup of new feature-rich soundbars and home theater systems that are a major upgrade to stand-alone television sound. New from the Indianapolis-based company, the Cinema 1200 and Cinema 800 systems are complete home theater solutions with up-firing drivers that support Dolby Atmos, and feature 8K HDR passthrough and Dolby Vision compatibility.
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Augspurger MinimaX Nearfield Monitors Launched at Summer NAMM 2021
July 13, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Augspurger MinimaX Nearfield Monitors Launched at Summer NAMM 2021

Augspurger, the studio monitor company founded by Dave Malekpour, announced a new 2-way near-field monitoring solution, the MX-65 ‘MinimaX’. Featuring many of the same high-end features as seen in its existing SOLO and DUO monitor series, the MX-series brings the renowned Augspurger sound principles and immersive capabilities to new audiences in a compact and portable package. Studio equipment specialist Pro Audio Design will show the new monitors at Summer NAMM 2021.
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Triangle Introduces New Borea BRA1 Surround Home Theater Speaker
July 12, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Triangle Introduces New Borea BRA1 Surround Home Theater Speaker

Triangle expanded its range of home theater products with the new BRA1 surround effect channel speaker. Following the global success of the Borea home theater range, the French speaker manufacturer expands it with a solution that is designed for both an upward firing speaker configuration in immersive setups, or being used as wall surround channels. Cabinet finish options totally match the rest of the Borea range.
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Automotive Audio Solutions - The Changing Automotive Environment in 2021
July 8, 2021 by Roger Shively

Automotive Audio Solutions - The Changing Automotive Environment in 2021

For the audioXpress 2021 Automotive Audio Solutions update, Roger Shively (JJR Acoustics and Co-Chair of the AES Automotive Audio Technical Committee) wrote an expanded overview of the many ways in which the audio industry is increasingly interacting with car manufacturers, particularly in the transition to fully-electric powered vehicles. This article was originally published in audioXpress, June 2021.
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Via Licensing Launches MPEG-H 3D Audio Licensing Program
June 23, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Via Licensing Launches MPEG-H 3D Audio Licensing Program

Looking at differentiated spatial audio designs? Via Licensing Corporation announced the creation and availability of an MPEG-H 3D Audio patent pool with eight participating members. These initial participants include Dolby, ETRI, Fraunhofer, Orange, Royal Philips, Sony Group Corp., VoiceAge, and WILUS. The new pool enables manufacturers, developers and implementors to license MPEG-H 3D Audio standard essential patents under fair and reasonable terms.
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Achieving Loudspeaker Design Goals Using Multiphysics Simulation
June 11, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Achieving Loudspeaker Design Goals Using Multiphysics Simulation

Dolby Laboratories and COMSOL join the Audio Product Education Institute in a discussion on the role of modeling and measurements in the loudspeaker design process. The webinar, June 16 (12pm EDT) shares speaker design project experiences, detailing how simulation, measurements, and experiments help in meeting projects' requirements. The use of simulation in audio system design and multiphysics modeling of loudspeakers is addressed.
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Audio Engineering Society Promotes Second Immersive Audio Academy One-Day Event
June 10, 2021 by Audio Engineering_Society

Audio Engineering Society Promotes Second Immersive Audio Academy One-Day Event

The Audio Engineering Society's second-in-series Immersive Audio Academy offers insights from top producers and researchers in the industry, hands-on immersive music mixing opportunities and more for attendees. Leaders in the field of immersive audio will gather for the next AES Immersive Audio Academy, being streamcast to a global audience on Thursday, June 17 from 9:00am to 6:00pm ET.
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Listening to Apple Music Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos... Music
June 8, 2021 by Joao Martins

Listening to Apple Music Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos... Music

As promised, Apple is now offering Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio options for subscribers of its Music streaming service. The update includes Lossless and High-Resolution Audio support. But the big push is going towards Spatial Audio. Basically Apple is saying: "Lossless Audio is here, it's free, so use it and shut-up about it." And meanwhile, Apple suggests we go listen to Spatial Audio which is dubbed like "HD for music," or "the next big thing after Stereo." Is it really?
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