All items tagged with networked speakers (14)
Speakers, Microspeakers, and Audio Quality in audioXpress October 2025
September 12, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Speakers, Microspeakers, and Audio Quality in audioXpress October 2025

Read the report of the 2025 Ohio Speaker Design Competition, immediately followed by a comprehensive Market Update on MEMS Microspeakers. Next up, Steve Hutt and Roger Shively write about Audio System Variance in vehicles, and Thomas Huber and Christoph Apel explain how StreamUnlimited’s StreamAmp Platform can make Speaker Designs Active, Networked, and Connected. Magnus Schäfer (HEAD acoustics) discusses a new MDAQS approach for Cars and Headphones, and Estefanía Cano reviews the Nugen Audio DialogCheck. And much more.
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Bluesound Professional Now Shipping In-Ceiling-Convertible-to-Pendant ​Speakers
February 12, 2024 by Joao Martins

Bluesound Professional Now Shipping In-Ceiling-Convertible-to-Pendant ​Speakers

Bluesound Professional, the distributed audio ecosystem for commercial spaces from Lenbrook, is now shipping its highly anticipated ceiling speakers originally unveiled at InfoComm 2023. The new Bluesound BCS250 and BCS300 are passive and active PoE ceiling speakers that can be installed as in-ceiling speakers or with an optional pendant speaker conversion package, offering even more flexibility for installers.
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Neumann Studio Monitors Now Support Automatic Room Correction for Multichannel Systems
November 8, 2023 by Joao Martins

Neumann Studio Monitors Now Support Automatic Room Correction for Multichannel Systems

Neumann released MA 1 v2.0, the latest version of its MA 1 Automatic Monitor Alignment room correction solution, now with optional multichannel extension. In addition to many detail improvements, for the first time, the optional Multichannel Extension for MA 1 Release 2.0 makes it possible to align surround and immersive installations with the same precision. The room correction works up to 7.1.4 configurations, with all network-enabled Neumann KH Line studio monitors.
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Worldwide Shipments of Smart Home Devices Continue to Decline in 2023 Due to Lack of Upgrades
June 29, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Worldwide Shipments of Smart Home Devices Continue to Decline in 2023 Due to Lack of Upgrades

Global shipments of smart home devices continued to decline in the first quarter of 2023 as shipments fell 5.6% year over year to 186.0 million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. The lack of new models and noteworthy updates to existing smart speakers, lack of progress in voice assistants, and the transition to the Matter smart home interoperability standard are to blame.
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Genelec Expands Smart IP Loudspeaker Range with Ceiling and Pendant Models
January 26, 2023 by Joao Martins

Genelec Expands Smart IP Loudspeaker Range with Ceiling and Pendant Models

With its history founded in studio monitors for broadcast and home listening, Genelec evolved to become a leading reference in professional loudspeakers for installation. And its Smart IP family of networked loudspeaker systems paved the way for further expansion, pioneering a concept that is a natural progression for an active speaker company. This single cable installation convenience is now expanded with the new 4435A and 4436A networked ceiling and pendant designs.
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Audinate and StreamUnlimited Form Partnership to Bring Dante Embedded Platform to StreamSDK
August 30, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Audinate and StreamUnlimited Form Partnership to Bring Dante Embedded Platform to StreamSDK

StreamUnlimited is working with Audinate to bring Dante Embedded Platform (DEP) into the StreamSDK feature portfolio. With this new software solution, StreamUnlimited will be able to support the development of Dante enabled products without the need for any additional hardware. A very attractive proposition for audio networking compatibility with thousands of existing Dante-enabled products, providing also integrators with an extensible, and cost-effective audio system.
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Renkus-Heinz Stretches Iconyx Compact Series Steerable Columns to Bring Intelligible Sound to Larger Spaces
December 7, 2020 by Joao Martins

Renkus-Heinz Stretches Iconyx Compact Series Steerable Columns to Bring Intelligible Sound to Larger Spaces

California-based loudspeaker manufacturer Renkus-Heinz continues undeterred in its effort to lead the industry towards networked, digitally steerable, and fully integrated Reference Point Array sound reinforcement systems. The company now announced two new products in its latest Iconyx Compact Series: the Iconyx Compact 36/3-RN and the 48/3-RN. The two tallest solutions bring the benefits of the Iconyx family into an impressively compact and architecturally friendly package.
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Shure Announces Microflex MXN5-C Networked PoE Loudspeaker and Expanded Audio Conferencing Ecosystem
June 18, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Shure Announces Microflex MXN5-C Networked PoE Loudspeaker and Expanded Audio Conferencing Ecosystem

Shure announced an expansion of its products for audio conferencing and collaboration spaces with the introduction of the Microflex MXN5-C Networked Loudspeaker, along with a new linear array microphone with onboard IntelliMix DSP, and software, configuration and remote management software and accessories. Shure can now provide the complete audio signal chain, from input to output.
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Bluesound Professional Commercial Audio Solutions Powered by BluOS Steal the Show at ISE 2020
February 14, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Bluesound Professional Commercial Audio Solutions Powered by BluOS Steal the Show at ISE 2020

At ISE 2020, Lenbrook International offered an extensive showcase of audio solutions for residential applications, now extended significantly also to commercial audio installation thanks to the introduction of a comprehensive range of Bluesound Professional controllers, streamers, amplifiers, and speakers, all leveraging the powerful BluOS streaming software platform. At the Amsterdam show, Bluesound Professional announced the integration with multiple commercially-licensed music streaming services.
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Genelec to Showcase 4420 and 4430 Smart IP Loudspeakers at ISE 2020
January 28, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Genelec to Showcase 4420 and 4430 Smart IP Loudspeakers at ISE 2020

Genelec will reinforce its Smart IP loudspeaker range by showcasing two models - already powered directly by the network cable - at the forthcoming ISE 2020 show in Amsterdam. The new 4420 model will join the already announced 4430 loudspeaker, both combining exceptional sound quality, single cable convenience, and the onboard Smart IP technology that provides scalable power, audio and loudspeaker configuration, supervision and calibration features via a standard CAT cable.
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