Macaria by MACO Open Baffle Loudspeakers to Debut at AXPONA 2024
Designed and manufactured in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Macaria by MACO is a design-forward, luxury, open-baffle loudspeaker made from high quality, long lasting, locally sourced materials. Liberated from traditional enclosures, the Macarias promise the natural soundstage of quality open-baffles in an elegant design with deliberately crafted details that inspired Deborah Ann and Armando Rehyez, the two co-founders of MACO.
Yasmine Riechers Takes Over as CEO of Georg Neumann GmbH
Yasmine Riechers is to become the new CEO of Georg Neumann GmbH, a subsidiary of the Sennheiser Group. In her new position, she takes over from Ralf Oehl and will be responsible for further expanding Georg Neumann's global business and driving forward the company's strategic direction. Yasmine Riechers was previously Head of the Corporate Development Office of the Sennheiser Group.
Audio-Technica Expands Operations in the Americas
Audio-Technica has expanded it logistics operations with the launch of a new company in the Americas and a Western US distribution and fulfillment facility for its range of microphones, wireless microphones, headphones, mixers, and turntables for personal and professional use. Audio-Technica also launched its new Broadcast Audio Rental Program, offering easier access to the premium microphone models that professionals require for production.
Bass Reflex Performance Envelope - Part 3: A Practical Example
In this article, Gary Gesellchen (Vanatoo) completes his Bass Reflex Performance Envelope exploration. After concluding the main analysis portion of the article determining his novel approach to estimating the performance envelope available from bass reflex loudspeakers, Part 3 shows an example to see how his calculations all work together, and addresses some practical considerations. This article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2023.
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.
Powersoft Reveals Plans for New Headquarters in Florence, Italy
Powersoft, the audio amplification, signal processing and transducer systems specialist company from Florence, Italy, has announced plans for its new headquarters in the region. The building, an innovative design by renowned architect Alfonso Femia, will also host Powersoft's Human Audio Experience Center. The new headquarters, will centralize all the company's departments and will accommodate the projected increase in the size of the company's workforce.
Meyer Sound Acquires Jonathan Deans' Theater Sound Solutions Business
Meyer Sound announced the acquisition of a company called Audio Rhapsody (not to be confused with high-end audio equipment supplier Rhapsody.Audio), which is in fact a business founded by acclaimed sound designer Jonathan Deans of Broadway and Las Vegas fame. With the acquisition, Meyer Sound strengthens its position in theater sound solutions, utilizing Deans’ expertise to develop software solutions to expand the company’s portfolio of integrated digital systems.
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.
Sustainability Drives New Peerless Audio HVS Speaker Series
Peerless Audio, the component business of Tymphany producing transducers since 1926, has announced the launch of its new HVS speaker series, intended to promote sustainable design practices that remain competitively priced. For the new HVS drivers Peerless significantly reduced the use of adhesives, replaced paper cones to prevent wastewater pollution, and minimized the use of rare earth materials, whilst maximizing meaningful acoustic performance, all while achieving comparable performance with improved audio consistency.
SoundHound On-Chip Voice AI Enabled by NVIDIA DRIVE
SoundHound AI is evolving its approach with voice artificial intelligence (Voice AI) and announced a completely new implementation of an in-vehicle voice assistant that uses a large language model (LLM) completely on the edge, running on the NVIDIA DRIVE platform. The solution combines SoundHound Chat AI running completely on-device and delivers Generative AI with no connectivity required for speech-to-meaning voice interactions.