You Can DIY! The Live-Edge Dipoles
For the speaker builders, Perry Marshall details everything there is to know about his beautiful Live-Edge Dipoles project. A design that was inspired by two slabs of birch the author brought home, allowing to finally bring to fruition his idea to build these dipoles. Marshall reveals all the specifics of the driver choices, radiation pattern, and crossovers, while explaining the effects of the obtained radiation pattern and how the speakers behave in practice. This article was originally published in audioXpress, January 2021.
New Peak Amplification Product Line Presented at CEDIA Expo 2023
Elytone Electronic the Taiwan-based producer of high-quality, custom audio solutions and magnetic components, has launched a new line of high-power, high-performance amplification products under its new division, Peak Amplification. The new Flexible Line consists of a series of amplifier modules and separate power supplies to support a wide variety of configurations for different consumer electronic and residential integration product applications.
Sonical Partners with IDUN audio for Embedded Dynamic Spatial Audio
Sonical, the Headphone 3.0 pioneer based in San Mateo, CA, and IDUN audio, the leading-edge startup from Copenhagen, Denmark, specializing in dynamic spatial audio for headphones, have formalized a strategic partnership. The two companies have been cooperating since 2022, and IDUN audio was part of the Sonical CES 2023 demos, with its dynamic spatial audio software running on Sonical's headphone operating system CosmOS - enabling unsurpassed spatialization with fast head tracking.
Creative Technology Launches LE Audio Ready Wireless Headphones
Creative Technology released its all-new range of Creative Zen Hybrid Pro wireless headphones and their accompanying bundles, the Creative Zen Hybrid Pro Classic and Creative Zen Hybrid Pro SXFI. Equipped with nifty features such as Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and Ambient Mode, a powerful 40mm Neodymium driver, and an impressive battery life of up to 100 hours, these latest headphones are also Bluetooth LE Audio Ready, thanks to the latest Airoha LE Audio (Mediatek) platform.
Apple Updates AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with USB-C and Upcoming Lossless Wireless Audio Protocol
As expected, on September 12, Apple announced the new iPhone 15 series models, which now all have USB-C connectors (but only use USB3). More importantly, Apple introduced new AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with USB-C charging capabilities and anticipated new audio experiences to all AirPods Pro models with iOS 17 updates. Between the lines there is an announcement about an upcoming "groundbreaking wireless audio protocol" supporting lossless audio over 5GHz.
Audio Pioneer xMEMS Promotes Seminar Series: xMEMS Live – China 2023
Semiconductor pioneer xMEMS Labs announced the launch of xMEMS Live – China 2023, a two-day seminar aimed at demonstrating the company's technology for Chinese consumer tech and audio brands through product demos, keynotes and in-depth tech-talk presentations. The seminars will take place September 18 at the Renaissance Caohejing Hotel in Shanghai, and on September 20 at the Westin Nanshan in Shenzhen. The seminar signal xMEMS significant expansion throughout Asia, North America, and Europe.
audioXpress October 2023 Speaker Builder Issue Is Now Available!
In the October 2023 issue of audioXpress, Jan Didden visits Dutch & Dutch, Reinhold Lutz shares a practical way to measure loudspeakers in any room with his AudioChiemgau Mode-Compensator, which is tested by Rens Tellers. We have two DIY open baffle projects from Perry Marshall and Charlie Laub, Richard Honeycutt writes about the Western Electric 91E, and Ethan Winer shares his Popping P Filter circuit. In the Sound Control column, Honeycutt explores Passive Variable Acoustics, and Chuck Hansen concludes his article series on Power Transformers. audioXpress October 2023 is now available in print, digital, and online.
AudioTelligence Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Meet Demand for Its Hearing Enhancement Device
The Cambridge, UK-based audio software company has launched a crowdfunding campaign in a bid to get its breakthrough hearing technology into the hands of those who struggle to hear in noisy environments. Following the announcement by AudioTelligence of the new product concept, which integrates assistive listening technology into an earbud charging case, as it often happens, the company couldn't find a licensing partner and decided to go to market instead.
B&C Speakers Finalizes Eminence Acquisition in the US and China
B&C Speakers, one of the leading loudspeaker manufacturers for professional audio applications, based in Florence, Italy, announced that it has acquired 100% of Kentucky-based Eminence Speaker, LLC, the manufacturer of professional audio and guitar amplification loudspeakers, and its manufacturing facilities in Dongguan, China. According to B&C Speakers' CEO Lorenzo Coppini, this acquisition will strengthen the company's global reach, while "creating an opportunity to relaunch and enhance an iconic American brand."
Pure Fi Unveils New Pro HDMI 2.1 Active Optical Cable at CEDIA 2023
Pure Fi is a new company based in Santa Clara, CA, that just recently launched a dynamic crowdfunding campaign in the connectivity space with its "glow-in-the-dark" Aurora 8K HDMI Active Optical Cable for gaming and entertainment applications. Right after, Pure Fi made a splash at CEDIA Expo 2023 when it launched the new Pro HDMI 2.1 Active Optical Cable with a new modular design and flexible installations options, designed to meet the requirements of the professional installation industries.