Dirac Live Active Room Treatment Defies Sound Boundaries
Swedish digital audio pioneer Dirac announced the debut of Dirac Live Active Room Treatment, the latest in its family of award-winning Dirac Live features designed to address bass resonance and room decay time to produce a cleaner, tighter bass experience than ever before possible. Dirac Live Active Room Treatment will debut in all StormAudio AVRs through a Spring 2023 firmware update.
Evaluation of Automotive Audio Energy Efficiency
Automotive systems expert Philipp Paul Klose writes about the vital topic of Evaluation of Automotive Audio Energy Efficiency. This important article addresses an approach to measure energy consumption and efficiency of car audio systems as an essential method for an industry investing in ever more sophisticated technologies and applications. More importantly, the author proposes practical approaches, including standardized test procedures. This article was originally published in audioXpress, June 2022
Patent Review: Vertically and Horizontally Balanced Subwoofer
The patent reviewed here was granted to inventors Robert G. Johnston (Amprior Ontario, CA), and Sanford M.Gross (Owings Mills, MD), respectively the head of engineering of GoldenEar Technology, and one of its co-founders. The patent describes a subwoofer with two drivers on each side plus one passive radiator facing up and one passive radiator facing down. The passive radiator facing down effectively couples acoustic energy at very low frequencies into the floor.
Radian Audio Introduces LM10n Wide Band Planar Ribbon Transducer at CES 2023
Radian Audio Engineering is presenting its latest range of products for the first time at CES 2023, after an intense research and development effort. The company's extended Planar Ribbon range, now offers improved specifications for home audio, home cinema and high end applications. Together with the much improved new-generation Planar Ribbon series, Radian also introduced the largest driver in the family, the wide band LM10n.
Amazon Music and Fraunhofer Are Driving 360 Reality Audio Immersive In-Car Streaming at CES 2023
Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the MPEG-H 3D Audio standard, and Amazon Music will demonstrate together at CES 2023 how immersive and authentic 360 Reality Audio music can sound in a vehicle. Fraunhofer brings an Audi e-tron equipped with a production 3D sound system to CES 2023, to demonstrate 360 Reality Audio in-car immersive music streaming. Thanks to the fixed seating positions and acoustic characteristics of cars, all passengers can be enveloped by an immersive sound field.
Powercast Unveils Ubiquity Low-Cost RF Wireless Charging Power Transmitter
Powercast Corporation, a company specializing in radio-frequency (RF)-based over-the-air wireless power technology, has unveiled its Ubiquity ultra-low-cost RF power transmitter, which was selected as a CES 2023 Innovation Award Honoree in the Smart Home, Embedded Technologies, and Sustainability, Eco-Design & Smart Energy categories.
Nordic Semiconductor Selects Packetcraft Controller Software Delivering Advanced Bluetooth LE Audio Capability
Packetcraft, a leading provider of Bluetooth embedded stacks and software solutions, announced their Bluetooth Qualified LE Controller is shipping with Nordic Semiconductor’s flagship nRF5340 dual-core Bluetooth 5.3 SoC enabling LE Audio in commercial products. At CES 2023, Packetcraft is already showcasing Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast broadcast audio applications using Nordic’s nRF5340 SoC, including from Sonical, EMSi and Fanstel.
Wireless Power Consortium Introduces New Qi2 Standard for Wireless Charging and Universal Compatibility
At CES 2023, the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) is promoting the new wireless charging standard to unify the industry under one global standard and provide enhanced convenience and efficiency for mobile devices and wearables. As a key contributing member of the Wireless Power Consortium, Apple provided the basis for the new Qi2 standard building on its MagSafe technology. Apple and other WPC members developed the new Magnetic Power Profile, which is at the core of Qi2.
ATSC Marks Milestones for Deployment of Next-Generation Broadcasting
As the consumer technology industry converges on Las Vegas for CES 2023, the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) will be showcasing new consumer accessory receivers that are in development for the US and international markets. New set-top and USB receivers are being shown at the ATSC exhibit (Central Hall #17783), along with innovative ways that the IP-based wireless broadcast technology could be deployed to offer new choices for consumers and new opportunities for broadcasters and other companies.
Servobass Demonstrates Motion Feedback Desktop Subwoofers and Other MFB Solutions at CES 2023
Servobass is the trade name for the products and technology designed by Zami Schwartzman, and which will be making its debut at CES 2023. The company will demonstrate its Motion Feedback Desktop Subwoofers, a new shallow "under the seat" MFB car subwoofer, and its ZRS-1 class-D plate amplifier, and is open to licensing opportunities. Servobass will be at ALTI Association Hospitality Suite at CES 2023, Lido 3101B - Level 3 of the Venetian Expo and Convention Center, and at the Menlo Scientific suite.