Shokz Announces OpenRun Pro Mini Premium Bone Conduction Sport Headphones
Shokz, formerly AfterShokz and known for its patented bone conduction technology and open-ear headphones, announced OpenRun Pro Mini, a smaller version of Shokz’s most premium bone conduction sports headphones - OpenRun Pro. The reduced-size version of the boundary pushing open-ear headphones improves performance in a 0.83-inch shorter band, giving those with smaller head sizes and ear shapes a more comfortable and snug fit in a smaller titanium frame.
Monoprice Adds Monolith Audition Series Home Theater Speakers
Monolith, the home audio brand from Monoprice, announced the launch of a new series of more affordable home theater speaker solutions. The new Audition series speakers will be available in bookshelf, center-channel and two tower configurations that deliver room-filling sound for music, movies, and sports. These Monolith speakers all use carefully selected drivers for the dynamics of movies, while still remaining great hi-fidelity options for stereo listening.
Japan Audio Society Certifies New MQA SCL6 Scalable Codec for Hi-Res Audio Wireless Applications
Japan Audio Society (JAS), the internationally respected audio research organization, has certified MQA's new SCL6 scalable codec for use with its Hi-Res Audio Wireless logo. This new codec carries the technical name of SCL6 and is coming to market as MQair. In the announcement, JAS confirmed that both the new SCL6 (MQA) and LC3plus (Fraunhofer IIS) codecs will receive this new level of certification, created specifically for wireless audio, and expanding the existing Hi-Res Audio certification.
MediaTek Launches Flagship Dimensity 9200 Smartphone Chipset with Support for Bluetooth LE Audio
MediaTek launched the Dimensity 9200, its latest 5G chipset powering the next era of flagship smartphones. Boasting extreme performance and intelligent power efficiency, the new SoC brings immersive all-day gaming experiences, ultra-sharp image capturing and support for both mmWave 5G and sub-6GHz connectivity to consumers around the globe. Most importantly for the audio industry, this new solution will bring Bluetooth LE Audio support to many smartphones in 2023.
NGK Showcases Ultra-Thin EnerCera Batteries for Connected Devices and Powerfoyle-Based Position Tracker at electronica 2022
NGK Insulators will participate in electronica 2022 from November 15-18, in Munich, Germany for the first time. The Japanese multinational will use the opportunity to showcase its latest solar powered indoor/outdoor position tracker using Exeger's Powerfoyle technology, together with its latest EnerCera thin and flexible ceramic batteries, ideal for wearable and small connected devices, including headphones and portable audio applications.
Test Bench: Scan-Speak’s 38WE/8582T00 15” Ellipticor Oval Voice Coil Woofer
This Test Bench characterizes a 15" Ellipticor woofer from Scan-Speak using the company's proven oval/elliptical design topology. The 38WE is a seriously feature rich transducer, starting with a nicely configured 10-spoke cast-aluminum frame and a completely open area below the suspended spider mounting shelf for effective cooling of the Symmetrical Drive (SD) AirCirc multi-magnet design with neodymium slugs and elliptical two-layer voice coil. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, July 2022.
You Can DIY! Building a Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer: VCA & VCF
Ethan Winer offers his fifth Guitar-Controlled Synthesizer article where he describes how to make two key modules needed by every analog synthesizer: the Voltage Controlled Amplifier (VCA) and Voltage Controlled Filter (VFC). This article explains two different VCA circuits, with a simpler one that works fine for one-off projects where precise unit-to-unit repeatability isn’t needed, and a second circuit similar to the VCA in the original Moog synthesizers. This article was originally published in audioXpress, August 2022.
AntennaWare Addresses Body Blocking Issues In The UWB Market
Antennaware Ltd, a company that specializes in solving the body blocking problems normally associated with close range RF designs, has launched a new addition to its Bodywave antenna range that specifically targets the Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radio market. The company's latest antenna is specifically designed to elevate wearable performance by extending range and drastically reducing drop out.
Devialet Introduces Devialet Mania Portable Smart Speaker
Devialet dropped another surprise product, this time with a new compact smart speaker that is also the brand's first custom-designed battery-operated multiroom wireless speaker. Inheriting technology from the unique Devialet Phantom, the new Mania features adaptive cross stereo that generates expansive 360° stereo sound, with a soundstage that morphs and adapts to any physical space. The Mania is Alexa-enabled and powered by four ARM Cortex-A53 1.4Ghz processors.
Periodic Audio Embraces Direct Sales Model and Drops IEM Prices
Periodic Audio, the IEM company created in 2016 by consumer-electronics industry veterans Dan Wiggins, Mike Kim, Zeke Burgess, and Ben Webster, announced that the company will move to a direct sales model and as a result will pass distribution cost-savings to its customers. Effectively immediately, Periodic Audio announced a significant price reduction for its line of V3 in-ear monitors launched earlier in 2022.