Klippel Three-Day Lecture 2025 Focused on Sound Quality of Audio Systems - Modeling, Measurement & Control
The increasingly popular, annual three-day lecture event by Wolfgang Klippel returns in March 17-19, 2025. Taking place once again at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany, this is a valuable opportunity to hear Dr. Wolfgang Klippel, professor at the Institute of Acoustics and Speech Communication, providing deep insights into measurement and diagnostic techniques used in loudspeaker design.
GRAS Releases New Production Line Microphones with EQset
GRAS Sound & Vibration launched the new GRAS 40PO-L and 40PO-H measurement microphones with EQset technology. These new production line microphones enable consistent and reliable audio testing, ensuring high-quality results across different locations. With a new capsule design and a frequency response up to 40kHz — suitable for High-Res compliance and ultrasonic applications — these microphones deliver improved accuracy in test results.
Beyma Introduces Multiple New Products at ISE 2025
Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) is increasingly the trade show where speaker driver manufacturers in the pro audio segment present their new designs and announce new base models and innovations. During ISE 2025, Beyma introduced many new products that update its range to make it more competitive and broader. Among the new products are a new 14" woofer, two waveguides for line arrays, two new horns, and new compression drivers, expanding the CD family presented in 2023.
AudioSourceRE Updates DeMIX Pro with New Speech Separation Model
AudioSourceRE, the company behind the most powerful AI-powered, high-quality audio separation technology currently available, is once again redefining what's possible with the release of DeMIX Pro v6.1. Expanding from musical applications, the update introduces a powerful new Speech Separation module, alongside enhanced residual track processing, delivering new possibilities for music, broadcasting, and film production.
Supply Chain, Import/Export, and Tariffs Webinar, February 25
The Audio Product Development Alliance (APDA) is hosting a timely live webinar to discuss the current uncertainty in global manufacturing and trade. During this new APDA presentation, Dan Digre, President and CEO, MISCO, will discuss the current market volatility and the challenges resulting from US protectionism. How does one of the last remaining US loudspeaker manufacturers and a pioneer in manufacturing speakers and audio systems for OEM customers across the globe deal with tariffs?
"Lessons Learned: A Rock & Roll Guide for Entrepreneurs" by Peter Janis
Peter Janis, the founder of Radial Engineering, passed on August 7th, 2024, after his cancer returned. In his final years, after selling his company and retiring, Peter wrote down the story of his life and all of the lessons he learned as a behemoth in the music industry. The book is now available on Amazon and bookstores everywhere, and all proceeds from the book go to the NAMM Foundation.
New Expressive Real-Time Text-to-Speech (TTS) Models Support High-Fidelity Voice Cloning
Zyphra, a company based in Palo Alto, California, building a mew multimodal artificial intelligence agent system, announced the release of Zonos-v0.1 beta, a pair of extremely expressive text-to-speech (TTS) models with high fidelity voice cloning. The company is releasing both the transformer and hybrid TTS models with an Apache 2.0 license, which effectively makes these available for redistribution.
Audio-Technica Improves Cartilage Conduction in Second-Generation Design
The industry continues to explore the potential of open-ear solutions for personal audio, and Audio-Technica launched an interesting product, improving on the company's earlier experiments with cartilage conduction. The new ATH-CC500BT2 takes the familiar neckband design of existing bone conduction products to leverage cartilage conduction technology, with an improved dedicated driver that maximizes audio conduction with less vibration, also adding AI noise-reduction and filter optimizations.
Orchard Audio Unveils Valencia Balanced Headphone Amplifier
Orchard Audio is expanding into the headphone market with the launch of Valencia, a class AB, balanced headphone power amplifier. Leo Ayzenshtat, the mind behind all the brand's products, describes Valencia as an ultra-high-performance design, able to drive the most demanding headphones while remaining clean enough to support highly sensitive ones. The project also represents Leo's first collaboration with experienced headphone reviewer Steven Ciofalo.
Audio-Technica Offers Not One But Two New Professional Open-Back Headphones
Unveiled during the NAMM Show 2025 and already available in stores, the two new premium headphones from Audio-Technica create a new R-Series line of professional open-back models. Particularly because the new ATH-R70xa is an update to the successful flagship ATH-R70x, praised for its natural response and comfort, and which wouldn't be surprising to see becoming another favorite among headphone enthusiasts. But now the ATH-R70xa is also joined by the new ATH-R50x.