LG Electronics Partners with Meridian Audio on New Speaker Designs for CES 2018
LG Electronics (LG) and Meridian Audio have announced a partnership on the development of new consumer audio products. The first results of the partnership will be presented at CES 2018, and include a Dolby Atmos soundbar, portable speakers, and the LG ThinQ smart speaker, featuring Google Assistant voice recognition. LG wants to combine its consumer electronics expertise with Meridian’s audio technologies to deliver "high-performance audio to more people across the world."
audioXpress.com: The Most Popular Stories Of 2017
This year we thought our readers would like to know which of the topics and stories published online in 2017 were the most popular for our community. We looked at the most-read articles of 2017 in audioXpress.com (which also includes selected articles from Voice Coil magazine), and we created this Top 10 list of news stories and online articles. Here are the results!
Peerless by Tymphany Launches STW-350 15” Hi-Fidelity Subwoofer
Peerless by Tymphany announced that its STW-350F188PR01-04, a 15” subwoofer built for high-performance HiFi applications, previously previewed at trade-shows, is now available for distribution as part of the brand's catalog. The new STW-350, features an 8” voice coil, triple suspension, and a dual-spider design, providing superior low-frequency performance in a smaller-than-traditional enclosure.
ERATO Introduces Next-Generation VERSE True Wireless Earbuds with Graphene Drivers
ERATO Audio, the pioneers of true wireless earbuds, have revealed the latest addition to their product line, which already includes four other models. The next-generation ERATO VERSE earbuds feature a new 5.8mm graphene driver, and leverages the best features from its successful Apollo 7 design, also recently updated with the Apollo 7s model. Each earbud only weighs 4.5 grams, and the VERSE design is IPX5 water and sweat proof.
Fluency-as-a-Service (FaaS) makes AI Voice Interfaces Available in Any Language
Fluent.ai Inc., the company that claims to have created "the world’s first acoustic-only multi-lingual voice interface" is now offering an intuitive and flexible Platform-as-a-Service, FaaS, for developers. According to the company, the platform allows implementations of the company's artificial-intelligence solution to "quickly customize reliable and robust voice capabilities for consumer devices and cloud service applications."
PoE Texas and CoolGear Join Forces on USB Type-C With Power Delivery On Power Over Ethernet
As many manufacturers including Apple, Google, and Samsung standardize on USB Type-C (USB-C) with the new Power Delivery (PD) protocol, CoolGear and PoE Texas have joined forces to combine USB-C with PD and Power Over Ethernet, significantly lowering the cost of adopting USB-C by eliminating the need for new electrical infrastructure. In early 2018, PoE Texas will launch the POE-USBC-Kit and the AT-USBC-Kit with everything needed to use USB-C PD over Ethernet.
Comply Foam Earphone Tips Exhibits at CES for 10th Consecutive Year
Hearing Components, the manufacturers of Comply Foam earphone tips (www.complyfoam.com), will once again be exhibiting an array of its high-quality ear tips at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 9-12, 2018. This exciting event marks Comply's 10th consecutive appearance at CES and presents a unique opportunity for the brand to connect in person with distributors, resellers and OEM partners alike.
B&C Speakers Completes Eighteen Sound and Ciare Acquisition
As anticipated back in October 2017, B&C Speakers SpA confirmed that the acquisition of Eighteen Sound was completed on Monday December 11, 2017. The acquisition of 100% of Eighteen Sound from the Landi Renzo Group represents a formidable expansion of B&C's business, entering new loudspeaker market segments, and creating a powerful portfolio of products for all types of speaker applications, all from its existing and newly-acquired Italy-based operations.
3D Sound Labs and VideoLAN Partner on 3D Audio for VLC Media Player
3D Sound Labs, the 3D/VR Audio French specialist, and VideoLAN, the editor of the world's renowned VLC media player jointly announced their collaboration to bring world-class experience to 360° video and 3D audio content in the upcoming version of VLC. The release 3.0 of VLC introduces 360° video and high-quality 3D Audio rendering. It supports multichannel and well as ambisonics audio content up to 3rd order ambisonics.
Listen Announces SoundCheck 16 Release
Listen announced the release of SoundCheck 16, its flagship audio measurement software. With a consistent schedule of product updates since the original launch in 1995, the new release of SoundCheck includes a bundle of new features that expand its capability and simplify ease of use. A completely re-designed THD+N analysis algorithm is now more accurate and significantly faster than other audio test systems, and is compliant with the AES17 standard.