3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (613+ words) Together with the new iPhone 18 and the spectacular iPhone Duo, Apple also launched the new AirPods 5, a much improved version of Apple’s loose-fit design. The new AirPods 5 have 1.5x better Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), according to Apple. Remarkable given that…...

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3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1262+ words) This patent was awarded to Harman International Industries, and lists Chris N. Hagen as the sole inventor. The Complementary Driver Alignment patent describes the focus to be examples for tuning loudspeakers, including an amplifier configured to generate an audio signal, and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (561+ words) Emotiva Audio is preparing to expand its home theater lineup with the upcoming LXP-16 Immersive Cinema Processor and LXR-11 Immersive Cinema Receiver, two new models built on the company’s LX Series immersive cinema platform. Both models are being presented at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1412+ words) James Croft (Croft Acoustical) reviews a new patent awarded directly to inventor James R. Suhre (North Las Vegas, NV), describing what is "basically a novel form, or more precisely, a novel orientation, of a multi-way, first-order gradient, cardioid structure," as the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1518+ words) This article investigates how to play back digital audio without using a hardware DA converter. Instead, implementing a DAC primarily using software, with just an amplifier and filter in hardware. The purpose of building a DAC in software is to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (616+ words) Sony is taking the Party Speakers product segment seriously and just expanded its ULT POWER SOUND series with three new bass-focused party speakers: ULT TOWER MAX, ULT TOWER 7, and ULT TOWER 5. Co-developed with hip-hop producers, the lineup emphasizes deeper low…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (435+ words) Ascendo Immersive Audio will debut its Panoramic Surface On-Wall, an entirely new loudspeaker designed around a proprietary full-range composite radiating surface technology, at CEDIA Expo 2026, Sound Room 10. The Panoramic Surface On-Wall speaker technology enables a continuous sound field from a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (389+ words) ESS Technology announced the ES9292PRO, a fully integrated audio SMART CODEC designed for applications that demand the highest levels of signal fidelity and design flexibility. The ESS SABRE ES9292PRO is a stereo analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) converter with integrated Audio Signal…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (526+ words) After years of development, crowdfunding, production challenges, and extensive product refinement, Danish audio startup Auricle announced the official general market release of its open-ear headphones. awareONE uses cartilage conduction and haptic stimulation in a distinctive clip-on design that leaves the…...