Recently, CEDIA and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) jointly unveiled the RP22 Immersive Audio Guidelines. These guidelines are a new paradigm for immersive audio and system performance, ...

Sound systems move into museums, boutiques and even brutalist churches, shifting listening from background to space. We set ...

Just as engineers have been moving up the food chain in the semiconductor arena by developing complex SoCs from building blocks provided by third party IP vendors, so the home theater business is ...

Fulcrum Acoustic, the Whitinsville, Mass.-based provider of professional loudspeakers, unveiled Fulcrum One, a system design and simulation software available for Windows and Mac. The Fulcrum One ...

The conventional Electret Condenser Microphone (ECM) is an electro-mechanical component that has been used in billions of portable electronic devices such as cellular phones and notebook PCs. However, ...

(click thumbnail)Producer/Director Brian J. Terwilliger interviews Sydney Pollack in front of his Citation X business jet.While Audio by Design usually examines issues relating to audio systems design ...

Most of today’s portable music comes by way of battery-powered audio devices. Of course, sound systems are available for outdoor use, but they can be quite expensive and, as discussed here, ...

Audio systems in consumer electronics and automotive infotainment systems have become increasingly complex because of consumers’ rising demand for premium audio experiences. From perfectly tuned sound ...