Overcoming constraints in cost-sensitive audio system designs
Constraints inherent in lower cost, thinner audio system designs typically degrade the audio quality, but scalable audio tuning methods can…
32-bit stereo audio DAC enables expressive playback
Part of Rohm’s MUS-IC series for high-end audio equipment, the BD34301EKV 32-bit stereo audio DAC enables expressive playback of music.
Nature exploits prime numbers to ensure cicada survival
Nature exploits prime numbers to ensure the survival of two closely-related species and the magnitude of acoustic stress that gets…
Field coil speakers are still very much with us
You may have thought field coil speakers had gone the way of the dodo, but they are still very much…
Amazon Echo Dot gets improved sonic performance
What’s behind the improved sonic performance in the third-generation Amazon Echo Dot?
Digital rights management issues persist
The music industry has largely turned its back on digital rights management, but the TV and movie industries continue to…
Analog machine learning helps save power in voice-control systems
Systems that can ignore silence and non-speech sound can save a considerable amount of power compared to always-on wake word…
The latest on audio compression standards
Two decades ago, the bulk of digital music was either downloaded from a server or ripped from a CD, and…
Bluetooth receiver aids smartphones without headphone jacks
Cost-effective audio upgrades extend to the Bluetooth receiver product space and are particularly attractive with smartphones that lack headphone jacks.
Audio front-end and wake-word detection: Key considerations in reference designs for Alexa
Here is what developers need to vet while selecting hardware and software development kits for designs built around Alexa Voice…