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      Report: Sonos’ next flagship speaker will be the spatial audio-focused Era 300

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 7 February, 2023 - 20:33

    Detail of a Sonos One Smart Speaker,

    Enlarge / Sonos One smart speaker. (credit: Getty )

    Sonos will release a new flagship speaker "in the coming months," according to a report Monday from The Verge . The publication said this will be called the Era 300 and that Sonos is prioritizing the device's spatial audio capabilities.

    The Verge claimed that Sonos is aiming for the Era 300 to be its most accurate speaker yet. It pointed to a heightened focus on making Dolby Atmos content shine, as well as improving music using spatial audio. According to The Verge, the Era 300 will be a "multidirectional speaker built to get the most from spatial audio" by way of a "completely re-architected acoustic design."

    We don't have deeper details, like specs or pricing. However, Wi-Fi 6 and a USB-C port are apparently "likely," and Bluetooth support is also possible. According to The Verge, Sonos has at least looked into including all these features on the Era 300.

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      LG reveals vibrating speakers as ultra-thin alternative to traditional car audio

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 21 November, 2022 - 17:22

    woman holding LG Display Thin Actuator Sound Solution in a car

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    LG Display will commercialize thin, vibrating speakers for cars in the first half of 2023, the company announced today. The Thin Actuator Sound Solution has similar dimensions to a passport and forgoes many of the bulkier parts of typical car speakers.

    LG Display is known for developing display panel technologies and providing them to various companies, including the consumer LG brand. Its new speaker doesn't use a cone, magnet, or voice coil and doesn't require a speaker grille. Instead, the speaker relies on what the company described as a "film-type exciter technology," which vibrates off display panels "and various materials inside the car body" to create "3D" sound that LG Display claims is as good as what traditional car speakers produce.

    LG even worked with a "global audio company" to develop the speakers, but we can't tell you if that's impressive or not because LG Display didn't specify the partner's name.

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      Sonos backtracks on Arc, Sub audio tweaks following user backlash

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 21 October, 2022 - 16:25

    Sonos Arc with Sub

    Enlarge / Sonos' Arc and Sub. (credit: Sonos )

    Sonos issued a software update this week to address audio quality complaints brought on by a prior software update. Numerous customers said that update 14.12 made their Sonos devices play at lower volumes and that they lost bass when using Sonos' Trueplay tuning.

    As detailed in a couple of threads on Sonos' troubleshooting forum, as well as on Reddit and YouTube , Sonos' 14.12 update, which promised "improvements to the clarity of Arc’s audio while playing dialogue," had undesirable effects as well.

    As spotted by What Hi-Fi and The Verge , a Sonos staff member responded to commenters on Sonos' forum this week, saying that the 14.12 update changed the Sonos Arc soundbar's sound profile to improve audio quality, especially dialogue clarity, but also created "issues."

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