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ALTI News
The Loudspeaker Association
November 8, 2022
In this issue of ALTI Association News:
 
 
  • ALTI CES Hospitality Suite at CES 2023 Registration ends soon
  • Global Labor Rates Shows China is No Longer the Low-Cost Labor Market
  • AP/GRAS Webinar: Active Noise Cancelling Headphone Testing Webinar & Testing Blog
  • Audio Precision launches version 8.9 of APx500 software
  • COMSOL releases version 6.1 of COMSOL Multiphysics
  • KLIPPEL Quality Control Solution
  • Career opportunity at TAOT
  • Biamp Conference Room Designer Tool and NEW Webinar
  • ALTI-EXPO & Conference 2023: It all starts now
  • JOIN the NEW ALTI Social media sites!
  • THD Podcasts: Now available on Spotify!
  • Sustaining Members
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Global Labor Rates Comparison Shows China is No Longer the Low-cost Labor Market

10/18/2022
The Reshoring Institute has published major research on global labor rates in 12 countries, comparing production workers, machine operators, manufacturing supervisors, and managers. China can no longer be considered a low-cost labor country, as its labor rates have significantly increased. The lowest-cost countries in the study are now India, Mexico, and Vietnam. While there are even lower-cost areas of the world, the Reshoring Institute focused its study on where most manufacturers are moving to now, after leaving China.

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Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) Headphone Testing Webinar

 

Live Webinar - October 26th, 2022
​​​​​10:00 am CEST( 9:00am UK | 1:00am PDT | 4:00pm China)
7:00pm CEST (6:00pm UK | 10:00 am PDT | 1:00 am (Thursday) China)

The Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) Headphone Testing Webinar is for electronic, acoustic, or sound engineers working with design and testing of ANC headphones and headsets. You will be introduced to relevant standards and provided the basic theory, as well as the challenges in testing ANC devices. Furthermore, different test parameters will be presented, and you will be introduced to GRAS' Microphones, ear simulators, test fixtures and Audio Precision equipment for testing these parameters.

See the full announcement and register


The Cost of Production Line Audio Testing

10/13/2022

There are many dimensions to the cost of a test system. There is the direct cost of the test system, but that should be balanced against how quickly products can be tested. A low-cost, but slow test system is obviously not economical. But there are many other unapparent costs:

  • The accuracy and repeatability of the measurements
  • Ease-of-use
  • Support, service, and hardware reliability
  • Comparability between R&D and production lines
Read the full blog

Audio Precision Launches Version 8.0 of its Acclaimed APx500 Measurement Software

Significant test time savings and much faster reporting of important measurements are the key features of this exciting upgrade.
 

BEAVERTON, OREGON, November 7, 2022: Audio Precision®, part of Axiometrix Solutions, today released version 8.0 of its highly advanced APx500 Measurement Software. Version 8.0 features software performance optimizations that reduce unnecessary computation and speed up sequence execution. This results in significant test time savings and much faster reporting of important measurements such as THD+N.
 
“Version 8.0, along with our regular cadence of enhancements to APx500 software, allows users to take advantage of measurement scalability and efficiency, and benefit from as much as a 40% saving in test
times,” says Daniel Knighten, Audio Precision General Manager. “This upgrade reinforces our philosophy of delivering a continuous program of improvements that not only saves customers time and money, but also increases the value of their new and existing analyzers.”

See the full press release

COMSOL Releases Version 6.1 of COMSOL Multiphysics®


COMSOL is strengthening its multiphysics simulation platform with new capabilities for product development and innovation anchored in the laws of science.

BURLINGTON, MA (November 1, 2022) — Today, COMSOL announced the release of the latest version of its modeling and simulation software, COMSOL Multiphysics® version 6.1. Every aspect of the software's simulation environment — from the ability to perform multiphysics analyses to the functionality for creating apps — delivers feature additions and workflow enhancements. "This version provides our users with powerful multiphysics simulation tools in areas of highly competitive R&D, like audio technology and vehicle electrification," says Bjorn Sjodin, VP of product management at COMSOL. "We have also strengthened the software's foundation with new capabilities for optimization and the modeling of turbulent flow and mechanical contact."

Download the text version and high resolution images: https://cds.comsol.com/mg/b636139c0869fc.zip

Efficient Quality Assurance of Professional Speaker 

Perform scaled-down, effective quality control of professional and other speakers without a KLIPPEL Analyzer using KLIPPEL QC Stand-alone software, in combination with Dante compliant, audio-over-IP amplifiers with built-in voltage and current sensing such as the Powersoft Mezzo series.

Full information here

 

The Audio of Things, LLC (“TAOT”)
 
Electrical Engineer, Embedded Audio Systems

Description:
 
Research, development and engineering of hardware and software for audio product electronic systems including amplifiers, loudspeakers, microphones, and signal processing for a wide variety of active loudspeaker products including desktop audio, tablets, smart speakers, headphones, and smart phones.

See the full opportunity

 

New Features Added to the Conference Room Designer Tool


11/3/2022

Biamp’s free online tool allows you to design custom layouts of Conference Rooms, including selection and placement of cameras, microphones and speakers to achieve optimum performance.

The tool provides real-time feedback as you perform “what if” configurations. Every aspect of your conference room is fully customizable, including the H x W x L, Ceiling type and conference table shape/size. There are options to choose the room’s acoustic quality, and whether you prefer to have the mics and speakers provide focused, or full-room coverage.

More information here!

WEBINAR: Design Your Parlé Conference Room

11/3/2022
Join Mauro Barbieri, Field Sales Engineer and Giulio Ferrari, Technical Support Specialist to learn about the Conference Room design cycle.
Topics include:
  • How to take physical and acoustical measurements
  • Determining the appropriate Parlé model
  • Using the Cornerstone Conference Room Designer to create and evaluate microphone system designs
More information here
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