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Apple is expanding its connected home strategy with the HomeView smart display, a new Home Collection developed with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric, and updated Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini products. The announcements bring together Matter-compatible accessories, Thread networking, computational audio, and increasingly personalized voice interaction, extending an ecosystem in which music playback, home theater, communications, and automation share the same interfaces.

Innovations in audio, product development, and the best in DIY audio. That is what audioXpress delivers with every issue, and this November 2026 edition dives deep into the expanding universe of audio signal processing. In the first article, Jacky Mas examines Upmixing: From Stereo to Adaptive Spatial Listening. Stereo remains the dominant format for music, and the stereo heritage grows every day through streaming, radio, archives, vinyl transfers, live captures, and independent productions.

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In 2009 Scan-Speak regained ownership from Tymphany. No longer a part of Danish Sound Technology (DST) and Tymphany, and now under Eastech (Taiwan) ownership, Scan-Speak continues to introduce more new Danish designed and crafted transducers for the high-end home audio and studio monitor market. Photo 1: The new Scan-Speak D3004/602220 OEM cloth dome neodymium tweeter.

TDK announced worldwide distribution availability of InvenSense PositionSense, a two-chip, nine-axis sensing solution combining a low-power inertial measurement unit, a TMR magnetometer, and on-chip sensor fusion. For developers of true wireless earbuds, smart glasses, and other wearables, the platform provides absolute orientation tracking and fast calibration, supporting spatial audio head tracking and navigation while addressing the power constraints of always-on sensing.

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Mark of the Unicorn has been part of computer music production since the early Macintosh era, with its Performer MIDI sequencer appearing in 1985 and subsequently evolving into Digital Performer. The company’s combination of music software and audio hardware remains central to its identity, extending from desktop recording interfaces to multichannel systems. When this company announces a new audio interface is usually for a good reason.

Sony’s announcement adds a portable capture device for Spatial Audio that also promotes the new Eclipsa Audio ecosystem, which connects immersive content production with distribution through YouTube. Developed by Google and Samsung, Eclipsa Audio is based on the Sony Electronics has introduced the ECM-AX10, a compact USB-C 24g microphone that brings spatial audio capture and publishing to compatible smartphones.

ADAM Audio has introduced the Sub8 PRO and Sub10 PRO, extending its partnership with Sonarworks to network-controlled subwoofers with embedded SoundID Reference calibration. Launched alongside the new ADAM Control software, the two models combine high-excursion drivers, Class-D amplification, onboard DSP, and AES3 connectivity. The announcement brings monitors and subwoofers into a common management and calibration environment for stereo and immersive production systems.

Timekettle has introduced LiveTalk, a $129 pair of open-ear AI interpreter earbuds combining everyday audio with real-time translation across 54 languages and 108 accents. Powered by Babel OS 3.0, the lightweight design supports face-to-face conversations, live listening, voice calls, and multimedia translation, with 25 downloadable offline language pairs. The launch extends the company’s translation platform to a more affordable product for travel, study, and everyday communication.

Logitech previewed its Sound Shape audio technology in the new Rally Speaker 2 Pro and Max, using arrays of 32 and 64 micro-drivers to direct sound toward listeners and improve coverage in large meeting spaces. Announced alongside Rally Bar 2 and Rally System 2 Pro, these speakers are based on wavefield synthesis and target simpler installation and more consistent speech intelligibility, with commercial availability scheduled for summer 2027.