At CES 2025, Samsung-owned Harman Automotive showcased the Ready Display lineup of infotainment systems for cars, some of them powered by the Samsung Neo QLED display technology. Well, the world’s first car with this lineup of products is here. On Tuesday, India-based Tata Motors launched the Harrier EV SUV in the country. Among the many […]
Harman, the company behind JBL, AKG, and Harman Kardon, is scooping up some of the most iconic names in home audio—Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, and Polk—for $350 million. The brands are being sold off by Masimo, a medical tech company that only recently got into the consumer audio space by acquiring Sound United. Turns […]
Read MoreOn October 8, 2024, Dr. Sean Olive presented research to the Audio Engineering Society’s annual show in New York City. Entitled “A comparison of in-ear headphone target curves for the Brüel & Kjær Head & Torso Simulator Type 5128,” the paper discusses challenges around the most popular headphone test fixture in the headphone review space, […]
Read MoreTL;DR Dr. Sean Olive, senior researcher at Harman, performed a pilot study using the Bruel & Kjaer 5128 measurement fixture for in-ear headphones. The data was presented at CanJam, New York. The investigation included an exploration of listener preferences for in-ear headphones. Six headphone frequency response target curves were compared in the study. At this […]
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