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JBL Professional New Intellivox 380 Series Loudspeakers
December 24, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

JBL Professional New Intellivox 380 Series Loudspeakers

Building on its industry-leading line of Intellivox loudspeakers - acquired from Dutch company Duran Audio in 2013 - Harman’s JBL Professional is introducing the new Intellivox 380 Series. The new DC380, DS380 and DSX380 vertical array columns offer complex room coverage capabilities, and pinpoint steerability, making them ideal for applications where intelligibility and accuracy are critical.
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Tectonic Elements Powers New Advanced Designs From Music Fidelity and Parrot
December 23, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Tectonic Elements Powers New Advanced Designs From Music Fidelity and Parrot

Tectonic Elements BMR drivers are a key feature for Music Fidelity’s new sophisticated Merlin 1 Multi-Format Audio System. Tectonic Elements also delivered its TEAX14C02-8 exciter to design Parrot’s next generation MINIKIT Neo 2HD automotive telephony system for in-car phone management. Meanwhile, the company introduced new full range rectangular BMR drivers and a new 3” round compact BMR full-range speaker.
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AudioControl Adds New Volume Control Functions To Director Series Network Amplifiers
December 23, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

AudioControl Adds New Volume Control Functions To Director Series Network Amplifiers

AudioControl announced the addition of new volume control functions to its multi-channel network amplifiers, The Director Model D3400 and D4400. Both models now have the ability to increase and decrease volume levels incrementally in each zone, set volume level on a per group basis and set a default “Maximum On Volume” function, expanding the application potential of The Director series considerably.
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Cerwin-Vega! Showing Its XLS, SL and XD Series at the CES 2015 and NAMM Show
December 23, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Cerwin-Vega! Showing Its XLS, SL and XD Series at the CES 2015 and NAMM Show

Cerwin-Vega, a Gibson Brand, is set to showcase its SL Series Home Audio System, XLS Home Theater Audio System and its XD Desktop Speaker Series at CES 2015 and 2015 NAMM Show. As a leading manufacturer in loudspeaker design, Cerwin-Vega! is known for its ground shaking bass and next-level performance, delivering high-quality sound within any form factor.
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CEA and Japan Audio Society to Collaborate on Hi-Res Audio Promotions
December 22, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

CEA and Japan Audio Society to Collaborate on Hi-Res Audio Promotions

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Japan Audio Society (JAS) agree to provide the High-Resolution Audio logo (Hi-Res Audio or HRA) to CEA members and promote it to consumers. “Having a common logo will help establish consistency and assist consumers in navigating this exciting, steadily emerging market,” says Gary Shapiro, CEA president and CEO.
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Powersoft to Exhibit M-System at ALMA Winter Symposium
December 22, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Powersoft to Exhibit M-System at ALMA Winter Symposium

Claudio Lastrucci, co-founder of Powersoft S.p.A. and current R&D Director, is presenting a tutorial titled, “A New High Performance Moving Magnet Acoustic Transducer” at the premier event for the loudspeaker and acoustics industry, ALMA’s Winter Symposium on January 3rd & 4th, at the Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas.
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CSR State Of Play Report Reveals 77% Of People Yearn For Better Sound Quality At Home
December 22, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

CSR State Of Play Report Reveals 77% Of People Yearn For Better Sound Quality At Home

CSR commissioned a survey to understand the attitudes, habits and trends set to influence the design of home audio systems in the coming years. Audio buyers are becoming increasingly selective about what they want from their audio equipment but are manufacturers delivering on the needs of the market today and the wants of the future?
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Hush, the Smart Noise-Cancelling Earplugs That Sync with a Smartphone, Successfully Funded on Kickstarter
December 19, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Hush, the Smart Noise-Cancelling Earplugs That Sync with a Smartphone, Successfully Funded on Kickstarter

Hush, successfully funded on Kickstarter, is the world’s first set of connected earplugs that wirelessly connects to a smartphone, to help people live and sleep when it’s noisy. Hush combines noise-masking earplugs with an app to isolate users from distractions that may be keeping them from sleeping, while still letting key notifications in.
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Audinate Enhances Dante Virtual Soundcard and Dante Controller
December 19, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Audinate Enhances Dante Virtual Soundcard and Dante Controller

Audinate announced new releases to its Dante Virtual Soundcard as well as Dante Controller. Both releases support the latest Apple Mac OS X10.10 Yosemite and Microsoft Windows 8.1 operating systems. The Dante Virtual Soundcard Release 3.7 now supports more sample rates and increases WDM channels. In addition, Dante Virtual Soundcard will report latency stats, late packet stats and signal presence indicators via the latest release of Dante Controller.
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Symetrix Announces New Integration with Shure, Audio-Technica Products in SymNet Composer 3.0
December 19, 2014 by audioXpress Staff

Symetrix Announces New Integration with Shure, Audio-Technica Products in SymNet Composer 3.0

Symetrix has released SymNet Composer 3.0. The latest version of Symetrix’ open architecture design software for SymNet DSPs builds on the native support of Audinate’s Dante media networking technology for select third-party devices in earlier releases, and will now support products from Shure and Audio-Technica.
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