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Avantone Pro Introduces Gauss 7 Active Reference Monitors With GAU-AMT Tweeter
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Avantone Pro Introduces Gauss 7 Active Reference Monitors With GAU-AMT Tweeter

After its recreation of the classic NS-10M’s and Auratone studio monitors, Avantone Pro now pays tribute to Gauss by bringing a notable speaker name back with the Gauss 7. This active full-range, two-way reference monitor design mixes vintage nearfields and new-school-boosted bandwidth and frequency response decades after the much-missed Gauss Speaker Company’s closure.
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Yamaha Unveils Ambitious Immersive Audio Vision With Active Field Control Upgrade
by Joao Martins

Yamaha Unveils Ambitious Immersive Audio Vision With Active Field Control Upgrade

Following industry trends towards spatial audio content and immersive audio reproduction systems, Yamaha announced the upcoming release of a new version upgrade for its Active Field Control (AFC) processing system, together with the introduction of new acoustic enhancement (AFC Enhance) and image control (AFC Image) applications. Together, Yamaha hopes to create a complete ecosystem for immersive audio, involving all its brands and R&D capabilities.
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Technics Announces SL-1200MK7-S Silver Finish Turntable
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Technics Announces SL-1200MK7-S Silver Finish Turntable

Technics unveiled the new SL-1200MK7-S Direct Drive turntable model. In keeping with the SL-1200 tradition of past decades and in response to recent inquiries, the brand decided to add a silver version. The new model inherits the same features and operational comfort as the SL-1200MK7 originally introduced in January 2019 in all-black matte finish, which has since been a success among the DJ community worldwide.
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Bowers & Wilkins Expands Into True Wireless With New PI7 and PI5 Models Focusing on Audio Quality
by Joao Martins

Bowers & Wilkins Expands Into True Wireless With New PI7 and PI5 Models Focusing on Audio Quality

Bowers & Wilkins thinks that most currently available true wireless stereo (TWS) designs represent a compromise choice, one that trades sound quality for wireless convenience. “Bowers & Wilkins has always insisted this issue would need to be addressed before the company could consider launching its own TWS products,” they state. And that's what they did with their new PI7 and PI5 true wireless earbuds, where audio quality was the design focus, while adding some cool differentiating features.
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House of Marley Announces Get Together Duo Bluetooth 5 Speakers as a Greener Home Audio Alternative
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House of Marley Announces Get Together Duo Bluetooth 5 Speakers as a Greener Home Audio Alternative

House of Marley today announced the release of a seemingly unpretentious new bookshelf speaker design, an expansion of the brand’s popular Get Together line of Bluetooth 5 speakers. The brand created the new Get Together Duo as a greener alternative to home audio, combining a choice of distinctive materials while leveraging all the improvements in wireless audio design, showing how updated technology can make a difference.
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HEAD acoustics Introduces New Generation of Artificial Heads With Advanced Types of Artificial Ears
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HEAD acoustics Introduces New Generation of Artificial Heads With Advanced Types of Artificial Ears

HEAD acoustics introduced a new and much improved design for its artificial heads paving the way for new era of communication and audio quality measurements. The new generation of artificial heads ensures a new level of realism, precision and flexibility when coupled with HEAD acoustics modular concept approach, meeting the most diverse of applications in the field of acoustic measurement technology.
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Vicoustic Creates Next-Generation VicAudiophile VMT Kit to Address Acoustics, Health and Safety of Listening Spaces
by Joao Martins

Vicoustic Creates Next-Generation VicAudiophile VMT Kit to Address Acoustics, Health and Safety of Listening Spaces

Vicoustic developed a new generation of eco-friendly, advanced sound absorption and diffusion solutions to treat any listening room, allowing users to truly enjoy a hi-fi system. The new VicAudiophile VMT Kit is an upgradable approach to acoustic kits, created to maximize the conditions of a room, without compromising health, comfort and safety. Users can freely select how many kits they apply, according to the chosen configuration.
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Vesper Introduces Analog Piezoelectric Voice Accelerometer for True Wireless Earbuds
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Vesper Introduces Analog Piezoelectric Voice Accelerometer for True Wireless Earbuds

Vesper introduced the VA1200, which the company calls the world’s first analog piezoelectric voice accelerometer (a.k.a. bone conduction sensor). This low-power vibration sensor can be used in true wireless earbud designs to pick up the wearer’s own voice through bone conduction. Using the VA1200 in conjunction with a standard microphone and a sensor fusion solution, the application can achieve superior background and wind noise reduction. Vesper calls this combination OnePlusOne.
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Rotel Unveils Upgraded A14MKII, RA-1572MKII, and RA-1592MKII Integrated Amplifiers
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Rotel Unveils Upgraded A14MKII, RA-1572MKII, and RA-1592MKII Integrated Amplifiers

Rotel announced acoustic and performance upgrades to three of the company’s integrated amplifier models in the 14 and 15 Series product lines. The upgrades include circuit design innovations and component level changes in key circuit locations, leveraging the design elements from the acclaimed Rotel Michi Series. The A14MKII, RA-1572MKII and RA-1592MKII integrated amplifiers received these upgrades built from the Michi engineering efforts that were 3 years in the making.
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Infineon Introduces First AEC-Q103 Qualified High-Performance XENSIV MEMS Microphone for Automotive Applications
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Infineon Introduces First AEC-Q103 Qualified High-Performance XENSIV MEMS Microphone for Automotive Applications

Infineon Technologies AG announced the launch of the XENSIV IM67D130A MEMS microphone. The high acoustic overload point (AOP) of 130 dB SPL allows the IM67130A to capture distortion-free audio signals in loud environments, whether in- or outside a vehicle. The microphone also has an increased operating temperature range from -40°C to +105°C to enable various use cases in harsh automotive environments, enabling advanced driver assistance systems and predictive maintenance applications.
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