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DTS Expands Play-Fi Whole-home Wireless Audio Ecosystem with New Products, Services and Partnerships
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DTS Expands Play-Fi Whole-home Wireless Audio Ecosystem with New Products, Services and Partnerships

Anticipating CEDIA 2015’ presentations, Oct. 14-17, in Dallas, DTS announced several new additions to the DTS Play-Fi whole-home wireless audio ecosystem, including new hardware partners and compatible audio component products, new and expanded music services, and an enhanced user interface. This expansion increases the Play-Fi ecosystem’s selection of audio products to 30 different offerings.
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Bowers & Wilkins launches Zeppelin Wireless Featuring Latest Wireless Technology
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Bowers & Wilkins launches Zeppelin Wireless Featuring Latest Wireless Technology

Bowers & Wilkins launched its new Zeppelin Wireless connected audio speaker with a much improved design and sound. While the first iteration was basically an iPhone/iPod dock and the Zeppelin Air introduced wireless streaming (AirPlay), the new Zeppelin Wireless is now a fully featured wireless speaker, compatible with virtually all music streaming services, thanks to the latest wireless audio development platform from Frontier Silicon.
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Sonos Introduces New Flagship PLAY:5 Smart Speaker and Trueplay Tuning Software
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Sonos Introduces New Flagship PLAY:5 Smart Speaker and Trueplay Tuning Software

The pioneer and market leader in whole-home audio connected solutions announced the all-new flagship Sonos PLAY:5 smart speaker and a new speaker-tuning software called Trueplay. The announcements signal a new series of innovations in hardware and software from Sonos with which the company intends to respond to increasing competition, while leveraging the latest technology advancements.
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Allen & Heath Launches Qu Chrome Compact Digital Mixers
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Allen & Heath Launches Qu Chrome Compact Digital Mixers

Allen & Heath has launched new Chrome Editions of its Qu series compact digital mixers to mark the launch of Qu v1.8 Chrome firmware in mid-October, which adds major new features including Automatic Mic Mixing, a Spectrogram and additional monitor mixes. The Chrome refresh reaches the brand’s compact range, following a similar strategy announced for the GLD series earlier in 2015.
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Bang & Olufsen Celebrates 90 Years with BeoLab 90
by Joao Martins

Bang & Olufsen Celebrates 90 Years with BeoLab 90

Designed by the Frackenpohl Poulheim agency and engineered by Bang & Olufsen, the new BeoLab 90 is the most innovate loudspeaker ever introduced by the Danish company. The surprising and powerful digital loudspeaker celebrates Bang & Olufsen’s first 90 years with impressive new concepts. As they say “It will not be for everybody, but it will be for the right somebody.”
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New Beats Pill+ Bluetooth Wireless Speaker Signals Apple Guidance
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New Beats Pill+ Bluetooth Wireless Speaker Signals Apple Guidance

Almost 17 months since Apple acquired Beats by Dr. Dre, the company decides to relaunch its original Bluetooth speaker, which sold over a million units worldwide since it launched in 2012. The new Beats Pill+ is now a much improved design and comes with a new Beats Pill+ App for additional features and functionality.
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25 Years After the HD-1, Meyer Sound Unveils Amie Precision Studio Monitor
by Joao Martins

25 Years After the HD-1, Meyer Sound Unveils Amie Precision Studio Monitor

Meyer Sound introduced Amie — the first studio monitor from the company in more than two decades. Developed to meet the demanding needs of Skywalker Sound, Meyer Sound says “Amie brings a level of clarity professionals can trust, making it ideal for critical production environments where accurate translation to larger systems is imperative.” A new studio standard?
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Next-Generation Bose SoundTouch Wireless Systems Combine Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
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Next-Generation Bose SoundTouch Wireless Systems Combine Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Bose announced a completely redesigned range of SoundTouch Wireless systems, including the smaller SoundTouch 10 featuring new Unidome transducers with the highest excursion for any transducer of its size in the company’s history. All new models now combine Bluetooth technology with 802.11n dual-band Wi-Fi for multi-room capability, and upcoming improved Spotify integration.
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ZUK Z1 Smartphone Uses High-Performance ams Noise Cancellation Chip for USB Type-C Earbuds
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ZUK Z1 Smartphone Uses High-Performance ams Noise Cancellation Chip for USB Type-C Earbuds

Lenovo’s new subsidiary, ZUK, is using ams’ Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) analog speaker driver for the earbuds of its new Z1 smartphone. This is also the first ANC headset in the world to feature the new USB Type-C connector rather than the traditional 3.5mm audio jack. The fully-integrated ams device offers noise cancellation with very low power consumption, making it ideal for headsets, headphones and ear pieces.
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Drawmer 1978 Stereo FET Compressor Is Now Shipping
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Drawmer 1978 Stereo FET Compressor Is Now Shipping

TransAudio Group, longtime U.S. distributor of Drawmer professional audio products, is shipping Drawmer’s new 1978 Stereo Tone Shaping FET Compressor. The 1978 builds on the success of the award winning 1973 multiband FET compressor with an expanded array of controls to give unparalleled flexibility to recording and mix engineers who wish to bless their tracks with an analog soul.
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