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Sennheiser Profile USB Microphone for Streaming and Podcasting
by Joao Martins

Sennheiser Profile USB Microphone for Streaming and Podcasting

Sennheiser launched the Profile USB microphone, a cardioid condenser microphone that presents a simple solution for streaming and podcasting. It combines professional sound with direct accessibility of all functions, allowing streamers, podcasters and gamers to fully focus on their content. The side-address microphone is available as a table stand version and as the Profile Streaming Set with a 3-point self-locking boom arm.
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Creative Announces Stage SE Under-Monitor Soundbar with Bluetooth 5.3 and USB Digital Audio
by Alfred Moody

Creative Announces Stage SE Under-Monitor Soundbar with Bluetooth 5.3 and USB Digital Audio

Soundbars have originally conquered the living room to compensate for the poor sound in very thin TVs, and evolved in meeting rooms by gaining microphones and conferencing features. At the same time, under-monitor soundbars are gaining popularity for both gaming and working from home. Creative Technology announced the release of Creative Stage SE, the fourth and smallest under-monitor soundbar in this series, designed to amp up the user’s desktop audio experience.
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Bang & Olufsen Introduces New Generation of Iconic Beosound A9 and Beosound 2 Home Speakers
by Alfred Moody

Bang & Olufsen Introduces New Generation of Iconic Beosound A9 and Beosound 2 Home Speakers

Bang & Olufsen announced a new generation of its Beosound A9 and Beosound 2 home audio speakers. More than being available in new Black Anthracite, Gold Tone, and Natural finishes, the two speakers now join Bang & Olufsen’s range of future-proof products on the Mozart software platform, created to ensure product longevity beyond physical design. Designed to be updated and improved the Mozart platform is easy to service and allows for future upgrades of the streaming module.
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EM Microelectronic Licenses Packetcraft Host and Controller Software with Support for Bluetooth 5.4 PAwR, LE Audio and Auracast
by audioXpress Staff

EM Microelectronic Licenses Packetcraft Host and Controller Software with Support for Bluetooth 5.4 PAwR, LE Audio and Auracast

At Embedded World 2023, Packetcraft announced their latest Bluetooth 5.4 host and controller software is enabling EM Microelectronic’s flagship em | bleu (EM9305). The em | bleu single chip is a small form factor and ultra-low energy consuming Bluetooth LE SoC or companion IC solution supporting the very latest Bluetooth technology including PAwR, LE Audio and Auracast broadcast audio.
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Realtek Semiconductor and Alango Technologies Partner to Offer Joint Solution for Hearables
by Joao Martins

Realtek Semiconductor and Alango Technologies Partner to Offer Joint Solution for Hearables

Realtek Semiconductor (Taiwan) and Alango Technologies (Israel) have announced a collaboration to provide a joint solution that delivers the Alango PersonaSound suite of software technologies, ported and optimized for the latest Realtek Bluetooth SoCs. This collaboration aims to address the global problem of hearing loss, which affects 1.5 billion people worldwide.
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SPARK Microsystems Receives CDN $48 Million Investment To Drive UWB Wireless Development
by Joao Martins

SPARK Microsystems Receives CDN $48 Million Investment To Drive UWB Wireless Development

SPARK Microsystems announced the closing of CDN $34 million Series B financing, with an additional CDN $14 million available subject to meeting operational milestones. Led by Idealist Capital, a prominent investment firm focused on the energy transition and decarbonization, the round includes existing investors Cycle Capital, Economic Development Canada (EDC), Real Ventures, and ND Capital. The new funding will drive mass market commercialization for ultra-energy efficient, UWB-based wireless electronic devices and sensors.
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Hearables, Headphones Testing, Audio Electronics, and More in audioXpress April 2023
by audioXpress Staff

Hearables, Headphones Testing, Audio Electronics, and More in audioXpress April 2023

Want to understand what's ahead in the most revolutionary audio product category of the 21st century? Read the State of the Hearables Industry Market Update. And for product developers and manufacturers, there's also a Headphones Test and Measurement report. Burkhard Vogel discusses op-amp noise in simulated models, Bruce E. Gillingham offers a complete monoblock power amplifier project, and René Christensen writes about acoustic topology optimization. And so much more....
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Roku Expands Roku OS Content and Experience and Launches Roku TVs
by audioXpress Staff

Roku Expands Roku OS Content and Experience and Launches Roku TVs

Roku announced platform-wide updates for its operating system Roku OS, which is now the #1 selling smart TV OS in the US, Canada, and Mexico, with over 70 million active accounts in the US, approaching half of broadband households. On the hardware front, Roku also announced features and availability for its new Roku-branded TVs, the first TVs designed and made by the company, all offering Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos and supporting connectivity to external soundbars and speakers.
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OCA Alliance Introduces New Technologies, New Standards, and Receives Support From New Members
by Joao Martins

OCA Alliance Introduces New Technologies, New Standards, and Receives Support From New Members

The ISE 2023 show in Barcelona saw the OCA Alliance bring forward several new developments and announcements that will continue to push the horizons of the AES70 control standard. During the show, presentations, demonstrations, and new members to the trade association showcased current and future technologies and tools that will further broaden the Open Control Architecture (OCA) Ecosystem.
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Interested in a Consistent Testing Solution For Bluetooth Headphones? Join this Webinar April 5, 2023
by audioXpress Staff

Interested in a Consistent Testing Solution For Bluetooth Headphones? Join this Webinar April 5, 2023

The Audio Product Development Alliance (APDA), dedicated to improving the knowledge and skills of professionals involved in the development of audio products, in partnership with ALTI Association, present a webinar titled: "A Simplified Testing Solution for Bluetooth Headphones - Consistent and Accurate Production Line Results." April 5, 2023 - 9:00 AM Pacific - (12:00 PM Eastern). Registration is now open
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