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LG Joins Home Connectivity Alliance and Leads Matter Smart Home Interoperability Efforts
by Joao Martins

LG Joins Home Connectivity Alliance and Leads Matter Smart Home Interoperability Efforts

LG Electronics (LG) has been named to the Board of Directors of the Home Connectivity Alliance (HCA), an organization dedicated to delivering better smart home experiences through open collaboration and innovation. This latest announcement just reinforces LG's determination to bring greater interconnectivity, safety and security in all its products, as already clear from the fact that it was also named to the Board of Directors of the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), focused on developing and promoting the Matter smart home standard.
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JBL Quantum 910 Wireless Features Immersive Audio with Head Tracking
by Joao Martins

JBL Quantum 910 Wireless Features Immersive Audio with Head Tracking

The latest JBL Quantum gaming headset was launched at Gamescom 2022. The new JBL Quantum 910 Wireless frees users from wires and restrictions by combining the latest Bluetooth technology with active noise cancellation for the ultimate immersive gaming experience. The company is promoting Dual Spatial Audio abilities, with its JBL QuantumSPHERE 360 and JBL QuantumSPATIAL 360 audio engines with integrated head tracking on a PC and PlayStation via the USB-C wireless connection.
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Grado Introduces New GS1000x and GS3000x Statement X Series Headphones
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Grado Introduces New GS1000x and GS3000x Statement X Series Headphones

Grado introduced the new Statement Series, which brings fourth-generation X Drivers to the wooden GS3000x and GS1000x models. The GS1000x combines mahogany and ipê wood, while the GS3000x houses the brand's most powerful driver yet inside a metal chamber surrounded by a single body of cocobolo wood. Along with the superior sound these new drivers produce, the GS3000x and GS1000x also feature Grado's improved 12-conductor braided cable and new headbands. Both are hand assembled in Brooklyn, New York.
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Logitech Chorus Offers Audio Add-on to Virtual Reality Headset Design
by Joao Martins

Logitech Chorus Offers Audio Add-on to Virtual Reality Headset Design

Logitech unveiled Logitech Chorus, a new integrated audio solution designed from the ground up for the Meta Quest 2, a Virtual Reality Headset sold by Facebook. The Logitech VR accessory uses Balanced Mode Radiator (BMR) drivers from Tectonic, adding a convenient "off-ear speaker" solution that is similar to the one created for the Valve Index Headset. Without touching the ears, the design was custom tuned by Tectonic to offer total but safe immersion for those experimenting with VR.
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NXP’s S32 Platform Accelerates with Strong Global Automotive OEM Adoption
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NXP’s S32 Platform Accelerates with Strong Global Automotive OEM Adoption

NXP Semiconductors announced expanded and strong engagements for its entire S32 family of domain and zonal automotive processors. This includes a major automotive OEM’s selection of NXP’s S32 family of automotive processors and microcontrollers to be used across its fleet of future vehicles, beginning mid-decade. The resulting multi-year supply agreement spans the S32 family, including the upcoming 5nm ASIL-D processors. NXP received several recent orders from leading automotive OEMs in Europe, the Americas, Asia and China.
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OKdo Announces Partnership to Supply Single Board Computers and System on Modules
by Cristina Costa

OKdo Announces Partnership to Supply Single Board Computers and System on Modules

OKdo, the company that is part of RS Group, one of the largest global electronics omni-channel distributors, announced an exclusive partnership with Radxa, a leading design service provider, to manufacture and distribute ROCK Single Board Computers (SBCs) and ROCK System-on-Modules (SoMs). With the announcement, OKdo pivots its strategy to offer a powerful solution to the ongoing supply chain crisis to the engineering community.
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Sonova Unveils New Lumity Platform Supporting Improved Directional Beamforming and Speech Recognition in Noise
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Sonova Unveils New Lumity Platform Supporting Improved Directional Beamforming and Speech Recognition in Noise

Sonova Holding AG, the hearing care solutions company, unveiled its new Lumity platform, which is designed to further improve speech understanding and reduce listening effort in noisy environments. The platform is the result of the Swiss company's latest research to improve conversation support in virtually any situation. This latest innovation builds on the strong success of the Marvel and Paradise platforms and will power the next generation of Phonak hearing instruments.
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Lectrosonics Announces Global RF Scan Database for Wireless Operations
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Lectrosonics Announces Global RF Scan Database for Wireless Operations

Lectrosonics created a Radio Frequency Scan Database for those using wireless microphone systems anywhere in the world. The database hosts scans from .sdf (Wireless Designer scan data file) or .csv (comma separated values) common standard file formats. These files can be used to populate frequency coordination software for analysis purposes and to know what a given RF landscape looks like and help wireless system operators prepare for a location or venue in advance.
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Neumann Unveils New KH 150 DSP-Powered Studio Monitors
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Neumann Unveils New KH 150 DSP-Powered Studio Monitors

Neumann.Berlin has expanded its line of reference-class studio monitors. The new KH 150 is a bi-amplified, DSP-controlled design, featuring the same high-resolution tweeter as all Neumann studio monitors and a newly developed 6.5" woofer with ultra-low distortion and high SPL capability. The new KH 150 looks exactly like the other Neumann KH studio monitors and this is the largest two-way model, impressing for its extended low-end, while remaining extremely compact. That is also the result of a new and more energy efficient Class D amplifier and a more powerful DSP.
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Klippel Updates dB-Lab Version 212 and QC 7 Analyzer System Software
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Klippel Updates dB-Lab Version 212 and QC 7 Analyzer System Software

As always, the Klippel engineering team continuously introduces the results of its latest R&D efforts and customer feedback to improve its solutions. Klippel has now released their second software update for the Klippel Analyzer System with various new features for both R&D and QC applications. The update is free of charge for all users running dB-Lab 212 or QC7. It introduces a utility Documentation Module (DOC) for use in dB-Lab, TEDS integration for microphones, and updates for the QC Stand-alone Software.
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