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Sennheiser Group Invests in Professional Audio as Sonova Completes Acquisition of the Sennheiser Consumer Division
by Joao Martins

Sennheiser Group Invests in Professional Audio as Sonova Completes Acquisition of the Sennheiser Consumer Division

Sonova Holding AG, the Swiss hearing care solutions company, has successfully closed the previously announced acquisition of the Consumer Division from Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG, creating a new Consumer Hearing business unit. Sennheiser will now focus exclusively on professional audio solutions, keeping Neumann.Berlin as the only separate brand, while the Sennheiser Group aims to achieve sustainable growth.
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DiGiCo and d&b audiotechnik Partner on Immersive Audio Technology Integration
by audioXpress Staff

DiGiCo and d&b audiotechnik Partner on Immersive Audio Technology Integration

Managing an immersive audio production during a live performance is a challenge that is better dealt with directly in the mixing console. But because immersive audio formats continue to rely on external DSP processors, companies need to work together. The German professional loudspeaker company d&b audiotechnik has partnered with DiGiCo, to integrate d&b's Soundscape immersive audio system platform directly into the digital mixing solutions of the British company.
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Bang & Olufsen Limited Edition Beosystem 72-22 Announced and Sold Out
by audioXpress Staff

Bang & Olufsen Limited Edition Beosystem 72-22 Announced and Sold Out

To celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the Beogram 4000 Series turntables, Bang & Olufsen created 30 new, limited-edition music systems exclusively for the US and Canada. The system is part of the Recreated Classics Initiative, Bang & Olufsen’s platform to redefine long-lasting luxury through hand-crafted, circular manufacturing of historic design pieces. The system includes a recreated Beogram turntable, two Beolab 18 speakers, a Beoremote Halo, and collector’s cabinet for connectivity and vinyl record storage.
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Messe Frankfurt Confirms The End of Musikmesse Trade Show
by Joao Martins

Messe Frankfurt Confirms The End of Musikmesse Trade Show

Top management at Messe Frankfurt is hoping that the pandemic will end soon, allowing the company to return to its normal business activities and generate revenue. While the first trade show to return to one of the world's best fairgrounds will be Prolight+Sound, scheduled to return 26 to 29 April 2022, Musikmesse will now definitely be left behind. Messe Frankfurt confirms the intention to end the Musikmesse trade show and the associated local festival.
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Genelec Expands Smart IP Family with Ethernet-Only Loudspeaker and Controller App
by Joao Martins

Genelec Expands Smart IP Family with Ethernet-Only Loudspeaker and Controller App

Genelec has further expanded its Smart IP family of installation loudspeaker systems with the introduction of a super compact 4410 loudspeaker model and a new Smart IP Controller app. The 4410 joins the existing 4420 and 4430 Smart IP speakers, while the free Controller app provides the end user with instant and intuitive control of key loudspeaker system functions including mute, volume control and power on/off, plus overall zone control.
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SuperFlash memBrain Memory Solution Helps Solve Speech Processing Challenges at the Edge
by audioXpress Staff

SuperFlash memBrain Memory Solution Helps Solve Speech Processing Challenges at the Edge

Microchip's Silicon Storage Technology (SST) subsidiary announced that its SuperFlash memBrain neuromorphic memory solution has helped WITINMEM solve speech processing challenges at the edge. The company's new neural processing, computing-in-memory SoC is the first in volume production that enables sub-mA systems to reduce speech noise and recognize hundreds of command words, in real time and immediately after power-up.
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3D Acoustic Design vs. Beamforming Technology for Voice Recognition Performance
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3D Acoustic Design vs. Beamforming Technology for Voice Recognition Performance

ArkX Labs offers developers the next generation of advanced, high performance far-field voice capture solutions. ArkX Labs production-ready EveryWord touchless voice solutions feature Cirrus Logic and Sensory for advanced speech recognition, natural language understanding, voice biometrics, wake words, facial recognition, and sound identification technologies.
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Voice Coil March 2022 Focus on Speaker Enclosures
by audioXpress Staff

Voice Coil March 2022 Focus on Speaker Enclosures

The March 2022 issue of Voice Coil offers a complete overview of loudspeaker cabinet design options, plastic enclosure materials, and production techniques, as well as an updated directory of Speaker Enclosure Vendors. This month, in Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the Mundorf U80W from its latest U Series of Air Motion Transformers. And addressing demanding professional audio applications, this issue also includes a Test Bench on Eighteen Sound’s NSD1095N Compression Driver and XT120 Horn. Start reading online. Printed copies are on the way.
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Qualcomm Redefines True Wireless with Two New Snapdragon Sound Platforms
by Joao Martins

Qualcomm Redefines True Wireless with Two New Snapdragon Sound Platforms

At Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona, Qualcomm announced new options for brands and developers to offer the latest technologies in wireless audio. Qualcomm announced the latest S5 and S3 Sound Platforms with support for new Snapdragon Sound experiences, featuring lossless CD-quality streaming over Bluetooth, stereo recording, ultra-low latency sound with in-game chat, and adaptive active noise cancellation. Both new platforms already offer support for Bluetooth LE Audio.
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Saelig Introduces ThunderSync3-C10 Universal Thunderbolt 10 Port USB-C Charge/Sync Hub
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Saelig Introduces ThunderSync3-C10 Universal Thunderbolt 10 Port USB-C Charge/Sync Hub

Got a lot of USB-powered devices to power, charge, or sync? Saelig introduced the Cambrionix ThunderSync3-C10 Charge/Sync Hub, a Thunderbolt-certified hub which features 10 x USB Type-C connectors and offers 3Amp (15W) charging and USB 3.2 Gen 1 data for each connected device. It is claimed by Cambrionix to be the fastest Thunderbolt to USB Hub commercially available, with the ability to control and monitor each port individually.
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