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Audeze Reveals New LCD-5 Flagship Reference Headphones
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Audeze Reveals New LCD-5 Flagship Reference Headphones

Audeze announced a new reference over-ear, open-back headphone design to expand its premium LCD range, the Audeze LCD-5 ($4,500). Audeze says the LCD-5 sets a new standard for accuracy using a new planar magnetic driver design with the company's own patent-pending Parallel Uniforce voice coils and new magnet assembly. A solution that the company hopes will appeal equally to high-end enthusiasts and audio engineers looking for a reference listening solution.
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Chord Electronics Unveils Anni Small Desktop Amplifier
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Chord Electronics Unveils Anni Small Desktop Amplifier

Chord Electronics has launched its first ever small desktop integrated amplifier, Anni. Capable of driving both headphones and compact loudspeakers, the small by mighty Anni benefits from the company’s proprietary Ultima circuit topology and is perfectly positioned to exploit the full potential of today’s high-performance headphones, desktop monitors and high-resolution audio sources. The Anni forms part of Chord's Qutest range of compact products and pairs perfectly with the Qutest standalone DAC and Huei phono stage.
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Musicube Introduces Next-Generation Music Discovery AI Technology
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Musicube Introduces Next-Generation Music Discovery AI Technology

Musicube is a software company from Hamburg, Germany, working on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) solutions intended to solve a serious problem in the music industry. Its music discovery technology generates more than 500 metadata tags (moods, instruments, and more) for more than 47 million songs using its audio analysis AI, and is intended to solve the closed "preferences" playlist loop that most users experience from existing streaming services.
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Logitech G435 Affordable and Sustainable Wireless Gaming Headset Sends a Message to The Industry
by Joao Martins

Logitech G435 Affordable and Sustainable Wireless Gaming Headset Sends a Message to The Industry

Logitech G, the gaming brand of Logitech announced a new ultra lightweight wireless headset with an affordable design that uses recycled plastics and sustainable materials, and also combines the latest technology for multi-platform games. The Logitech G435 is remarkable in the design simplicity and detail and the color options are vibrant but tasteful. It combines Bluetooth with a dedicated Lightspeed 2.4GHz audio link that requires a USB dongle, but offers lower latency for gaming.
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Danley Sound Labs Goes With Dynacord for Amplifiers, DSP and Software
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Danley Sound Labs Goes With Dynacord for Amplifiers, DSP and Software

Two professional audio industry leaders, Danley Sound Labs and Dynacord, part of Bosch Communications Systems are teaming up to bring complementary product combinations to the global market. Danley loudspeakers will now be powered and optimized by the latest generations of Dynacord amplifiers, digital signal processing and sound system software. Danley loudspeaker settings will be available for all Dynacord amplifiers.
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STMicroelectronics Accelerates Wireless Product Development with STM32 Microcontroller Ecosystem
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STMicroelectronics Accelerates Wireless Product Development with STM32 Microcontroller Ecosystem

STMicroelectronics is easing the design of competitively priced and power-efficient wireless equipment for smart applications in buildings and infrastructure by introducing new development tools and software for STM32WB wireless microcontrollers (MCUs). The company announced that his STM32Cube ecosystem was extended to support STM32WB wireless MCUs, with new STM32CubeWB firmware, upgrades to programmer and RF test tool, and an enhanced wireless power estimator for calculating battery runtime.
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Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer Electroacoustics Virtual Conference Takes Place September 28 - 29
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Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer Electroacoustics Virtual Conference Takes Place September 28 - 29

Registration is now open for the upcoming Electroacoustic Virtual Conference, an event promoted by Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer (HBK), which this year will be fully online and offers an exciting two-day program. The Electroacoustic Conference will offer presentations from experts in all areas related with sound, noise, acoustics and vibration, with more than 21 presentations already scheduled. Sessions include presentations from companies such as Head-Fi, XMEMS Micro Speakers, Comsol, Embody VR, Vibrations Inc., Harman International and more.
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PMC Introduces All-New Studio Monitor Reference System
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PMC Introduces All-New Studio Monitor Reference System

PMC, the famous UK loudspeaker manufacturer announced an ambitious new range of reference monitors that the company believes sets a new "gold standard" for music production. With new compact nearfield and midfield active designs plus low frequency extensions, the new PMC range is the result of five years of intense development targeting the highest possible resolution, with the lowest possible coloration, from stereo to Immersive audio.
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Syntiant Introduces NDP102 Neural Decision Processor for Edge AI Sensor Applications
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Syntiant Introduces NDP102 Neural Decision Processor for Edge AI Sensor Applications

Syntiant, a provider of deep learning solutions making edge AI a reality for always-on applications in battery-powered devices, announced its new Syntiant NDP102 Neural Decision Processor (NDP) for sensor applications that delivers 100x improvement in efficiency and performance compared to current MCU-based offerings. The fourth edge AI chip from the Californian company enables highly accurate inference performance at industry leading low power consumption.
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Amphion Introduces Amp400.8 Multichannel Amplifier for Immersive Studio Monitors
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Amphion Introduces Amp400.8 Multichannel Amplifier for Immersive Studio Monitors

In response to the rapidly growing immersive audio market and proliferation of Dolby Atmos audio productions in film, television, gaming, and now also music, Finnish loudspeaker manufacturer Amphion has launched an amplifier designed specifically for the needs of multichannel studio monitoring. The Amphion Amp400.8 matches the company's full range of passive studio monitors with 8 identical Class-D channels.
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