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Zuma Offers Integrated Smart Home Ceiling Speaker and Light
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Zuma Offers Integrated Smart Home Ceiling Speaker and Light

Zuma is a new company announcing a new ceiling speaker and light for the smart home. The integrated concept, which the creators believe generates a more immersive experience, has been developed over three years by an expert team, led by leading industrial designer and entrepreneur Morten Villiers Warren, now also the founder and CEO of Zuma, the company.
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ArkX Laboratories Joins Voice Interoperability Initiative
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ArkX Laboratories Joins Voice Interoperability Initiative

ArkX Laboratories has joined Amazon, Dolby, Facebook, and more than 30 leading technology and manufacturing companies as a member of the Voice Interoperability Initiative (VII) Group. Originally announced in 2019, the initiative's mission ensures voice-enabled products provide users with choice and flexibility through multiple, interoperable voice services. ArkX is a recognized supplier of production-ready, far-field voice capture solutions, all Amazon Voice Service (AVS) pre-qualified.
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New Radial JX42V2 Amp and JX44V2 Guitar and Amp Switchers with Jensen Transformers Now Shipping
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New Radial JX42V2 Amp and JX44V2 Guitar and Amp Switchers with Jensen Transformers Now Shipping

Radial Engineering is now shipping its two newest professional products, the JX42 V2 and JX44 V2 Guitar and Amp Switchers and Signal Managers. Designed with input from some of the industry’s busiest touring professionals and roadies, both units now feature high-end Jensen transformers and expand Radial’s renowned line of professional switchers and signal managers.
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Schiit Audio Introduces IEMagni Headphone Amplifier With More Features for IEMs
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Schiit Audio Introduces IEMagni Headphone Amplifier With More Features for IEMs

Schiit announced a new model in its Magni line of headphone amplifiers, called IEMagni. This one is black and gray, rather than silver and gray or black and red, like the Magni 3+ and Heresy. The new IEMagni is called that way because it has three gain modes, including negative gain for IEMs, and advanced protection, like DC sense and mute, to protect those same IEMs. It still offers 0dB and +15dB gain and it still has 2400mW RMS output into 32 ohms for hard-to-drive headphones, making it a more versatile Magni.
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Powersoft Launches New Free Certified Training Courses
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Powersoft Launches New Free Certified Training Courses

Powersoft has launched a brand-new training program on its recently updated website, which provides two new free training sections for users: Webinars, where all Powersoft’s recent webinars are uploaded, and E-Learning, where the live sound and install courses are available online for anyone who wishes to take them. A new OEM course will be released in the coming weeks.
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Abbey Road Studios and Bowers & Wilkins Extend Partnership to Transform In-Car Audio Entertainment
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Abbey Road Studios and Bowers & Wilkins Extend Partnership to Transform In-Car Audio Entertainment

Abbey Road Studios and Bowers & Wilkins announced a new phase of their partnership, which will see the two iconic audio brands come together to explore and enhance the in-car audio experience. The main goal is to explore new possibilities in spatial audio and acoustics simulation, helping to translate ideal acoustical environments that translate music as well in the vehicle cabin as it would in a reference studio environment.
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Sony Elevates Car Audio with New Mobile ES Speaker Range
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Sony Elevates Car Audio with New Mobile ES Speaker Range

Sony introduced the Mobile ES car speaker and subwoofer range, including five new drivers, which the company believes will set a new standard for in-car entertainment. Developed with various technical updates, the Sony Mobile ES range includes four coaxial designs and one new subwoofer driver, all featuring newly optimized speaker diaphragm materials and ready to support High-Resolution Audio source material.
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Biamp Hires Charlie Hughes as Principal Engineer for its Electroacoustics Division
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Biamp Hires Charlie Hughes as Principal Engineer for its Electroacoustics Division

Biamp, the former manufacturer of professional audiovisual solutions from Beaverton, Oregon, now covering virtually every major market segment in pro audio and commercial installation, has appointed Charlie Hughes as Principal Engineer within the company's fast-growing Electroacoustics division. Charlie will have the opportunity to expand the company’s loudspeaker catalog that already encompasses products from Community and Apart.
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Sennheiser Introduces IE 900 Flagship Earphones With Improved X3R Transducer
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Sennheiser Introduces IE 900 Flagship Earphones With Improved X3R Transducer

Technical innovation, meticulous attention to detail, and an uncompromising demand for perfection to deliver a listening experience without compromise. These are the premises for another ambitious product development from Sennheiser, the new IE 900 around-the-ear earphones. The high-end concept required designing a completely new 7mm driver, the X3R, to match the product’s flagship status.
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WiSA Certified Onkyo Sound Sphere Home Theater System Launches in Japan
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WiSA Certified Onkyo Sound Sphere Home Theater System Launches in Japan

The Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) announced the launch of Association member Onkyo Home Entertainment’s WiSA Certified Sound Sphere audio system. Sound Sphere is Onkyo’s first WiSA Certified audio system, delivering wireless, cinema-quality sound to the Japanese market and is bundled with the WiSA SoundSend wireless audio transmitter. The company promotes the solution touting the hi-res (24-bit/96kHz) wireless audio qualities and convenience for smaller homes.
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