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Full-Range Loudspeaker Industry Coverage in Voice Coil April 2021
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Full-Range Loudspeaker Industry Coverage in Voice Coil April 2021

The April 2021 edition of Voice Coil is now available and combines a wide range of topics for loudspeaker industry professionals. Starting with "Practical Considerations for Quality Control Testing of Loudspeakers," to an overview of innovations in wires and connectors, and a directory of cable and connector vendors. And, Vance Dickason looks at two compression drivers matched with factory-supplied horns - the ND1TP from Eighteen Sound and the CD-11Nd from Acustica Beyma. Now available in print and digital.
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Bang & Olufsen Introduces Beoplay HX Headphones With Adaptive ANC
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Bang & Olufsen Introduces Beoplay HX Headphones With Adaptive ANC

Bang & Olufsen announced the launch of Beoplay HX, offering an improved sound experience with digital ANC, up to 35 hours of play time and elevated comfort, exemplifying Bang & Olufsen’s expertise in sound, design, and craftsmanship. This refined design from the Danish luxury audio brand, is intended to appeal to demanding users looking for an immersive and accurate sound experience, ultimate comfort and a refined user interface to meet the needs of working from home, traveling for business, or simply escape from the noise of everyday life.
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Sony Introduces Powerful SRS-XB13 Extra Bass Bluetooth Speaker
by Joao Martins

Sony Introduces Powerful SRS-XB13 Extra Bass Bluetooth Speaker

Portable (battery-powered) Bluetooth 5 speakers are getting another market boost beyond the original "cheap and cool" factor or earlier designs. As Sony shows with its latest SRS-XB13 compact and portable wireless speaker, users want something that plays music with enough punch and expansive sound, but that can also be used anywhere as a convenient extension of a smartphone, to take over calls and replace the low-quality speaker mode experience in a seamless way. And it must cheap...
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Deezer Expands Lossless CD-Quality Streaming with HiFi Family Package
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Deezer Expands Lossless CD-Quality Streaming with HiFi Family Package

With Spotify promising to evolve its leading music streaming service from its lossy Ogg Vorbis codec to CD-Quality lossless in its new HiFi tier, other music streaming services who have embraced FLAC streaming earlier, are expanding its options to reward existing subscribers and hopefully gain new customers. Deezer expanded its Deezer HiFi tier as a Family package for just $19.99, enabling up to six users to enjoy CD-quality FLAC streaming (1411kbps). For those who never tried Deezer HiFi, there's also a 3-months free offer.
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Ellisys Rolls Out Advanced Bluetooth 5.2 LE Audio Capture and Analysis Features
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Ellisys Rolls Out Advanced Bluetooth 5.2 LE Audio Capture and Analysis Features

Ellisys released a broad complement of innovative features to support development of emerging Bluetooth LE Audio products, including controllers, stacks, and devices. These features, available on the company's Bluetooth protocol analysis systems, broaden support for the latest Bluetooth LE Audio specifications and deliver unique technical innovations that solve complex issues for developers.
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Audinate Confirms Dante Audio Networking Licensed to More Than 500 Manufacturers
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Audinate Confirms Dante Audio Networking Licensed to More Than 500 Manufacturers

Audinate’s Dante, the de facto standard for digital audio networking, recently reached an impressive milestone with more than 3,000 different products now incorporating Dante for audio-over-IP connectivity. According to research from RH Consulting, 3,034 Dante-enabled devices are available from 361 different manufacturers as of January 2021. The data from RH Consulting indicates Dante is the protocol of choice in more than 91 percent of the networked audio products currently on the market.
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Celestion Expands AN Series with 32 ohm AN2075 Full-Range Compact Array Driver
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Celestion Expands AN Series with 32 ohm AN2075 Full-Range Compact Array Driver

Celestion announced the new 32 ohm version of the AN2075, a low profile 2-inch compact array driver, particularly well-suited for large-scale mini-array applications which require multiple drivers connected together. The new 32 ohm AN2075 joins others in the Celestion AN range of compact and lightweight full-range neodymium loudspeakers that are a popular choice for portable or discreet, low-profile sound reinforcement applications.
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Cirrus Logic Introduces New CS35L45 Smart Boosted Amplifier for Mobile Devices
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Cirrus Logic Introduces New CS35L45 Smart Boosted Amplifier for Mobile Devices

As consumers increasingly use their phone’s internal speakers to listen to music, podcasts, gaming, and other applications those mobile devices where never intended, Cirrus Logic has introduced its newest flagship CS35L45 boosted amplifier to enable an improved audio experience from smartphones, tablets and mobile gaming devices. The new smart amplifier enables higher excursion for high-peak loudness, improved dynamic range and bass precision, with less noise and audible artifacts. It also helps to achieve improved tonal balance at all volume levels, enabling mobile device manufacturers to push audio performance to new industry benchmarks.
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Qobuz Becomes First Hi-Res Audio Streaming Service Available on Sonos
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Qobuz Becomes First Hi-Res Audio Streaming Service Available on Sonos

Music streaming service Qobuz confirmed it will be the first music service to deliver 24-bit Hi-Res audio streaming on Sonos. Qobuz users that subscribe to the Studio (Hi-Res) tier will be able to listen to high-resolution music directly on their Sonos speakers, with the ease of simply pressing play in the Sonos app. Available with the Sonos S2 app, this new integration is one of Qobuz’s broadest expansions of Hi-Res streaming support to date.
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EPOS Introduces EXPAND Capture 5 Smart Speakerphone for Hybrid Workplaces
by Joao Martins

EPOS Introduces EXPAND Capture 5 Smart Speakerphone for Hybrid Workplaces

EPOS announced the launch of EXPAND Capture 5, a new "intelligent speaker" optimized for Microsoft Teams Rooms that will enable taking virtual meetings to the next level. The new smart speakerphone is able to identify participants automatically in Microsoft Teams in order to transcribe a live feed of the conversation. And EXPAND Capture 5 features a premium speaker system with a 7-microphone array in order to support clear voice interactions between in-room and remote participants.
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