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AES First-Ever Completely Online Convention Exceeds Expectations
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AES First-Ever Completely Online Convention Exceeds Expectations

The Audio Engineering Society’s first online convention drew participants from 59 countries. The 2020 AES Spring Convention – AES Virtual Vienna – was presented in real time to a global audience, June 2–5, 2020, and thrived with attendees, despite being moved from its original, physical venue in Vienna, Austria, due to recent worldwide travel restrictions.
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DSP Concepts TalkTo Audio Front End Qualified by Amazon for Alexa Built-In Devices
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DSP Concepts TalkTo Audio Front End Qualified by Amazon for Alexa Built-In Devices

DSP Concepts announced that TalkTo, its suite of proprietary microphone processing algorithms that use adaptive learning technology to deliver a quiet-room experience in noisy and unpredictable environments, has been qualified by Amazon for Alexa built-in devices using Alexa Voice Service (AVS). This enables more hardware brands to easily build Alexa built-in devices that will perform well even in noisy situations, thanks to TalkTo’s leading sound cancellation technology.
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Focal Announces Kanta No2 Loudspeakers with New Color Finishes
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Focal Announces Kanta No2 Loudspeakers with New Color Finishes

Like many other audio manufacturers that haven't had any chance to attend trade-shows or promote events, Focal has been quiet for the past months, while recognizing that home audio in all segments is clearly a growth product category in these shelter-at-home times. Understanding the need to continue to offer more options for consumer's interiors and styles, Focal launched two new stunning finishes for the Kanta No2 floor-standing speakers, with no price premium over the existing models, at $4995.00 each.
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DSP Group Strengthens Its Position in Rapidly Growing Headset Market with Acquisition of SoundChip SA
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DSP Group Strengthens Its Position in Rapidly Growing Headset Market with Acquisition of SoundChip SA

DSP Group, Inc., a leading global provider of wireless chipset solutions for converged communications, has announced the acquisition of privately owned SoundChip SA, a leading supplier of active noise cancellation (ANC) technology, engineering services, design tools, and production-line test systems for headsets. The acquisition combines SoundChip’s proven capabilities in hybrid ANC with DSP Group’s SmartVoice advanced low-power voice processing platform, algorithms, and mixed-signal expertise to streamline the delivery of cutting-edge wireless and true wireless stereo (TWS) headsets, from concept through to manufacturing. DSP Group’s technologies have recently been adopted by Google, Panasonic, and Technics in their latest TWS headset models.
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Increase the Gain! audioXpress July 2020 Focuses on Audio Amplifiers
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Increase the Gain! audioXpress July 2020 Focuses on Audio Amplifiers

audioXpress July 2020 is now available, and there's a quiet revolution happening in audio amplification. Essentially it is the direct result of strong innovation in Class-D technology, with incremental improvements introduced on multiple fronts. In this month's Market Update, J. Martins details a few of the "Class-D Products Getting Smarter" and then Stuart Yaniger discusses Class-D amplifiers from two of those companies: Purifi Audio and Orchard Audio. Also, Ward Maas details his visit to Purifi Audio. Dimitri Danyuk shares his "Fully Balanced Transconductance Preamplifier" project, Roger Russell is "Hunting the Elusive Transient," and Ed Simon concludes his "Powering Your Circuits" series. And there's much more valuable content in this edition. Download or view your issue online now.
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Renkus-Heinz Introduces ICC12/3 Iconyx Compact Series Beam Steering Array Speaker
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Renkus-Heinz Introduces ICC12/3 Iconyx Compact Series Beam Steering Array Speaker

Premium professional loudspeaker manufacturer Renkus-Heinz introduced its newest Iconyx Compact Series 12/3-RN single array module. The new design offers a solution for positioning sound precisely where it's needed, with more flexibility for integrators. The Iconyx Compact Series brings the renowned flexibility of the Iconyx family to a smaller footprint array, filling a need for integrators seeking options in “medium-sized” installations, common in the house of worship, corporate, transportation, education, and government markets.
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WiSA Welcomes Buchardt Audio as a New Member and Certifies New A500 and A700 Powered Speakers
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WiSA Welcomes Buchardt Audio as a New Member and Certifies New A500 and A700 Powered Speakers

WiSA, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association, comprised of over 60 leading consumer electronics brands and founded by Summit Wireless Technologies, announced Buchardt Audio has joined the WiSA Association and WiSA has certified the Buchardt Audio A500 and A700 active loudspeakers. With these two new models, the Danish high-end loudspeaker manufacturer expands its current product family with the first two WiSA-certified wireless audio solutions.
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Audio Precision Announces Version 6.0 of Its Apx500 Audio Measurement Software with Correlated Cross-Domain Measurement and Reduced Test Time
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Audio Precision Announces Version 6.0 of Its Apx500 Audio Measurement Software with Correlated Cross-Domain Measurement and Reduced Test Time

Audio Precision released the latest update to APx500 audio measurement software, version 6.0. With this release, APx software supports multiple simultaneous input types, enabling the concurrent measurement of up to 16 channels of digital and 8 channels of analog audio data. This new multi-input capability, paired with the highest channel count and widest range of digital I/O available, provides APx users critical cross-domain insight and the opportunity to reduce testing time.
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Peavey Electronics Celebrates 55 Years of Business
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Peavey Electronics Celebrates 55 Years of Business

Peavey Electronics celebrated the 55th Anniversary of its founding on June 1, 1965. Forged in the birthplace of the blues, Peavey began during one of the most dynamic and groundbreaking years in rock music history. Peavey sent out a message reflecting on the company's 55th Anniversary celebration and its history, as well as music’s powerful ability to overcome barriers and unite people.
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Sennheiser Announces Very Special HD 25 Limited Edition Anniversary Offer
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Sennheiser Announces Very Special HD 25 Limited Edition Anniversary Offer

A very special anniversary deal is available throughout the month of June 2020, Sennheiser’s birthday month. The HD 25, Sennheiser’s legendary monitoring and DJ headphones, will be available for only USD $99.95 instead of $149.95. Even better, to celebrate the company’s 75th anniversary, anyone who orders the HD 25 in June has the chance to receive a limited-edition version of the headphones instead. You have to be lucky, as there are just 25,000 HD 25 Limited Editions available worldwide.
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