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Universal Audio UAD Software v7.11 Features New Plug-Ins From Manley, Brainworx And Massenburg Designworks
by audioXpress Staff

Universal Audio UAD Software v7.11 Features New Plug-Ins From Manley, Brainworx And Massenburg Designworks

A new Universal Audio UAD software, version 7.11, has been released and contains four new UAD plugins starting with a UA/Manley co-developed recreation of the Manley Vari-Mu Limiter Compressor. The new plug-ins also include a Brainworx-developed recreation of the Vertigo Sound VSM-3 Mix Satellite and Vertigo Sound VSC-2 Compressor, plus a UAD edition of the powerful Massenburg DesignWorks MDWEQ5 EQ Plug-In.
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Sennheiser Opens Experiential Stores in New York City and San Francisco for the Holiday Season
by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser Opens Experiential Stores in New York City and San Francisco for the Holiday Season

Just in time for the holidays, Sennheiser opened two temporary experiential stores in New York City and San Francisco, running between November 22nd and December 28th. The stores deliver a unique sound experience to consumers while furthering Sennheiser’s own efforts to increase consumer awareness on the benefits of premium sound.
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Ultimate Ears BOOM Wireless Speaker Series Expands With Skrillex Limited Edition
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Ultimate Ears BOOM Wireless Speaker Series Expands With Skrillex Limited Edition

Ultimate Ears announced the newest addition to its limited edition lineup of award-winning UE BOOM speakers with the custom designed Skrillex Edition UE BOOM. Featuring Skrillex own hand-drawn images covering the acoustic skin, the collaboration with the six-time GRAMMY Award winning electronic dance music producer is now the fourth limited edition design in the awarded UE BOOM wireless speaker range.
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Genelec Home Audio G Series Active Loudspeakers
by Joao Martins

Genelec Home Audio G Series Active Loudspeakers

Leveraging the same 8000 series design and technologies used in studios and highly praised by audio professionals all over the world, Finish brand Genelec is progressively bringing consumer versions to the home audio market with its G Series of active loudspeakers. The most recent model to reach the market, the G Five, completes the series.
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iFrogz Tadpole Active Bluetooth Speaker is Splash- and Dust-Resistant
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iFrogz Tadpole Active Bluetooth Speaker is Splash- and Dust-Resistant

iFrogz, a ZAGG Inc brand specializing in colorful and clever mobile accessories, introduced the Tadpole Active, a splash- and dust-resistant miniature Bluetooth speaker that goes almost anywhere. The Tadpole family features some of the smallest portable Bluetooth speakers on the market.
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Voice Coil December 2014 available online
by audioXpress Staff

Voice Coil December 2014 available online

In the December 2014 edition of Voice Coil Vance Dickason’s Test Bench discusses two very different woofers — the 18” Celestion CF1840JD pro sound subwoofer and Dayton Audio’s 7” ES180Ti-8 home audio woofer. In Acoustic Patents, James Croft reviews two loudspeaker-related patents filed by Dolby Lab Licensing Corp. (US) and comments on its own Transducer With Improved Electro-Magnetic Circuit patent.
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iZotope Ozone 6 Shows How Difficult Software Innovation Can Be
by Fernando Rodrigues

iZotope Ozone 6 Shows How Difficult Software Innovation Can Be

iZotope has been very active. After launching a new version of its flagship noise reduction suite RX, the Cambridge, MA, company introduced a new version of its main product, Ozone. iZotope went a long way in overhauling Ozone 6, and made important changes to the product. However, these changes were not well received among many of its long-term users and iZotope felt the need to come public explaining what they did and why.
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Kramer Expands Audio Solutions Introducing Four New Speaker Product Families
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Kramer Expands Audio Solutions Introducing Four New Speaker Product Families

Kramer Electronics has expanded its end-to-end audio solutions with four new families of speakers. The new Galil, Yarden, Tavor and Dolev speaker series were shown at the ISE 2014 Show in Amsterdam and introduced at InfoComm 2014 and reinforce the company’s position as a major global player in the audio arena.
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Parasound New Affordable Zdac V.2 DAC and Headphone Amp
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Parasound New Affordable Zdac V.2 DAC and Headphone Amp

Parasound new Zdac V.2 Digital Audio Converter (DAC) and Headphone Amplifier follows on the success of the original Zdac, adding enhanced preamplifier features, a new headphone amplifier with increased gain and dual output jacks. Lightning jack equipped Apple iOS devices can now send digital audio directly to the Zdac V.2’s USB port.
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Sonos Sues D&M Holdings for Patent Infringement of Wireless Audio Products
by Vance Dickason

Sonos Sues D&M Holdings for Patent Infringement of Wireless Audio Products

This may be from my “word-to-the-wise” department, given the number of Sonos clone products that have proliferated in the market place, but Sonos has filed a lawsuit against D&M Holdings in the state of Delaware over Denon’s HEOS wireless home audio product line. Sonos says D&M Holdings infringes on at least four of its patents.
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