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Bose Professional Expands US Operations with New Hybrid Sales Model
by audioXpress Staff

Bose Professional Expands US Operations with New Hybrid Sales Model

Bose Professional announced the launch of a new US sales organization, marking a milestone in the newly independent company's evolution. The new sales model for Bose Professional includes a mix of in-house sales managers and engineers and independent sales firms. Together with new appointments and operations, the company announced a new, service-oriented website, hosting a complete collection of training modules and support materials for integrators and consultants.
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Fortemedia Unveils ForteSound Coil-Based MEMS Speaker Product Family
by Joao Martins

Fortemedia Unveils ForteSound Coil-Based MEMS Speaker Product Family

Fortemedia, a Taiwan based supplier of MEMS microphones to some of the world's leading smartphone and laptop manufacturers, has now announced the launch of its latest innovation, a coil-based MEMS speaker range. Its first product is the ForteSound FS01, which the company says extends the audio frequency response to 80kHz, with extended SPL Response and Low THD, delivering a new type of high-reliability, low-power audio transducer.
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Silicon Labs Streamlines Energy Harvesting Product Development for Battery-Free Wireless Connected Designs
by Cristina Costa

Silicon Labs Streamlines Energy Harvesting Product Development for Battery-Free Wireless Connected Designs

Silicon Labs has announced its most energy-efficient Wireless SoC to date with energy harvesting-ready capabilities. To signal Earth Day 2024, Silicon Labs launched its new xG22E family of Wireless SoCs, Silicon Labs' first-ever family designed to operate within the ultra-low power envelope required for battery-free, energy harvesting applications. The new family consists of the BG22E, MG22E, and FG22E, with "E" standing for "energy conservation."
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Luxman Introduces First-Ever Audio Streaming Player
by audioXpress Staff

Luxman Introduces First-Ever Audio Streaming Player

Luxman was among the world’s first consumer electronics companies, founded at the dawn of the radio age in 1925, in Japan. Fast-forward to 2024, and Luxman has launched its first ever streaming audio source, which the company reminiscently calls a "network transport". But the new Luxman NT-07 is effectively a fully featured digital audio source for today, supporting streaming services, USB and network file playback via connection to outboard D/A converters.
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Tribute to An Industry Pioneer: Gunnar Rasmussen (1925-2024)
by audioXpress Staff

Tribute to An Industry Pioneer: Gunnar Rasmussen (1925-2024)

The founder of GRAS Sound & Vibration, the renowned acoustical engineer Gunnar Rasmussen, passed away on April 17, 2024. Gunnar Rasmussen founded GRAS in 1994, at the age of 67, after leaving Brüel & Kjær, where he worked since his graduation. Starting out as a small family business, run by Gunnar Rasmussen and his wife Hanna Hertz, the Danish measurement microphones specialist quickly grew into a respected manufacturer, lead by his extraordinary vision and guiding principles. His lifework improved our understanding of sound, acoustics and the human hearing.
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Resideo to Acquire Control4, Triad Audio and Other Snap One Brands
by Joao Martins

Resideo to Acquire Control4, Triad Audio and Other Snap One Brands

Resideo Technologies, a manufacturer and distributor of security and audiovisual products and solutions, and Snap One Holdings Corp., the agglomerate company that acquired Control4 and offers all types of products and services to professional integrators, have announced a definitive agreement for Resideo to acquire Snap One for $10.75 per share in cash and a transaction value of approximately $1.4 billion, inclusive of net debt. Upon closing, Snap One will integrate into Resideo's ADI Global Distribution business.
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Input-Output Impedance Matching – Or Not
by Jan Didden

Input-Output Impedance Matching – Or Not

In analog audio, you often must connect a source to a “receiver” unit. Pre-amp to power amp, phono preamp to an active crossover, the crossover to the power amp, that sort of stuff. Each of these units has an input impedance and an output impedance spec. I often get questions like: “My power amp has 20kΩ input impedance, my preamp has 100Ω output impedance, and maximum load is specified as 10kΩ. Will that work together or will I break something?”. Jan Didden explains all about Input-Output Impedance Matching.
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AXPONA 2024 Reports Record Attendance And Exhibitors
by Joao Martins

AXPONA 2024 Reports Record Attendance And Exhibitors

AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) welcomed 10,391 attendees, coming from 42 states and 31 countries, to the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, April 12-14, 2024. This was a 14% increase over 2023 and marked its biggest show yet. Over 600 audio brands from 50+ countries offered a vibrant showcase filling the largest number of rooms. AXPONA offered music lovers three jam-packed days of spectacular sound, technology, seminars, live music, and the very latest products in the industry.
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Trinnov New WaveForming Design Tool Recommends Room Layout to Optimize Sound Performance
by Joao Martins

Trinnov New WaveForming Design Tool Recommends Room Layout to Optimize Sound Performance

Trinnov Audio, the French manufacturer of advanced audio processors for home theater, high-end audio, and commercial cinemas, announced the launch of a design tool for its WaveForming technology. This online tool simplifies the process of specifying room layouts, tailored to optimize all the potential of the WaveForming technology and making life easier for dealers, distributors, enthusiasts and industry professionals.
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Solid State Logic Launches System T S400 Console: Flagship Control in a Compact Surface
by Joao Martins

Solid State Logic Launches System T S400 Console: Flagship Control in a Compact Surface

Solid State Logic launched the latest System T S400 console at the 2024 NAB Show. Following the recent launch of the Tempest Control App, the new S400 console is the latest control solution for SSL's System T production platform, able to deliver flagship control for live-to-air broadcast applications in a compact and cost-effective format. The S400 joins the other models in the SSL System T console lineup: the S300, S500 and S500m control surfaces. At NAB 2024, SSL also launched its virtualized System T Cloud solution.
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