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Phonak Unveils Virto Black Fully-Connected Hearing Aid Designed to Look Like a Hearable
January 14, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Phonak Unveils Virto Black Fully-Connected Hearing Aid Designed to Look Like a Hearable

Hearing health care brand Phonak is challenging perceptions of hearing aids at CES 2020 with the world premiere of the Phonak Virto Black, a fully-connected in-the-ear hearing aid that combines the brand's Marvel hearing technology with the style of a modern hearable. In practice, the Phonak Virto Black will be able to do everything that standard true wireless earbuds allow, just that it is also a tunable hearing-aid, using hearing-aid non-rechargeable batteries and it will also cost a whole lot more.
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Tempow Launches Partnership Program for Chipset Manufacturers to Accelerate Adoption of Bluetooth LE Audio
January 14, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Tempow Launches Partnership Program for Chipset Manufacturers to Accelerate Adoption of Bluetooth LE Audio

Tempow, the company that specializes in software-only solutions to enhance the core Bluetooth protocol, announced the release of a new Bluetooth Software Stack for hearables and speakers, with an early prototype of the freshly revealed LE Audio, the next generation of Bluetooth audio. The company also announced a partnership program for chipset manufacturers to use Tempow’s implementation. Telink Semiconductor was the first to join the program.
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Waves Unveils Nx Speakers 3D Audio Technology at CES 2020
January 14, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Waves Unveils Nx Speakers 3D Audio Technology at CES 2020

The Waves Maxx suite of audio and voice modules with Waves Nx 3D audio already enhances the sound experience on millions of laptops, tablets, smartphones, smart speakers, headphones, and is available on SoCs from the world's foremost chip makers. Now, with the new Waves Nx Speakers audio technology, any music, movie, or game expands into 3D, delivering a 3D audio experience on laptops, tablets, 2-in-1s, and more without subwoofers or special formats.
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Sonarworks Enables Personalized Audio, Perfected for Any Device, with SoundID
January 14, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Sonarworks Enables Personalized Audio, Perfected for Any Device, with SoundID

Sonarworks unveiled SoundID at CES 2020, and is promoting public demonstrations also at NAMM, from January 16-19. Combining all the know-how from Sonarworks professional and consumer technologies, correcting the frequency response of headphones, the Latvian company has now created a new simplified approach, combining software and machine learning to deliver personalized audio, regardless of device. And Sonarworks confirmed that it will be delivering the SoundID experience to 1MORE headphone users in 2020.
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Panasonic Shows Strong True Wireless Ambitions at CES 2020
January 13, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Panasonic Shows Strong True Wireless Ambitions at CES 2020

CES 2020 will be remembered as the strongest show for true wireless stereo product announcements so far, and also a pivotal moment for technology evolution in the segment. Among the first companies to make a strong statement at CES 2020 was Panasonic - and its affiliated brand Technics - with three different products, two of which already feature one of the most advanced Hybrid Noise-Cancelling Technology platforms currently available.
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Dirac and NXP Announce Collaboration to Support i.MX 8M Chipset Family with Premium Digital Audio
January 13, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac and NXP Announce Collaboration to Support i.MX 8M Chipset Family with Premium Digital Audio

Swedish sound pioneer Dirac and NXP Semiconductors announced a collaboration to combine one of the world’s most powerful audio chipsets with a market-leading digital audio platform. By equipping the NXP i.MX 8M family of chipsets with Dirac’s digital audio platform, OEMs can enable their devices with maximized, immersive, and adaptive sound across their complete range of products. The strategic partnership announcement was made at CES 2020.
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Shure Unveils New AONIC Line of Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones and True Wireless Earphones at CES 2020
January 13, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Shure Unveils New AONIC Line of Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones and True Wireless Earphones at CES 2020

Shure announced at CES 2020 its new AONIC line of wireless noise-cancelling headphones and true wireless earphones. The new products include the AONIC 50 Wireless Noise-Cancelling Headphones, a high-quality, comfortable design which offers up to 20 hours of battery life, and the AONIC 215 True Wireless Sound Isolating earphones, which employ the same Shure design for in-ear monitors, boasting eight hours of battery life.
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Capture All the Excitement of Audio with audioXpress February 2020!
January 10, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Capture All the Excitement of Audio with audioXpress February 2020!

The February 2020 edition of audioXpress features a Market Update on Microphones, addressing the latest technology and application trends in this expanding product segment, including an article explaining how Nureva created a groundbreaking approach to gain control that cuts conference call annoyance. And Richard Honeycutt explains how to choose and position Choir Microphones, while Michael Steffes discusses interfacing measurement mics to Delta-Sigma ADCs. Get the new edition now!
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Libre Wireless Technologies Introduces New Universal Wireless Audio Streaming and Multiroom Audio End Point
January 10, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Libre Wireless Technologies Introduces New Universal Wireless Audio Streaming and Multiroom Audio End Point

During CES 2020, Libre Wireless Technologies announced a unique new industry-leading consumer wireless audio streaming solution characterized as the “Universal Audio Streaming Endpoint.” The new embedded solution, based on Libre’s latest LS9X mainstream WiFi media module, enables new audio product developments that seamlessly and concurrently support all major streaming ecosystems, directly in single-end and multiroom configurations.
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Cadence Confirms Bluetooth LE Audio LC3 Codec Support for Tensilica HiFi DSPs
January 10, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Cadence Confirms Bluetooth LE Audio LC3 Codec Support for Tensilica HiFi DSPs

Cadence Design Systems announced that an implementation of the Low Complexity Communications Codec (LC3) that is part of the next generation Bluetooth LE Audio specification, is available now for Cadence Tensilica HiFi DSPs and has even been delivered to a lead customer. LC3 provides higher audio quality at lower bandwidth and affords developers greater flexibility in making tradeoffs between audio quality, power consumption and other features for a more optimal user experience.
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