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Soundcore Unveils True Wireless Earbuds with New Coaxial Driver Design
October 3, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Soundcore Unveils True Wireless Earbuds with New Coaxial Driver Design

Soundcore, Anker Innovations’ premium audio brand, recently announced the Liberty 2 Pro, the flagship model in its next generation Liberty true wireless lineup, which includes five other different products targeting different usage profiles. The Liberty 2 Pro earbuds will appeal directly to users looking for the best possible audio quality, and are based on a first-of-its-kind coaxial driver design, where Soundcore’s engineers successfully marry a custom-tuned balanced armature (BA) driver from Knowles with an oversized 11mm dome dynamic driver.
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From 1975 to a New Benchmark with the Luxman CL-1000 Tube Control Amplifier
October 3, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

From 1975 to a New Benchmark with the Luxman CL-1000 Tube Control Amplifier

Luxman’s new flagship control amplifier, the CL-1000 is the spiritual heir to the legendary C-1000, launched in 1975. Yet even as it salutes the past, the new preamp looks forward with an all-new LECUTA volume control system, a nanocrystal core transformer, Luxman’s proprietary oil-impregnated capacitors and more. “The CL-1000 represents everything Luxman knows about vacuum tube audio,” says Jeff Sigmund, president of Luxman America. “It’s not just our newest preamp, it’s our new benchmark.”
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M-Audio Announces High-Performance Air Series USB-C Audio Interfaces
October 2, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

M-Audio Announces High-Performance Air Series USB-C Audio Interfaces

M-Audio announced the introduction of its new AIR Series USB-C audio interfaces, designed to provide affordable options to music producers, composers and musicians the ability to work in 24-bit/192kHz studio-quality computer-based recordings with an intuitive, easy-to-use interface. With a range of five models, all the interfaces feature M-Audio’s exclusive Crystal microphone preamps and are complemented with a powerful software bundle, which includes Pro Tools First M-Audio Edition.
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WiSA Announces Commercial Launch of Klipsch’s WiSA Certified Reference Wireless Speaker Line
October 2, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

WiSA Announces Commercial Launch of Klipsch’s WiSA Certified Reference Wireless Speaker Line

The Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA), comprised of over 60 leading consumer electronics brands, and founded by Summit Wireless Technologies, announced the commercial launch of the WiSA Certified Klipsch Reference Wireless speaker series. This exciting new line of Klipsch speakers has already received multiple industry awards since its presentation at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and is finally available for purchase, working seamlessly with any WiSA Ready products, including LG’s OLED and NanoCell 4K and 8K TVs.
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Audio Precision Introduces APx500 Flex Audio Analyzer with Support for Third-Party ASIO Audio Interfaces
October 2, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Precision Introduces APx500 Flex Audio Analyzer with Support for Third-Party ASIO Audio Interfaces

Audio Precision unveiled its new APx500 Flex audio analyzer, a completely new class of test and measurement solutions designed to support the use of APx audio measurement software with ASIO-capable third-party audio interfaces or sound cards. With the introduction of APx500 Flex, manufacturers can cost-effectively deploy the measurement capabilities, flexibility and quality of APx software to their production lines at a much lower price.
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Powersoft Appoints Tom Knesel to General Manager, North America
October 2, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Powersoft Appoints Tom Knesel to General Manager, North America

Powersoft appointed industry veteran Tom Knesel to the position of General Manager, North America. Knesel, who will be located at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Kearny, NJ, will focus on systems integration market, development of key accounts and accelerating U.S. growth, reporting directly to Luca Giorgi, Sales & Business Development Director, Powersoft.
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Fulcrum Acoustic Enlists Kirk Lombardo as Loudspeaker Engineer
October 2, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Fulcrum Acoustic Enlists Kirk Lombardo as Loudspeaker Engineer

Fulcrum Acoustic has announced the appointment of loudspeaker designer Kirk Lombardo to their expanding engineering team. An industry veteran, Kirk has participated in Professional and Consumer audio, working with such companies as Electro-Voice, Altec Lansing, and Velodyne. In addition to his design work, Lombardo has worked in other roles including product management and contract manufacturer/supply chain management.
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QSC Expands Media Networking Control with Acquisition of Attero Tech
October 1, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

QSC Expands Media Networking Control with Acquisition of Attero Tech

QSC announced the acquisition of Attero Tech, effective September 30, 2019. The combination of the two leading companies in audio and media networking and connectivity expands the rapidly growing portfolio of the Q-SYS audio, video and control (AV&C) Ecosystem with Attero Tech’s highly innovative portfolio of networked AV endpoints and I/O peripherals, as well as boosting QSC’s development capabilities with Attero Tech’s Fort Wayne-based engineering staff joining the multi-national QSC team.
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XMOS Secures $19M Funding to Accelerate Global Growth and Support Development in Voice Interfaces
October 1, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

XMOS Secures $19M Funding to Accelerate Global Growth and Support Development in Voice Interfaces

XMOS, a Bristol-based technology company, specialising in voice-processing, edge-AI and connected devices, announced the completion of a new $19 million financing round — fueling the company’s global growth, consolidating its technical leadership in far-field voice interfaces and developing a new product roadmap for the artificial intelligence of things (AIoT). The funds will also enable an expanded global footprint — including new staff in its Hong Kong office.
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L-Acoustics Inaugurates AES Dr. Christian Heil Future of Sound Scholarship
October 1, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

L-Acoustics Inaugurates AES Dr. Christian Heil Future of Sound Scholarship

To mark the 35th anniversary of its founding, L-Acoustics announced the creation of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Dr. Christian Heil Future of Sound scholarship. A stipend of $5,000 offered annually to graduate students in the field of audio engineering who are members of the AES, the Dr. Christian Heil Future of Sound scholarship, the first of which has been granted to McGill University student Ben Creelman, who is pursuing a Master of Music degree in the field of sound recording, will be granted yearly to students who demonstrate curiosity and dedication to shaping the future of sound.
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