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Degauss Labs Targets Demanding Users with Twelve Driver Earphones Lightning
August 20, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Degauss Labs Targets Demanding Users with Twelve Driver Earphones Lightning

Swedish company Degauss Labs, also an OEM for the audio industry, expanded its catalog of personal audio products with the Degauss Labs Twelve Driver Earphones Lightning, characterized as "the most detailed and powerful earphones" the company has ever built. Complemented with a specific iPhone compatible Lightning cable, the design combines a total of 12 balanced armature drivers and all aspects have been optimized to provide the best possible audio experience with high resolution digital audio sources.
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MasterSounds Introduces High-Quality Compact Tube-Based DJ Mixer
August 20, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

MasterSounds Introduces High-Quality Compact Tube-Based DJ Mixer

Do you like vinyl and have more than one turntable? Maybe you are thinking about investing in a new phono preamp and a way to connect both even if it's probably too late to pretend you can learn to be a DJ (hey but the idea is cool anyway...)? Well, here's an interesting option - a compact tube DJ mixer with high-quality components, great sound and the coolest design. The MasterSounds compact Radius Two Valve is a two channel mixer powered by dual triodes. Read on...
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MSE Audio to Debut Phase Technology Variable Length Soundbar at CEDIA 2019
August 20, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

MSE Audio to Debut Phase Technology Variable Length Soundbar at CEDIA 2019

MSE Audio, the parent company of SoundTube Entertainment, Soundsphere, dARTS, Phase Technology, Induction Dynamics, SolidDrive and Rockustics, announced the Phase Technology Variable Length Soundbar to enable custom fit soundbars. The new design allows customized lengths and simplified installation with the full impact required by large television or projection screens. The Variable Length Soundbar will debut at CEDIA 2019 in booth 3925.
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Dynaudio Launches Custom Install Product Bonanza at CEDIA Expo 2019
August 19, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Dynaudio Launches Custom Install Product Bonanza at CEDIA Expo 2019

Dynaudio will be showcasing a salvo of new products at this year's CEDIA Expo 2019 in Denver. The company is taking the wraps off its Performance range, a brand-new, slimline product family comprising high-end in-wall and in-ceiling custom installation speakers, plus a special fire-resistant back-box. Dynaudio also announced two new outdoor loudspeaker models, its first-ever offerings in this category.
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Strategy Analytics: Global Smart Speaker Sales Soared 96% To 30.3 Million In Q2 2019
August 19, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Strategy Analytics: Global Smart Speaker Sales Soared 96% To 30.3 Million In Q2 2019

Global sales of smart speakers continued to soar in the second quarter of 2019, reaching 30.3 million units, nearly double the same period in 2018, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. With a 21.9% share, Amazon remained the leading brand. Google retained second place, followed by Baidu, Alibaba and Xiaomi. Apple’s smart speaker sales increased 81% compared to a year earlier, but its share fell slightly and it remained in sixth place.
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SEAS Announces New Excel Graphene C16NX001/F Coaxial Speaker
August 16, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

SEAS Announces New Excel Graphene C16NX001/F Coaxial Speaker

SEAS announced its fourth speaker model in the company's new Excel Graphene line, designed for modern high-res audio reproduction. The new C16NX001/F is also the first coaxial driver using the magnesium cone treated with the new graphene nano-coating formula, and the successor to the famous C16N001/F (E0051-04/06) driver from SEAS, implementing all the improvements the company introduced into the W16NX003 woofer.
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McIntosh Announces Most Versatile Tube Preamp Ever with New DA2 Digital Module
August 16, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces Most Versatile Tube Preamp Ever with New DA2 Digital Module

McIntosh announced the C2700 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier, a highly versatile 16-input preamp which combines 70 years of tube expertise with the very latest high resolution digital audio technology, courtesy of the company’s new, upgradeable DA2 Digital Audio Module (DAC). A reference in home entertainment and high quality audio for 70 years, McIntosh designed a highly versatile, featured-packed tube preamp for today’s modern music lover.
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Chirp Announces Data-Over-Sound on Arduino Boards
August 16, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Chirp Announces Data-Over-Sound on Arduino Boards

Chirp, the pioneer of data-over-sound technology and Arduino, the open-source electronics platform, announced the first official integration of data-over-sound on Arduino’s range of boards. The partnership with Arduino makes it easier to rapid prototype acoustic networking, and fully support developers with a seamless software-defined solution when building projects using data-over-sound.
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Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) Awards 2019-2020 in Audio Categories
August 15, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) Awards 2019-2020 in Audio Categories

Following last year's evolution of the (former) European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) to the new (global) acronym Expert Imaging & Sound Association, coinciding with the admission of new members from all over the world, including the United States, the traditional winners of its 2019-2020 Awards have been announced. As always, audioXpress highlights all the audio-related winers in the Hi-Fi, Home Theatre Audio, In-Car and Mobile Devices categories. And there are a few surprises!
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Total Studio Control with New Neumann KH 750 DSP Subwoofer
August 15, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Total Studio Control with New Neumann KH 750 DSP Subwoofer

Neumann Berlin introduced the KH 750 DSP compact subwoofer. The new model is the ideal choice for smaller rooms and the perfect complement to the, also compact, Neumann KH 80 DSP studio monitors, the brand's first with digital signal processing. Together, Neumann is now able to offer a studio solution with analog and digital inputs and outputs, routing modes and adaptable acoustical controls, with the Neumann.Control app for iPad providing room calibration and configurable alignment.
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