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Altice USA Introduces Amplify Smart Speaker Developed with Devialet
August 9, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Altice USA Introduces Amplify Smart Speaker Developed with Devialet

Altice USA, the American arm of the French telecommunications conglomerate, unveiled Altice Amplify, an Alexa-powered smart speaker developed in collaboration with French connected-speaker pioneers Devialet. Directly targeted at the booming North-America smart speaker market, the Altice Amplify introduces "an intelligent, high-fidelity home speaker that powers the connected home." Of course, Altice didn't discard the audio quality argument and worked with Devialet to design a true high-fidelity system.
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audioXpress September 2019 Speaker Focus Edition Now Available
August 8, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress September 2019 Speaker Focus Edition Now Available

The September edition of audioXpress is our always popular Speaker Builder - Speaker Focus edition. Once again, audioXpress focuses on loudspeaker building, design, and testing and for this issue we have combined two great DIY articles with a review of the PureAudioProject Trio15 Heil AMT speaker system. Ward Maas reports from the High End 2019 show in Munich, Jan Didden met with Purifi Audio's Bruno Putzeys and Lars Risbo and comments on the company's research, and much more.
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Strategy Analytics Forecasts 17 Billion Smart Home Devices in Use Worldwide by 2030
August 8, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Strategy Analytics Forecasts 17 Billion Smart Home Devices in Use Worldwide by 2030

The success of Wi-Fi technology is confirmed in new research from Strategy Analytics showing that nearly five billion home Wi-Fi devices are now in use around the world. The company's latest report predicts that a new wave of Wi-Fi smart home devices is about to drive adoption towards a total of 17 billion home devices in use worldwide by 2030, cementing the Wireless Home as one of the leading technology trends of the early 21st century.
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WiSA Association Projects WiSA Ready TVs to Exceed 20 Million in 2020
August 8, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

WiSA Association Projects WiSA Ready TVs to Exceed 20 Million in 2020

WiSA, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association, comprised of more than 60 leading consumer electronics brands, today announced its global TV member brands have expanded to 7 with projected WiSA Ready TVs to exceed 20 million in market in 2020. With the addition of TPV, which markets under the Philips TV brand, WiSA and its collective members will continue to deliver best-in-class, wireless, hi-resolution, multi-channel audio to the home entertainment experience.
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Sennheiser Enters Automotive Sector Showing First In-Car AMBEO Sound System at Monterey Car Week
August 7, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser Enters Automotive Sector Showing First In-Car AMBEO Sound System at Monterey Car Week

Sennheiser developed an AMBEO immersive audio solution for in-car entertainment and communication in collaboration with Southern California-based luxury automaker, Karma Automotive. Engineered using highest-grade microphone and loudspeaker technology and 3D audio expertise, the AMBEO sound system provides impressively enveloping sound and clear audio for phone calls. The system can first be experienced as a technology showcase on a new 2020 Karma Revero GT during Monterey Car Week (August 15-18).
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Sogou Portable Smart Recorder C1 Leverages Nordic’s nRF52810 Bluetooth 5 SoC
August 7, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Sogou Portable Smart Recorder C1 Leverages Nordic’s nRF52810 Bluetooth 5 SoC

Sogou, a Beijing, China-based technology company, has selected Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52810 Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide the wireless connectivity for its Smart Recorder C1. Unveiled in Marc 2019 and now available, this Bluetooth LE portable voice recorder employs Nordic’s nRF52810 SoC to wirelessly transfer voice recordings to a smartphone app for transcription. According to Sogou, the device is able to achieve up to 95 percent speech-to-text accuracy in Chinese language.
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New ZYLIA Mix & Master Service Allows Musicians to Optimize Spatial Sound From 360-Degree Recordings
August 7, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

New ZYLIA Mix & Master Service Allows Musicians to Optimize Spatial Sound From 360-Degree Recordings

Zylia launched the ZYLIA Mix & Master service, a one-of-a-kind service that helps musicians to get spatial and binaural sound from sessions recorded with the ZYLIA ZM-1 360-degree microphone. For some time, everyone who purchases a ZYLIA MUSIC system, which includes the ZYLIA ZM-1 microphone array, will get the opportunity to submit four songs to the ZYLIA Mix & Master service — and get professional audio mixing and mastering for free.
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HEAD acoustics Introduces coreA2B High-Performance Solution for Automotive Audio Performance Testing
August 6, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

HEAD acoustics Introduces coreA2B High-Performance Solution for Automotive Audio Performance Testing

Providing high-quality audio is an important part of modern audio systems in vehicles. For this purpose, Analog Devices has developed Automotive Audio Bus (A2B) technology, optimized for delivering superior audio quality. Now, HEAD acoustics launched coreA2B, a high-performance solution for testing audio performance on the A2B bus technology implemented on a measurement extension board for the company's multi-channel hardware platform labCORE.
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AKG Launches K361 and K371 Professional Studio Headphones
August 6, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

AKG Launches K361 and K371 Professional Studio Headphones

Harman Professional Solutions announced new AKG K361 and K371 professional studio headphones targeting musicians, producers, and all content creators looking for a versatile monitoring solution that also combines style and mobility. The new K361 and K371 headphones blend studio-quality sound with a compact, foldable design, enabling creators to produce professional content in the studio or on the go.
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Global Specialties Announces GNV-100 Series Sound Level Meters
August 6, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Global Specialties Announces GNV-100 Series Sound Level Meters

Global Specialties announced the release of its GNV-100 Series of Sound Level Meters. Equipped with frequency weighting selection, these sound level meters precisely target the frequency range of the required application. Users can choose A weighting, mimicking the perceptible frequencies of the human ear, such as for OSHA compliance and noise ordinance enforcement, or choose C weighting, suited for audio engineers and factory environments that deal with substantial bass or low frequency noise.
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