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Christian Hellinger is now Managing Director at ADAM Audio
March 10, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Christian Hellinger is now Managing Director at ADAM Audio

ADAM Audio announced the appointment of Christian Hellinger to the position of Managing Director. In his new role, Hellinger will oversee global sales, distribution, marketing, R&D, post-sales support and service, product management and strategy for ADAM Audio worldwide. Hellinger will be based in ADAM Audio’s headquarters in Berlin.
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Sound United Acquires Denon, Marantz, and Boston Acoustics
March 10, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Sound United Acquires Denon, Marantz, and Boston Acoustics

Sound United, parent company to Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, and Polk BOOM, announced it has completed the acquisition of the D+M Group, owner of the Denon, HEOS by Denon, Marantz, and Boston Acoustics brands. The D+M Group is the largest supplier of audio/video receivers worldwide and a leader in wireless multi-room audio. Sound United is the largest supplier of loudspeakers in North America and a leading supplier of sound bars and wireless music systems.
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COMSOL Conference 2017 — Call for Papers and Posters
March 9, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

COMSOL Conference 2017 — Call for Papers and Posters

The COMSOL Conference 2017 Boston will be held October 4-6, 2017 at the Boston Marriott Newton hotel. The program committee of the 13th annual COMSOL Conference is inviting members of the COMSOL community to submit paper and poster abstracts on their numerical simulation work and custom applications. Following the Boston event, other 2017 conferences take place in Rotterdam (Oct 18-20), Beijing (Nov 2-3), Singapore (Nov 22), Taipei (TBA), Seoul (Nov 17), and Tokyo (Dec 8).
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Bryston BDP-3 Dedicated HiRes Digital Music Player
March 9, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Bryston BDP-3 Dedicated HiRes Digital Music Player

Intel processor, increased RAM and two independent USB 3.0 buses are some highlights of Bryston's new flagship digital music player. The Bryston BDP-3 is a bit perfect dedicated player for high resolution digital audio files (up to PCM 32-bit/384kHz and DSD128), employing a highly-customized Linux OS optimized for performance. Fully impedance matched and transformer coupled AES/EBU and S/PDIF outputs offer the best possible digital audio transmission to the DAC of choice.
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Keysight Technologies Introduces Ultra-Low Cost InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series Oscilloscopes
March 9, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Keysight Technologies Introduces Ultra-Low Cost InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series Oscilloscopes

Under the banner "Scrap the toys, get a real oscilloscope", Keysight announced availability of its new InfiniiVision 1000 X-Series 50 to 100 MHz oscilloscopes, with professional-level functionalities and software analysis. Ideal for students and electronic enthusiasts, the oscilloscopes deliver industry-leading software analysis and 6-in-1 instrument integration, including a built-in frequency response analyzer with Bode plotting.
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Waves Introduces the Dugan Automixer and Dugan Speech Plug-in Bundle
March 8, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Waves Introduces the Dugan Automixer and Dugan Speech Plug-in Bundle

Audio signal processing technologies expert, Waves Audio, introduced the Waves Dugan Automixer + Dugan Speech plug-in bundle. Any live or broadcast engineer is familiar with the challenging situation of having to mix multiple channels of speech mics. The Waves Dugan Automixer + Dugan Speech plugins save users the tedious need to manually ride faders while trying to keep up with several people talking at once.
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Shazam Launches Augmented Reality Solution for Brands Worldwide
March 8, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Shazam Launches Augmented Reality Solution for Brands Worldwide

Shazam, one of the world’s most popular audio recognition apps, announced the launch of a massively scaled augmented reality (AR) platform for its brand partners, artists and hundreds of millions of global users, adding visual recognition to its popular music identification service. Beam Suntory, Inc., the world's third largest premium spirits company, has signed on as one of several launch partners.
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New Programming-Free LCD User Interface for Embedded Applications
March 8, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

New Programming-Free LCD User Interface for Embedded Applications

How many times audio product designers hesitate to provide a display and graphic user interface on their new solutions, just because they fear the complexity and want to get to market faster? That's precisely why LCDTERM, a subsidiary of Best Circuits, created a solution for a programming-free LCD user interface, which is able to provide a simple connection to embedded systems, and be up and running quickly.
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Sonos Introduces PLAYBASE Home Theater Sound Solution
March 7, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Sonos Introduces PLAYBASE Home Theater Sound Solution

Sonos announced PLAYBASE, the latest addition to its wireless home sound system and the newest speaker in their home theater lineup. Inspired by the simple insight that up to 70% of all TVs stand on furniture and are not mounted to the wall, PLAYBASE is a thin, yet powerful speaker that sits discreetly under the TV. Priced at $699 US and available in both black and white, PLAYBASE will be available globally starting on April 4, 2017.
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Bruel & Kjaer Introduces Binaural Microphone Recording Solution
March 7, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Bruel & Kjaer Introduces Binaural Microphone Recording Solution

With virtual reality, augmented reality and a renewed interest in binaural audio recording for broadcast and new media applications, the audio industry has recently seen several product announcements in the field from leading manufacturers. Now the Danish test and measurement specialists, Bruel & Kjaer, have announced a new binaural microphone set, which will be presented for the first time at CanJam SoCal, April 8-9, 2017.
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