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Arrow Electronics and Conexant Systems Collaboration on Development of Amazon Alexa-Enabled Smart Home Products
December 15, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Arrow Electronics and Conexant Systems Collaboration on Development of Amazon Alexa-Enabled Smart Home Products

Arrow Electronics has entered into a preferred global agreement regarding Conexant Systems’ audio and voice technology solutions. Arrow is not only distributing, but also sourcing components and providing technical design support for Conexant’s AudioSmart 2-Mic Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS).
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The NAMM Foundation Announces Eight 2017 TECnology Hall of Fame Inductees
December 15, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

The NAMM Foundation Announces Eight 2017 TECnology Hall of Fame Inductees

The NAMM Foundation has announced eight culturally-significant musical inventions and revolutionary products that will be inducted to its TECnology Hall of Fame, Saturday, January 21 at The NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. Some of the inductees include the Wah-Wah Pedal (1966), the Decca Tree spaced microphone array ( 1954), Neumann’s U67 tube microphone (1960), API Audio’s Lunchbox 500-series module housing (1985), and the Neutrik Speakon connector (1987).
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DSP Concepts Announces Multicore Support for Audio Weaver DSP Programming Software
December 15, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

DSP Concepts Announces Multicore Support for Audio Weaver DSP Programming Software

DSP Concepts has announced multicore support for its Audio Weaver modular programming software. Audio Weaver can now operate in heterogeneous SoC (System on a Chip) devices that employ multiple cores of different types. The new capability extends Audio Weaver’s user-friendly programming environment into more applications, including complex signal processing chains in automotive environments.
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PK Sound Launches Gravity 30 Subwoofer Featuring Powersoft M-Force Transducer
December 14, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

PK Sound Launches Gravity 30 Subwoofer Featuring Powersoft M-Force Transducer

PK Sound has launched the Gravity 30 - high power 30-inch subwoofer. Specializing in large-scale electronic dance music (EDM) events, the Canadian company understands low frequencies and the need to control those extensions in high power systems. Following extensive tests in live applications, PK combined a Powersoft 15,000 Watts M-Driver amplifier and 30” M-Force driver in a high output compact cabinet, able to replace 3 dual 18″ subs!
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Audio-Technica ATH-DSR9BT Pure Digital Drive Wireless Headphones Get CES 2017 Innovation Honoree Award
December 14, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Audio-Technica ATH-DSR9BT Pure Digital Drive Wireless Headphones Get CES 2017 Innovation Honoree Award

Audio-Technica’s ATH-DSR9BT Wireless Headphones with Pure Digital Drive and the AT-ART1000 Direct Power Stereo Moving Coil Cartridge have received CES 2017 Innovation Honoree awards from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The ATH-DSR9BT is the first headphone with wireless Bluetooth technology to employ Audio-Technica’s new Pure Digital Drive system, which keeps the audio signal completely digital from source to driver.
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Microchip Introduces New Low-Power PIC24 “GA7” Microcontroller Family for Cost-Effective, Space-Constrained Designs
December 14, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Microchip Introduces New Low-Power PIC24 “GA7” Microcontroller Family for Cost-Effective, Space-Constrained Designs

Microchip’s new PIC24 “GA7” family of microcontrollers (MCU) is now available. As the lowest-cost 256 KB Flash memory 16-bit MCUs available today, these PIC24 devices enable extremely cost-effective designs for Internet of Things (IoT) sensor nodes, portable devices, industrial control, and any battery operated application that requires developers to cut power consumption, cost and space.
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Smart Home Reference Designs from Silicon Labs Accelerate Development of IoT Connected Devices
December 13, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Smart Home Reference Designs from Silicon Labs Accelerate Development of IoT Connected Devices

Silicon Labs has launched two new wireless occupancy sensor and smart outlet reference designs for the home automation market. The FCC and UL pre-certified reference designs include all of the hardware, firmware and software tools required to create feature-rich, future-proofed connected home products based on Silicon Labs’ ZigBee “Golden Unit” Home Automation (HA 1.2) software stack and multiprotocol Wireless Gecko system-on-chip (SoC) portfolio.
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OPPO Releases UDP-203 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Player with High Resolution Audio support
December 13, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

OPPO Releases UDP-203 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Player with High Resolution Audio support

OPPO Digital announced that the highly expected new UDP-203 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc player is ready for release. A successor to the award-winning BDP-103 series universal Blu-ray Disc player, the UDP-203 is the latest product released by the renowned manufacturer of high performance audio video products, and it does exactly what everyone was expecting from such a player, including High Resolution Audio support.
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AudioControl Adds DTS:X and DTS Neural Surround capability to their Home Theater Receivers and Flagship Preamp/Processor
December 13, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

AudioControl Adds DTS:X and DTS Neural Surround capability to their Home Theater Receivers and Flagship Preamp/Processor

AudioControl has announced the availability of DTS:X and DTS Neural Surround for their Concert AVR-7 and AVR-9 home theater receivers as well as their Maestro M9 theater processor. According to the Seattle, WA, -based company, these multi-dimensional immersive formats enhance performance for consumers in this class-leading home theater lineup and can be added to models already in the field via a simple firmware update.
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Fohhn Shipping High Performance PT-70 Concert Sound System with Convertible Cardioid Dispersion
December 12, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Fohhn Shipping High Performance PT-70 Concert Sound System with Convertible Cardioid Dispersion

Fohhn Audio AG announced the release of its new PT-70 loudspeaker system. What makes the PT-70 design unique is its so-called Convertible Dispersion Technology (CDT), registered as a utility model, enabling it to be manually switched between cardioid and vented operation modes. When the PT-70 is used as a cardioid system, significantly less sound is emitted from the back of the speaker. This results in both a quieter working environment for the band and a richer, deeper sound for the audience.
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