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Since 2013, Joao Martins leads audioXpress as editor-in-chief of the US-based magazine and website, the leading audio electronics, audio product development and design publication, working also as international editor for Voice Coil, the leading periodical for the loudspeaker industry. Covering Audio and Video technology for more than 30 years - Broadcast, Film, Computer Graphics, and Music - as founder and editor of several leading publications in Portuguese and Spanish languages, (he's also fluent in French!), he benefits from a broad and rich perspective of those sectors and its multiple verticals. Marketing and Communication Specialist working at the intersection of media and technology for over three decades, Joao Martins started as a musician and studied visual arts and cinema before founding its own (short-lived) advertising agency. After a career in marketing and sales in film, television, radio and pro audio systems, transitioned full time to magazine publishing, founding new

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Audinate Dante Technology Now Integrated in Over 1,000 Commercially Available Products
February 13, 2017 by Joao Martins

Audinate Dante Technology Now Integrated in Over 1,000 Commercially Available Products

Audinate confirmed key adoption milestones for its industry-leading Dante media networking technology at ISE 2017. Dante is now integrated in over 1,000 commercially available products, and licensed to over 350 manufacturers, an increase of 75 since this time last year. Recent licensees span a broad spectrum of markets, including installed sound, live sound, broadcast, transportation and CEDIA, and include notable brands such as Beyerdynamic, Clear-Com, JBL, Lawo, Panasonic, Riedel, Sony and more.
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Crestron Unveils Mercury Unified Communication and Collaboration Solution at ISE 2017
February 10, 2017 by Joao Martins

Crestron Unveils Mercury Unified Communication and Collaboration Solution at ISE 2017

Imagine a speakerphone with an attractive touch-screen that you can place in a meeting room space, allowing everyone to participate in a conference and collaborate, independently of the hardware, software or service everyone else is using. A table-top device that already incorporates en effective microphone and speaker, but that also doesn’t mind if you prefer to use your iPhone with Skype, and someone else is using a company's Cisco WebEx system.
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Evolutionary Obsolescence: MWC 2017 Report
February 9, 2017 by Joao Martins

Evolutionary Obsolescence: MWC 2017 Report

Like every year at this time, the world of telecom and mobile descends upon cosmopolitan Barcelona for another edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) promoted by the GSM Association (GSMA). As we have noted before, MWC is becoming a larger forum for cutting-edge audio technologies than other industry events: anything that's wireless audio, wearables, and IoT, and even small dedicated audio technology providers have taken notice and are attending in full force.
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Linkplay Experiences Rapid Adoption of Its Turnkey WiFi Audio Speaker Solution Approved With Amazon Alexa Voice Service
February 2, 2017 by Joao Martins

Linkplay Experiences Rapid Adoption of Its Turnkey WiFi Audio Speaker Solution Approved With Amazon Alexa Voice Service

Linkplay Technology, a WiFi audio solution provider, and one of the first audio platforms approved for integration with Alexa Voice Service (AVS), hosted 300 attendees from global speaker brands, OEMs and ODMs for an Amazon Alexa technology summit. The one day conference held in Shenzhen, China provided an opportunity to educate customers interested in designing and building Powered by Linkplay products with AVS.
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ADAM Audio Returns with New S Series Range of Studio Monitors
February 2, 2017 by Joao Martins

ADAM Audio Returns with New S Series Range of Studio Monitors

Following the 2015 announcement that ADAM Audio was re-launching its business worldwide and the appointment of David Angress to lead the company's efforts worldwide, the company has been generating high expectations. NAMM 2017 provided the first chance to see a glimpse of what the company has in the works, with the preview of its completely reengineered S Series of studio monitors, which are being finalized at the company's headquarters in Berlin.
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A Decisive Moment for the NAMM Show
February 1, 2017 by Joao Martins

A Decisive Moment for the NAMM Show

The 2017 edition of the Winter National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show in Anaheim will be remembered for both the pouring rain that affected all of California during three of the four show days, while also confirming the reasons why it is one of the best and most vibrant events on the audio industry calendar.
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TIDAL Introduces MQA Streaming “Master Audio” Support
January 5, 2017 by Joao Martins

TIDAL Introduces MQA Streaming “Master Audio” Support

During CES 2017, TIDAL and MQA announced the much anticipated support for Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) on their streaming service. Until now only available on file-based downloads, the bandwidth efficient high-resolution audio format (HRA) is now available on a mainstream platform. TIDAL was previously the only music streaming service to offer a “higher-quality” subscription option. Those subscribers will now be able to access MQA encoded masters.
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Bluetooth 5 and Audio Applications
December 22, 2016 by Joao Martins

Bluetooth 5 and Audio Applications

Following the announcement made earlier, on December 7, 2016, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) officially adopted Bluetooth 5 as the latest version of the Bluetooth core specification. Key updates to Bluetooth 5 include longer range, faster speed, and larger broadcast message capacity, as well as improved interoperability and coexistence with other wireless technologies.
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Ocean Way Audio New HiRes3.5 Studio Reference Monitor
November 9, 2016 by Joao Martins

Ocean Way Audio New HiRes3.5 Studio Reference Monitor

Anyone that had the opportunity to listen to Ocean Way Audio’s HR4 monitors - as we had - knows that Allen Sides is into something serious. At the 141st AES Convention in Los Angeles, CA, Ocean Way Audio (OWA) proved why they claim to be a “leading manufacturer of high-resolution reference monitors for the professional audio and audiophile market sectors”, and unveiled the new HiRes3.5 Studio Reference Monitor, also known as HR3.5.
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Apple Unleashes Round of Thunderbolt 3 Announcements
November 1, 2016 by Joao Martins

Apple Unleashes Round of Thunderbolt 3 Announcements

Apple’s announcement on October 27, 2016, of a new generation of MacBook Pro laptops will be remembered obviously for the company’s “courage” to disrupt the traditional function keys on the keyboard, and the introduction of a fully programmable touch-screen called the Touch Bar. But more importantly it was the first confirmation that Thunderbolt 3 - the USB-C That Does it All, as Intel calls it - will be the future. And that’s what the industry was waiting for.
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