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SoundChip Unveils World’s Lowest Power, Highest Performance Hybrid Noise Cancelling Platform for True Wireless Stereo Headsets
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SoundChip Unveils World’s Lowest Power, Highest Performance Hybrid Noise Cancelling Platform for True Wireless Stereo Headsets

SoundChip, a Swiss-based provider or audio processing solutions, unveiled Aurora – an application-specific, low-power, hybrid noise cancelling platform for next-generation True Wireless Stereo (TWS) headsets. According to the company, Aurora delivers up to 35dB of class-leading digitally-programmable feed-forward and feedback (hybrid) noise cancelling, as well as a swathe of software-controlled features, including multi-mode noise cancelling, digitally configurable occlusion control, and situational awareness.
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Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing Publishes New and Updated Recommendations for Recording Deliverables and Hi-Res Music Production
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Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing Publishes New and Updated Recommendations for Recording Deliverables and Hi-Res Music Production

Reflecting its ongoing mission to educate and offer technical guidelines, the Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing has officially published a new paper titled "Recommendations for Hi-Resolution Music Production"; and an updated version of its historically influential "Recommendations for Delivery of Recorded Music Projects." Always record at 24-bit and 96kHz or better, says the Recording Academy.
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Burning Amp 2017 Will Be The Biggest and Best Ever!
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Burning Amp 2017 Will Be The Biggest and Best Ever!

Burning Amp, the event for people interested in making or learning about do it yourself audio equipment, auditioning equipment made by others, and attending talks concerning various audio topics, will return November 12 to San Francisco. It is not necessary to bring components to show in order to attend Burning Amp, but admission is free for those who do. So, this is a great opportunity for those whining to show something they’ve made to be auditioned or admired!
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CanJam Europe 2017 with New Expanded Location in Berlin
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CanJam Europe 2017 with New Expanded Location in Berlin

Headphone show CanJam Europe will opens its doors November 4-5, 2017, in Berlin, Germany, allowing visitors to see and listen to numerous world premieres, in direct cooperation with hifi show High End Munich. Following previous editions in Essen, the European headphone show will be held for the first time at music hotel nhow, right in creative district Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, of Berlin, Germany. The 2017 edition of the show is promising more than 100 headphone brands and related audio electronics and accessories for interested visitors to test, compare and buy.
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CEVA and Cyberon Partner for Ultra-low Power Always-listening Voice Activation Solution
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CEVA and Cyberon Partner for Ultra-low Power Always-listening Voice Activation Solution

CEVA, a leading licensor of signal processing IP for smarter, connected devices, and Taiwan's leading embedded speech solution provider, Cyberon Corporation, announced a partnership to offer an ultra-low power, always-listening voice activation solution for smartphones, consumer and IoT devices. Cyberon has developed an optimized implementation of its CSpotter voice recognition engine for the CEVA-TeakLite family of DSPs.
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High Quality Audio Experiences at Capital Audiofest 2017
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High Quality Audio Experiences at Capital Audiofest 2017

Scheduled for November 3 – 5, 2017, Capital Audiofest (CAF), the popular East Coast show, will return to the Rockville Hilton Hotel at Twinbrook. Following the 2016 edition with the largest visitor turnout ever during three days, the promoters decided to keep the show dates in November at the same venue. The show benefited from the hotel's recent renovations, allowing for larger listening rooms and an expanded Marketplace and CanMania dedicated areas with 50% more space and more than 30 headphone companies.
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Research from Fraunhofer IDMT Finds Use of Soundbars Actually Improves TV Viewing Experience
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Research from Fraunhofer IDMT Finds Use of Soundbars Actually Improves TV Viewing Experience

The German Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT, in Oldenburg, Germany, has compared the speech intelligibility and sound quality of a Samsung smart TV and a Samsung soundbar. The results show that using the soundbar considerably reduces listening effort in comparison to using only the TV set. 15 adults aged between 25 and 55 were invited to the Fraunhofer IDMT’s Sound Technologies Lab (STL) in Oldenburg for the study.
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DTS Expands Amazon Music Support via DTS Play-Fi Wireless Audio
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DTS Expands Amazon Music Support via DTS Play-Fi Wireless Audio

There is a price to pay for audio manufacturers that want to support Alexa, Amazon's voice engine. And that is that you will be also sending your users directly to Amazon's services, including Amazon Music mp3-based streaming service. In return, when a leading company such as DTS embraces this for its Play-Fi ecosystem, it also gains a better music search functionality using voice, with Amazon Music users being able to search by station, playlist, album and song on their DTS Play-Fi devices.
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Futuresource New Headphones Market Report Confirms Global Headphone Sales Accelerated by Wireless & Smart Features
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Futuresource New Headphones Market Report Confirms Global Headphone Sales Accelerated by Wireless & Smart Features

The overall market for headphones is mature in terms of units, but there are pockets of significant growth. Demand for wireless headphones continues to energize the global market driving up sales, increasing prices and fueling innovation of smart features. Sales of wireless headphones have accelerated rapidly this year and are on track to reach $9.5 billion, up 83% on 2016. These are some of the finds detailed by Futuresource Consulting in its latest Headphones Market Report: Worldwide Outlook.
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B&C Speakers Formalizes Offer to Acquire Eighteen Sound
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B&C Speakers Formalizes Offer to Acquire Eighteen Sound

B&C Speakers formalized a binding offer for the acquisition of 100% of share capital of Eighteen Sound from Landi Renzo Group. The announcement confirms an operation anticipated by the Landi Renzo Group of focusing on its core automotive business, divesting from non-strategic assets and "return to profitability" in 2018. For B&C Speakers this represents a formidable expansion of its business to new loudspeaker market segments.
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