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ETAL Group Completes Anaview Integration and Changes Name of Class D Amplifier Specialist to ETAL
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ETAL Group Completes Anaview Integration and Changes Name of Class D Amplifier Specialist to ETAL

ETAL Group, based in Stockholm, Sweden, announced that it is renaming Anaview, the manufacturer of Class D amplifiers, as ETAL. The well recognized and regarded Anaview name will continue as the product line name for the Group’s Class D amplifier range. KAMIC Group, the parent company of ETAL acquired Anaview in 2013, managing it as a unit of ETAL Group, an international supplier of inductive components.
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141st AES Los Angeles International Convention Confirms Presentations and Events Calendar
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141st AES Los Angeles International Convention Confirms Presentations and Events Calendar

The Audio Engineering Society has unveiled the detailed Technical Program and Events calendar for the highly-anticipated 141st AES International Convention in Los Angeles, taking place Thursday, September 29 – Sunday, October 2, 2016. The largest professional audio event of the year offers four full days of activities, including a complete conference schedule and historical presentations. Synthesizer design pioneer and “Father of MIDI” Dave Smith is confirmed to give the AES Heyser Lecture.
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Steven Lamar Funds ROAM Ropes Bluetooth Earphones on Kickstarter
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Steven Lamar Funds ROAM Ropes Bluetooth Earphones on Kickstarter

Ropes USA are a colorful special edition of ROAM’s first product, the Ropes Bluetooth earphones, now successfully funded on Kickstarter with a $100,000 goal. Ropes’ design is somewhat reminiscent of Beats earphones and that’s probably the intention because ROAM is a company founded by Steven Lamar, an entrepreneur with a history related to Beats’ origins. The Ropes Bluetooth earphones also remind us of how early Bluetooth products looked back in 2010.
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Roland Acquires Majority Stake in Headphone Lifestyle Brand V-MODA
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Roland Acquires Majority Stake in Headphone Lifestyle Brand V-MODA

In 2015, Roland announced a collaboration with lifestyle and DJ brand V-MODA, targeting fashion-conscious DJs and musicians with the M-100 AIRA headphones, combining the DJ-acclaimed V-MODA Crossfade M-100 over-ear headphones with the brand’s own AIRA range of retro-inspired electronic musical instruments. The alliance was apparently a success because Roland has decided to acquire a majority stake in V-MODA.
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Worldwide Consumer Electronics Market Looks Challenging but Promising Growth in Emerging New Categories
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Worldwide Consumer Electronics Market Looks Challenging but Promising Growth in Emerging New Categories

Wearable technology is a key growth area in a heavily challenged consumer electronics market, reveals the latest round of research into the worldwide consumer electronics market. Futuresource Consulting’s latest review of the long term outlook for the global consumer electronics market highlights the challenges and opportunities that face the industry following a year that saw trade value fall by 1.3% to $676 billion. Other areas of growth include wireless speakers and headphones as well as connected automotive infotainment.
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AES Sound Field Control Conference 2016 Explores Innovations in Active Management of Audio Within an Acoustical Environment
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AES Sound Field Control Conference 2016 Explores Innovations in Active Management of Audio Within an Acoustical Environment

Over 90 delegates gathered from July 18–20 at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, for the second international conference on Sound Field Control presented by the Audio Engineering Society. Chaired by Filippo Maria Fazi and Philip Jackson, the conference broke new ground in the understanding of the active management of audio delivered within an acoustical environment.
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Analog Devices Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Linear Technology
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Analog Devices Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Linear Technology

Consolidation continues in the electronic components’ industry. This time is Analog Devices acquiring Linear Technology, the established manufacturer of analog integrated circuits for power management, data conversion, signal conditioning, RF and interface ICs, µModule subsystems, and wireless sensor network products. According to Analog Devices, highly complementary product portfolios, engineering talent, technology, and application domain, creates an industry leader across all its major product categories.
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Western Digital Now Shipping G-Technology Storage Solutions Using 10TB Drives
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Western Digital Now Shipping G-Technology Storage Solutions Using 10TB Drives

Need to increase your uncompressed and high-resolution audio library? Your 4K video library is expanding? Western Digital Corporation announced that its G-Technology product lines are now available with new 8TB and 10TB enterprise-class hard drives with increased performance to keep up with growing storage needs. For the moment, these storage solutions still use Thunderbolt 2 interfaces, which should be OK if you really need to expand now. Otherwise, wait for the new Thunderbolt 3/USB 3.1 systems, using USB-C connectors, probably coming early 2017.
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Fairlight Announces Decision to Sell its Professional Audio Business and Focus on Licensing
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Fairlight Announces Decision to Sell its Professional Audio Business and Focus on Licensing

Fairlight.AU, the Australian technology development company best known for its professional audio products that are used by many broadcasters and producers around the world, has announced that it is actively seeking a buyer for its Professional Audio technology and focus on licensing its existing user-interface technologies. Fairlight’s OEM licensing business includes patented human-machine interface solutions, Picture Key button labelling technology and tactile interfaces.
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d&b audiotechnik Joins AVnu Alliance
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d&b audiotechnik Joins AVnu Alliance

German loudspeaker systems manufacturer, d&b audiotechnik, has announced it has joined the AVnu Alliance, the industry consortium that fosters the adoption of AVB/TSN (Audio Video Bridging/Time Sensitive Networking) protocols and an open ecosystem of certified products. The announcement comes in the wake of a strong momentum for AVB/TSN IEEE 802.1 standards at the recent InfoComm 2016 show.
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