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TIDAL High Fidelity Music Streaming Service Continues Rapid Expansion Preparing Launch in 22 New Countries
by audioXpress Staff

TIDAL High Fidelity Music Streaming Service Continues Rapid Expansion Preparing Launch in 22 New Countries

TIDAL, the Norwegian High Fidelity lossless music streaming service with HD music videos and curated editorial, announced it will launch its service in 22 new countries during the first quarter of 2015. The company also confirmed twelve home audio integration partners are already live with TIDAL, namely, Sonos, Bluesound, Linn, Simple Audio, Auralic, Mirage, Squeezebox, Amarra sQ, Mcintosh, Wadia, Electrocompaniet and Meridian.
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5th Annual Dante AV Networking World at ISE 2015
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5th Annual Dante AV Networking World at ISE 2015

The Integrated Systems Europe 2015 show in Amsterdam will be a decisive moment for Audinate and its Dante audio over IP media networking technology, adopted by nearly 200 leading OEM manufacturers. For the fifth consecutive year, Dante’s AV Networking World series of informative presentations and hands-on workshops will be held Monday, 9 February 2015.
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Crown Audio Announces “Empower by Crown” Amplifier Program Available to Third-party Manufacturers
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Crown Audio Announces “Empower by Crown” Amplifier Program Available to Third-party Manufacturers

Crown Audio announced its new Empower by Crown initiative, a new embedded amplifier program to provide third-party active loudspeaker manufacturers of finished product with special access to its portfolio of amplifier technology. The new Empowered by Crown Amplifier modules are built on the proprietary DriveCore platform and are designed for integration into virtually any loudspeaker configuration and application.
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A Comparative Measurement Microphone Study
by Vance Dickason

A Comparative Measurement Microphone Study

In mid-August 2013, the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden undertook a study to compare four brands of measurement microphones. The standards bureau had been asked to purchase four microphones of the same type from four different measurement microphone manufactures — Brüel & Kjær, BSWA, G.R.A.S. Sound and Vibration A/S, and PCB Piezotronics.
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Riedel Joins RAVENNA and Accelerates Efforts to Provide AES67 Interoperability
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Riedel Joins RAVENNA and Accelerates Efforts to Provide AES67 Interoperability

Riedel Communications announced its support for the AES67 standard and the RAVENNA technology framework for real-time IP distribution of audio and other media content. By extending format support to include AES67/RAVENNA, the German company takes a key step forward in delivering the many benefits of standards-agnostic communications and signal-transport solutions.
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Record Breaking 2015 NAMM Show
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Record Breaking 2015 NAMM Show

Held January 22-25, NAMM 2015 welcomed a record number of exhibitors to Anaheim. Major product debuts, a bumper crop of new-to-NAMM exhibitors paired with engaging thought-leaders created what many NAMM members called the freshest NAMM Show in years. A record 99,342 NAMM Show registrants and a record 1,621 exhibiting companies made it the largest NAMM Show in history.
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Harman Launches New Soundcraft Ui Series Digital Mixers Following Acquisition of SM Pro Audio
by Joao Martins

Harman Launches New Soundcraft Ui Series Digital Mixers Following Acquisition of SM Pro Audio

Harman confirmed the acquisition of SM Pro Audio, based in Melbourne, Australia. The company was incorporated into the Harman Professional Division as a developer of pro audio and musical instruments (MI). At the 2015 NAMM Show, Harman launched the new Soundcraft Ui Series of remote-controlled digital mixers, featuring an integrated, onboard Wi-Fi router, as previously introduced by SM Pro Audio in April 2014.
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Manley Introduces FORCE Mic Preamp at 2015 NAMM Show
by Shannon Becker

Manley Introduces FORCE Mic Preamp at 2015 NAMM Show

Following on the success of their acclaimed CORE reference channel strip, Manley Labs announced the Manley FORCE, a four-channel high voltage vacuum tube microphone preamplifier carrying a retail price of only $2,500 USD.
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Pioneer Electronics Unveils the HRM-7 Studio Headphones
by Joao Martins

Pioneer Electronics Unveils the HRM-7 Studio Headphones

The new Pioneer HRM-7 headphones incorporate a new HD driver for high-resolution audio sources, and features a “dual chamber” bass reflex enclosure to help produce lower bass response and provide better control for audio accuracy. The new HRM-7, along with new XDJ-RX headphones, previously announced, will be on display at the 2015 NAMM Show, in Anaheim, CA.
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ROLI Announces Gregg Stein to Join as Head of Sales Americas, Launches Ground-Breaking Equator Synth
by Joao Martins

ROLI Announces Gregg Stein to Join as Head of Sales Americas, Launches Ground-Breaking Equator Synth

ROLI, a design-led music technology leader and developer of the award-winning Seaboard GRAND, announced that Gregg Stein will join the ROLI team as Head of Sales, Americas. This follows a breakthrough 2014 which has seen units of their revolutionary new musical instrument that reimagines the piano keyboard as a soft, continuous surface, shipping around the world to customers, and leading artists.
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