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Lenbrook Acquires MQA, Patents, and Audio Codecs
by Joao Martins

Lenbrook Acquires MQA, Patents, and Audio Codecs

Lenbrook Corp., the privately-owned Canadian audio company that owns NAD Electronics, PSB Speakers, Bluesound, Bluesound Professional, and BluOS, has acquired the assets of UK-based company MQA. The deal adds significant audio patents and codecs to Lenbrook’s IP portfolio, including MQA's high-resolution audio encoding and the latest SCL6 Scalable Codec for wireless audio applications, which is implemented in the upcoming line of PSB headphones and earbuds.
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Sensory TrulyHandsfree 7.0 Improves Voice Recognition Accuracy
by audioXpress Staff

Sensory TrulyHandsfree 7.0 Improves Voice Recognition Accuracy

Sensory announced the launch of TrulyHandsfree 7.0, the latest iteration of its groundbreaking voice recognition software for low-power wake words and small command sets. As pioneers in wake word and custom voice assistants, now focusing their efforts in embedded voice and biometric AI technology, Sensory's latest version of TrulyHandsfree improves accuracy, size, and power consumption, all key metrics for the advancement of voice recognition applications.
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High End Society Promotes Finest Audio Show Vienna
by audioXpress Staff

High End Society Promotes Finest Audio Show Vienna

The High End Society, promoters of the successful High End Show in Munich, have announced a new regional hi-fi show in Austria to take place November 18-19, 2023. Focused on serving German-speaking audio enthusiasts, Finest Audio Show Vienna intends to meet the demand in these thriving markets. The event will take place at the Austria Center Vienna, a central location in the heart of Vienna, offering an ideal platform for the two-day showcase.
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Consumer Technology Association Confirms CES 2024 Poised for Growth
by audioXpress Staff

Consumer Technology Association Confirms CES 2024 Poised for Growth

The Consumer Technology Association announced that CES 2024 is thriving and on track to surpass the CES 2023 footprint and number of attendees, exhibitors and global media. CES 2024 will be the largest in-person, independently audited tech event in the world. The trade show participation is now firmly focused on B2B activities creating a major global business gathering for the technology sector. Scheduled for January 9-12 in Las Vegas, registration for CES 2024 is now open.
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Shure Announces Agreement to Acquire Audio Listening and Monitoring Software Company Wavemark Oy
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Shure Announces Agreement to Acquire Audio Listening and Monitoring Software Company Wavemark Oy

Shure has reached an agreement to acquire Ab Wavemark Oy, a software company that developed products for theater, film, TV, broadcast, and content streaming applications. The acquisition will expand Shure’s professional audio software portfolio. The company from Finland gained recognition for its Wavetool audio monitoring software that detects and solves sound level and RF issues, while its WTAutoMixer is a multichannel gainsharing automatic mixer plug-in with a built-in leveler, compatible with most DAWs.
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Audinate Ships a Record One Million Dante Units in Fiscal Year 2023
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Audinate Ships a Record One Million Dante Units in Fiscal Year 2023

Audinate Group Limited recently announced that during the company's 2023 fiscal year (FY23), which ended in June, it had shipped more than one million hardware and software units of its audio-and-video-over-IP solution (more audio than video), Dante. The one million units is the greatest number of Dante units ever shipped in a 12-month period and represents a 30% increase in shipments over 2022, signaling the end of supply chain challenges.
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Digigram Acquires Audio Networking Solutions Specialist AuviTran
by Joao Martins

Digigram Acquires Audio Networking Solutions Specialist AuviTran

Digigram, the recognized provider of Audio over IP solutions has acquired Grenoble-based audio networking solutions specialist AuviTran. The French company aims to strengthen its position and expand its operations on audio markets with the direct involvement of Yves Ansade, founder and Managing Director of AuviTran, which historically has been deeply involved in the company's strategic R&D. In his early days at Digigram, Ansade initiated the Networked Audio Department and contributed, as an inventor, to the development of EtherSound.
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New Peak Amplification Product Line Presented at CEDIA Expo 2023
by Joao Martins

New Peak Amplification Product Line Presented at CEDIA Expo 2023

Elytone Electronic the Taiwan-based producer of high-quality, custom audio solutions and magnetic components, has launched a new line of high-power, high-performance amplification products under its new division, Peak Amplification. The new Flexible Line consists of a series of amplifier modules and separate power supplies to support a wide variety of configurations for different consumer electronic and residential integration product applications.
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Sonical Partners with IDUN audio for Embedded Dynamic Spatial Audio
by Joao Martins

Sonical Partners with IDUN audio for Embedded Dynamic Spatial Audio

Sonical, the Headphone 3.0 pioneer based in San Mateo, CA, and IDUN audio, the leading-edge startup from Copenhagen, Denmark, specializing in dynamic spatial audio for headphones, have formalized a strategic partnership. The two companies have been cooperating since 2022, and IDUN audio was part of the Sonical CES 2023 demos, with its dynamic spatial audio software running on Sonical's headphone operating system CosmOS - enabling unsurpassed spatialization with fast head tracking.
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Creative Technology Launches LE Audio Ready Wireless Headphones
by Joao Martins

Creative Technology Launches LE Audio Ready Wireless Headphones

Creative Technology released its all-new range of Creative Zen Hybrid Pro wireless headphones and their accompanying bundles, the Creative Zen Hybrid Pro Classic and Creative Zen Hybrid Pro SXFI. Equipped with nifty features such as Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and Ambient Mode, a powerful 40mm Neodymium driver, and an impressive battery life of up to 100 hours, these latest headphones are also Bluetooth LE Audio Ready, thanks to the latest Airoha LE Audio (Mediatek) platform.
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