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WiiM Announces WiiM Amp Integrated Streaming Amplifier and Multiroom Audio Streamer
by Joao Martins

WiiM Announces WiiM Amp Integrated Streaming Amplifier and Multiroom Audio Streamer

From audio streamers, WiiM has now evolved to a complete integrated amplifier design that is able to power any classic passive speakers, and effortlessly stream any source wirelessly to the whole home. The new WiiM Amp merges a streamer with a TI 3255 Class-D audio amplifier and ESS Sabre premium 32-bit DAC. It offers a range of analog and digital inputs, including HDMI ARC and USB, supporting up to 24-bit/192kHz playback. The new WiiM Amp will be available in silver and space gray for $299 on Amazon.
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Digigram Releases New Four-Port Dante PCIe Sound Card
by Joao Martins

Digigram Releases New Four-Port Dante PCIe Sound Card

Digigram has announced the release of a new Dante sound card as part of its ALP-X range. Available from Digigram's network of distributors, ALP-DANTE is the sixth addition to the fast growing range of ALP-X sound cards launched in 2022. The new card adds a valuable 4 Ethernet ports solution in a single full-height profile, fanless PCIe card. The card offers management via Dante controller and Dante device manager, and compatibility with AES67 & SMPTE ST2110-30.
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KEF Introduces New THX Certified Home Audio Architectural Speakers
by Alfred Moody

KEF Introduces New THX Certified Home Audio Architectural Speakers

As immersive audio continues to gain popularity in home cinema applications, more home owners want to update or create custom home theaters with high-impact in-wall speakers. The latest additions to KEF's Extreme Home Theatre range - the Ci5160RLM-THX and Ci3160RLM-THX - are in-wall architectural speakers that deliver sound with all the detail and depth required by immersive audio content, providing a new emotional level of entertainment when watching movies, playing games, and listening to music.
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Schurter New Ultra-Compact IEC Appliance Inlet with Line Filter Saves Valuable Interior Space
by audioXpress Staff

Schurter New Ultra-Compact IEC Appliance Inlet with Line Filter Saves Valuable Interior Space

Schurter continues to meet today’s increasing demand for smaller electronic equipment with the launch of its 5121 filtered appliance power inlet connector system. The new, compact filter series features an IEC C14 inlet with capacitors and a fully enclosed steel housing that reliably shields high-frequency interference conducted through cables or radiated interference.
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Snap One New Episode Home Theater Series Speakers with Unified Driver Technology
by Alfred Moody

Snap One New Episode Home Theater Series Speakers with Unified Driver Technology

Snap One - the company that resulted from the acquisition and merger of SnapAV with Control4 and owns Triad speakers - refreshed its home theater speaker line with new materials and capabilities. An expanded family of Episode Home Theater speakers is now available, with a unified range of high-performance drivers designed to deliver cinematic sound and support the latest object-based surround sound technologies.
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Yamaha Adds HS3 and HS4 Compact and Affordable Active Monitors
by Alfred Moody

Yamaha Adds HS3 and HS4 Compact and Affordable Active Monitors

Yamaha announced new HS3 and HS4 powered studio monitors, the most affordable in the family, bringing the signature design of the HS series to the widest possible range of creators, editors and producers. More compact than other models in the HS series, the HS3 and HS4 come with a convenient range of connections, from XLR/TRS, to RCA and mini jacks to support professional and consumer sources. There's even an headphone jack on the front on one of the speakers.
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PMC Launches Multichannel Amp For Immersive Audio Applications
by audioXpress Staff

PMC Launches Multichannel Amp For Immersive Audio Applications

UK manufacturer PMC has launched a new multichannel amplifier specifically designed to meet the needs of the professional immersive audio and home cinema markets requiring multiple speakers. Designed for PMC by British manufacturer Linea Research, the eight-channel 750-8 is able to power any passive PMC speaker, offering a massive power output of 750 watts per channel, or 1,500 watts per channel when bridged and configured as a four-channel amplifier.
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Steinberg Nuendo 13 Adds MPEG-H Audio Support, TonalMatch, AI-based VoiceSeparator and Much More
by audioXpress Staff

Steinberg Nuendo 13 Adds MPEG-H Audio Support, TonalMatch, AI-based VoiceSeparator and Much More

Steinberg released Nuendo 13, a new version of the powerful post-production software that continues to expand its features with unique and time-saving new tools for dialogue editors, mixing and recording engineers. Nuendo 13 introduces a completely integrated workflow for authoring and mixing content for the MPEG-H Audio format, Dolby Atmos improvements, extended video track enhancements, new plug-ins for vocal processing, and more than 20 additional workflow enhancements. A powerful updates with many industry firsts.
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Lenovo Collaborates with Jabra to Introduce AI Enabled ThinkSmart Bar 180 Solution
by audioXpress Staff

Lenovo Collaborates with Jabra to Introduce AI Enabled ThinkSmart Bar 180 Solution

Lenovo announced the new ThinkSmart Bar 180 bar for small and medium meeting spaces. The integrated room system, offered in collaboration with Jabra, combines an intelligent videobar with the Lenovo ThinkSmart Core and Controller for a complete, intelligent room system. Using AI-enabled video and audio streams, the new co-branded ThinkSmart Bar 180 delivers a more seamless, inclusive, and premium collaboration experience.
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SPL Introduces New Channel One Mk3 and Track One Mk3 Recording Units
by Joao Martins

SPL Introduces New Channel One Mk3 and Track One Mk3 Recording Units

German company SPL used the Tonmeistertagung 2023 (tmt32) conference and exhibition in Düsseldorf to present new products in its professional recording series. This time, SPL introduced its next generation of channel strips, the Channel One Mk3 and the Track One Mk3. Both are updates to the SPL Studio Series, combining a complete source preamplifier and mixing channel strip with analog dynamics processing, improved and optimized for the needs of modern recording studios.
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