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Apple Launches New iMac Pro for Professional Applications
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Apple Launches New iMac Pro for Professional Applications

As promised - and long overdue - Apple released its new iMac Pro, an entirely new product line designed for pro users, combining the all-in-one familiar design of the iMac with workstation-class performance and upgradability. With the latest Xeon processors with up to 18 cores, which Intel announced only in Mar 2017, the new computers provide up to 22 Teraflops of graphics performance, and support up to 128GB of DDR4 RAM.
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RME presents ADI-2 DAC 2-Channel DA Converter for Studio and Audio Enthusiasts
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RME presents ADI-2 DAC 2-Channel DA Converter for Studio and Audio Enthusiasts

German manufacturer RME Audio announced its new ADI-2 DAC, a two-channel high-end digital/analog converter in a 9.5”/1HE housing, featuring outstanding audio quality and a wide range of conversion options. The new ADI-2 DAC is a further development of the renowned ADI-2 Pro AD/DA reference converter, and it is targeted at both studio professionals and audiophiles. Story updated with price info and availability information.
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Axiim to Showcase Wireless Home Theater Solution For Xbox One And Windows 10 PCs at CES 2018
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Axiim to Showcase Wireless Home Theater Solution For Xbox One And Windows 10 PCs at CES 2018

Axiim, a designer and manufacturer of wireless audio/video home theater products, announced that it will showcase the first wireless home theater solution designed for Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs, the Axiim Link HD wireless speaker system. All Axiim products leverage the Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) Association technology that ensures interoperability between member brands.
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Powersoft Announces Snapshot Selector App for X Series Amplifiers
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Powersoft Announces Snapshot Selector App for X Series Amplifiers

Powersoft has announced a brand new app for mobile devices, called Snapshot Selector. The free and easy-to-use app, now compatible with Android devices, allows users of Powersoft’s X Series amplifier platforms to instantaneously recall a full slate of saved settings by simply connecting their phone to an amplifier with a USB cable. The app makes the X Series amplifier platforms an even more appealing solution for audio professionals, including in rental environments.
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Audionamix Releases XTRAX STEMS Fully-Automatic 3 STEM Separator
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Audionamix Releases XTRAX STEMS Fully-Automatic 3 STEM Separator

Audionamix has been pioneering audio source separation techniques, allowing separating voice or selected instruments from existing recordings. Audionamix' ADX Product Suite is now an established software tool to separate speech and melodic content from a mono or stereo recording or full mix. Now, the company has released XTRAX STEMS, the world's first fully-automatic stem creator, allowing to easily separate any song into its drum, vocal and remaining music components.
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Leema Acoustics Announces Pulse IV Integrated Amplifier with Bluetooth, Phono Stage and 7-Input DAC
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Leema Acoustics Announces Pulse IV Integrated Amplifier with Bluetooth, Phono Stage and 7-Input DAC

Leema Acoustics’ new Pulse IV is a highly versatile and powerful integrated amplifier that enables a world of music to be enjoyed with high sound quality thanks to a huge connectivity suite bringing together music playback in all its forms, whether on vinyl, streamed from smartphones and tablets via aptX Bluetooth, or stored on computers, laptops and more.
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DirectOut Technologies Integrates Waves SoundGrid in Its SG.MADI Converter
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DirectOut Technologies Integrates Waves SoundGrid in Its SG.MADI Converter

Waves Audio has joined forces with networking, routing and conversion specialist DirectOut Technologies to include Waves SoundGrid technology in DirectOut’s SG.MADI converter. DirectOut Technologies' latest development, SG.MADI, is an audio format converter that links MADI signals with Waves SoundGrid Audio-over-Ethernet. The unit includes analog I/Os allow for immediate interfacing with the network audio and the MADI signal, including two microphone inputs.
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66 Audio Takes Alexa Voice Recognition Out of Home with PRO Voice Wireless Headphones
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66 Audio Takes Alexa Voice Recognition Out of Home with PRO Voice Wireless Headphones

Alexa, let's go for a walk? 66 Audio, a company from California, focused on wireless consumer audio technology, unveiled its PRO Voice Bluetooth Wireless Headphones with built-in Amazon Alexa voice recognition. The PRO Voice is basically an implementation of the brand's BTS Pro Wireless Headphones, optimized for Alexa use outside the home, and deliver a fluid voice experience anywhere the user has Internet connection (and Alexa is available...).
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Apogee and Sennheiser Pitch AMBEO Smart Headset to a Wider Audience
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Apogee and Sennheiser Pitch AMBEO Smart Headset to a Wider Audience

Apogee and Sennheiser announced that its co-developed Sennheiser AMBEO Smart Headset is now available at Apple.com and Apple Stores in the US, just in time for the holidays. And it's now available in black, for those channels. An interesting note about the announcement is that, since the binaural headset was launched in May 2017, Sennheiser is now promoting it in a slightly different way, highlighting its use more as a hearing enhancer and high-quality listening device.
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Clair Brothers Expands One Series with New Self-Powered Stage Monitor
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Clair Brothers Expands One Series with New Self-Powered Stage Monitor

Clair Brothers expanded its highly successful line of One Series 12- and 15-inch coaxial stage monitors with a self-powered version of the 1.5AM monitor called the 1.5AM+, using an amplifier module made exclusively for Clair by Powersoft. Additionally, the 1.5AM+’s internal, factory-programmed DSP loudspeaker processing gives users Xover, EQ, Limiter, and a total of four preset options.
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