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Wearables 2016 CES Innovation Awards Honoree Skybuds Wireless Earbuds On Pre-Sale
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Wearables 2016 CES Innovation Awards Honoree Skybuds Wireless Earbuds On Pre-Sale

Another week and another “hearable” announcement is made. Wearables 2016 CES Innovation Awards honoree Alpha Audiotronics, announced the start of the pre-sale for its first product, Skybuds truly wireless earbuds, and the launch of its newly redesigned website skybuds.com. The company promises a truly wire-free solution with premium sound quality and reliable connectivity. Skybuds promises 4 hours per charge and 5 additional charges and storage through the Skydock case.
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Knowles Launches Advanced Audio Solution for Hearables and Premium Earphones
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Knowles Launches Advanced Audio Solution for Hearables and Premium Earphones

Advanced micro-acoustic, audio processing, and specialty component solutions specialists, Knowles Corporation, announced the launch of Versant advanced voice technology, an advanced audio solution for hearables and premium earphones that optimizes the user’s voice in noisy environments, such as wind or crowds. A first implementation example includes Munich-based, Bragi, which has recently introduced a software upgrade to its The Dash earbuds featuring Knowles Versant technology.
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DTS Announces New DTS:X Encoder and DTS:X MediaPlayer for Blu-ray Disc, Ultra HD Blu-ray or Streaming Media Creation
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DTS Announces New DTS:X Encoder and DTS:X MediaPlayer for Blu-ray Disc, Ultra HD Blu-ray or Streaming Media Creation

DTS, Inc. has announced its highly-anticipated DTS:X tools for digital media content professionals, available worldwide the first week of August on the company’s website and through authorized distribution partners, Jargon Technologies and Scenarist. The software-based tools allow professionals to create and QC DTS:X immersive audio streams for Blu-ray Disc, Ultra HD Blu-ray and streaming media. The DTS:X Encoder Suite includes the DTS:X Encoder and DTS:X MediaPlayer together. The DTS:X MediaPlayer is also available as a stand-alone product.
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miniDSP Introduces World’s Smallest Dirac Live Hardware Processor
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miniDSP Introduces World’s Smallest Dirac Live Hardware Processor

miniDSP introduced the DDRC-24, a USB DAC+DSP Digital Room Correction processor powered by Dirac Live, featuring Toslink, analog inputs and up to 4 processed outputs for 2.0, 2.1, or 2-way active speaker configurations. With the smallest Dirac Live hardware processor miniDSP is making room correction even easier and more affordable, perfect for tuning hi-fi listening rooms, subwoofer integration, tuning mobile applications and adjusting monitors in recording studios.
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Danley Sound Labs Now Shipping Go-2 Affordable Loudspeaker and Re-introduces TH-50 Subwoofer
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Danley Sound Labs Now Shipping Go-2 Affordable Loudspeaker and Re-introduces TH-50 Subwoofer

Following a very successful InfoComm 2016 with multiple product introductions and packed demo sessions, Danley Sound Labs is now shipping its new Go-2, an extremely affordable and compact loudspeaker for small-scale applications. The concept was originally introduced at InfoComm 2015 and leverages Tom Danley’s patented Synergy Horn technology in clever ways, demanding extensive development and testing. Another recent announcement from Danley was the return of the TH-50 subwoofer, introduced originally in 2007, now again in production.
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New 500 Series 512v Discrete Microphone and Line PrePreamp from API
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New 500 Series 512v Discrete Microphone and Line PrePreamp from API

In response to high market demand for built-in signal attenuation, API announced the new 512v Microphone Preamp. Incorporating every feature of the popular 512c, including API's proprietary transformers and 2520 op amp, the new 512v preamplifier also includes a variable output level control designed to meet the needs of audio professionals using DAW’s or other input level-sensitive devices in their workflow.
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Reasonably-Priced Rega Planar 2 Turntable Now Available
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Reasonably-Priced Rega Planar 2 Turntable Now Available

The Rega Planar 2 Turntable is shipping now! The result of over two years of R&D, Rega engineers along with a skilled staff hand assembling, released the Planar 2 on the heels of the recently announced Planar 3, and anticipating the arrival of the even more affordable Planar 1. The renewed Planar 2 features a new tonearm, platter, 24V low noise motor, acrylic laminated plinth along with a newly designed central bearing, all designed to extract the maximum amount of information and detail from any vinyl collection.
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RaspTouch Open Source Audio Player Combines Raspberry Pi 3 and ESS Sabre DAC
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RaspTouch Open Source Audio Player Combines Raspberry Pi 3 and ESS Sabre DAC

There are all sorts of projects on Kickstarter, including those for electronics and DIY audio enthusiasts. French company Audiophonics has successfully funded a combination of both, leveraging the Raspberry Pi 3 and ESS Sabre DACs in its RaspTouch Open Source high-end audio player and DAC with touchscreen. Those interested still have three days left to pledge for one of the available options on Kickstarter, from the simple aluminum chassis to a complete kit and top ES9018K2M output DAC.
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TC Electronic Introduces Metering App for Clarity X Monitoring System
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TC Electronic Introduces Metering App for Clarity X Monitoring System

The Clarity X Multi-Format Monitoring System now has an elegant and powerful free app. TC Electronic extended the already impressive feature set of Clarity X with a metering app for iPad, Mac and PC. The new app allows scalable views, greater ease of control and extended features. Not only can the user customize metering views, TC Electronic also has added more meter types, like LRA+I, a combination of Loudness Range and Program Loudness.
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New Premium Multichannel A/D Converters Series from Asahi Kasei Microdevices Reaches the Market
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New Premium Multichannel A/D Converters Series from Asahi Kasei Microdevices Reaches the Market

Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) announced that its new 32-bit premium/advanced multichannel A/D converters series AK555x and AK553x are now available. There are four new converter devices in 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel and 8-channel variants in the AK555x series, featuring 115dB S/N and supporting up to 768kHz PCM at 24-bit/32-bit or 11.2MHz DSD256 outputs. The AK553x range, targeting pro audio applications includes 4, 6 and 8-channel variants, featuring 111dB S/N, -103dB THD+N and the same PCM/DSD output capabilities.
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