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Sony 360 Reality Audio Now Available on Amazon Music Unlimited with Any Headphones
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Sony 360 Reality Audio Now Available on Amazon Music Unlimited with Any Headphones

Sony Electronics announced it will expand 360 Reality Audio distribution, content, and compatible devices, including support from Amazon Music Unlimited to play 360 Reality Audio content on headphones. The 360 Reality Audio experience was so far available in Tidal, Deezer, Nugs.net and Amazon Music HD music streaming services with support for Sony certified headphones and speakers. Now, Amazon Music Unlimited will support 360 Reality Audio content playback on any headphones.
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Synaptics Announces AudioSmart AS33970 Edge AI Headset Platform
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Synaptics Announces AudioSmart AS33970 Edge AI Headset Platform

Synaptics announced its newest AudioSmart AS33970 headset platform SoC, directly targeting the fastest growing product categories, from work-from-anywhere TWS earbuds to hearables. As the San Jose, California-based company details, the new SoC offers the world’s first highly integrated AI-enabled ENC (Environmental Noise Cancellation) and hybrid ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) single-chip solution integrating neural and voice processing engines for optimal audio performance.
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KEF Celebrates 60th Anniversary With New Advanced Products to Be Announced in the Coming Months
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KEF Celebrates 60th Anniversary With New Advanced Products to Be Announced in the Coming Months

For six decades, KEF has been a proud loudspeaker pioneer, creating remarkable, award-winning speakers. Over this time, its continuous innovation and pursuit of excellence has earned the brand a justifiably devoted following. The famous British loudspeaker manufacturer, now owned by GP Acoustics, promises to celebrate its 60th anniversary with a series of new high-fidelity product developments to be unveiled in 2021.
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Zero-Ohm Multispeaker System Technology Distributed by Selective Design for North America
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Zero-Ohm Multispeaker System Technology Distributed by Selective Design for North America

Selective Design, the company co-founded by industry veterans Todd Sutherland and Eric Nakkila, announced their partnership with Zero-Ohm Systems in North America. Selective Design’s portfolio already includes Nakymatone, Gray Sound, Waterfall Audio, Architettura Sonora, and HTE. The addition of Zero-Ohm disruptive Multispeaker System technology adds a flexible and reliable solution for large scale residential installation projects.
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Audiotonix Group Acquires Sound Devices
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Audiotonix Group Acquires Sound Devices

Audiotonix, the group of companies comprising Allen & Heath, Calrec, DiGiCo, DiGiGrid, Group One Limited, KLANG:technologies, and Solid State Logic entertainment technology brands, announced the acquisition of US-based Sound Devices LLC. The transaction further extends the scope of Audiotonix professional solutions for audio production environments and signals a new expansion phase by the British group in North America.
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Searchable Product Database of Ravenna Audio-Over-IP Solutions Now Available Online
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Searchable Product Database of Ravenna Audio-Over-IP Solutions Now Available Online

Following the redesign of the new Ravenna website in June 2021, ALC NetworX, the developers of the Ravenna high-performance AoIP networking technology, have now unveiled a searchable Ravenna product database. Knowing which products natively support Ravenna is important as the industry’s focus moves towards audio networking interoperability standards consolidated around AES67 and ST 2110 efforts.
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xMEMS Confirms Montara MEMS Microspeakers Are Now in Production
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xMEMS Confirms Montara MEMS Microspeakers Are Now in Production

xMEMS Labs confirmed that its first monolithic MEMS µspeaker, Montara, is now in production. Working closely with TSMC as its semiconductor foundry partner, the Montara design has passed all required performance and reliability qualifications and has already been selected by manufacturers for future products. The Santa Clara, California-based company confirms that the Montara was already selected for an upcoming true wireless earbuds design.
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AES Fall Online 2021 Convention Features DIY in Opening Week Events
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AES Fall Online 2021 Convention Features DIY in Opening Week Events

Following the cancellation of the scheduled in-person convention and activities, the Audio Engineering Society is promoting a series of online activities in order to bring its AES Fall Online 2021 Convention to a worldwide audience. Starting Monday, October 11, with live-streamed and on-demand events continuing through the month of October, all the events are included in one registration.
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Neutrik Group Announces Global Multi-Brand Reorganization
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Neutrik Group Announces Global Multi-Brand Reorganization

Liechtenstein-based Neutrik Group has restructured as a multi-brand company with an extended portfolio of products, in what the company characterizes as a major reorganization of its global operations. A major global player in the interconnectivity segment, the Neutrik Group develops, designs, manufactures and globally distributes unique electrical and electronic interconnect products and systems under the Neutrik, REAN and Contrik brands.
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Sensory Releases Speech Recognition Models for Children
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Sensory Releases Speech Recognition Models for Children

Sensory, the recognized voice recognition and edge-AI voice solutions specialist announced availability of new custom trained speech recognition models that understand the unique linguistic patterns associated with children’s speech. This new children’s speech recognizer unlocks a higher level of accuracy and privacy for apps, toys, kid’s wearables, and education technologies, all key market segments for voice interface applications that Sensory is targeting.
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