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Dante Audio Networking Appeals to Residential Market at CEDIA 2019
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Dante Audio Networking Appeals to Residential Market at CEDIA 2019

Audinate’s Dante – the audio-over-IP and now also AV-over-IP solution that already dominates the world of professional audio – is seeing rapid adoption by manufacturers of residential audio equipment. Now, Dante is also seeing adoption in the residential market, with new products from leading residential brands including JBL Synthesis, ELAN, and Powersoft introduced at CEDIA 2019. At the Denver event, Audinate is promoting the availability of Dante Virtual Soundcard for installation in virtual Windows environments.
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Google Voice Assistant Coming to BluOS Products
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Google Voice Assistant Coming to BluOS Products

Lenbrook International announced that its BluOS Hi-Res Distributed Audio platform, will support Google Voice Assistant through Actions On Google. BluOS already supports Amazon Alexa voice control and Apple Siri with AirPlay 2 compatible products. Users of BluOS Enabled products from Bluesound, NAD Electronics, and DALI Speakers, will be prompted to update their players on or around October 8, 2019, to add hands-free control of their music from any Google Home device.
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Marshall Day Acoustics and Sennheiser Announce Integration of AMBEO VR Mic with IRIS Room Acoustics Measurement System
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Marshall Day Acoustics and Sennheiser Announce Integration of AMBEO VR Mic with IRIS Room Acoustics Measurement System

At the 2019 International Congress on Acoustics, in Aachen, Germany, Marshall Day Acoustics (MDA) and Sennheiser have announced a collaboration to ensure that the IRIS room acoustics measurement system from MDA will now fully support Sennheiser’s AMBEO VR Mic. This is undoubtedly a new promising field of applications for an Ambisonics microphone and an important impulse response tool for users of the IRIS room acoustics measurement system.
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DSP Concepts TalkTo Audio Voice Capture Technology Enables New Exciting Products at IFA 2019
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DSP Concepts TalkTo Audio Voice Capture Technology Enables New Exciting Products at IFA 2019

Audio processing embedded software provider DSP Concepts announced that it has delivered the industry’s most advanced voice user interface and audio playback technology, resulting in Braun Audio shipping the industry’s first multichannel product with hands-free, far-field voice control for Google Assistant. As anticipated, Braun’s return to the premium audio market was recently confirmed at IFA 2019, resulting from a collaboration with DSP Concepts, Pure, StreamUnlimited, and Karl-Heinz Fink.
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Audio Network Partners with Musiio to Improve Music Search with Artificial Intelligence
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Audio Network Partners with Musiio to Improve Music Search with Artificial Intelligence

Audio Network Limited, one of the world’s largest independent creators and publishers of original music for use in film, television, advertising and digital media, decided to partner with Singapore-based startup Musiio to apply the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve customer service and delivery. The music company added an interface to their existing search platform that makes their catalogue of over 170,000 tracks even more discoverable, whilst keeping the human touch that Audio Network has been known for.
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Global Headphone Market Revenue Growth Exceeds 40% in Q2 2019
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Global Headphone Market Revenue Growth Exceeds 40% in Q2 2019

Futuresource Consulting just released the latest market update on its dedicated global headphone market research. According to the latest quarterly tracker report from Futuresource, premium headphones continue to capture the imagination of consumers, with global revenues in Q2 2019 growing nearly four times faster than shipments, at 44% year-on-year.
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Dynaudio Opens New North American Headquarters and Experience Center
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Dynaudio Opens New North American Headquarters and Experience Center

Danish loudspeaker legend Dynaudio celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters for North and South American operations with its Annual Rep Summit, held Aug. 21-22, in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, Illinois. The 25,000-square-foot facility is dedicated largely to the new Dynaudio Experience Center, which will be utilized for product demonstrations and dealer and sales rep training sessions, as well as housing a larger warehouse to support product demand in the region.
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Audinate Releases Update to Dante Domain Manager with Support for SMPTE 2110 and AES67
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Audinate Releases Update to Dante Domain Manager with Support for SMPTE 2110 and AES67

Audinate, the developer behind the industry-leading Dante AV networking technology, has announced version 1.1 of Dante Domain Manager. This update to Dante Domain Manager brings key improvements and new features to users and integrators, with support for SMPTE 2110 devices, AES67 exchange, new flexible installation options, GPS clock synchronization, improved email alerts and notifications, and secure access to LDAP and SMTP servers.
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New Research on Professional Mixer Consoles Forecasts Market to be Worth US$1 Billion in 2023
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New Research on Professional Mixer Consoles Forecasts Market to be Worth US$1 Billion in 2023

The professional mixer console market achieved global revenues of US$775 million in 2018 and is on track for annual sales of nearly US$1 billion by 2023, according to a comprehensive new report from Futuresource Consulting. The market research firm has been focusing on specific product categories in the professional audio industry, from microphones to professional headphones, which have not been fully characterized before on a global perspective. Audio mixers are an interesting category, since they are right at the core of the action.
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USB-IF Announces Publication of USB4 Specification that Doubles Bandwidth to Extend USB Type-C Performance
by Joao Martins

USB-IF Announces Publication of USB4 Specification that Doubles Bandwidth to Extend USB Type-C Performance

The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) announced the publication of the USB4 specification, a major update to deliver the next-generation USB architecture that complements and builds upon the existing USB 3.2 and USB 2.0 architectures. The USB4 architecture is based on the Thunderbolt protocol specification contributed by Intel to the USB Promoter Group. It doubles the maximum aggregate bandwidth of USB and enables multiple simultaneous data and display protocols.
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