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InfoComm 2019 Set To Be the Largest Pro-AV Show in North America
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InfoComm 2019 Set To Be the Largest Pro-AV Show in North America

InfoComm 2019 will be held June 8-14 (exhibits June 12-14) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. InfoComm is now consolidated has the largest pro-AV show in North America, representing every facet of audiovisual technology with 44,000 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors expected for the 2019 edition. From the largest professional audio expo, largest digital signage expo, largest collaborative conferencing expo, plus the hottest products, emerging trends and top-notch professional development, all is ready for another exciting edition.
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The Search for Ultimate Sound: Sonarworks Launches User-Driven Research Project for Sonic Personalization
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The Search for Ultimate Sound: Sonarworks Launches User-Driven Research Project for Sonic Personalization

Sonarworks, the European sound calibration software developers, have just announced the launch of a public research project designed to fine-tune the calibration of their award winning apps for individual listener preference. The Sound Preference Research Project, which is currently underway globally, allows users to audition music samples with different sound settings in a simple A/B assessment to choose the sound they prefer most.
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Virtual Assistants Establish Strategic Role in Multiple Categories
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Virtual Assistants Establish Strategic Role in Multiple Categories

Virtual Assistants (VAs) are poised to become the next-generation go-to interface, according to new market data and reporting from Futuresource Consulting. The company’s recent home audio quarterly tracker shows that products with integrated VAs grew to 41.8% of all home audio shipments in Q4 2018, an increase of nearly 50% on Q4 2017, with smart speakers increasing by 79%.
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L-Acoustics Debuts L-ISA Training Program
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L-Acoustics Debuts L-ISA Training Program

Noting growing demand for immersive sound productions, L-Acoustics is now offering a dedicated training program worldwide for L-ISA, its object-based mixing technology. At the Prolight+Sound 2019 trade show in Frankfurt, L-Acoustics will be promoting availability of training programs for systems and mixing engineers seeking to implement L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology on live events and installations. VC
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WiSA Association Nearly Doubles Its Members in One Year
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WiSA Association Nearly Doubles Its Members in One Year

WiSA LLC, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association comprised of leading consumer electronics brands founded by Summit Wireless Technologies, announced unprecedented first quarter and year-over-year membership growth. Association membership now includes more than 60 of the industry’s leading consumer electronics, audio and original design manufacturer (ODM) brands, encouraged by the interoperability possibilities of the wireless multichannel audio technology.
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Genelec to Redefine Headphone Monitoring with Aural ID Software Technology
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Genelec to Redefine Headphone Monitoring with Aural ID Software Technology

Genelec, a global reference in active monitors for studio applications, announced what the Finish company describes as "a significant first step in improving the trustworthiness of headphone listening," through the introduction of its new Aural ID software. The technology is the result of a development effort initiated in 2017, in joint-venture between Finnish HRTF modeling specialists IDA Audio and headphone calibration experts Hefio Oy to develop personal optimization for headphones.
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MakeProAudio Propels Makers Forward With DIY Pro Audio Kit for Raspberry Pi
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MakeProAudio Propels Makers Forward With DIY Pro Audio Kit for Raspberry Pi

MakeProAudio, the German company that promotes "you make your audio gear" concept now announced the "you make audio gear system" for tinkerers, DIYers, hobbyists, and musicians. The build your own audio gear platform empowers anybody to build professional quality audio gear with never seen before control capabilities using a building block system, which can include networked Control, Mixer and Synth Blocks, connected by GLUE, a multi-protocol, multi-user, Control Software.
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Dirac Research Makes PC Market Debut With Sound Optimization for Fujitsu
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Dirac Research Makes PC Market Debut With Sound Optimization for Fujitsu

Dirac Research announced that its sound optimization technologies are now incorporated into the new line of Fujitsu PCs produced by Fujitsu Client Computing Limited (Kawasaki, Japan). According to Dirac General Manager of Mobile Erik Rudolphi, the expansion effectively transforms the audio experience delivered by desktop and laptop computers and points the way to the future for a product category that is increasingly being used for gaming and media streaming.
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Made in Vienna. Again! Austrian Audio to Debut at Prolight+Sound 2019
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Made in Vienna. Again! Austrian Audio to Debut at Prolight+Sound 2019

Promising eight new products at a single event is reason enough not to miss what will be also the worldwide public debut of a completely new brand with a very respectable pedigree. Reborn from the ashes of the closing of AKG in Austria, Austrian Audio is the new company that promises to excite the market with high quality microphones and headphones, "Made in Vienna. Again!” Already teased for the Frankfurt event are new microphones, headphones and audio test and measurement and QC solutions.
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Eastman Tritan Copolyester Creates Ultradurable Headband for New Skullcandy Riff Wireless On-Ear Headphones
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Eastman Tritan Copolyester Creates Ultradurable Headband for New Skullcandy Riff Wireless On-Ear Headphones

Global specialty plastics provider Eastman collaborated with lifestyle audio brand Skullcandy to create a new wireless headphone that lives up to the brand's design pillar of "built for adventure" due to the inherent toughness and chemical resistance of Eastman Tritan copolyester. Used on the headphone's headband, Tritan offers chemical resistance to skin oils and hair products, making it ideal for this application.
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