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Pascal Appoints Michael Munch to New Product Manager Position
by audioXpress Staff

Pascal Appoints Michael Munch to New Product Manager Position

Continuing its accelerating pace of expansion, Pascal has announced the appointment of industry veteran Michael Munch to the newly created position of Product Manager. As an industry-leading OEM manufacturer of high-power amplifier modules for the professional audio industry, Pascal will benefit highly of Munch's extensive experience and market knowledge, having worked previously with leading amplifier brand Lab.gruppen.
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CEDIA Expo 2018 Signals New Era for Custom Installation Industry Into the Connected Home
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CEDIA Expo 2018 Signals New Era for Custom Installation Industry Into the Connected Home

CEDIA Expo is the place for system integrators to experience new products and breakthrough innovations first and to access targeted training in residential technology integration. CEDIA Expo 2018 takes place September 4–8 at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, now operated by Emerald Expositions. The 2018 edition promises to take the industry to a new expansion era, towards the connected home and connected built environments.
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Global Wireless Headphones Market - Increasing Penetration of Smart Devices to Promote Growth
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Global Wireless Headphones Market - Increasing Penetration of Smart Devices to Promote Growth

Technavio’s latest market research report on the global wireless headphones market provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2018-2022. Technavio defines the increasing penetration of smart devices as an emerging trend with the potential to significantly impact the market and contribute to its growth or decline. The report signals the increasing adoption of sports and fitness wireless headphones to drive growth of the wireless headphones market till the end of 2022.
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Smart Home Devices and Appliances - The Battle of the ‘Smart Home’ Trojans Continues
by Futuresource Consulting

Smart Home Devices and Appliances - The Battle of the ‘Smart Home’ Trojans Continues

Futuresource Consulting released a new consumer electronics (CE) consumer study about "Smart Home Devices and Appliances: Consumer Ownership and Attitudes." The study took representative households across the UK, France, Germany and the US and assessed ownership, perceptions and use of smart home and smart appliances. The report reveals key triggers and obstacles surrounding the development of this market, which has demonstrated strong double digit growth of around 40% year-on-year between 2016-2019.
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Western Electric to Reintroduce Famous 300B Electron Tube
by Joao Martins

Western Electric to Reintroduce Famous 300B Electron Tube

The 150-year-old Western Electric will reintroduce its flagship product to market, the famous 300B electron tube. In time for its 80th anniversary, the 300B is returning to production this year, and the Rossville-based company announced they will restart the manufacturing in a brand new facility. Charles Whitener, Western Electric CEO, also confirmed the company will unveil a new single-ended amplifier called the 91E, as an homage to its famous predecessor the 91A, first introduced in 1936.
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THX Launches THX Standard as Consumer Electronics Rating Resource
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THX Launches THX Standard as Consumer Electronics Rating Resource

THX Ltd., renowned for the certification of world-class cinemas and consumer electronics, announced the launch of THX Standard, a consumer electronics rating website that provides objective and data-driven evaluations of the audio and visual fidelity of consumer electronics to help consumers make informed purchase decisions. The THX Standard rating differs from the THX Certified logo attribution, which is only applied to products passing the THX certification process.
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Gibson Brands Files for Pre-Negotiated Chapter 11 Restructuring and Will Refocus on Musical Instruments
by Joao Martins

Gibson Brands Files for Pre-Negotiated Chapter 11 Restructuring and Will Refocus on Musical Instruments

The bad news is, Gibson Brands filed for bankruptcy. The good news is that Gibson Brands finally filed for bankruptcy, having reached an agreement to reorganize around its Core Businesses and Iconic Brand to continue to manufacture, supply, and distribute guitars and pro audio products. Gibson Brands will sell its consumer electronics businesses and brands. Also bad, Henry Juszkiewicz is still with Gibson. On another good news, the company has secured $135 million to keep going.
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Comhear to Complete Successful $1.1 Million Fundraising Campaign for YARRA 3DX Soundbar
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Comhear to Complete Successful $1.1 Million Fundraising Campaign for YARRA 3DX Soundbar

Comhear Inc., a San Diego-based audio technology company, announced it will complete its successful crowdfunding campaign for the YARRA 3DX immersive audio soundbar on May 4, 2018. Having raised nearly $1.1 million to-date, the company is starting the production of its 3D audio soundbar, with plans to deliver the first production units to crowdfunding participants, followed by a retail launch of the product on Amazon in Summer 2018.
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Synaptics Announces Design Wins at Multiple OEMs with Second-Generation USB Type-C Headset SoCs
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Synaptics Announces Design Wins at Multiple OEMs with Second-Generation USB Type-C Headset SoCs

Synaptics announced its second-generation AudioSmart digital headset SoC solution for USB Type-C headphones is now shipping in mass production with a major OEM and designed-in with multiple other smartphone makers. Leading the trend of eliminating the legacy analog 3.5mm headphone jack is Huawei, who selected Synaptics’ latest CX2198x family for its flagship P20 and P20 Pro smartphones.
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Audio Precision Engineers Contribute to “The Power of Sound,” Deliver Trio of Presentations at AES-Milan
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Audio Precision Engineers Contribute to “The Power of Sound,” Deliver Trio of Presentations at AES-Milan

Audio Precision previewed its planned contributions to the 144th International AES Convention, Milan, Italy, May 23–26 at the NH Hotel Milano Congress Centre. Themed “The Power of Sound,” AES Milan will bring together audio professionals and advanced audio technologies from around the world for four days of audio immersion, experiences and networking. Audio Precision will promote three presentations, discussing smart speaker testing, speech intelligibility, and chirp-based measurements.
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