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Qobuz Brings High-Res Online Music Service to the U.S.
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Qobuz Brings High-Res Online Music Service to the U.S.

European online music streaming and downloading service, Qobuz announced it’s going to be available in the United States in mid-2018. Qobuz offers an extensive music catalog of 40-million tracks and is the only service to offer over one-million high-resolution tracks for download. Qobuz works on MacOS, Windows, iOS and Android operating systems, and is integrated with the most prestigious Hi-Fi and multiroom audio brands.
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Avnet and Aaware Introduce New Sound Capture Platform to Enable Advanced Voice Interface Applications
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Avnet and Aaware Introduce New Sound Capture Platform to Enable Advanced Voice Interface Applications

Global Distribution Platform Avnet and Aaware, an emerging global supplier of sound capture technology for far-field, voice-enabled products, introduced Aaware’s Sound Capture Platform, designed to provide product development teams with higher performance, scale and flexibility. The solution leverages Avnet’s MiniZed Zynq SoC development platform to improve sound capture performance for smart home, industrial and robotics applications.
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AAC Technologies and Dirac Research to Explore the ‘Future of Sound’ Across All Consumer Technology Categories at CES 2018
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AAC Technologies and Dirac Research to Explore the ‘Future of Sound’ Across All Consumer Technology Categories at CES 2018

After two years of collaboration, the two companies are set to unveil a series of breakthrough product prototypes that demonstrate the now-possible audio experience available across all consumer technology product categories. The AAC-Dirac product prototypes available for demo at CES 2018 include a smart speaker, smartphones, an augmented reality headset, and an ultra-thin automotive speaker – all of which are custom-configured with sophisticated AAC-Dirac audio subsystems.
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CEVA's Bluetooth 5 Low Energy IP certified with Ellisys Bluetooth Compliance Tester
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CEVA's Bluetooth 5 Low Energy IP certified with Ellisys Bluetooth Compliance Tester

CEVA, a leading licensor of signal processing solutions for connected devices, announced that it has completed qualification testing of its Bluetooth 5 Low Energy (LE) IP, including all the new optional Bluetooth 5 features using the recognized Ellisys Bluetooth Qualifier (EBQ) Compliance Tester, that ensures industry-standard compatibility and interoperability for Bluetooth certified products.
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A-Volute to Debut New 3D Audio Solutions at CES 2018
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A-Volute to Debut New 3D Audio Solutions at CES 2018

Veteran gamers know that audio quality can genuinely impact the gaming experience when competing in a highly-charged environment. Serious players require a winning combination of all-encompassing surround sound without the distraction of background noise. French audio software company A-Volute is taking that immersive audio experience to CES 2018 in Las Vegas, where they will debut new Nahimic 3D audio solutions, including the first version of Nahimic for Mac.
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Eight Groundbreaking Products to be Inducted to NAMM TECnology Hall of Fame 2018
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Eight Groundbreaking Products to be Inducted to NAMM TECnology Hall of Fame 2018

At the 33rd Annual NAMM Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards (TEC Awards), eight products and technologies inspired by a series of global sound pioneers will find their place in audio history when they are inducted into NAMM’s prestigious TECnology Hall of Fame. The precursor to the phonograph (Phonautograph), joins products from Shure, Eventide, Deane Jensen, L-Acoustics, and Solid State Logic. The ceremony, and later the awards show, will take place Saturday, January 27, as part of The 2018 NAMM Show.
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Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation Launches Alexa and Google Assistant for Ubi Kit Development Platform
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Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation Launches Alexa and Google Assistant for Ubi Kit Development Platform

Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation (UCIC) announced the support of Google Assistant on its developer and hardware AI platform, Ubi Kit. The Ubi Kit already supports Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service, and with this new implementation developers can now add Google Assistant to their hardware projects with unprecedented simplicity and ease, using any compatible far field solution, and supporting wake word engines from Sensory, Kitt.AI, Cognitech, and others.
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Vintage Vibe Reveals Custom 'Walnut' Rhodes 88 Stage Piano Restoration
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Vintage Vibe Reveals Custom 'Walnut' Rhodes 88 Stage Piano Restoration

Vintage Vibe, a company specializing in repair and restoration of keyboard instruments, has revealed a crowning achievement in custom restoration: a Rhodes 88-key stage piano with a completely custom natural wood walnut case, white top, and unique accents for a mid-century modern look. "Un-freakin' believable!" said the owner of the museum-quality restoration of a Rhodes 88 Stage Piano which shows off Vintage Vibe's exceptional craftsmanship and manufacturing capabilities.
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Musicanote Launches Online Music Score Annotation Service
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Musicanote Launches Online Music Score Annotation Service

Musicanote, a music media content startup from Seoul, South Korea, which previously developed a music search engine, has now launched an online music score annotation service. The platform for archiving musical knowledge, enables text, images, and videos to be added to music scores online. Musicanote is a member of the K-ICT Born2Global Centre, a startup ecosystem from the main Korean government agency under the Ministry of Science and ICT.
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Sonova Expands SWORD 2.4GHz Wireless Chip to Advanced Bionics Cochlear Implant Sound Processors
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Sonova Expands SWORD 2.4GHz Wireless Chip to Advanced Bionics Cochlear Implant Sound Processors

Following Phonak's implementation in their Audéo B-Direct range of hearing aids, allowing direct connections to any Bluetooth-enabled cell phone, and the first product to make use of Sonova’s revolutionary SWORD (Sonova Wireless One Radio Digital) chip, now also Advanced Bionics, specialized in cochlear implants, announced that they will incorporate Sonova’s SWORD technology in their solutions. Current users of the Naída CI Q90 sound processor, and future recipients, will be able to connect to any Bluetooth-enabled cell phone.
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