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Amazon Music Adds Alexa Interaction to its MP3 Music Streaming Service
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Amazon Music Adds Alexa Interaction to its MP3 Music Streaming Service

Claiming to be the "best of both worlds,", Amazon just announced that its Amazon Music service - that regrettably is still based on the officially discontinued highly compressed MP3 codec - is now integrated with the company's voice personal assistant, accessible directly from an updated app for iOS and Android. The service is available only in the US, UK, Germany and Austria, where Alexa is available (English and German) and allows Amazon Music users to shout for music wherever they go.
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Visit the Klipsch Museum of Audio History - Support the Heritage Museum Association
by Vance Dickason

Visit the Klipsch Museum of Audio History - Support the Heritage Museum Association

The Klipsch Museum of Audio History is officially open since July 2017. Jim Hunter, who was Paul Klipsch’s number one engineer for many years, as well as the former Engineering Manager, and Manager of Engineering Operations at Klipsch, was tasked by the company to form the Klipsch Heritage Museum Association, Inc, upon recently retiring back to Hope, Arkansas. The Klipsch Museum of Audio History contains milestone Klipsch products, test equipment, audio source components, and even some early manufacturing equipment.
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Dusun Electron Announces New Bluetooth Audio Module for Smart Speakers and Voice-Based Assistants
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Dusun Electron Announces New Bluetooth Audio Module for Smart Speakers and Voice-Based Assistants

Dusun Electron announced a new Bluetooth audio module based on Qualcomm aptX Low Latency audio technology, designed for wireless speakers and voice assistant product development. According to Dusun, with the new DSI-0095 module, audio data can be preserved with less than 40ms transmission latency, ideal for voice-based designs that can also be used on hands-free control to effectively interact with visual media devices, home appliances, or car equipment.
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MStar T12 UHD TV SOC Platform Incorporates Fraunhofer MPEG-H TV Audio System Decoding Capabilities
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MStar T12 UHD TV SOC Platform Incorporates Fraunhofer MPEG-H TV Audio System Decoding Capabilities

World-renowned experts in audio and media technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, and MStar Semiconductor, specializing in application-specific ICs for the consumer and communication product markets, announced the immediate availability of the MPEG-H TV Audio System decoder in MStar’s 4K mainstream TV system-on-chip (SOC) platform T12, leveraging the company's highly-integrated ICs.
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SOUNDBOKS Ridiculously Large Portable Bluetooth Speaker Powered by Merus Audio eximo Amplifier Technology
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SOUNDBOKS Ridiculously Large Portable Bluetooth Speaker Powered by Merus Audio eximo Amplifier Technology

Here's an interesting story both from the loudspeaker design and marketing perspective. Copenhagen, Denmark-based SOUNDBOKS recently released a follow-up version of their "popular party speaker", known among music festival participants and other party goers as “The loudest battery-powered speaker.” Among other improvements, the updated version features two Merus Audio MA12070P amplifier ICs, allowing higher power and longer battery life.
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MaxLinear Presents Breakthrough AirPHY Multi-Gigabit Wireless Technology
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MaxLinear Presents Breakthrough AirPHY Multi-Gigabit Wireless Technology

MaxLinear, a leading provider of radio frequency (RF), analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, announced its AirPHY technology that enables data to be transferred wirelessly through typical building materials with an aggregate throughput of up to 2.5 Gbps. Presented at IBC 2017, AirPHY technology promises the delivery of multi-Gigabit data rates through concrete walls and non-metallic barriers up to 12-inches thick.
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FABRIQ Chorus Speaker offers Voice Activated Alexa Service with Multi-room Connectivity
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FABRIQ Chorus Speaker offers Voice Activated Alexa Service with Multi-room Connectivity

FABRIQ unveiled the next generation of its Alexa-enabled, multi-room speaker. Named Chorus, the smart speaker combines the voice activated Alexa service powered by far-field voice recognition with high-quality sound and multi-room connectivity. The development was once again based on Linkplay's AVS platform, which uses Conexant’s microphone solutions and Sensory’s voice awake technology.
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Greenwave Systems Incorporates DSP Group ULE and SmartVoice Solution into its AXON Platform
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Greenwave Systems Incorporates DSP Group ULE and SmartVoice Solution into its AXON Platform

During the IBC 2017 show in Amsterdam, Internet of Things (IoT) services provider Greenwave Systems introduced the Philio-Tech voice assistant, which is powered by DSP Group’s ULE and SmartVoice technologies. Philio’s Voice Assistant unique battery operated device uses Greenwave Systems platform to enable voice queries and two-way voice, to power home automation services, real-time communications, and network connectivity.
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Safeguarding Our Audio Heritage: AES New York 2017’s Archiving and Restoration Track
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Safeguarding Our Audio Heritage: AES New York 2017’s Archiving and Restoration Track

Archiving the music of Star Wars, preserving physical media and much more will be covered during the 143rd International Audio Engineering Society Convention’s - October 18 to 21 at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan. The convention's Archiving and Restoration Track will feature its most varied events schedule ever, including in-depth looks at archiving the music of Star Wars and the remarkably prolific recordings of the Grateful Dead, media preservation techniques for the 21st century and much more.
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Sennheiser Launches “AMBEO for VR” Interoperability Partnership Program
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Sennheiser Launches “AMBEO for VR” Interoperability Partnership Program

At IBC 2017, Sennheiser has officially announced its “AMBEO for VR” Partnership Program, which has been created to ensure seamless interoperable production workflows for VR and AR productions. The program encompasses collaborations with manufacturers of field recorders, VR live cameras and live streaming software, mixing plug-ins and VR platforms. The first participants in the program were revealed at the Amsterdam show.
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