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2015 International CES: Home Audio Market Movements
by Futuresource Consulting

2015 International CES: Home Audio Market Movements

Futuresource Consulting, a specialist research and knowledge-based consulting company, delivers its analysis on the home audio market trends and technological developments at the 2015 International CES. Futuresource notes the growth of wireless multi-room audio (MRA) solutions, estimated to reach 43% this year, and comments on high-resolution audio developments.
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ECOXGEAR Partners with SunCore to Develop Solar Powered Portable Outdoor Products
by audioXpress Staff

ECOXGEAR Partners with SunCore to Develop Solar Powered Portable Outdoor Products

ECOXGEAR, a Grace Digital brand, has partnered with SunCore, a renowned semiconductor solar-based product company and developer of a proprietary photovoltaic panel technology, to help create ECOXGEAR’s high density solar panels. This new, exclusive partnership in solar powered products will enable sustainable experiences anywere, including powering portable Bluetooth speakers.
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Globe Plastics Offers Enclosures, Horns, and Compression Driver Parts
by Vance Dickason

Globe Plastics Offers Enclosures, Horns, and Compression Driver Parts

Established in 1958 in Pomona, CA, Globe Plastics, Inc.became a leader in the electronics industry and expanded into advanced engineering materials and compression and injection molding high-strength composites. Since 1992, Globe Plastics found a niche in the sound and lighting industries using processes proved to be far superior and a better value than existing thermoplastics and die-cast aluminum components.
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Audinate Announces New Capabilities for Dante Ultimo Chipsets
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Audinate Announces New Capabilities for Dante Ultimo Chipsets

Audinate announced new enhancements to the Dante Ultimo low-channel chipsets and firmware, now supporting daisy chaining, new control enhancements, and bit depth support. Ultimo now supports 16-, 24- and 32-bit PCM audio, selected globally or per-channel as needed.
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IEEE to Adopt the HDBaseT Standard for Ultra-High-Definition Digital Connectivity
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IEEE to Adopt the HDBaseT Standard for Ultra-High-Definition Digital Connectivity

The HDBaseT Alliance, the cross-industry group tasked with promoting and advancing HDBaseT standard, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) announced at the 2015 International CES that the HDBaseT Specifications 1.1.0 and 2.0 have been approved by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board for adoption as part of the organization’s standard portfolio.
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UHD Alliance to Ensure a Seamless, Integrated and High-quality UHD Ecosystem including UHD Blu-ray Disc standards
by audioXpress Staff

UHD Alliance to Ensure a Seamless, Integrated and High-quality UHD Ecosystem including UHD Blu-ray Disc standards

Hollywood studios, consumer electronics brands, content distributors, post-production and technology companies have announced the launch of the UHD (Ultra High Definition) Alliance to establish premium quality standards across content and devices at 2015 International CES. 4K resolutions and content will be available on next generation UHD Blu-ray Disc standards.
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2015 Consumer Electronics Show Facts and Trends
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2015 Consumer Electronics Show Facts and Trends

With more than 3,600 exhibitors across the largest show floor in history with more than 2.2 million net square feet of exhibit space, breaking last year’s previously set record of 2.06 million net square feet, the 2015 International CES is poised to be a record-breaking show. Owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the 2015 International CES runs through Friday, January 9.
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Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) Association Experiences Tremendous Growth at 2015 International CES
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Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) Association Experiences Tremendous Growth at 2015 International CES

The Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) Association is gaining considerable momentum with new companies joining and new products and technologies being introduced at 2015 CES International. Six additional companies have now joined and new WiSA Certified speaker products and multiroom speakers have been introduced at the 2015 International CES in Las Vegas.
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Klippel Free Seminar on “Essential Loudspeaker Diagnostics Made Easy” in Santa Barbara, CA
by Vance Dickason

Klippel Free Seminar on “Essential Loudspeaker Diagnostics Made Easy” in Santa Barbara, CA

Klippel GmbH is promoting a free two day seminar titled “Essential Loudspeaker Diagnostics Made Easy.” This seminar will be presented by Klippel founder Dr. Wolfgang Klippel on January 12–13, 2015, at the Canary Hotel in Santa Barbara, CA, and addresses the evaluation of sound reproduction systems using physical and perceptive measurement techniques.
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Imagination’s Caskeid Wireless Audio Platform to Support Meridian’s MQA Technology
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Imagination’s Caskeid Wireless Audio Platform to Support Meridian’s MQA Technology

Imagination Technologies announced at the 2015 International CES Show that its Caskeid wireless audio IP platform is set to be the first multiroom streaming solution to support MQA (Master Quality Authenticated), the encoding technology developed by Bob Stuart, founder of Meridian Audio, allowing true reconstruction of studio quality audio.
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