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KEF LS60 Wireless Lotus Edition Expands Design Partnership
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KEF LS60 Wireless Lotus Edition Expands Design Partnership

Following the success of the KEF in-car audio system for Lotus, the two iconic British brands teamed up again to introduce a collection of KEF x Lotus products for the home. The first installment is the LS60 Wireless Lotus Edition, a floor standing high-fidelity system available in Lotus' British Racing Green. This custom version of the existing LS60 Wireless system combines superlative acoustic performance in a slim, distinctive floorstanding design.
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Celestion Introduces FTR12-4080DL 4-Ohm Low Frequency Driver for Uncompromising Bass
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Celestion Introduces FTR12-4080DL 4-Ohm Low Frequency Driver for Uncompromising Bass

Celestion introduced the FTR12-4080DL 12-inch, low frequency 4-ohm driver which is specifically designed for subwoofer applications, offering a compact and powerful alternative with a cast aluminum chassis and ferrite magnet. Well-established as an 8-ohm driver, this purpose-built subwoofer is now available in 4-ohm, making it ideal for applications that are hungry for every watt of amplifier power when delivering uncompromising bass.
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Sony Takes the ANC Pole Position with WF-1000XM5 Truly Wireless Earbuds
by Joao Martins

Sony Takes the ANC Pole Position with WF-1000XM5 Truly Wireless Earbuds

Off-season, Sony Electronics jumped to the lead, and announced the WF-1000XM5 earbuds – the latest truly wireless model in its best-selling 1000X series. According to Sony's own internal research, using JEITA-compliant measurement guidelines, the new design offers the "Best Noise Canceling" by reducing external noise over a wide bandwidth, so users can focus on the music. While at it, Sony updated all other specs in this new flagship product, now ready for Bluetooth LE Audio.
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Hifiman Debuts Goldenwave Prelude, Fully Balanced, Class A, Reference Headphone Amplifier
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Hifiman Debuts Goldenwave Prelude, Fully Balanced, Class A, Reference Headphone Amplifier

Hifiman, the most dynamic headphone and personal audio manufacturer from China, has announced a new fully balanced Class A desktop headphone amplifier, the Goldenwave Prelude. Originally released by the Goldenwave brand that was acquired by Hifiman earlier in 2023, the Prelude headphone amplifier (SRP: $2,499) is the company's reference headphone amplifier, and boasts several features that make it an appealing option for headphone enthusiasts and music lovers.
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Apple Unveils Reengineered Beats Studio Pro
by Joao Martins

Apple Unveils Reengineered Beats Studio Pro

Apple "dropped" the new Beats Studio Pro, the next generation of the iconic, bestselling over-ear headphones that inspired the acquisition of the brand for a record 3 billion USD. Since none of the original "cultural icons" remain associated with the brand, Apple designed the new product in partnership with British design studio Samuel Ross & SR_A. And obviously, the Apple engineering team added all the cutting-edge technology that the Beats Studio Pro 2023 edition require to actually stand-out in today's extremely competitive landscape.
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SubZone Subwoofer Placement Optimizer App Now Available
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SubZone Subwoofer Placement Optimizer App Now Available

British start-up Sonic Baume has launched SubZone – a mobile app that finds the optimum position for a subwoofer in the room using acoustic simulation. Once the user enters some simple details about the room and listening position, the app predicts the effect of room modes for every possible position of the subwoofer. It then presents a heatmap of the room showing where the user should aim to put the subwoofer, and where to avoid placing it.
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Neckband's Not Dead. Beyerdynamic Introduces Blue BYRD ANC In-Earphones
by Joao Martins

Neckband's Not Dead. Beyerdynamic Introduces Blue BYRD ANC In-Earphones

Beyerdynamic launched Blue BYRD ANC, the company’s second generation in-earphones now with active noise cancelation (ANC) and superior sound personalization. This once again a neckband design that the German brand believes still has its market in the age of true wireless, with the design allowing for superior 14 hours of battery life and fast Bluetooth pairing. A new standard "on-the-go" for those who don't mind the wires?
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Tube Amp Doctor Launches New TAD KT88-STR REDBASE Premium Selected Tubes
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Tube Amp Doctor Launches New TAD KT88-STR REDBASE Premium Selected Tubes

In their 30th year as a company, Tube Amp Doctor has expanded its REDBASE tube family with a new exclusive and high-quality premium tube model, the entirely new TAD KT88-STR REDBASE. TAD just announced that they now have stock of the newest addition to the REDBASE-tubeline - the KT88-STR REDBASE. And the best news in these times is that the new tubes are ready to ship worldwide, meeting the strong demand for heavy-duty KT88 tubes!
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Rolling Square Pitches Hyphen Aria Air Conduction Earbuds on Kickstarter
by Joao Martins

Rolling Square Pitches Hyphen Aria Air Conduction Earbuds on Kickstarter

Hyphen, an audio brand created by Rolling Square is pitching the Hyphen Aria true wireless earbuds, a new design intended to provide a more natural sound experience, avoiding the occlusion effect and leveraging air conduction to expand on the open-ear form-factor. While the Hyphen Aria earbuds resemble some of Bose's earlier TWS designs, the new product now being promoted on Kickstarter targets an audience that is more familiarized with the problems of current earbuds and is looking for more "healthier" alternatives.
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Audioengine New N22 Mini Desktop Audio Amplifier and Headphone Amp
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Audioengine New N22 Mini Desktop Audio Amplifier and Headphone Amp

Audioengine announced the new N22 Mini Desktop Audio Amplifier and Headphone Amp, updating the specifications from the original N22 launched originally in 2010. The audio company known for its decent quality and affordable home audio products has created a new design to fit today's lifestyles, by adding Bluetooth and USB inputs. The N22 Micro features a familiar OPA1602 on the power stage and an improved headphone amplifier that is able to drive a wider range of headphones.
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