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TAD Labs New TAD-C1000 Preamplifier Expands Evolution Series
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TAD Labs New TAD-C1000 Preamplifier Expands Evolution Series

Technical Audio Devices Laboratories (TAD Labs) officially announced the TAD-C1000 preamplifier, the newest addition to its Evolution Series of hi-fi audio components from the iconic Japanese audio brand. Sharing the design language with existing Evolution Series components including the TAD-D1000TX disc player, TAD-DA1000TX DAC, and TAD-M1000 power amplifier, the TAD-C1000 masterfully amplifies signals from stereo sources without compromise. It connects up to four balanced and two unbalanced components, with amplification for two balanced and two unbalanced outputs.
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New HEAD acoustics ArtemiS SUITE Release 15 Introduces Important Productivity and Feature Enhancements
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New HEAD acoustics ArtemiS SUITE Release 15 Introduces Important Productivity and Feature Enhancements

HEAD acoustics has overhauled ArtemiS SUITE, its state-of-the-art software platform for sound and vibration, psychoacoustic, and structural dynamics analysis. The new release 15 brings substantial improvements in ease of use, performance, scope of operability, and connectivity. Outstanding features include improved model creation and calculation of transfer functions, export for binaural analysis and synthesis, an updated interface to the Augmented Reality solution from HoloMetrix, and third party hardware and software support.
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Virscient Collaborates With Infineon to Accelerate AIROC-based Wireless Design Development
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Virscient Collaborates With Infineon to Accelerate AIROC-based Wireless Design Development

Virscient, announced a new strategic collaboration with Infineon to support customers' design-in of Infineon’s connectivity products. Under this agreement, Virscient will provide expert design and engineering services, and licensable software solutions to help innovative OEMs and platform vendors rapidly deliver products integrating Infineon's AIROC Wi-Fi + Bluetooth combo ICs – whether chip-down, or in modular form.
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Cirrus Logic Helps Ease PC Industry Transition to New MIPI SoundWire Interface
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Cirrus Logic Helps Ease PC Industry Transition to New MIPI SoundWire Interface

Cirrus Logic is offering an advanced audio solution to help ease PC manufacturers' migration to the MIPI SoundWire interface (1.2.1 specification) for a richer, more immersive audio experience. At the heart of the Cirrus Logic advanced, low-power audio solution are the company’s recently announced CS35L56 smart amplifier and CS42L43 Smart HIFI codec that are included in the Intel SoundWire-ready reference design aimed at helping laptop designers make a smooth migration to the new specification.
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Schiit Designs a USB Streaming Hub with Integrated CD Player
by Joao Martins

Schiit Designs a USB Streaming Hub with Integrated CD Player

As always, Schiit Audio stirs up the world of home audio with its unique perspective of the hi-fidelity audio chain. This time, Schiit announced Urd, a complete re-invention of a CD player component, now designed as a hub for an entire modern digital audio system. It's basically a CD transport with USB output and digital outs, and a USB hub that can be connected to streamers and other digital sources using the company's Unison USB architecture - now updated for modern USB-C connectors (applause). Urd is available today, from $1299.
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AAVAA Headband Accessibility Developer’s Kit To Advance Brain-Computer Interface Applications
by Joao Martins

AAVAA Headband Accessibility Developer’s Kit To Advance Brain-Computer Interface Applications

AAVAA, a startup company based in Montreal, Canada, has announced the introduction of its brain-computer interface (BCI) technology in the form of the AAVAA Headband Accessibility Developer’s Kit. The software and headband hardware is able to detect and recognize intentional control movements, such as blinks and clicks of a tongue, paving the way for individuals with disabilities and those with mobility, speech and hearing impairments to gain control over their devices.
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AudioControl Home Audio Division Acquired by AVPro Global
by Joao Martins

AudioControl Home Audio Division Acquired by AVPro Global

AVPro Global, a company that started as a distributor, and evolved to create its own brands of audio/video installation products, display calibration and HMDI cables, has announced the acquisition of the Home Audio division of AudioControl from AAMP Holdings, an aftermarket car audio company from Florida who had acquired the Seattle, WA company in April 2022. AVPro Global says that the AudioControl Home Audio Division makes sense in its strategy to accelerate its business in residential and commercial distributed audio and media rooms.
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Lectrosonics Promotes Wes Herron to President and Karl Winkler to Executive VP of Product Design and Distribution
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Lectrosonics Promotes Wes Herron to President and Karl Winkler to Executive VP of Product Design and Distribution

The Board of Directors of Lectrosonics, the renowned manufacturer of wireless audio systems, announced the appointment of Wes Herron as the new President of Lectrosonics, and the promotion of Karl Winkler to Executive Vice President of Product Design and Distribution. Current President Gordon Moore retires after 35 years with the company. According to the US manufacturer based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, the new appointments will oversee the development of Lectrosonics’ next generation of products.
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Speakerbench YouTube Channel Discusses Loudspeaker Bass Reflex Alignments
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Speakerbench YouTube Channel Discusses Loudspeaker Bass Reflex Alignments

Claus Futtrup and Jeff Candy, the two creators of the Speakerbench online tool for assisting in speaker design calculations, continue to introduce more and more tools and features in this web-based application. In order to inspire even more the loudspeaker DIY community, the two authors have created an interesting Speakerbench Youtube channel where we can find new interesting videos discussing the history of speaker design theory and specifically Loudspeaker Bass Reflex Alignments.
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USound Receives Additional Growth Investment Supporting MEMS Speakers Ramp-Up
by Joao Martins

USound Receives Additional Growth Investment Supporting MEMS Speakers Ramp-Up

USound has confirmed that it has received a €10 million Euros minority growth investment supporting product ramp-up for its various MEMS speaker models and accelerating production and design-ins of next-generation true wireless earbuds and hearables. The announcement reflects the company's momentum as first product implementations are now reaching the market, enabling the fast-growing MEMS loudspeaker company to gain further recognition from consumers.
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