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Orchard Audio Launches New Starkrimson 500W GaN Amplifier Modules
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Orchard Audio Launches New Starkrimson 500W GaN Amplifier Modules

Orchard Audio, the innovative audio venture created by Leo Ayzenshtat, expanded its catalog of products for audio enthusiasts and integrators with the launch of Starkrimson Ultra Amp Modules. These high performance audio power amplifier modules utilizing gallium nitride (GaN) MOSFET transistors, expand the highly praised Starkrimson amplification line and are available as completed modules or unpopulated PCBs.
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Yamaha Updates Home Entertainment with New Series of Cutting-edge Aventage AV Receivers
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Yamaha Updates Home Entertainment with New Series of Cutting-edge Aventage AV Receivers

A decade ago, Yamaha brought the power, performance and sophisticated build of its Aventage AV receivers to market. Now, as home entertainment is experiencing a renaissance, Yamaha announced the most dramatic update to its flagship series of AV receivers with three new models that support all the latest standards, media formats and technologies expected today.
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Valens Provides Multi-Gigabit Connectivity Solution for Mercedes-Benz S-Class Premium Infotainment System
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Valens Provides Multi-Gigabit Connectivity Solution for Mercedes-Benz S-Class Premium Infotainment System

Valens, the semiconductor company that is pushing the boundaries of connectivity, announced that its VA6000 chipsets are integrated in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, launched in September 2020. This marks the first multi-gigabit symmetric link in the world to be deployed in mass production, and the only multi-gigabit technology over unshielded wiring for in-vehicle connectivity.
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Global Uncertainties and Health Risk Force Cancellation of IFA Berlin 2021
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Global Uncertainties and Health Risk Force Cancellation of IFA Berlin 2021

Following other trade show cancelations already announced for the year in Europe, Messe Berlin and gfu Consumer & Home Electronics GmbH have jointly announced that IFA 2021 will not take place in September as a physical live event, as originally planned. The decision was made following detailed conversations with public health experts and multiple stakeholders. The leading trade show for consumer and home electronics will return only in 2022.
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Audiodo Personal Sound Technology Powers New Fresh ‘n Rebel’s Clam Elite ANC Headphones
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Audiodo Personal Sound Technology Powers New Fresh ‘n Rebel’s Clam Elite ANC Headphones

Audiodo announced the newest product to feature their Personal Sound technology in partnership with Dutch lifestyle brand Fresh ‘n Rebel. Fresh ‘n Rebel’s new Clam Elite ANC headphones are the first for the Rotterdam based brand to feature Audiodo’s personalization features. For Audiodo, they mark the fourth product and third over-ear headphones to include the company’s patented technology.
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IsoAcoustics Introduces new Aperta Subwoofer Isolation Solution
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IsoAcoustics Introduces new Aperta Subwoofer Isolation Solution

IsoAcoustics has expanded on its Aperta Series with a new Aperta Sub isolation stand designed for subwoofers weighing up to 80 pounds (36.3kg). The Aperta Sub provides a high degree of isolation, allowing the listener to discover greater bass definition from their subwoofer with less complaints from the neighbors. Each set of Aperta Sub includes the isolation stand and four carpet discs with spikes.
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Austrian Audio Releases New Hi-X65 Professional Open-Back Over-Ear Headphones
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Austrian Audio Releases New Hi-X65 Professional Open-Back Over-Ear Headphones

Targeting critical applications for studio mixing and mastering, Austrian Audio has released its third headphone model, capitalizing on the transducer design developed internally for the Hi-X55 model. Following the on-ear Hi-X50 and the over-ear Hi-X55 headphones launched in 2020, Austrian Audio’s new Hi-X65 professional headphones are an open over-ear design with a high excursion driver to ensure greater transparency.
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Stenheim Unveils New Reference Ultime Two Speakers
by Joao Martins

Stenheim Unveils New Reference Ultime Two Speakers

Stenheim speakers are not for the faint of heart. Designed and built in the best tradition of extreme high-end Swiss audio brands, Stenheim aims to create only musical reference products for the ultimate music enthusiast. The company’s latest design brings the exceptional quality of the brand’s Reference Ultime speakers to smaller spaces and at lower price point of a mere $150,000 USD for the pair.
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Goertek Announces Rox Earbud Reference Design with Support for Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound Technology
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Goertek Announces Rox Earbud Reference Design with Support for Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound Technology

Goertek has unveiled a new earbud reference design to help manufacturers looking to implement Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound technology speed their time to market. Powered by the Qualcomm QCC5141 Bluetooth Audio SoC, the Rox reference design is optimized for use in TWS earbuds and hearables and is designed to deliver high-resolution music, crystal-clear voice calls, and lag-free gaming — with superior connectivity and extended battery life.
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Toshiba Announces Smallest Bluetooth LE Module for Wearables Using Nordic’s nRF52811 SoC
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Toshiba Announces Smallest Bluetooth LE Module for Wearables Using Nordic’s nRF52811 SoC

Nordic Semiconductor announced that Tokyo, Japan-based multinational conglomerate, Toshiba Corporation, has selected the 2.48 by 2.46mm wafer level chip scale package (WLCSP) version of Nordic’s nRF52811 Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide the core processing power and wireless connectivity for its ‘Bluetooth module with SASP Technology’.
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