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House Of Marley Launches Exodus Sustainably Designed Wireless Over-Ear Headphone
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House Of Marley Launches Exodus Sustainably Designed Wireless Over-Ear Headphone

Just in time for Earth Day, eco-friendly audio maker House Of Marley released its FSC certified wood headphone, with Project Marley giving-back platform supporting tree planting efforts. The earth-friendly audio maker released the first product from its 2019 collection with the sustainably designed Exodus over-ear Bluetooth wireless headphones. Uniquely crafted using FSC certified wood, recyclable aluminum and natural leather, the Exodus marks the arrival of the brand's new flagship headphone series, soon to be accompanied by the Exodus ANC this fall.
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Zylia Takes Portable 360-Degree Recording to New Territory With Tablet-Based Control of Its ZM-1 Microphone
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Zylia Takes Portable 360-Degree Recording to New Territory With Tablet-Based Control of Its ZM-1 Microphone

Making high-resolution 360-degree recording in the field easier than ever, Polish startup Zylia introduced a Windows tablet-compatible version of its control software for the company's ZYLIA ZM-1 spherical microphone. Providing convenient tablet-based control over the ZM-1, a compact 3rd order Ambisonics microphone, gives sound engineers and musicians a lightweight and highly portable solution for capturing immersive audio in any environment.
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Tektronix Names Tami Newcombe as President
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Tektronix Names Tami Newcombe as President

Tektronix announced that Tami Newcombe has been promoted to President of Tektronix. Having worked previously with Analog Devices, IBM, and more recently as Vice President for Cisco, Newcombe joined Tektronix in early 2017 as Commercial President and has been responsible for leading global sales and marketing. In her elevated role, Newcombe will report to Pat Byrne, who previously served as President of Tektronix and is currently Senior Vice President at Fortive.
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StreamUnlimited Announces StreamSDK availability on MediaTek MT8516 SOC
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StreamUnlimited Announces StreamSDK availability on MediaTek MT8516 SOC

StreamSDK, acknowledged in the audio industry for its feature-rich wireless audio streaming software stack, is now available on the MT8516 chipset from MediaTek. StreamUnlimited developed StreamSDK to be flexible enough to run on multiple hardware configurations, allowing manufacturers to remain with their chosen SoC supplier or to select the best hardware module for the product feature set, price point and target market. StreamUnlimited also confirmed AirPlay 2 is now available in StreamSDK, and hardware platforms across major SOC suppliers.
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The Versatile Escape P9 Wireless Omnidirectional Speaker Concept
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The Versatile Escape P9 Wireless Omnidirectional Speaker Concept

The audio industry is rethinking traditional concepts due to changing habits of consumers. Portable audio devices have changed the way consumers listen to music, using streaming services, phones and tablets as a primary music source. But apart from the mid-sized portable speakers available, there are not many quality options that will appeal to a consumer willing to invest more, without going for the high-end luxury segment. Escape Speakers is a European project created to answer those needs and the Escape P9 wireless speaker is the company's first development.
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PCB Piezotronics Promotes Training Seminars on Dynamic Measurement, Acoustic Measurement and Modal Analysis
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PCB Piezotronics Promotes Training Seminars on Dynamic Measurement, Acoustic Measurement and Modal Analysis

PCB Piezotronics just confirmed its latest schedule of annual training seminars on the topics of dynamic measurement, acoustic measurement and modal analysis. These seminars are offered each year as both an opportunity for engineers new to the field to learn more about taking good measurements, as well as to give the more experienced engineers an opportunity to refresh their knowledge and learn about new applications/methods made possible by new product development.
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Purifi Audio Promises to Reduce Distortion in Speakers and Amplifiers
by Joao Martins

Purifi Audio Promises to Reduce Distortion in Speakers and Amplifiers

A new Danish company, founded by Bruno Putzeys, Lars Risbo, and Peter Lyngdorf will be making its first public presentation to the industry in Munich 9-12 May, concurrently with High End 2019. The name is Purifi Audio, and as you can guess from the founders involved, the venture promises Class D amplifiers with record-breaking performance "unmatched by amplifiers of any operating class." But the new company will be doing more than amplifiers, since it will also reveal a new 6.5" woofer with "magnitudes lower intermodulation distortion across frequency and SPL."
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Holoplot Promotes Immersive Audio and Large Sound Fields at Prolight+Sound 2019
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Holoplot Promotes Immersive Audio and Large Sound Fields at Prolight+Sound 2019

German audio technology pioneer Holoplot reported another successful demonstration of wave field synthesis technology at the Prolight+Sound 2019 show, with examples of its groundbreaking "more than beamforming" conferencing and retail-oriented ORION Series solution. Along with extensive showcases of its current products, the company was an enthusiastic participant in the event's education program, with Head of Applications Emad El-Saghir giving two well-received presentations.
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Meyer Sound Targets Peak Energy Efficiency and Zero Waste
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Meyer Sound Targets Peak Energy Efficiency and Zero Waste

Meyer Sound has announced a renewed commitment to further reduce energy consumption, cut manufacturing waste to zero, and provide more incentives for employees to reduce their personal carbon footprints. The new efforts build on more than a decade of work led by Meyer Sound’s own “Green Team,” a group of employees representing every department that continually work on new initiatives to further the company’s ambitious sustainability goals. VC
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Bryston Adds Qobuz Hi-Res Streaming Capability to BDP Music Players
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Bryston Adds Qobuz Hi-Res Streaming Capability to BDP Music Players

Bryston has introduced native support for the Qobuz streaming music service as an available firmware update for Bryston’s BDP Music Players. With the update, users will be able to access Qobuz' high-resolution 24-bit/up to 192 kHz streaming service, and stream uncompressed content from a library of well over 40 million tracks representing every imaginable style including jazz and classical music. Qobuz first became available in Europe in 2007 and is now also available in the US.
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