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Dayton Audio Introduces New Line of Commercial Pendant Speakers
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Dayton Audio Introduces New Line of Commercial Pendant Speakers

Following a long-standing tradition of designing high-quality speakers at reasonable prices, Dayton Audio's new commercial pendants are designed to offer a great sound for both indoor and outdoor use. The pendant line offers both 4" (WP4BT) and 6.5" (WP65BT) models to fit the needs of a variety of installs, constructed with IP66 weather resistant ABS plastic, and using a coaxial design that provides a balanced, natural response, supporting ceiling, wall mounts, or landscape applications.
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Parasound Introduces Affordable Preamplifier and DAC in its NewClassic Line
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Parasound Introduces Affordable Preamplifier and DAC in its NewClassic Line

Already with an impressive line of new products introduced throughout 2018, Parasound ended the year with the announcement of its NewClassic 200 Pre, a moderately priced analog audio preamplifier and DAC with outstanding sound quality, excellent connectivity, and versatility. Like all NewClassic products, the model 200 Pre represents a new generation of affordable, high performance audio products from Parasound. At the heart of the 200 Pre is a versatile analog signal path which includes analog bass management with high pass and low pass outputs.
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PreSonus Ships Quantum 4848 Thunderbolt Audio Interface for Recording Professionals
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PreSonus Ships Quantum 4848 Thunderbolt Audio Interface for Recording Professionals

Probably because it was designed to sit on a rack and doesn't need bus power, PreSonus made the announcement that it is now shipping the Quantum 4848 24-bit, 192 kHz, Thunderbolt audio interface. Not a Thunderbolt 3 solution, as common-sense would dictate for a product launched at the end of 2018, but a Thunderbolt 2 product which will require an adaptor. Otherwise, the professional recording solution includes the company’s excellent Studio One Professional recording, mixing, and mastering software for macOS and Windows and is extremely affordable for the specs.
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audioXpress.com - The Most Popular Stories of 2018
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audioXpress.com - The Most Popular Stories of 2018

2018 was another record-breaking year for audioXpress.com with visits and users doubling the figures compared to our record year in 2016. Want to know which of the topics and stories published online in 2018 were the most popular? We looked at the most-read articles of 2018 in audioXpress.com (which also includes selected articles from Voice Coil magazine), and we created this Top 10 list of news stories and online articles. Here are the results!
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Voice Coil January 2019 is Here and Ready for Another Year!
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Voice Coil January 2019 is Here and Ready for Another Year!

Voice Coil January 2019 is now available. This edition focuses on New Materials for Earphones and Headphones and also includes a valuable listing of Earphone and Headphone Manufacturers and a schedule of headphone-centric events for the year. In Acoustic Patents, James Croft looks at a new patent of a multilayer voice coil plate and flat speaker based on the same, while in this month's Test Bench Vance Dickason features a 1" compression driver from Radian Audio Engineering, and a 1" soft dome tweeter from Eminence. This is much more, now available in print and download.
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LG Raises the Bar for Home Theater Audio at CES 2019 with New AI-Enabled Soundbars
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LG Raises the Bar for Home Theater Audio at CES 2019 with New AI-Enabled Soundbars

For CES 2019, LG Electronics (LG) is focusing on the home theater category with a new range of products that leverages the best selling speaker category in the segment - soundbars - and combines it with the latest "smart" technologies that are becoming essential for home integration. LG's latest range of soundbars expands on the collaboration with Meridian Audio for the electroacoustic design and adds Artificial Intelligence capabilities that the Korean brand has been developing now for all its consumer electronic products.
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MAGIX Announces New Samplitude Pro X4 with Expanded Features and Tools
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MAGIX Announces New Samplitude Pro X4 with Expanded Features and Tools

MAGIX has released a new version of thee renowned digital audio workstation, Samplitude Pro X, expanding on the DAW's 28-year success story. Providing the highest level of quality for recording, mixing and mastering tasks, as well as for music production in a single environment, the new Samplitude Pro X4 expands on its most praised features, now adding Automation Lanes for optimal control and overview of track automation data, a new plug-in browser for quick searches for effects and instruments, new MIDI editing functions and improved MIDI workflow. And Samplitude now supports CPUs with up to 32 cores!
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Sennheiser Promotes Augmented Audio Experiences at CES 2019
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Sennheiser Promotes Augmented Audio Experiences at CES 2019

At CES 2019, Sennheiser will be providing visitors with the unique opportunity to explore the world of Augmented Audio and craft their very own AMBEO AR experience. The company will promote listening sessions of the much anticipated AMBEO Soundbar, finally revealing the latest in immersive 3D sound to the home and a remarkably spatial sonic experience with immersive 5.1.4 sound and deep bass in a single all-in-one device. Visitors to CES can also get hands on with the new MOMENTUM True Wireless earphones.
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Enhanced Audio Experiences with RCA’s Smart Soundbar
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Enhanced Audio Experiences with RCA’s Smart Soundbar

At CES 2019, Voxtok, the Sound division of entertainment software platform Netgem, will be showing Music Avenue, a fully personalized audio service designed for TV, which operates through the Smart Soundbar of iconic brand Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Combining the two best-selling speaker categories currently in the market, the RCA Smart Soundbar supports Amazon Alexa voice interactions and will be unveiled also at the annual Las Vegas consumer electronics show.
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Dayton Audio Offers Easy Wireless Audio with New DTA-2.1BT 100W Class D 2.1 Amplifier with Bluetooth
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Dayton Audio Offers Easy Wireless Audio with New DTA-2.1BT 100W Class D 2.1 Amplifier with Bluetooth

Dayton Audio introduced the updated DTA-2.1BT amplifier, a compact and lightweight Class D design that is perfect top bring new life to existing passive speakers. The DTA-2.1BT is able to adequately power most speakers, and also a passive subwoofer, allowing users to create an inexpensive and high-performance 2.1 set up for any office, bedroom, or small home theater. For just $99.00, it offers Bluetooth, RCA, and 3.5 mm inputs, and now features a crossover adjustment on the front panel.
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