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It's Not That Smart, But It Sings! The Alexa-Compatible Big Mouth Billy Bass
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It's Not That Smart, But It Sings! The Alexa-Compatible Big Mouth Billy Bass

Gemmy Industries debuted its highly anticipated Big Mouth Billy Bass with high-tech functionality: Alexa compatibility! "Get fishy with it. The popular Big Mouth Billy Bass is back and better than ever, says the company who is obviously hoping to "fish" all Alexa users this Holiday season. Everyone's favorite singing and talking fish is now programmed to respond to Alexa voice commands delivered to a compatible Amazon Echo device.
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Ideal for Audio Applications! Saelig Introduces USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Isolator For Electrical Isolation of USB Ports
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Ideal for Audio Applications! Saelig Introduces USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Isolator For Electrical Isolation of USB Ports

Saelig has introduced the Alldaq ADQ-USB 3.0-ISO series of USB 3.0 isolators, which support the full USB 3.0 SuperSpeed data rate of 5Gbit/s. This allows USB 3.0 SuperSpeed devices to be electrically isolated from a host PC or other peripherals at full performance. The USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Isolator eliminates ground loops and ground potential differences and is ideal for measurement, industrial, automotive and audio technology applications.
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Solotech Acquires UK-Based SSE Audio Group to Expand Global Scope in Professional Audio Services
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Solotech Acquires UK-Based SSE Audio Group to Expand Global Scope in Professional Audio Services

Martin Tremblay, president and CEO of Groupe Solotech Inc. announced that Solotech has acquired SSE Audio Group, the largest supplier of professional audio services in the UK, employing more than 150 people. This is the most important transaction ever for the Canadian company. With the addition of SSE Audio, Solotech, already the North American leader in audiovisual and entertainment technologies, becomes one of the world's largest companies in the rental, production and touring segment.
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Tectonic Audio Labs and Tectonic Elements Combine Assets to Accelerate Release of Next-Generation Audio Products
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Tectonic Audio Labs and Tectonic Elements Combine Assets to Accelerate Release of Next-Generation Audio Products

Tectonic Audio Labs announced the consolidation of their assets with Tectonic Elements and launched a new website to highlight the company's consolidated portfolio of patented flat speaker technologies. Following the recent appointment of a new President and CEO, this is the final step in the merger of the two companies and will streamline the three primary areas of focus: smart speaker technology, professional audio products, and OEM audio component sales for IoT devices, automotive and other high-fidelity solutions.
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Tempow and CEVA Partner to Deliver Low Power, Low Latency True Wireless Stereo Technology for Bluetooth Earbuds
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Tempow and CEVA Partner to Deliver Low Power, Low Latency True Wireless Stereo Technology for Bluetooth Earbuds

CEVA, the leading licensor of signal processing platforms for connected devices, along with French wireless audio pioneer Tempow, unveiled a collaboration to bring next-generation True Wireless Stereo (TWS) to the Bluetooth earbud mass market. As mentioned in a recent article by CEVA's Marketing Director, Franz Dugand, the resulting joint IP solution delivers synchronized left/right audio over standard Bluetooth dual mode connected links with short latency and without the power consumption penalty associated with many of today’s TWS implementations.
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Qobuz Postpones US Launch for 2019 and Announces Pricing Plan
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Qobuz Postpones US Launch for 2019 and Announces Pricing Plan

French online music service Qobuz promised to launch its streaming and download subscriptions in the US in 2018, offering a completely new option for the industry, with a high-end tier plan of 24-bit FLAC streaming that until now has never been available. Throughout the year, Qobuz has been actively promoting the service and the different hi-res streaming and download options. The company finally made an announcement confirming its US pricing plan, and stated that steps have been taken towards an "early 2019 US launch."
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Hegel Pushes into CEDIA Channel with Modular High-Current Class-AB Mono-Block Amplifiers
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Hegel Pushes into CEDIA Channel with Modular High-Current Class-AB Mono-Block Amplifiers

Norwegian audio brand Hegel Music Systems, highly-regarded around the world for its award-winning integrated amplifiers, pre-amplifiers, digital-to-analog converters and CD players, announced the launch of its first amplifiers aimed at the home theater and distributed audio markets. Called the C5 Series, three models are available, the C53, C54 and C55, which are configured as 3, 4 and 5 channel amplifiers respectively. With MSRP starting at $6,000 and up depending on configuration, the amplifiers are now shipping to dealers.
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HEAD acoustics Introduces HQS-Audio for Comprehensive Testing of Loudspeakers, Headphones and Audio Systems in Vehicles
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HEAD acoustics Introduces HQS-Audio for Comprehensive Testing of Loudspeakers, Headphones and Audio Systems in Vehicles

HEAD acoustics, one of the world's leading companies in the field of voice and audio quality optimization, introduced HQS-Audio, a new tool for its ACQUA analysis system that provides whole set of targeted electroacoustic measurements and helps to comprehensively test the quality of audio devices. Whether loudspeakers, headphones, or audio systems in vehicles, HQS-Audio provides independent test runs for each application, consisting of various electroacoustic measurements, including Thiele-Small parameters.
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L-Acoustics Strengthens R&D and Production Expertise with Acquisition of HGP
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L-Acoustics Strengthens R&D and Production Expertise with Acquisition of HGP

French professional audio manufacturer L-Acoustics, a market leader in large scale sound reinforcement systems and premium audio installations, announced the acquisition of HGP, a manufacturer of precision sheet metal, based in Amboise, France, and its sister entity API, which specializes in powder coating. According to L-Acoustics, both companies were already regular suppliers and the acquisition will enable better R&D support, faster prototyping, and tighter production schedules.
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One More Time for 2018! Your Voice Coil December Edition Now Available!
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One More Time for 2018! Your Voice Coil December Edition Now Available!

In this last issue for 2018, we share with you what you need to know about the forthcoming CES 2019 show, Robert Werner tells us everything about the latest software release for the Klippel Analyzer System, and Mike Klasco discusses recycling neodymium magnets. James Croft revisits an Acoustic Passive Radiator Rocking Mode Reducing patent awarded to Bose, Vance Dickason puts a compression driver from Celestion and another from Radian on his Test Bench. This and much more, not to be missed in Voice Coil December 2018.
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