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Audio Networking Management Gets Serious with Audinate’s New Dante Domain Manager
by audioXpress Staff

Audio Networking Management Gets Serious with Audinate’s New Dante Domain Manager

One of the main requests from both users and implementers of audio networking technology has been the need for better security. When Audinate promotes education sessions on its Dante media networking technology, integrators and IT/network specialists frequently express their concerns regarding the need to protect and manage user access and different network domains. Now, Audinate announced Dante Domain Manager, a new enterprise-wide, IT-Grade platform to simplify AV Network Management.
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Skyworks Partners with Libre Wireless Technologies to Deliver Audio and Smart Home Technology Solutions
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Skyworks Partners with Libre Wireless Technologies to Deliver Audio and Smart Home Technology Solutions

Skyworks Solutions announced it has partnered with embedded Wi-Fi and wireless technology specialist, Libre Wireless, to deliver advanced products for wireless audio and smart home applications. Libre Wireless is leveraging multiple RF solutions from Skyworks to enable their leading media modules targeting wireless audio, smart voice services and assistants, among other smart home applications.
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Ferrofish A32 Dante AD/DA Converter Now Available
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Ferrofish A32 Dante AD/DA Converter Now Available

German company Ferrofish is serious about high-quality converters, but this time they have outdone themselves. The new Ferrofish A32 AD/DA converter with support for Dante audio networking was designed to streamline system cabling in both live and installed sound applications. The A32 Dante supports a wide range of audio formats, incorporates leading edge technology, and can also serve as a hi-end audio format converter.
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Harman Professional Solutions Introduces the Connected PA Concept
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Harman Professional Solutions Introduces the Connected PA Concept

With people getting used to store their personal profiles on smartphones and wearable devices, getting connected to the cloud and having smart systems at home and the office automatically adjusting to their preferences, why not enable the same level of connectivity to the tools musicians need to do their daily work? That’s the concept Harman pioneered with a first step on the Connected PA, demonstrated at NAMM 2017.
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Nuheara Starts Shipping IQbuds Wireless Hearables
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Nuheara Starts Shipping IQbuds Wireless Hearables

Australian company Nuheara Inc., makers of intelligent, truly wireless earbuds, launched its flagship product, IQbuds, at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. More than simply targeting the convenience of truly wireless music listening, Nuheara IQbuds are a testament to the life changing benefits of assistive audio, allowing people to completely augment and control their audio environment to hear what they want to hear. And they want to be first to market...
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Shure Introduces GLX-D Advanced Digital Wireless Products, Provides Wireless Updates and Guidance
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Shure Introduces GLX-D Advanced Digital Wireless Products, Provides Wireless Updates and Guidance

At the 2017 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, Shure introduced an important new solution to its portfolio or wireless microphones with the GLX-D Advanced Digital Wireless products and accessories. The suite of GLX-D products offers increased channel count, solid RF performance, and expanded automatic frequency management for install applications. Shure also introduced new VHF frequency bands its ULX-D and QLX-D Digital Wireless Systems and launched a new wireless information resource center.
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L-Acoustics Announces new Syva Line Source Plug-and-Play Speaker System
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L-Acoustics Announces new Syva Line Source Plug-and-Play Speaker System

L-Acoustics announced a brand new addition to its extensive catalogue of sound reinforcement solutions with the new Syva line source speaker system and the accompanying Syva Low and Syva Sub. The new design brings L-Acoustics line source heritage to a sleek, plug-and-play system, featuring a new patent pending transducer arrangement called segment source, producing an ultra-wide directivity pattern, and offering 35 meters of throw capability with 142 dB max SPL.
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Lynx Announces Aurora(n) Line of Dante, Thunderbolt, Pro Tools and USB Converter Interfaces
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Lynx Announces Aurora(n) Line of Dante, Thunderbolt, Pro Tools and USB Converter Interfaces

Studio recording interfaces continue to be a vibrant area with the continuous evolution of technologies and manufacturers increasingly opting for modular solutions to make investments as future proof as possible. During NAMM 2017, Lynx Studio Technology introduced the Aurora(n) line of redesigned converter interfaces, achieving significant performance and feature improvements with 14 new models slated to ship in February 2017.
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New JBL Professional 7 Series Powered Master Reference Monitors
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New JBL Professional 7 Series Powered Master Reference Monitors

In September 2015, JBL started shipping its new 7 Series Master Reference Monitors, to meet the requirements of broadcast and post-production facilities, with a 8-inch two-way, and 5-inch 2-way model that could also be part of complete 5.1, 7.1 and immersive sound monitoring systems. Now, JBL announced the launch of a new self-powered version of those same reference studio monitors, creating a more convenient solution without compromising performance.
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Linkplay Experiences Rapid Adoption of Its Turnkey WiFi Audio Speaker Solution Approved With Amazon Alexa Voice Service
by Joao Martins

Linkplay Experiences Rapid Adoption of Its Turnkey WiFi Audio Speaker Solution Approved With Amazon Alexa Voice Service

Linkplay Technology, a WiFi audio solution provider, and one of the first audio platforms approved for integration with Alexa Voice Service (AVS), hosted 300 attendees from global speaker brands, OEMs and ODMs for an Amazon Alexa technology summit. The one day conference held in Shenzhen, China provided an opportunity to educate customers interested in designing and building Powered by Linkplay products with AVS.
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