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Eighteen Sound Confirms Acquisition of Ciare Brand
by Joao Martins

Eighteen Sound Confirms Acquisition of Ciare Brand

Eighteen Sound of Reggio Emilia, Italy, has revealed the acquisition of the Ciare brand, of Senigallia, Italy. The announcement follows a previous strategic agreement with Ciare, announced in June 2015, which allowed Eighteen Sound to control worldwide sales of Ciare’s catalog. The confirmed acquisition broadens the scope of Eighteen Sound’s product line offering, as well as expanding the two brand’s access to new global markets.
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New Futuresource Report Finds Significant Room for Growth in Wireless Speakers
by audioXpress Staff

New Futuresource Report Finds Significant Room for Growth in Wireless Speakers

Futuresource has announced the release of its latest report exploring multi regional trends in the audio shopper’s journey whilst considering purchasing Bluetooth or Wi-Fi Speakers and Headphones across China, France, Germany, UK and the USA. The report finds significant room for growth in the market.
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Minnetonka Announces Surcode For Dolby Digital Plus Encoder And Decoder For Pro Tools
by audioXpress Staff

Minnetonka Announces Surcode For Dolby Digital Plus Encoder And Decoder For Pro Tools

Following an earlier preview at IBC 2015, Minnetonka Audio announced that its new SurCode for Dolby Digital Plus Decoder and Encoder are now available for Avid AAX supported products, including ProTools and Media Composer, becoming the first company to bring Dolby Digital Plus to the Avid platform.
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ABI Research Anticipates Wireless and Multiroom Speaker Market to Surpass 90 Million Unit Shipments by 2020
by audioXpress Staff

ABI Research Anticipates Wireless and Multiroom Speaker Market to Surpass 90 Million Unit Shipments by 2020

The wireless and multiroom speaker market continues to make waves in the consumer world, with market growth being fueled by mobile devices, high speed mobile broadband services and streaming music services. In its latest report, ABI Research, anticipates the wireless and multiroom speaker market to surpass 90 million unit shipments by 2020, with an 11.5% CAGR from 2015 to 2020.
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Devialet Phantom Now Available In Apple Stores
by Joao Martins

Devialet Phantom Now Available In Apple Stores

Apple is now showcasing the revolutionary Devialet Phantom wireless speaker in Apple Stores throughout the U.S. For those who have never heard a Devialet Phantom, now there’s an opportunity to listen and admire the Phantom or the Silver Phantom. This is the best wireless speaker ever designed and Apple agrees it deserves to be featured in Apple Stores.
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Sample Magic Updates Magic AB Referencing Software Tool
by audioXpress Staff

Sample Magic Updates Magic AB Referencing Software Tool

Here’s a software tool that we think will be quite interesting to most of our readers. Developer Sample Magic has announced a major update to its industry-standard instant referencing Magic AB plug-in. This utility plug-in allows performing instant AB references in a variety of audio formats, including new unique free, latch or synced referencing modes and even saving four cue/loop points per track with zoom.
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Minnetonka Audio adds Experienced Broadcast Audio Pro Alessandro Travaglini to R&D Team
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Minnetonka Audio adds Experienced Broadcast Audio Pro Alessandro Travaglini to R&D Team

Minnetonka Audio has expanded its research and development team with the hiring of broadcast audio veteran Alessandro Travaglini as Product Manager, Research and Development Group. Travaglini brings 20 years of broadcasting and audio technology experience to the company that will further the efforts for both the Minnetonka and Linear Acoustic lines of software processing solutions.
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Allen & Heath Adds Two New Models To The ZEDi Range
by audioXpress Staff

Allen & Heath Adds Two New Models To The ZEDi Range

British brand Allen & Heath continues to expand its range of solutions for the recording and events market combining the best of its analog circuits with the company’s expertise in digital technology. Following the recent launch of the ZEDi-8 hybrid mixer and interface, Allen & Heath has now released two more ZEDi models.
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Lectrosonics Introduces new IFB-VHF Wireless System
by audioXpress Staff

Lectrosonics Introduces new IFB-VHF Wireless System

Lectrosonics announced a return to the less-trafficked VHF broadcast band, introducing the IFB-VHF Wireless System, which includes the new IFBT4-VHF Transmitter and IFBR1a-VHF Receiver. The new wireless system offers 239 frequencies from 174 to 216 MHz and will be valuable for use in talent cueing and crew communications.
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Microchip’s New Digital-to-Analog Converters Retain Settings Without Power Via Integrated EEPROM
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Microchip’s New Digital-to-Analog Converters Retain Settings Without Power Via Integrated EEPROM

Microchip announced the expansion of its Digital-to-Analogue Converter (DAC) product line with the MCP48FXBXX families of low-power, single and dual-channel, 8-, 10- and 12-bit resolution devices, featuring Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI). The six-member MCP48FEBXX DAC family offers integrated EEPROM to save DAC settings at power-down.
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