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Merging Announces NADAC Distribution Agreements in Europe, Asia and Pacific
by audioXpress Staff

Merging Announces NADAC Distribution Agreements in Europe, Asia and Pacific

Following distribution appointments for North America, Merging is now confirming agreements with companies who will be handling the NADAC network-attached DAC market - high-end consumer segment - all over the world. In some cases, like China, Merging established a new company to address this market efficiently and separate it from the professional business.
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Jacob Collier and Ben Bloomberg Turn to DPA Microphones to Record Live Stage Shows
by Joao Martins

Jacob Collier and Ben Bloomberg Turn to DPA Microphones to Record Live Stage Shows

Jacob Collier and his Production Director Ben Bloomberg turned to DPA Microphones to ensure excellent audio quality for their innovative multitrack project. UK artist and Quincy Jones protégé Jacob Collier is only 20 years old yet his undoubted talent as a musician and singer has already earned him the epithet of ‘jazz’s new prodigy’.
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Audio-Technica Launches W1000Z Hi-Fi Headphones
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Audio-Technica Launches W1000Z Hi-Fi Headphones

Audio-Technica has almost two decades’ experience when it comes to making wooden headphones and the ATH-W1000Z are the 12th set of over-the-ear wooden headphones in the company’s history. The W1000Z is also the spiritual successor to the highly popular and award-winning W1000X headphones. Now available.
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Wireworld’s David Salz Presents ‘The Cable Polygraph’ at Capital Audiofest
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Wireworld’s David Salz Presents ‘The Cable Polygraph’ at Capital Audiofest

Saturday at 11:00AM, at Capitol Audiofest 2015, David Salz, Wireworld’s founder and designer will do a presentation sharing its experience on the question, “Do Cables Make a Difference?”. In the demonstration David Salz intends to prove the answer is a resounding yes with its Cable Polygraph procedure.
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Bluesound Gen 2 Is The Next Generation in Wireless High Resolution Audio. MQA Support Also Confirmed
by Joao Martins

Bluesound Gen 2 Is The Next Generation in Wireless High Resolution Audio. MQA Support Also Confirmed

Bluesound was the first wireless digital multi-room music system to fully support high-resolution audio. Now, the sister company to NAD and PSB Speakers unveiled Gen 2, an upgraded platform of virtually every aspect of the product’s design and performance with reengineered multi-room wireless streaming digital music players and two entirely new models.
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Technicolor And Fraunhofer IIS Announce Licensing Program For MPEG-H Audio Alliance TV System
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Technicolor And Fraunhofer IIS Announce Licensing Program For MPEG-H Audio Alliance TV System

Technicolor and Fraunhofer IIS announced the formation of a licensing program as part of the market introduction of the next-generation TV audio system developed by the MPEG-H Audio Alliance. The MPEG-H Audio Alliance TV System is under consideration for the ATSC 3.0 standard.
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Fostex Releases New RP-Series Professional Headphones
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Fostex Releases New RP-Series Professional Headphones

Fostex has released the newly updated RP mK3 series headphones. These redesigned models are the newest incarnations of Fostex’s legendary RP and T-series models, which for more than 30 years have been used as proven, reliable monitoring headphones in recording studios across the globe.
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Better Headphones For a Good Cause
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Better Headphones For a Good Cause

There are new headphones being introduced in the market practically everyday and, more surprisingly, start-ups designing new headphones. LIFE Acoustics founders decided to launch their LIFE headphones in a different way. Design a new great product and change the lives of deaf children living in poverty. We can support their initiative on Kickstarter.
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Merging Finalizes NADAC Distribution for North America
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Merging Finalizes NADAC Distribution for North America

Merging Technologies announced that On a Higher Note, LLC has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for USA and Canada for its new NADAC products. The agreement covers the consumer market and the high-end audio industry, tapping On A Higher Note’s ever-growing elite network of high fidelity retailers and custom installers.
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Visit the 2015 Capital Audiofest! August 28-30
by audioXpress Staff

Visit the 2015 Capital Audiofest! August 28-30

The Capital Audiofest - August 28-30, 2015 - is the Washington DC Metropolitan Area and Mid Atlantic Regions most comprehensive quality audio event. Striving to become the East Coasts premiere event, the show now takes place at the Hilton Hotel in Rockville, MD.
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