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Philips Expands on Wireless with new Bass+ Headphones and True Wireless Earbuds
September 7, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Philips Expands on Wireless with new Bass+ Headphones and True Wireless Earbuds

With Bluetooth wireless headphone announcements abounding at the IFA 2017 show in Berlin, one of the leading players in the segment announcement an improved generation of products. Philips, now a Gibson brand, announced its new Philips Bass+ headphone range with new simple but sturdy designs, targeting the young, mobile generation, including the Bass+ True Wireless in-ears. The range is called Bass+ because it features specially tuned drivers and bass vents to produce ultra low-end frequencies.
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Qualcomm Promotes aptX HD Audio Technology Ecosystem at IFA 2017
September 1, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Qualcomm Promotes aptX HD Audio Technology Ecosystem at IFA 2017

With the audio industry and consumer electronic companies pushing the high-resolution audio concept further, Qualcomm is determined to promote the message that consumers don't have to trade quality for convenience when it comes to wireless streaming, thanks to its aptX HD audio technology. At the IFA 2017 show in Berlin, Qualcomm announced that the aptX HD audio ecosystem is expanding rapidly.
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Challenges of Testing Mobile Devices and Mobile Testing
August 31, 2017 by Marian Liebig

Challenges of Testing Mobile Devices and Mobile Testing

This Voice Coil Spotlight by Marian Liebig (Klippel GmbH), discusses the specific challenges of Testing Mobile Devices such as Bluetooth headphones, smartphones, and tablets. Those devices have become part of people’s daily lives but increasingly pose important new challenges in terms of quality assurance, where defect symptoms need to be detected sensitively and quickly while measured under tough acoustical conditions.
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Monster and Speak Music Debut “MonsterTalk” Family of Voice-Controlled Headphones
August 21, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Monster and Speak Music Debut “MonsterTalk” Family of Voice-Controlled Headphones

Monster Products and Speak Music, the voice and AI driven personal music platform, announced the launch of the “MonsterTalk” Family of voice-powered premium headphones. While other headphone manufacturers have implemented voice-assistants that "talk" to users, Monster implemented a fully-featured voice recognition interface, allowing users to literally tell their headphones what music to play, ask for a particular song, artist, genre or playlist.
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Optoma Introduces Ultra-Affordable NuForce BE2 Wireless Headphones at Under $50
August 16, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Optoma Introduces Ultra-Affordable NuForce BE2 Wireless Headphones at Under $50

Optoma expanded its popular line of premium wireless headphones with the NuForce BE2 wireless Bluetooth in-ear headphones, the most affordable option yet in the BE family of premium Bluetooth, in-ear headphones. The brand is also introducing the HEM1 single balanced armature and HEM Dynamic headphones to its in-demand HEM lineup of premium, wired in-ear monitors.
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Redesigned Mackie Thump Series Introduces Bluetooth Features for Portable PA Applications
August 14, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Redesigned Mackie Thump Series Introduces Bluetooth Features for Portable PA Applications

Mackie launched the completely redesigned Thump Series Powered Loudspeakers, now with five models. The new Thump Series delivers more power and configuration options than ever before at an affordable price, plus a host of convenient features like advanced digital mixers, speaker modes and much more. Totally new for the Thump Series are two Thump Boosted models, the 12" Thump12BST and 15" Thump15BST featuring wireless Bluetooth control, streaming, and linking capabilities.
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Attero Tech Helps Solving the Audio-Over-IP Puzzle
August 1, 2017 by Joao Martins

Attero Tech Helps Solving the Audio-Over-IP Puzzle

Attero Tech accelerated the pace of product introductions in direct response to the growing popularity of audio-over-IP and wireless solutions in professional audio and commercial AV applications. The Fort Wayne, Indiana, company has just launched a new website to promote its fast growing catalog of solutions, featuring already many new products recently introduced at InfoComm 2017, including its new Synapse series of high channel density Dante/AES67 audio interfaces.
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Audio-Technica Starts Shipping ATH-DSR9BT Pure Digital Drive Bluetooth Headphones
July 20, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Audio-Technica Starts Shipping ATH-DSR9BT Pure Digital Drive Bluetooth Headphones

Audio-Technica is now shipping its ATH-DSR9BT Wireless Headphones with Pure Digital Drive technology. Winner of a CES 2017 Innovation award, the ATH-DSR9BT is one of the first headphones with Bluetooth wireless technology to employ Audio-Technica's new Pure Digital Drive system, which keeps the audio signal completely digital from source to driver to offer a new level in sound quality.
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Global Smart Speaker Market Forecast to Grow at 50% CAGR from 2017 to 2024
July 20, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Global Smart Speaker Market Forecast to Grow at 50% CAGR from 2017 to 2024

According to Global Market Insights, the global market for Smart Speakers represented over USD 400 million in 2016 and is predicted to grow at an estimated CAGR of over 50% from 2017 to 2024. The market research company says Internet of things (IoT) is expected to be a major factor driving growth. "The rising penetration of the Internet has extended to everyday applications and has increased the consumer demand for smart devices that offer a wide range of functions," they state.
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Bluetooth SIG Adds Mesh Networking Capability to Standard BLE Ecosystem
July 19, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Bluetooth SIG Adds Mesh Networking Capability to Standard BLE Ecosystem

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced that the wireless connectivity global standard now supports mesh networking. This enables many-to-many (m:m) device communications and is optimized for creating large-scale device networks, ideally suited for building automation, sensor networks and smart home solutions where tens, hundreds, or thousands of devices need to reliably and securely communicate with one another.
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