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ABI Research Anticipates Wireless and Multiroom Speaker Market to Surpass 90 Million Unit Shipments by 2020
December 10, 2015 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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Texas Instruments Introduces New TAS2555 Smart Amp with Integrated Speaker Protection
December 8, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Texas Instruments Introduces New TAS2555 Smart Amp with Integrated Speaker Protection

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a low-power smart amplifier that allows designers to develop next-generation smartphones, tablets, portable audio docks or Bluetooth speakers with industry-leading audio quality at peak volumes while maximizing battery efficiency. The TAS2555 audio amplifier with integrated speaker protection uses back electromotive force and low power of 5.7 W to produce bigger sound from small devices.
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Totem Acoustic ARC Class D Bluetooth Amplifier Connects Digital Music Sources with Good Quality Speakers
November 30, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Totem Acoustic ARC Class D Bluetooth Amplifier Connects Digital Music Sources with Good Quality Speakers

Totem Acoustic from Montreal, Canada, launched its first Kickstarter campaign to fund production of the first series of its new ARC Class D amplifier. The ARC was designed to bridge the gap between digital music and high-end sound systems at a moderate price. It features USB 2.0 with 24-bit/192kHz support, wireless Bluetooth aptX audio and is available for pre-order until Friday, December 25.
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Radial Gets Wired or Wireless Audio From A to B
November 17, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Radial Gets Wired or Wireless Audio From A to B

Among several innovative and interesting products introduced at the 139th AES convention in New York, Radial Engineering introduced its new Catapult 4 channel audio snake to send analog and AES digital audio signals over standard cat-5 shielded twisted pair cable. And for situations where wireless is preferred, there’s also the new Radial BT-Pro Bluetooth direct box.
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Bluetooth Technology to Gain Longer Range, Faster Speed, and Mesh Networking in 2016
November 16, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Bluetooth Technology to Gain Longer Range, Faster Speed, and Mesh Networking in 2016

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is previewing highlights from its 2016 technology roadmap. Planned enhancements for the technology are focused on increasing its Internet of Things (IoT) functionality. Key updates include longer range, higher speeds and mesh networking.
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Worldwide Headphone Shipments Projected to Grow by 6.2% to 328.7 Million Units in 2015
November 12, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Worldwide Headphone Shipments Projected to Grow by 6.2% to 328.7 Million Units in 2015

According to the latest Futuresource Headphones Market Report, which provides a snapshot of the current trends in headphone technology, serving also as a guide for Christmas tech gadget shopping, aftermarket shipments of headphones are projected to grow by 6.2% this year to 328.7 million units. Wireless headphones is a major growth category, expected to grow by 63% in 2015 to reach 38 million units.
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Libre Wireless Technologies Advances Wireless Audio and Embedded Wireless Solutions
October 21, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Libre Wireless Technologies Advances Wireless Audio and Embedded Wireless Solutions

At the Hong Kong Electronic Fair, Libre Wireless Technologies announced new Wi-Fi Audio Streaming Module Solutions incorporating Google Cast for Audio and the availability of the LibreSync Wi-Fi media streaming platform with advanced “Dynamic Direct Multinode Streaming” technology (DDMS).
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Hear How Bad Your Mix Sounds With Mackie’s New Bluetooth Streaming Monitors
October 16, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Hear How Bad Your Mix Sounds With Mackie’s New Bluetooth Streaming Monitors

Studio monitors with Bluetooth? For project, home studios, and multimedia applications it might make sense. Mackie continues to expand its Creative Reference Multimedia Monitors line with two new models which might appeal to an expanded market. The all-new CR4BT and CR5BT include an auxiliar jack input and headphone out in the front, but also offer Bluetooth for audio streaming.
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Bowers & Wilkins launches Zeppelin Wireless Featuring Latest Wireless Technology
October 12, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Bowers & Wilkins launches Zeppelin Wireless Featuring Latest Wireless Technology

Bowers & Wilkins launched its new Zeppelin Wireless connected audio speaker with a much improved design and sound. While the first iteration was basically an iPhone/iPod dock and the Zeppelin Air introduced wireless streaming (AirPlay), the new Zeppelin Wireless is now a fully featured wireless speaker, compatible with virtually all music streaming services, thanks to the latest wireless audio development platform from Frontier Silicon.
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New Beats Pill+ Bluetooth Wireless Speaker Signals Apple Guidance
October 8, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

New Beats Pill+ Bluetooth Wireless Speaker Signals Apple Guidance

Almost 17 months since Apple acquired Beats by Dr. Dre, the company decides to relaunch its original Bluetooth speaker, which sold over a million units worldwide since it launched in 2012. The new Beats Pill+ is now a much improved design and comes with a new Beats Pill+ App for additional features and functionality.
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