All items tagged with Dolby Atmos (250)
Smart Speakers Continue to Play a Leading Role in the Home Audio Market
August 14, 2019 by Futuresource Consulting

Smart Speakers Continue to Play a Leading Role in the Home Audio Market

The worldwide home audio hardware market grew 20% last year to reach 154 million units, with a further 19% growth projected in 2019, according to a new market report from Futuresource Consulting. The sector, which includes wireless speakers, soundbars, A/V receivers, Hi-Fi systems and dedicated speaker docks, also witnessed 5% revenue growth last year, with trade values reaching $14.5 billion.
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PMC Opens New US East and West Coast Demo Facilities
June 5, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

PMC Opens New US East and West Coast Demo Facilities

Loudspeaker manufacturer PMC has opened new demo studios on the East and West Coasts of the USA with a view to giving recording professionals the opportunity to hear the power and clarity of PMC’s full monitor range. Located in Highland Park, Los Angeles and Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, the demo studios add a substantial new dimension to PMC’s US presence, which already includes demo facilities in Nashville and Irvine.
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PMC Demonstrates Unreleased Dolby Atmos Music at High End Munich 2019
April 24, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

PMC Demonstrates Unreleased Dolby Atmos Music at High End Munich 2019

UK loudspeaker manufacturer PMC has deployed its unprecedented access to leading artists, studios and record labels to give visitors at the High End Munich show a unique demonstration of Dolby Atmos music. Among the delights in store for High End visitors is a Dolby Atmos mix of Miles Davis’ certified quadruple platinum jazz album "Kind of Blue," as well as the Grammy Award winning album for Best Original Jazz Composition, "Sketches of Spain," reproduced in immersive audio using PMC's fact fenestria flagship speakers.
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Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 16 with Much-Improved Audio Features
April 9, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 16 with Much-Improved Audio Features

At the NAB 2019 show, Blackmagic Design announced several exciting new products, including the new DaVinci Resolve 16 software and a whole new range of 8K products. Audio professionals will benefit from new Resolve 16 features, including immersive 3D audio features for Dolby Atmos, MPEG-H and SMPTE ST 2098 metadata support, new Elastic Wave capabilities, improved overview of automation parameters, enhanced loudness monitoring, new plugins and measurement tools, and a new foley sound library.
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Qualcomm Launches AI-Enabled Highly Integrated SoCs and Dedicated Smart Speaker Platform
March 19, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Qualcomm Launches AI-Enabled Highly Integrated SoCs and Dedicated Smart Speaker Platform

Qualcomm made two important announcements for audio developers, both bound to significantly impact the fast-growing market of smart speakers and new generation whole-home audio systems. The San Diego company announced the new QCS400 family of audio SoCs and the Smart Audio Platform 400 development kit, bringing smart speakers high-performance processing, Qualcomm AI Engine, superior connectivity, and multiple advanced audio and visual display capabilities in a single, power-optimized chip architecture.
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NXP Brings Dolby Atmos and DTS:X to the Masses with its New Immersiv3D Audio Solution
February 18, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

NXP Brings Dolby Atmos and DTS:X to the Masses with its New Immersiv3D Audio Solution

Following a showcase at CES 2019, NXP Semiconductors announced its Immersiv3D audio solution, combining NXP software on its i.MX 8M Mini applications processor with support both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X immersive audio technologies. The i.MX 8M Mini SoC also brings smart capabilities like voice control to a broader range of consumer devices including soundbars, smart speakers, and AV receivers with the option for adding additional speakers to distribute smart voice control and immersive audio throughout the home.
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Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar Available from May 2019
January 8, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar Available from May 2019

Immersive 5.1.4 sound and deep bass that has to be heard to be believed: Sennheiser’s new AMBEO Soundbar will be available from May 2019. Created by Sennheiser in collaboration with the Fraunhofer IIS to be one of the world’s best soundbars, the AMBEO Soundbar places the listener inside the sound experience with incredible realism, delivering 3D sound that blurs the line between playback and reality from a single all-in-one device.
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LG Raises the Bar for Home Theater Audio at CES 2019 with New AI-Enabled Soundbars
December 27, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

LG Raises the Bar for Home Theater Audio at CES 2019 with New AI-Enabled Soundbars

For CES 2019, LG Electronics (LG) is focusing on the home theater category with a new range of products that leverages the best selling speaker category in the segment - soundbars - and combines it with the latest "smart" technologies that are becoming essential for home integration. LG's latest range of soundbars expands on the collaboration with Meridian Audio for the electroacoustic design and adds Artificial Intelligence capabilities that the Korean brand has been developing now for all its consumer electronic products.
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FabFilter New Pro-Q 3 Equalizer Plug-in with Dynamic EQ
December 4, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

FabFilter New Pro-Q 3 Equalizer Plug-in with Dynamic EQ

Once again, the Amsterdam-based software company FabFilter provides a great example of high quality audio processing software. The now available FabFilter Pro-Q 3, a major update to the acclaimed Pro-Q equalizer plug-in, improves on its predecessor in every area, introducing dynamic EQ, surround support, per-band mid/side processing, and much more, while maintaining the pristine sound quality and exceptional ease of use for which Pro-Q is known.
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Dolby Introduces Dolby Dimension Home Entertainment Immersive Wireless Headphones
November 15, 2018 by Joao Martins

Dolby Introduces Dolby Dimension Home Entertainment Immersive Wireless Headphones

While Dolby is mostly recognized for licensing key audio and media processing technologies, once in a while the company doesn't hold off from venturing into its own hardware, sometimes to deliver a reference designs, other times simply to grab a new category in untapped markets. That is the case with the Dolby Conference Phone, that allows a Dolby Voice conferencing experience in meeting rooms. Now, Dolby decided to do the same in the consumer space, with Dolby Dimension, the first wireless headphones perfected for home entertainment.
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