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Celestion Offers DIY Cabinet Design for the F12-X200 Guitar Loudspeaker Modeling Driver
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Celestion Offers DIY Cabinet Design for the F12-X200 Guitar Loudspeaker Modeling Driver

Celestion offers a DIY cabinet reference design made specifically for the F12-X200 Full Range Live Response Loudspeaker. The F12-X200 combines Celestion’s expertise in guitar speakers and pro audio speakers into one transducer, designed especially for use with profiling amps, modeling software, impulse responses, and all technology for emulating guitar amps and speaker cabinets. The reference design will allow anyone to build a custom 1x12 cabinet for the F12-X200.
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Bluesound Improves Bass Options With Powered and Wireless PULSE SUB+
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Bluesound Improves Bass Options With Powered and Wireless PULSE SUB+

Bluesound, the company behind the versatile hi-res wireless multiroom line of audio players, announced the PULSE SUB+, an all-new subwoofer addition to the brand’s high-performance ecosystem. The SUB+ adds deep bass to any wireless or wired Bluesound system and features the convenience of precision app control. The new Bluesound model builds on everything the original PULSE SUB offered and takes it to the next level.
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Jabra Launches Elite 85t True Wireless Earbuds with Adjustable ANC and Upgrades Elite 75t Range with ANC
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Jabra Launches Elite 85t True Wireless Earbuds with Adjustable ANC and Upgrades Elite 75t Range with ANC

What do you do when you are late at the Active Noise Cancellation party? You launch your product and call it Advanced Active Noise Cancellation. With the Elite 85t, Jabra introduces a product that finally updates the brand's reference Elite 75t designs, literally. The new Elite 85t benefits from Jabra's own ANC miniaturized chipset, allowing it to maintain the same familiar small form factor and optimal fit. The "advanced" comes from the fact that Jabra implemented a fully adjustable digital ANC.
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Bose Professional Releases New Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 UC Designed for Meetings
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Bose Professional Releases New Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 UC Designed for Meetings

Bose Professional has announced that their much anticipated Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 UC are now shipping in the U.S. and Latin America, and will also be available in Asia and Europe in September and October 2020 respectively. Certified for Microsoft Teams and compatible with both Zoom and Google Meet, the NCH 700 UC headphones improve collaboration in the workplace, whether in the home office, working remote and everywhere in between.
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Sonus faber Introduces Il Cremonese ex3me Special Edition Speakers
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Sonus faber Introduces Il Cremonese ex3me Special Edition Speakers

Sonus faber introduced a new very special speaker, Il Cremonese ex3me. Introduced in 2015 with the intention of completing the Sonus faber Homage Collection, the speaker was named after a traditional Italian violin, the Il Cremonese - the most famous among the master Antonio Stradivari’s creations. The new Il Cremonese ex3me Speaicl Edition combines elements from the original project, such as midrange and woofers, with iconic solutions derived from the brand's 30th Anniversary Celebration concept speaker, Ex3ma.
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Bose Launches Sleepbuds II with Better Noise Masking and New Relaxation Content
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Bose Launches Sleepbuds II with Better Noise Masking and New Relaxation Content

Now with "clinically proven technology," Bose officially launched the Sleepbuds II, the next generation of its bedtime wearable earbuds to help people fall asleep faster. According to Bose, the quickly forgotten original Sleepbuds, have been replaced by a new model with "demonstrably better" noise masking and introducing new categories of content to combat the other barrier to rest: the inability to relax.
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KEF Introduces New LS50 Speakers Including Uni-Q Driver Developed in Collaboration with Acoustic Metamaterials Group
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KEF Introduces New LS50 Speakers Including Uni-Q Driver Developed in Collaboration with Acoustic Metamaterials Group

British brand KEF made a splash announcement, confirming the simultaneous introduction of two new LS50 models, updating the extremely popular speaker design. The range now includes the LS50 Meta, an improved version of the original LS50 passive design, now featuring a new Uni-Q driver that is coupled with an interesting new Metamaterial absorber in the back. The other model is an updated LS50 Wireless II, now with support for AirPlay 2, MQA and Roon.
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CEVA Extends Use Cases for TWS Earbuds and Hearables with New MotionEngine Hear Sensor Fusion Software
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CEVA Extends Use Cases for TWS Earbuds and Hearables with New MotionEngine Hear Sensor Fusion Software

In the wake of the acquisition of the Hillcrest Laboratories (Hillcrest Labs) business from InterDigital in mid-2019, CEVA now introduced the Hillcrest Labs MotionEngine Hear, a sensor and processor agnostic embedded software solution for hearable devices. The new solution allows SoC vendors, OEMs and ODMs to take advantage of a configurable sensor fusion platform to add intuitive user interface, gesture control, activity tracking and spatial audio capabilities to hearable devices.
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Hooke Audio Launches Hooke Lav Mobile Bluetooth Lavalier Microphone Campaign
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Hooke Audio Launches Hooke Lav Mobile Bluetooth Lavalier Microphone Campaign

Hooke Audio, the company that previously developed the Hooke Verse binaural recording headset, is now launching a new KickStarter campaign to promote its latest development, the Hooke Lav. While there are many affordable lavalier microphones that connect to wireless transmitters and even Bluetooth, the Hooke Lav gets a few things right. First its design is "lapel" friendly and will look nice on-camera. Secondly, the updated Bluetooth technology means it might actually work better.
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DSpatial Reality 2.0 Software Suite Supports Full Object-Based Sound Production for Pro Tools
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DSpatial Reality 2.0 Software Suite Supports Full Object-Based Sound Production for Pro Tools

Immersive sound software company DSpatial announced availability of the all-new Reality 2.0 software suite — available in four versions, VR, ONE, Studio, and Builder. This object-based production suite was specifically developed for Avid’s Pro Tools audio production software, and is now shipping in AAX format and supporting direct integration with Avid’s S6 console for mixing Dolby Atmos. The software workflow allows one single creative mix process for all delivery formats without downmixing.
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