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Andover Audio Introduces PM-50 Planar Magnetic Headphones
by Joao Martins

Andover Audio Introduces PM-50 Planar Magnetic Headphones

The high-end headphone market continues to grow as the generic headphone product category expands globally. With wireless now sending mainstream consumers in completely new directions for personal audio, there is still room for brands to grab a share of the market in the wired, premium segment. The new PM-50 Planar Magnetic headphones are a way for Andover Audio to enter the space, proposing a relatively affordable ($500) design that still manages to surprise with walnut housings and replaceable ear-cushions.
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Bang & Olufsen Introduces Beosound Balance Smart Speaker with Active Room Compensation
by audioXpress Staff

Bang & Olufsen Introduces Beosound Balance Smart Speaker with Active Room Compensation

"If you can't beat them, join them," someone at Bang & Olufsen must have thought. And so the new Bang & Olufsen Beosound Balance with Google Assistant voice control was born, raising the bar for all smart speakers in terms of sound, size and price, and leveraging all the technology and design experience of the famous Danish brand. As Bang & Olufsen describes, the Beosound Balance is a wireless speaker with an advanced audio platform designed to grow in the future.
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Lenbrook Announces BluOS 3.8 Update with New Home Theater and Integration Features
by audioXpress Staff

Lenbrook Announces BluOS 3.8 Update with New Home Theater and Integration Features

BluOS the multi-room music management software platform created by Lenbrook International, received an important update to further enhance user experience and convenience across the BluOS ecosystem of products. The BluOS 3.8 update introduces numerous new features, including the possibility to configure Bluesound Home Theater groups with Powernode products, support for MQA-CD ripping and Apple AirPlay 2 support for specific products, and many new integrator-specific features.
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Cambridge Audio Makes CXN (V2) and Edge NQ Network Audio Players Roon Ready
by audioXpress Staff

Cambridge Audio Makes CXN (V2) and Edge NQ Network Audio Players Roon Ready

Cambridge Audio announced that its flagship Edge NQ and CXN (V2) network audio streamers now have Roon’s high-resolution streaming and music management technology built right in. A software update is now available for the Edge NQ and CXN (V2) featuring Roon Ready. Once these products have been updated, Roon will discover them on the network, deliver the highest possible quality audio, and even allow volume control right from the Roon user interface.
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New Ceiling Loudspeakers for Commercial Audio from Martin Audio
by audioXpress Staff

New Ceiling Loudspeakers for Commercial Audio from Martin Audio

Short after the surprising announcement of the sale of the company to its High Wycombe neighbor Focusrite Audio Engineering, Martin Audio had another busy start to the year with the introduction of another five products targeting commercial installation, now joining the company's ADORN series. Martin Audio introduced five new in-ceiling and pendant loudspeakers together with many other recently introduced products at ISE 2020.
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GRAS Launches RA0403/04 Ear Simulator For Precise Testing Of Hi-Res Audio Capable Headphones
by audioXpress Staff

GRAS Launches RA0403/04 Ear Simulator For Precise Testing Of Hi-Res Audio Capable Headphones

Following presentations at the 2019 AES International Headphone Conference in San Francisco or ISEAT in China, GRAS Sound & Vibration has now officially expanded its family of ear simulators with the launch of a model specially designed for the testing of high resolution audio capable headphones. Expanding on the GRAS RA0401/02 High-Frequency Ear Simulator, based on the standard IEC 60318-4 and extending the useful frequency range to 20 kHz, the new GRAS RA0403/04 Hi-Res Ear Simulator measures a frequency range to 50 kHz and beyond.
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PreSonus Expands Eris Active Studio Monitor Family with Eris E7 XT
by audioXpress Staff

PreSonus Expands Eris Active Studio Monitor Family with Eris E7 XT

Offering accurate frequency response and powerful amplification, the original Eris-series studio monitors have been a successful product for PreSonus. Now, a new intermediate model Eris E7 XT offers big, controlled bass in a compact form that will fit into a studio of nearly any size, featuring the same Elliptical Boundary Modeled (EBM) waveguide design by Hugh Sarvis of WorxAudio, and using silk-dome tweeters and 7-inch woofers in a ported enclosure, providing a wider 100-degree horizontal dispersion.
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The Simply Divine new Glensound Dante/AES67 Monitor Speaker
by Joao Martins

The Simply Divine new Glensound Dante/AES67 Monitor Speaker

At ISE 2020, audioXpress found Glensound once again with a booth that looks like a dream supermarket for those already working with Dante and AES67 audio networks. And from the same British company that already offers the Athens 2 twin RIAA phono preamplifier with Dante/AES67 outputs (!), now comes the Divine, a new monitor speaker that connects to these networks.
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Steinberg Introduces Two-Channel UR24C Audio Interface with USB-C
by audioXpress Staff

Steinberg Introduces Two-Channel UR24C Audio Interface with USB-C

Steinberg introduced a compact two-channel audio interface with 32-bit/192 kHz audio resolution and flexible headphone monitoring modes ideal for recording and performing. The new UR24C is the latest of an entire line-up of UR-C USB 3.0 interfaces that are designed for musicians, producers and performers, featuring two Class-A D-PRE mic preamps with +48 V phantom power, two DI inputs, 4 RCA line outputs and 2 TRS main outputs with switchable monitor modes.
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Ultimate Ears HyperBoom Portable Bluetooth Speaker with Adaptive Equalizer
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Ultimate Ears HyperBoom Portable Bluetooth Speaker with Adaptive Equalizer

Ultimate Ears expanded its lineup of portable Bluetooth speakers with Ultimate Ears HyperBoom, the brand’s loudest speaker yet, rocking triple the loudness and more than six times the bass of MegaBoom 3, the previous largest size portable speaker from the Logitech brand. The new HyperBoom speaker promises to keep any party going with its powerful bass and wide dynamic range, easy music sharing feature, adaptive equalizer and rechargeable 24-hour battery.
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