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Sony Announces New Flagship Xperia 1 II Smartphone with 360 Reality Audio Decoding
by Joao Martins

Sony Announces New Flagship Xperia 1 II Smartphone with 360 Reality Audio Decoding

The Mobile World Congress 2020 in Barcelona was cancelled, but that doesn't keep companies from making their scheduled announcements for the mobile industry. Sony released information about all the new products that intended to show in Barcelona and there is an interesting announcement of a flagship smartphone with interesting audio specifications, apart from the usual great quality screen and cameras. The new Sony Xperia 1 II Smartphone even has a 3.5mm audio jack!
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HyperX Now Shipping Cloud Flight S Wireless Gaming Headset with Qi Charging
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HyperX Now Shipping Cloud Flight S Wireless Gaming Headset with Qi Charging

HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology, announced the HyperX Cloud Flight S wireless gaming headset is now available and shipping. This new gaming-grade wireless headset is an interesting design since it offers complete freedom with free-standing Qi-certified wireless charging and up to 30 hours of battery life. Working with 2.4GHz WiFi wireless audio connectivity for low latency, the Cloud Flight S features 50mm dynamic drivers which are optimized to render virtual 7.1 surround sound from games into immersive binaural.
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Zylia Launches ZYLIA Studio v2.0 Software with Significant Improvements in All Fronts
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Zylia Launches ZYLIA Studio v2.0 Software with Significant Improvements in All Fronts

Zylia continues to expand its efforts in the field of 3D audio recording and production, showing a remarkable pace of product development and innovation. The Polish startup now released the new version of ZYLIA Studio, the company's software dedicated to work with the ZM-1 spherical microphone which provides an easy workflow of multitrack recording and mixing. The desktop application for macOS, Linux and Windows gained many new features and is now more user friendly.
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Chord Electronics Introduces New 2go and 2yu Hi-Res Music Streaming Devices
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Chord Electronics Introduces New 2go and 2yu Hi-Res Music Streaming Devices

Chord Electronics introduced five new products at The Bristol Hi-Fi Show 2020, including the new ULTIMA PRE 2 preamp, ULTIMA 5 and ULTIMA 6 stereo power amps, plus the new 2go streamer/server and 2yu digital interface. Making its European debut, the new 2go streamer/server adds both Ethernet and wireless streaming, plus 4 TB of microSD card storage to Chord's Hugo 2 DAC/pre/headphone amp. The 2yu digital interface turns the 2go device into a standalone streamer.
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Tascam Announces USB Audio Interface Driver Version 4.0 for Windows
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Tascam Announces USB Audio Interface Driver Version 4.0 for Windows

Tascam has announced a significant update to its USB Audio Interface Driver for Windows - Version 4.0. Available now as a free update, Version 4.0 introduces display adjustments of the software window according to the screen resolution, fixes bugs and stability issues and is compatible with six Tascam audio interface models. The new driver also improves buffer size to be as low as four samples, lowering the latency. Meanwhile, Tascam also announced support for SMPTE Standard ST 2110 in its Dante Audio Converters range.
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Phonak Announces Naída Marvel Advanced Hearing Aid with Universal Bluetooth Connectivity
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Phonak Announces Naída Marvel Advanced Hearing Aid with Universal Bluetooth Connectivity

After surprising everyone at CES 2020 with the introduction of the Virto Black, a fully-connected in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid that combines the breakthrough Marvel hearing technology with the style of a modern hearable, health care brand Phonak is challenging perceptions of hearing aids once again with the world premiere of the new Naída Marvel advanced hearing aid, expanding Bluetooth connectivity and featuring Marvel 2.0 technology including RogerDirect.
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Lavoce Expands Next-Generation 1” Exit Compression Drivers with Three Lightweight Neodymium Magnet Designs
by Joao Martins

Lavoce Expands Next-Generation 1” Exit Compression Drivers with Three Lightweight Neodymium Magnet Designs

Lavoce Italiana, the Italian transducer OEM and one of the fastest-growing driver manufacturers in the pro audio industry, announced three new “Next-Generation” neodymium magnet 1” exit compression drivers. Presented for the first time at NAMM 2020, following the success of the ferrite models released last year, Lavoce confirmed availability of the new products at the recent ISE 2020 show in Amsterdam.
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PSB Speakers Launches In-Room CSIR SUB with Optional Amplifier and Multiple Placement Options
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PSB Speakers Launches In-Room CSIR SUB with Optional Amplifier and Multiple Placement Options

PSB Speakers announced availability of its flexible CustomSound In-Room Subwoofer (CSIR SUB). The CSIR SUB, originally previewed at CEDIA 2019 in Denver, is now available in both Black and White finishes and offers several highly versatile and elegant mounting solutions to satisfy any application. It can disappear into the décor of any room, and yet is stylish enough to be a design feature on its own. When in standing mode, the integrated IsoAcoustics isolators manage energy and provide a high level of isolation for audio speakers over the entire audio spectrum.
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HIFIMAN Debuts DEVA Advanced Active Headphone with Custom Bluetooth Dongle
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HIFIMAN Debuts DEVA Advanced Active Headphone with Custom Bluetooth Dongle

HIFIMAN is a company renowned for price-no-object, flagship electrostatic and premium planar magnetic circumaural headphones or even high-end IEM's - all wired. Now, HIFIMAN is also offering wireless headphones in the same spirit of pleasing the most demanding music enthusiasts. After launching the flagship Ananda-BT ($999) the company now announced the more affordable DEVA, using a planar driver derived from the Susvara model. The DEVA works in wired or wireless model, with a custom Bluetooth dongle supporting aptX HD and LDAC high-resolution codecs.
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House of Marley Launches Redemption True Wireless ANC Earbuds
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House of Marley Launches Redemption True Wireless ANC Earbuds

House of Marley launched a greener alternative to existing true wireless earbuds and the second generation TWS design from the brand, now adding active noise cancellation (ANC). The new Redemption ANC are also being released to commemorate Bob Marley’s 75th Birthday and House of Marley’s 10th anniversary. A follow up to Marley's Liberate Air earbuds, the new Redemption ANC are similar in their use of eco-conscious materials which includes bamboo, natural wood fiber composite from sawdust and recycled silicone. And they look great.
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