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Bobwire Audio Introduces Solution to Missing 12-Volt Trigger on Popular Music Streaming Devices
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Bobwire Audio Introduces Solution to Missing 12-Volt Trigger on Popular Music Streaming Devices

Bobwire Audio, a new company based out of San Francisco, CA, has introduced its first product, the DAT1 Digital Audio Trigger, which adds an industry-standard 12-volt DC trigger output to any audio component with a digital audio optical (SPDIF) output. This allows devices like the Sonos Connect, Amazon Echo Link, and many others that lack 12-volt triggers, to turn on and off connected power amplifiers and other equipment. The device also provides an analog audio output and high-quality DAC.
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Tektronix Expands Performance Oscilloscopes with New 13 GHz and 16 GHz Models
by Cristina Costa

Tektronix Expands Performance Oscilloscopes with New 13 GHz and 16 GHz Models

Tektronix announced the expansion of its scalable DPO70000SX Series Performance Oscilloscope to include new 13 GHz and 16 GHz models. The new offerings allow engineers to take advantage of the high sample rate and low noise floor of Tektronix’ highest performance family of oscilloscopes at lower bandwidth levels and more affordable price points. The new models offer key advantages for working with high-speed serial standard interfaces in consumer, automotive, and military/aerospace applications.
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Fraunhofer Institute Researcher Receives Grant to Improve Personalized Hearing Systems
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Fraunhofer Institute Researcher Receives Grant to Improve Personalized Hearing Systems

Dr. Jan Rennies-Hochmuth has been awarded a grant from the “Klaus Tschira Boost Fund” for his research on personalized hearing systems for improved speech communication at the Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology Division (HSA) of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Oldenburg. Rennies-Hochmuth’s research work aims to understand better how speech is perceived in complex listening conditions and above all how information is combined across both ears.
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Pro Audio Technology Introduces New S and SR Series Home Theater Loudspeakers
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Pro Audio Technology Introduces New S and SR Series Home Theater Loudspeakers

Pro Audio Technology, the California-based supplier of high-output home theater loudspeakers and DSP loudspeaker controllers, announced two new series of loudspeakers consisting of three new models – S-12sm, SR-12ai, and SR-212ai. The new speakers were designed to reproduce the unrestricted dynamics and power of the commercial cinema experience but in a more compact form factor ideal for home theater environments. The S and SR Series all feature enhanced cosmetics and more discreet enclosures.
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Dirac to Equip New All-Electric Car with Improved Audio Experience
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Dirac to Equip New All-Electric Car with Improved Audio Experience

Chinese automotive brand Polestar is developing its latest Polestar 2 model, an all-electric five-door fastback that hit the car show circuit in 2019. According to Dirac, the project is breaking new ground with innovative in-car technologies that improve the in-vehicle experience. The Polestar 2 intends to offer a new level of in-vehicle audio performance, thanks to an integrated audio system developed by Swedish audio pioneer Dirac and Harman International.
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Celestion Adds Popular BN10-200X Bass Speaker to Available Digitally Downloadable Impulse Responses
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Celestion Adds Popular BN10-200X Bass Speaker to Available Digitally Downloadable Impulse Responses

Renowned as a manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers whose classic guitar tones have made the company famous, Celestion continues to expand its popular range of speaker impulse responses. The company has now added the popular BN10-200X bass speaker to their line of Bass Impulse Responses. The new Bass IRs, along with the complete collection of other genuine Celestion guitar speaker tones, is available for audition and download at CelestionPlus.
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Biamp Systems Accelerates Expansion with Acquisition of Community Loudspeakers and Apart Audio
by Joao Martins

Biamp Systems Accelerates Expansion with Acquisition of Community Loudspeakers and Apart Audio

Biamp Systems, a manufacturer of video and audio networked solutions for commercial audio applications based in Beaverton, Oregon, announced the acquisition of Audioprof Group International, parent company of Community Loudspeakers based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Apart Audio based in Antwerp, Belgium from 3d Investors of Gent, Belgium. The strategic acquisition follows the expansion strategy defined by Rashid Skaf, Biamp's President and CEO, appointed by Highlander Partners, a private investment firm which acquired Biamp in November 2017.
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Listen Announces Updated Bluetooth Interface with Support for High Definition and Low Latency Bluetooth Measurements
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Listen Announces Updated Bluetooth Interface with Support for High Definition and Low Latency Bluetooth Measurements

The updated BTC-4149 Bluetooth measurement interface, available worldwide exclusively from Listen, Inc., together with its SoundCheck 17 software, now supports aptX HD and aptX-Low Latency Bluetooth protocols for accurate measurement of high definition and low latency Bluetooth devices. This enables manufacturers of Bluetooth audio devices to accurately test the audio of the latest high performance Bluetooth sink and Bluetooth source devices, making the same measurements as on traditional audio devices.
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RHA Introduces Bluetooth 5 Universal Wireless Flight Adapter
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RHA Introduces Bluetooth 5 Universal Wireless Flight Adapter

Scottish headphone manufacturer RHA has released a Wireless Flight Adapter with a market leading 16-hour battery life – allowing users to connect wireless headphones to in-flight entertainment systems. The adapter can also be used to turn audio devices - from cassette players to game consoles - into Bluetooth compatible devices. The RHA Wireless Flight Adapter is a Bluetooth 5 device able to transmit in a range of 10 meters or more, and is available now for for only 49.95 EUR/USD.
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Waves Audio Uses Nx Technology to Recreate Abbey Road Studio 3 Room Emulation
by Joao Martins

Waves Audio Uses Nx Technology to Recreate Abbey Road Studio 3 Room Emulation

Waves Audio introduced the Abbey Road Studio 3 plugin, created in collaboration with Abbey Road Studios. Using its Waves Nx 3D audio binaural encoding technology to emulate the acoustics of a space, the new plug-in allows anyone to work with headphones, as if it was inside the Abbey Road Studio 3 Control Room. For music producers, this means the ability to hear the music in the renowned studio, with an emulation of the studio's nearfield stereo monitors, 5.1 or 7.1 setups.
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