Facebook Aloha and Fiona to Join Crowded Smart Home Speaker Space

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Facebook is making its leap into the hardware business with its own line of smart speakers. The social media giant will reportedly launch two new smart speakers – Aloha and Fiona – in mid-2018. Reports about Facebook’s counter to Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple HomePod surfaced last year in July. These devices reportedly feature a touchscreen that can be …

CES 2017 Show Product Reviews: Technology News and Highlights

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The Consumer Electronics Show always provides new technology products that gets everyone excited for the future. This year was no different. Checkout a few of this years more interesting products. Alexa: the voice-controlled smart home Numerous companies announced that they are using Amazon’s Alexa voice-response technology to control their devices with spoken commands.  Alexa has jumped out ahead of rivals …

The Future of Immersive Audio 3-D: Wilfried Van Baelen Q&A

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Since the construction of their first sound studio in 1980, Wilfried and Guy Van Baelen have built an unsurpassed organization representing the highest achievement in audio excellence. With incremental expansions over the last 15 years, Galaxy Studios consistently leads sound recording and production technology throughout Europe. By continually pushing the boundaries of audio, Galaxy is now set to become the …

Bang & Olufsen News: BeoLab 90 Tool, Modern Design Collection and BeoVision 14

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Bang & Olufsen’s new BeoLab 90 website design tool, the Cool Modern Collection and BeoVision 14 have been released recently to give interior designers and homeowners more options when choosing the perfect audio video equipment to blend into their interior spaces.  Learn and explore the new design options below. BeoLab 90 Customization Tool In honor of Bang & Olufsen’s 91st …

Meridian-Audio Ultra DAC Combines a Number of New Technologies

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Meridian Audio, a pioneer of high-resolution audio, showcased the Meridian Ultra Digital to Analogue Converter recently at the Newport Audio Show. In typical Meridian-Audio fashion, the demonstration of the DAC included world firsts and innovative technologies not yet seen by any other audio manufacture which makes the Meridian Ultra DAC in a class of its own.  384 kHz/24 bit dedicated DAC …

Sonance New DSP Amplifier Provides Power with Less Space

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Sonance, a two-time CEDIA award-winning provider in architectural and invisible speaker categories, has been a pioneer in audio customized installations for nearly 35 years. There most notable achievement is their high-performance speakers and home theater components. Now their new Digital Signal Processors (DSP) amplifiers is raising many eyebrows. With the new Digital Signal Processors (DSP) amplifiers, there is no longer a need for software …

Lyngdorf Amplifier Wins Best of 2015: Amongst Other Awards

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We would like to express our congratulations to Lyngdorf for winning yet another award for their  TDAI-2170 integrated amplifier with room correction. The latest award was given by California-based Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity. The amplifier won their Best of 2015 Award. TDAI-2170 AMPLIFIER Designed, developed, and manufactured in Denmark. The TDAI-2170 is a  integrated stereo amplifier that has …