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Pro Audio Technology and Theory Audio Design Add Mark Goldman as VP of Sales
The AV industry veteran brings over 30 years of experience to the two premium loudspeaker and electronics brands.
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The Wire - Press Releases
Pro Audio Technology Now Shipping ALC-3316 Amplified Loudspeaker Controller with Companion Configurator Software
At the nucleus of every PRO system, each ALC-3316 provides 8-balanced analog audio inputs and 9-channels of amplification for up to 1,800W of power,...
The Wire - Press Releases
Theory Audio Design Builds Worldwide Sales Force
Adding a director of sales, US rep groups, and international distributors, the loudspeaker and electronics manufacturer prepares to ship its first seven products.
Retail
All Ears On ListenUp For ‘Music Matters’ Showcase
Colorado's acclaimed A/V specialist presented audio the Rocky Mountain way.
Audio
High-Res Audio Growing Thanks To More Products, Lower Prices
High-res audio devices are seeing steady growth, The NPD Group said on Wednesday, and retailers can expect increased consumer awareness to continue this trend....
Accessories
Audio-Technica’s High-Res Wireless Headphones Now Available
Audio-Technica has begun shipping its ATH-DSR9BT wireless headphones, said to transmit a digital audio signal from source to driver. The headphones are also able...
Accessories
Pioneer Builds Custom Driver For New High-Res Headphones
Add Pioneer to the short list of high-res headphones manufacturers. The company unveiled its SE-Monitor5 over-ear headphones on Thursday, featuring a custom-built cellulose nanofiber-based...
Accessories
Pioneer Grows High-Res Line With XDP-30R Player & SE-CH5BL Buds
Pioneer expanded its high-res audio offerings with the addition of the XDP-30R digital audio player and the SE-CH5BL ear buds. The XDP-30R player has...
Audio
Hi-Res Audio Streaming Gets A Boost From Universal Music Group
2017 may end up being the year that high-res audio streaming goes mainstream. Music technology company MQA and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced today...
CES
High-Res Audio Streaming Gets Underway
High-resolution audio is making the move from downloading to streaming, with Tidal launching high-res streaming of thousands of albums and Napster announcing plans at...
Audio
IFA: Sony Reborn? Xperia Agent Will Take On Amazon Echo
Acknowledging issues with the company’s relevancy in recent years, Sony president and CEO Kazuo Hirai announced here at IFA the company’s financial stability and...
Audio
Bryston Gets A Little More Portable With BDP-π High-Res Player
Bryston introduced a new high-end digital music player for those high-res aficionado consumers. The BDP-π (yes, that’s the Pi symbol) is currently available for...
Audio
Integra Adding MQA, Google Cast, Networked Multiroom To AVRs
Integra is bringing multiple technologies to its audio/video receivers for the first time, including networked multiroom audio, Google Cast for audio, and Master Quality...
Car Electronics
Not Too Much: Sony Magic Bus Tour Promotes High-Res Audio
Sony will bring high-resolution audio to trade shows and consumer events in a partnership with home and car audio installation company Whitledge Designs, which...
Audio
DTS Play-Fi Gets More Licensees, New Features
DTS’s Play-Fiwireless multiroom-audio technology is coming to more brands and getting some new features. Two more companies — Autonomic and SVS — have signed on...
Audio
Yamaha Expands Dolby Atmos, DTS:X In Aventage AVR Series
Yamaha is expanding Dolby Atmos and DTS:X object-based surround decoding to all models in its step-up Aventage audio/video receiver series, which ranges from a...
Audio
Music Industry Extends High-Res Logo To Streaming Services
The music industry is extending its Hi-Res Music logo from downloaded songs to streamed songs to help consumers identify high-resolution recordings that meet the...
Audio
Warner Music Plans High-Res MQA Music Downloads
Warner Music Group became the first major music label to announce plans to support the release of downloadable songs in the high-resolution MQA (Master...
Audio
NAD Brings Wireless & Wired Networked Audio To High End Show
Wireless multizone audio is coming to more products from NAD, which is also adapting its wireless-multiroom technology for use in custom-installed wired multizone-audio systems....
Audio
High-Res MQA Audio Gains More Support
Another music-download service and more audio suppliers have embraced the high-resolution MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) format. High Res Audio, the international high-resolution download site...
Audio
High-Res, Wireless Key To Sony Home-Audio Launch
Wireless multiroom audio, high-resolution audio, and high dynamic range (HDR)-capable HDMI 2.0a connections are the anchors in Sony’s 2016 home-audio lineup. New products include...
Audio
Denon Adding High-Res Audio To Heos Wireless Multiroom Line
Denon is upgrading its Heos wireless multiroom-audio lineup with the addition of wireless high-resolution audio streaming, built-in Bluetooth and fast Wi-Fi 802.11 ac. The...
news
HTC’s Flagship HTC 10 Phone Might Have The Best Selfie Camera Around
HTC focused on improving the audio, video and camera capabilities of its new flagship HTC 10 smartphone and extending its battery life by 30...
Audio
High-Res MQA Audio Comes To First Portable Music Players
High-resolution MQA-format music playback is coming to portable music players for the first time through sister brands Onkyo and Pioneer. Pioneer is adding MQA...
news
B&O, LG Tag-Team For Better Smartphone Sound
Bang & Olufsen continues to extend its brand outside its core luxury A/V lineup with the announcement it’s bringing its audio expertise to LG...
Audio
LH Labs Adds Soundbar, Subwoofer To Selection
Audio newcomer LH Labs, which offers high-resolution-audio DACs and headphone amplifiers, is branching out into soundbars with the launch of a curved model that...
Audio
High-Res MQA Audio Spreads To Meridian Products
High-resolution audio enthusiasts are getting more options for listening to MQA-encoded music downloads with the launch of firmware upgrades for multiple Meridian Audio products....
news
High-Res Audio Comes To More Sony Xperia Smartphones
Sony Mobile is bringing high-resolution audio playback to more Xperia smartphones in the U.S. with the launch of the $599 Xperia Z5 and $499...
Audio
Qualcomm’s aptX Codec For Bluetooth Gets Upgrade To Higher Resolution
Qualcomm’s aptX codec, designed to deliver CD-quality stereo over Bluetooth, is getting a resolution upgrade to 24 bits from 16 bits in a nod...
Car Electronics
Clarion: FDS Car Audio Technology Works For Headphones, Custom Install
Clarion sees the potential to apply its Full Digital Sound (FDS) car-audio technology to headphones and custom-installed multiroom audio systems. FDS, unveiled at CES,...
Audio
CES 2016: Technics Expands Luxury-Audio Selection
Technics, the storied audio brand revived last year as a luxury-audio brand, is expanding its selection at CES. The brand launched its first music...
Audio
CES 2016: MQA High-Res Music Downloads Spread To More Sites
More music-download sites are beginning to offer music encoded in the high-resolution MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) format, the companies announced at CES. Beginning Jan....
Audio
High-Resolution MQA Audio To Make Noise At 2016 CES
High-resolution MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) audio technology, unveiled a little more than a year ago, continues to make headway. Two days before CES’s Wednesday...
Audio
Audio On Key For CES
Audio retailers will head for CES with the wind behind their backs, though the wind might not be as gusty as it was last...
Car Electronics
Clarion Claims First All-Digital Car Audio System
Aftermarket car audio supplier Clarion will go to CES to demonstrate what it calls the first car audio system that delivers a digital signal...
Accessories
Streamz Headphones Pack High-Res Player, Wi-Fi Network Streamer
Streamz will go to CES with headphones that you don’t have to connect to a smartphone or home audio system to hear music. The...
news
Sony’s Fasulo On Retail, 4K, High-Res Audio
Mike Fasulo, president/COO of Sony Electronics, was in New York for several days in November for the annual Anti-Defamation League industry dinner and events...
CES-2016
Sony Brings High-Res Listening Stations To Best Buy
Sony Electronics and Best Buy have launched new high-res audio listening stations, available now in nearly 80 Best Buy Magnolia Design Center stores nationwide....
Audio
Audio Consumers High On High-Res Audio
CTA survey profiles interests, shopping habits of audio purchasers More than 53 percent of consumers who bought audio technology in the past year are...
Audio
High-Res Audio Panels Planned For CES
CES will again host a conference track focused on the growing high-resolution audio market. This year, three panels are planned over a two-day period...
Audio
Raumfeld Brings Wireless High-Res Audio To U.S. With One S & One M Speakers, Soundbar
German hi-fi company Raumfeld is making its U.S. debut by offering presales on Nov. 20 of select high-resolution wireless multiroom-audio products through its website....