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CES 2018Grace Notes
Shure Announces Exciting New Cable Lineup for Wireless Earphones
Leslie Shapiro  |  Jan 09, 2018
With so many companies making big announcements, Shure is going low-key with an announcement about a new line of detachable cable options for their wireless earphones. It doesn’t seem like much to get excited about, but it actually is.

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Monster and Volkswagen Team Up For Pure Monster Sound in the Concept R Automobile
Leslie Shapiro  |  Jan 09, 2018
Monster doesn’t really have a stake in the automotive field, unless you take into account Noel Lee’s lineup of custom car builds, including a Bentley, Lamborghini and Ferrari show car. However, with a new collaboration with Volkswagen, the Concept R could become a Monster first: a true production vehicle.

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1More Previews Wireless Earbuds
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 09, 2018
I am a fan of 1More. Their wired earphones have provided me with audiophile playback quality at reasonable price points. In particular, their triple-driver earbuds have been a personal favorite of mine. Now, this design, and others, will be available in a wireless format.

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Mytek Digital Shows the Clef for Portable Playback
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 09, 2018
The Mytek Digital is now shipping the Clef. What, exactly, is the Clef? Oddly shaped, it is a digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier that lets you significantly up the quality of playback from your phone.

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Harman Demos 192k Playback in Lincoln Continental
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Jan 09, 2018
When I entered the Hi-Res Audio pavilion, my eye was immediately attracted to the Lincoln Continental parked there. This $70,000 vehicle is a luxury looker, and since it was sitting in an official Hi-Res area, I suspected it would sound good too. My suspicions proved correct.

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Sony Goes Vertical with New Atmos Soundbar
Rob Sabin  |  Jan 09, 2018
Audio product news is sparse at Sony's booth for this CES, but the headliner at its press conference was a compact, 3.1-channel soundbar/wireless subwoofer combo that touts compatibility with Atmos and DTS:X soundtracks.

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LG Showcases a Range of New TV Technologies
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 09, 2018
At its CES press event LG introduced new intelligent processors for its premier OLEDs (Alpha 9) and NanoCell LCD-LEDs (Alpha 7). These new devices are said to improve color and sharpness, along with enhanced noise reduction, better handling of smooth gradations, advanced color mapping, and a OLED frame rate capability of up to 120 frames per second...
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Hisense Adds Camera Angle App to Smart TVs
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 09, 2018
Hisense spent much of the time at its press conference on its sponsorship of the upcoming soccer World Cup (football in most if the world). It even brought in two well-known soccer commentators (though not well known here) and several stars of the game. The big news on the Hisense-World Cup connection is that newly purchased Hisense Smart TVs will come pre-loaded with an application (via Fox Sports GO in the US) that will not only provide live feeds of the games but also offer 37 different, user selectable camera angles.

But there was news on Hisense’s new 4K displays as well...

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Sony Unveils New OLED TVs, Demos 8K Processing
Thomas J. Norton  |  Jan 09, 2018
Kazuo Hirai, Sony’s head honcho for the US market, gave Sony’s entire press event standing in front of a huge screen with constantly changing images (though all of them stills). There was no information provided as to what sort of display the screen was, but I plan to inquire later in the show as it was perhaps the most impressive display shown during the entire press day. But it’s apparently not a technology currently used in a consumer product...
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CES 2018Grace Notes
Zolo Model Zero Powered by Anker Links Google Home with Dolby Sound
Leslie Shapiro  |  Jan 09, 2018
While you might think Anker is only known for making oddly luxurious battery power banks, they’re venturing into the audio world in a big way by joining with Dolby to create the Zolo Model Zero, a new smart speaker with Google Assistant.

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