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Audio Excellence to Unveil ‘Out-of-Sight’ Speaker that Localizes Sound on TV Screen
SV Staff  |  Jan 31, 2019  | 
Audio Excellence, the audio arm of UK-based Screen Excellence, will unveil a speaker system next week at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Amsterdam that creates the illusion of sound coming from the middle of your TV screen.
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Audio Expo North America 2023 Opens Friday
Bob Ankosko  |  Apr 10, 2023  | 
Listen up music lovers and audio enthusiasts: The Audio Expo North America, more commonly known by the acronym AXPONA, opens Friday, April 14 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, IL.
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Audio Expo North America 2024 Opens Friday
SV Staff  |  Apr 09, 2024  | 
The 2024 edition of the Audio Expo North America, more commonly known by the acronym AXPONA, opens on Friday (April 12) at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, IL.
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Audio from Amazon Echo Sought in Murder Case
SV Staff  |  Dec 28, 2016  | 
In a blog he posted in October 2015, Ken Pohlmann expressed privacy concerns about the always-on microphones in Amazon’s Internet-connected Echo speaker/personal assistant. Could it be hacked? What are the ramifications of having an Internet-connected device in your home that is always listening?
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Audio Hardware Thrives
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 15, 2017  | 
Audio hardware sales broke records in 2016, rising to $10.2 billion, a whopping 33 percent increase, says Futuresource Consulting. Burgeoning categories include ...
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Audio Heavyweight Holman to Join Apple
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 18, 2011  | 
Another day, another Apple rumor. Surround audiophiles may find today's rumor especially juicy: R. Tomlinson Holman, who was instrumental in developing THX, may be about to take a job with Apple.

If this is true, it suggests Apple may be planning a major audio-related move, one in which the help of a certified home theater audio heavyweight would be indispensable.

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Audio Icon Sandy Gross to Appear at Baltimore’s Soundscape
SV Staff  |  Feb 05, 2020  | 
Sandy Gross, audio icon and founder/president of GoldenEar Technology and before that Definitive Technology and Polk Audio (as co-founder), will be appearing at Baltimore audio/video specialist Soundscape on Thursday, February 13.
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Audio Industry Loses Pioneer Sidney Harman
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 14, 2011  | 
The man who put the Harman in Harman Kardon and Harman International has died at the age of 92. Sidney Harman was a true pioneer in the consumer electronics industry.

With his partner Bernard Kardon, Harman introduced the first audio receiver in the 1950s, the Festival D1000, combining the hitherto separate functions of power amp, preamp, and radio tuner. Shortly afterward came the first stereo receiver, the Festival TA230.

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Audio News Roundup: 6-20-13
Brent Butterworth  |  Jun 20, 2013  | 

Two pretty big pieces of news hit the audio world this week. Jade Design, makers of Emotiva products, purchased Bob Carver LLC and has begun making his products in the U.S. at substantially lower prices.

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Audio News: 7-11-13
Brent Butterworth  |  Jul 11, 2013  | 

B&W's $4,000 mid-line flagship: The CM10 is the new top-of-the-line model in the company's mid-priced CM line. It's the only model in the CM line that features the same "tweeter on top" technology found in the company's higher-end 800 series.

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Audio Pioneer Edgar Villchur Makes 2018 Hall of Fame
SV Staff  |  Jul 13, 2018  | 
Home audio has a prominent place among the 14 people being inducted into the 2018 Consumer Technology Hall of Fame.
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Audio Research Announces Foundation Series
SV Staff  |  May 05, 2016  | 
Audio Research is introducing the Foundation Series of tube-based components at the Munich High End Show.
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Audio Show Success
 |  Jun 22, 2003  | 

The Home Entertainment 2003 Show, held June 5–8, 2003, at the Westin–St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, was an event that will stand out for residents, exhibitors, and visiting press as a well-attended showcase of some of the finest products and technologies the consumer electronics industry has to offer.

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Audio Show Success
HT Staff  |  Aug 10, 2003  | 
San Francisco, CA—June 19, 2003—The Home Entertainment 2003 Show, held June 5-8, 2003, at the Westin-St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, was an event that will stand out for residents, exhibitors, and visiting press as a well-attended showcase of some of the finest products and technologies the consumer electronics industry has to offer.
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Audio Statesman: Meridian Founder Bob Stuart
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 01, 2016  |  First Published: Feb 29, 2016  | 
Few have done more to advance the state of the art in audio reproduction than J. Robert Stuart, co-founder, chairman, and technical director of England’s prestigious Meridian Group, Life Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and recipient of the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association’s 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. In a recent video commemorating the honor, Meridian co-founder and long-time collaborator, Allen Boothroyd—the man responsible for the brand’s elegant designs—observed: “I never realized when I set up business with Bob that the guy’s a genius.” Genius, indeed...
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