Samsung Reveals New Ultra HD Blu-ray Player, Soundbar
Gearing up for next week’s CES 2017, Samsung Electronics revealed Wednesday three key new AV group products that will be unveiled in Las Vegas, including a H7 Wireless Speaker, a new soundbar and a new UHD Blu-ray player. Samsung said its new AV products…
LG Portable Speaker Rises To CES Occasion
LG’s Levitating Portable Speaker LG Electronics revealed Monday night that it will show at next week’s CES 2017 a futuristic “levitating portable speaker.” LG model PJ9 is a wireless speaker designed to hover in place over an accompanying Levitation Station, while emitting high-quality audio…
StormAudio Brings High-Performance Immersive Audio Systems To U.S. Market
Yves Trélohan, StormAudio senior VP StormAudio, a consumer electronics hardware company owned by Belgium-based Auro Technologies, made its U.S. debut at CEDIA Expo last week by launching a line of immersive sound processors and power amplifiers equipped to accept and play the leading 3D…
Sony Pictures To Release Movies With Auro-3D Surround Sound
Auro Technologies, developers of Auro-3D surround sound technology, said it has cut a distribution partnership with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to release 10 Blu-ray Disc movie titles formatted with Auro-3D sound. The distribution deal includes consumer-oriented content in both physical and digital formats, including…
Denon To Add Alexa Voice Control To HEOS Audio Line
Denon HEOS products like this HomeCinema sound bar and subwoofer will soon be adding Alexa voice control. Denon Electronics said it has teamed up with Amazon to integrate Amazon Alexa hands-free voice service in Denon’s HEOS-enabled multi-room audio products. The companies said they expect the…
Bose Unveils Compact SoundTouch Sound Bar, 2 Wireless Lifestyle Systems
The Bose SoundTouch 300 Sound Bar ($699). Bose used the recent CEDIA Expo in Dallas to show that it is very busy innovating products and systems designed to deliver big, high-quality home theater sound from very tiny wireless-friendly speaker and sound bar products. The…
Mass Fidelity Shows Relay Wireless Music DAC, Core Speaker and Core Wireless Sub
The Mass Fidelity Relay ($299). Mass Fidelity, a Canadian audio upstart specializing in wireless music technology, used CEDIA Expo 2016 to demonstrate a Bluetooth receiver with always-on functionality. Called the Mass Fidelity Relay ($299 suggested retail price), the Bluetooth Hi-Fi DAC will relay streamed…
GoldenEar Adds SuperSub X To “Invisible Atmos” Package
Looking for a high-performing Atmos object-based surround sound system without the clutter? High-end home theater audio equipment manufacturer GoldenEar Technology travels to CEDIA Expo 2016 this week in Dallas to unveil the next iteration in its family of “virtually invisible Atmos” subwoofers for its highly…
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