Audio News for July 20, 2012

by | Jul 20, 2012 | Audio News

Classical News – Professional singers sometimes wait all their lives to  sing at the top venues in the world, but the homeless had their moment in the spotlight at London’s Royal Opera House July 2. “With One Voice” featured 300 members of the homeless community from around the world. Streetwise Opera, a charity that combines the two seemingly different worlds, was formed by opera critic Matthew Peacock, who volunteered after a Conservative cabinet minister famously said: “The homeless are what you step over when you come out of the opera.”  In an historic first for the U.S., the Philharmonic, Ballet and Opera in Dayton, Ohio, have merged to form a new entity, with each maintaining its own artistic director, but a single board running the Arts Alliance.
CEA 2012 Demo Days – The Consumer Electronics Association is campaigning at hundreds of electronics retailers across the country this week with SOTA demonstrations and ready-to-go promotional resources. Expert sales staff will be on hand to help answer shoppers’ questions. Retailers will demonstrate how consumers can improve their viewing experiences of the Summer Olympic Games with the latest connected TV features, next month the new football season will tie in with showing how consumers can experience the game via the latest technology, and from Sept. 14 to 16 digital audio tech will be accentuated with demos of the complete connected audio experience across a host of devices that can upgrade home sound systems. A recent CEA study found that consumers with Internet-enabled TVs use their displays to do much more than just watch TV: 47% listen to music, 26% surf the web and 23% view photos.
Wireless Connections in New Sony AVR – The networked $499 STR-DN1010 AVR from Sony – now available – is the industry’s first to offer built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Apple AirPlay. It can be controlled from a free app available for iPhones and Android phones. The 7.2-channel component is 7×140 watts into 8 ohms and has Dolby ProLogic IIz post-processing for front-height channels. Via Wi-Fi it streams music from Sony’s Music Unlimited, Pandora, Slacker and vTuner, as well as DLNA- and AirPlay-enabled computers.
Enhanced Audio Promised by DTS Partnership with Samsung – DTS – a leader in hi-def audio – will integrate its audio solutions into select models of Samsung’s 2012 premium Smart TV line, offering consumers the ultimate HT listening experience regardless of the audio source. The DTS audio solution allows users to effortlessly enjoy multi-channel surround sound from all sources to enhance cinema viewing, music listening and gaming. The technology will be offered on Samsung’s flagship 7000 and 8000 series LED and plasma TVs.

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