January 2014 – Yamaha lead the NAMM show this year not with electronic devices, but with new traditional instruments. Their highlights this year were a new trumpet, new drums and a next generation piano. Yamaha Xeno Trumpet Press Conf The first new instrument brought out at NAMM 2014 was the new Xeno Trumpet. This professional…
January 2014 – At CES 2014 VOXX held a press day event that featured products from their growing number of brands and a launch of their new name VOXX Electronics. The event was hosted by their new President Tom Malone and his announcement of the new direction towards mobility and security. The kickoff was their…
January 2014, At Winter NAMM in Anaheim, the MXL division of Marshall Electronics rolled out a line of 20th anniversary microphones and new products for the mobile marketplace. Working with their distribution partner, Muscian’s Friend, they introduced 3 new anniversary edition microphones. These models, to be sold exclusively through Muscian’s Friend, are identified by their…
January 2014 – Imagination Technology, as usual, was visible all over CES 2014. They started off with their Pure radio group at CES unveiled showing their internet radios that support multi-format software defined tuners. At the show its self Pure radio had a booth showing their systems, but they also had a briefing and meeting…
January 2014, An early stage company took the visibility option to be seen at both Eureka Park’s Entrepreneurial Area and the Unveiled Press event at CES this year.. The area of medical technology was prevalent at the show, and it was being displayed both by startups and established firms. One of the areas is Dental/Orthodontia….
January 2014, At CES this year, Bang & Olufsen (B&O) showed off their two 2014 CES innovation award winning speaker products in their demo room at the Venetian. These speakers the Beolab 18 and Beolab 17 are both the leading edge of the WISA connected wireless devices for the home theater marketplace. They make up…
January 2014, Epson was showing their integrated system products at CES 2014. One of the areas was focusing on wearables and fitness sensors for pulse, other body measurements. The sensors inside were developed by Epson and incorporate their core technologies in Bio, Swing and Location sensing. Initial Bio sensing products for North America are in…
January 2014, at CES 2014 DTS was able to setup a full surround sound theater with an 11.1 speaker array configuration and a headphone connection. The demonstration was based on technology that was shown in 2013 at GDC, E3, and Siggraph, but this was the first time there was a full 11.1 spatial layout for…
January 2014, At CES we met with Silicon Image to discuss the placement of their ubiquitous technologies in the automotive space. The inventors and promoters of HDMI, MHL and many other industry standards has expanded their focus to include in-cabin infotainment and connectivity as a primary platform location for audio, video, and gaming. Their 60GHz…
January 2014 – At CES in Las Vegas, Monster had a number of surprises at their press conference this year. The first was the relaunch of their original retro-logo for Monster Cable for cable products. The retro logo is being accompanied by retro styled cables with the classic Monster connectors that were introduced with those…