Another customer in the consumer electronics industry was about to launch a surprise digital audio player.
The digital audio recorder of an Associated Press reporter was grabbed out of her hand.
The HipZip was an MP3 digital audio player that used the PocketZip technology to store music.
Plug in a microphone and it becomes a digital audio recorder with 10 hours of capacity.
Before we unravel the digital audio story, it helps to define exactly what digital audio is.
Headquartered in South Korea, iriver is widely known for its digital audio players and other portable media devices.
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The storage disk will also be used in future generations of digital audio devices for portable MP3 players.
Jasper points out that Dolby faced competition from DTS and Sony when it started offering digital audio for theaters.
Dolby has always had strong ties to hardware manufacturers but few to music publishers, who can make or break digital audio formats.
When it comes to digital audio, one such large-nugget name is Harry Nyquist.
One primitive example of such an arrangement is the digital audio tape recorder, which will not make copies from copies.
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For example, iPod connectivity is featured in models throughout the line, including direct digital audio connection via USB port in the AVR-4310CI.
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Sony invented the Walkman and the portable CD player, but was never more than a third-fiddle player in the digital audio world.
The company selected the unusual design and low price after consulting with retailers, says Bill Hadam, marketing director for digital audio at Samsung.
Ghassaei developed a technique that converts digital audio files into 3D printable (33 rpm) grooved plastic discs, that actually play on regular turntables.
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Dolby has always had strong ties to hardware manufacturers but few ties to the music publishers who can make or break digital audio formats.
Last week's column examined some of the new capabilities of the Sansa Connect, a portable digital audio player designed for an always-connected world.
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Podcasts are essentially talk radio for your digital audio player, available on the Web for download, and cover content from politics to comedy to children's stories.
Working for Bell Laboratories, Nyquist (among other things) set out theories regarding telegraph speed and transmission that would pave the way for future digital audio developments.
With the cornerstone ideas in place, digital audio would start to slowly move from the realms of telecoms out into the broader academic and commercial fields.
Moreover, the unit can be powered by either USB or your average AC plug, and even includes digital audio out for a (somewhat) "true" high definition experience.
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Denon is recognized internationally for innovative and groundbreaking products and has a long history of technical innovations, including the development and groundbreaking commercialization of PCM digital audio.
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For alternate methods of routing audio through the device, there's a USB port that can play digital audio files straight off of various PMPs and USB thumb drives.
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Indeed, digital audio advertising giant TargetSpot found nearly half of 18- to 24-year-olds (47 percent) spend less time listening to broadcast radio than they did a year ago.
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The company today demonstrated a continued commitment to raising the bar in quality audio by expanding the line of digital audio products that offer this successful hybrid tube technology.
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Whether you're using a digital camera or digital audio player, chances are your batteries aren't going to last quite as long as the manufacturer would like you to think.
Surprise, surprise, Microsoft is using its new player in an effort to squeaze Real and make its own Windows Media format the standard for digital audio on the Web.
Squires, a serial entrepreneur based in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, previously cofounded Findaway, a company that made digital audio book players called the Playaway (see story about the Playaway here).
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