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SPL Announces Series One Line of Desktop-Friendly Headphone Amps
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SPL Announces Series One Line of Desktop-Friendly Headphone Amps

SPL of Germany has developed a new product line that combines the sound of their big devices with a desktop-friendly design and an affordable price. The Series One line was equally developed for professional recording studios, home studios, musicians, music lovers, and media creatives of all kinds. The first two Series One devices, Phonitor One ($499) and Phonitor One d ($699) – both headphone amplifiers — are now shipping. More devices of the new Series One will be announced soon.
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Merging Technologies Celebrates Double Anniversary with Pyramix and Ovation 9 Releases Expanding Immersive Audio Tools
by Joao Martins

Merging Technologies Celebrates Double Anniversary with Pyramix and Ovation 9 Releases Expanding Immersive Audio Tools

Swiss manufacturer Merging Technologies has signaled two major anniversaries for the company by introducing major product releases. The most respected of all digital audio workstations, Pyramix celebrates 25 years with a major software release that improves its Dolby Atmos workflow, introduces new packs and prices, and a new activation system. And because Merging Technologies is also celebrating its 30th anniversary, the company announced a major new release of Ovation, the company's orchestration solution for live shows, now offering compatibility with Flux and Dolby as Renderer Partners.
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Cambridge Audio Reveals New-Look SX Series Speakers for Home Audio
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Cambridge Audio Reveals New-Look SX Series Speakers for Home Audio

London-based Cambridge Audio just announced a refresh of its SX series of speakers, a range of compact and very affordable speakers that are ideal for any home audio system. Cambridge Audio’s refreshed line of SX series speakers now has a bold new look, featuring an all-new matte black finish and a new logo. The new range comprises SX-50 and SX-60 compact bookshelf or stand-mount speakers, the SX-70 center speaker, stunning SX-80 floor-standing speakers, and the matching SX-120 subwoofer.
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Sennheiser Promotes Legendary MD 421-II Microphone and Popular HD 200 PRO Headphones at Special Anniversary Prices
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Sennheiser Promotes Legendary MD 421-II Microphone and Popular HD 200 PRO Headphones at Special Anniversary Prices

Sennheiser's 75th anniversary offers continue with a combination of an all-time classic for any studio, combined with more recent headphones also for studio use. The legendary Sennheiser MD 421-II – one of the best-known microphones for recording, live music and broadcasting in the world – is now available with substantially reduced prices together with the versatile HD 200 PRO studio headphones.
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Mackie Introduces New EleMent USB-C Microphones and MC-100 Headphones
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Mackie Introduces New EleMent USB-C Microphones and MC-100 Headphones

Expanding its range of products that are a great fit for home applications, from streaming and podcasting to home studios, Mackie expanded its EleMent Series of microphones, now with three versatile models with USB-C interface and power. All ideal solutions for web conferencing, presentations and podcasts. And because everyone needs comfortable headphones for those uses, Mackie launched the affordable MC-100 Professional Closed-Back Headphones expanding the range to five models.
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UE FITS Wireless Earbuds Use Gel-Filled Tips to Instantly Mold to Fit Each Ear
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UE FITS Wireless Earbuds Use Gel-Filled Tips to Instantly Mold to Fit Each Ear

Ultimate Ears (UE) introduced UE FITS, a new truly wireless custom fit earbuds design, that is able to shape to consumers' unique earprints in under 60 seconds. Similar to fingerprints, each person’s individual ears are unique. No two prints, even on the same person, are the same. UE FITS mold to perfectly fit individual ears in less than a minute with its patented Lightform technology, enabling all-day comfort. And the moldable earbuds stay in place consistently allowing also an improved audio experience.
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L-Acoustics Reveals New Compact K3 Line Source System
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L-Acoustics Reveals New Compact K3 Line Source System

The market leader in touring, music festivals and large scale live music events, French manufacturer L-Acoustics has unveiled the latest reference in its family of sound reinforcement systems. Positioned above the compact Kiva and Kara line arrays, and the massive K2 and K1 full-range enclosures, the new L-Acoustics K3 completes the K Series lineup, offering a versatile solution for a reshaped events industry.
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Bassboss Releases SV9 Single 9" Powered Monitor for Intimate Events and Acoustic Venues
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Bassboss Releases SV9 Single 9" Powered Monitor for Intimate Events and Acoustic Venues

Los Angeles, CA-based powered loudspeaker manufacturer Bassboss released the SV9 single 9" Powered Monitor, a new full-range and wide dispersion design described by the company as "a deeply satisfying mix of studio quality audio clarity, surprisingly deep low frequencies, very high output, wide dispersion, and long-throw." The durable design is equally at home in a wide variety of settings where quality audio is imperative and is labelled as a "socially-distanced crowd pleaser."
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Powersoft Introduces ArmoníaPlus 2.0 Software to Easily Design, Manage and Control Install Projects
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Powersoft Introduces ArmoníaPlus 2.0 Software to Easily Design, Manage and Control Install Projects

Powersoft just announced the new ArmoníaPlus 2.0 software update. This new version redefines what Powersoft amps can do, maintaining the same structure and features for Live Sound projects, while introducing completely new features for installations, focusing on the needs of system integrators for sources and zones management, and allowing the creation of fully customizable user interfaces and controls with the new Views Designer and a dedicated app to quickly load project designs to the amplifiers and external controls.
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Google Introduces Nest Audio Smart Speaker With Focus on Music Reproduction
by Joao Martins

Google Introduces Nest Audio Smart Speaker With Focus on Music Reproduction

Google held the company's traditional hardware announcements event. Apart from a new mandatory phone, the star of the event was the new Nest Audio smart speaker, bigger and more powerful than the Google Home that it replaces. Rumored for months, the new smart speaker reflects the hard work by a dedicated engineering team, resulting in a better overall speaker design, but also improved multi-room streaming features. Inside, there's more intelligence to support voice commands locally, and there's even a microphone "privacy" mute switch, when required.
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