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Electro-Voice EVERSE 8 Battery-Powered Loudspeaker Receives CES 2023 Innovation Award
by Alfred Moody

Electro-Voice EVERSE 8 Battery-Powered Loudspeaker Receives CES 2023 Innovation Award

The first battery-powered loudspeaker from Electro-Voice and the first weatherized model of its type, the EVERSE 8 takes advantage of the latest advancements in technology to provide a truly portable and truly wireless audio experience at a new price and performance level. The prosumer design received a CES 2023 Innovation Award, recognizing its all-in-one feature set, including QuickSmart Mobile app, Bluetooth control and streaming, onboard mixer and studio-quality effects.
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Yamaha Revives Orthodynamic Headphones and Unveils YH-5000SE Flagship Model
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Yamaha Revives Orthodynamic Headphones and Unveils YH-5000SE Flagship Model

Yamaha announced a new flagship headphone design that fuses inspiration from Yamaha-original technology in legendary 70s headphones, combined with modern innovations and materials. The new Yamaha YH-5000SE headphones revive the brand's original Orthodynamic driver born in the ‘70s, now with modern manufacturing methods, components and carefully selected materials. The extensively research effort is intended to maximize comfort and what Yamaha engineers describe as "a superlative experience."
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Infineon Introduces New Ultra-Efficient 2x 37W MERUS Multilevel Switching Audio Amplifiers
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Infineon Introduces New Ultra-Efficient 2x 37W MERUS Multilevel Switching Audio Amplifiers

Infineon Technologies announced a new family of 2x 37W audio amplifiers featuring the second generation of MERUS multilevel switching amplifier technology. Optimized for low power and battery-powered applications, the new devices are the MA2304DNS with an integrated and fully-configurable digital signal processor (DSP), and the MA2304PNS with audio limiter and volume control features. Both are now the most efficient in the Infineon MERUS family, with an idle power mode at least five times lower than traditional class D audio amplifiers.
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Grado GW100x Wireless Open-Back Headphones with Superior Bluetooth Performance Now Available
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Grado GW100x Wireless Open-Back Headphones with Superior Bluetooth Performance Now Available

Grado's first wireless headphones become even better. Following the announcement of the renewed Wireless headphones featuring fourth generation X series drivers, earlier in 2022, Grado now launched the GW100x Bluetooth open-back headphones – the third model in its wireless series. The GW100 is an unusual open-back Bluetooth model, combining the new X series driver design with a Qualcomm Bluetooth 5.2 wireless module with aptX Adaptive, and improved 46-hour battery life.
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Sennheiser Starts Shipping EW-DX Digital Wireless Microphone Series
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Sennheiser Starts Shipping EW-DX Digital Wireless Microphone Series

Sennheiser has announced that the first EW-DX devices are shipping in North America, EMEA, Japan, and Singapore. For rental companies, touring bands, theater, worship or broadcasting the new EW-DX series brings the lowest latency on the market (1.9 milliseconds), eliminates the need for frequency calculation, and offers an ultra-wide input dynamic range of 134dB, enabling the transmitters to handle any signal that is thrown at them. A new digital wireless microphone system designed for simplicity, supporting even more channels.
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Andover Audio Launches SpinStage Phono Preamp
by Joao Martins

Andover Audio Launches SpinStage Phono Preamp

Andover Audio announced the launch of its new SoundBites Series of audio components with the SpinStage phono preamp (MSRP $249). Making an elegant style statement in a bead-blasted, anodized aluminum chassis, the SpinStage has been painstakingly engineered to deliver ultra-low noise to support virtually any moving-magnet (MM) or moving-coil (MC) cartridge. For the MA-based audio manufacturer this is a great addition any home audio system that needs to improve on an existing preamp’s internal circuitry.
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Røde Releases NT-USB+ Professional USB-C Microphone With Built-In DSP Processing Features
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Røde Releases NT-USB+ Professional USB-C Microphone With Built-In DSP Processing Features

Røde has announced a new addition to its range of USB microphones, the NT-USB+. Based on the original and extremely popular NT-USB, the NT-USB+ is a professional-grade, class-compliant USB-C microphone loaded with next-generation features. It is also compact, portable and versatile, making it an ideal plug-and-play microphone for musicians, podcasters, streamers and even professionals who want to capture the best quality sound with ease.
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Descript Transforms Transcription-Based Editing with New Product Release
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Descript Transforms Transcription-Based Editing with New Product Release

Descript, the AI-powered platform that simplifies video and audio editing, launched its biggest product update ever – reinventing the video editor as a simple tool to sit alongside docs and slides. Loaded with AI-powered magic, the new Descript is even simpler to use, and offers even more powerful, versatile new features. Descript also announced a $50 million Series C round led by OpenAI Startup Fund with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital and Daniel Gross.
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Fluid Audio Announces Professional Studio Monitor Solution with Sonarworks Integration
by Alfred Moody

Fluid Audio Announces Professional Studio Monitor Solution with Sonarworks Integration

Fluid Audio is the latest studio monitor company to announce a partnership with Sonarworks to deliver a complete pro studio monitoring solution, built around its brand new Image 2 studio monitors and SoundID Reference calibration software. As with previous hardware integrations, the Sonarworks software allows users the ability to create their own calibration profile for the Image 2 studio monitors, removing unwanted colorations, and offering a more accurate reference in any studio or home environment.
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Pro-Ject Announces New Integrated Amplifier and Receiver Models
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Pro-Ject Announces New Integrated Amplifier and Receiver Models

Fine Sounds Americas and Pro-Ject USA announced the new MaiA DS3 and Stereo Box S3 BT integrated amplifier and receiver models from Pro-Ject Audio Systems. The two new compact models from the European manufacturer are a perfect complement to any home audio system seeking flexible solutions to enhance their listening experience. Both models have a minimalistic design, intended to be combined with both modern digital, wired, wireless and streaming sources and one of the many Pro-Ject turntables.
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