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RØDE VideoMic Pro Gets Upgrade and Rycote Onboard
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RØDE VideoMic Pro Gets Upgrade and Rycote Onboard

Australian pro-audio brand RØDE Microphones announced an upgrade to its number one selling microphone worldwide, the VideoMic Pro. The all new VideoMic Pro now features the acclaimed Rycote Lyre suspension system, along with an upgraded microphone capsule.
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Apogee Groove Portable Headphone Amplifier and DAC is Now Available
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Apogee Groove Portable Headphone Amplifier and DAC is Now Available

Apogee Electronics announced the worldwide availability of Groove, a portable headphone amplifier and DAC for Mac and Windows computers. According to Apogee, Groove builds upon Apogee’s 30-year history of digital audio technology for music creation and “unlocks the highest possible quality of any headphones or powered speakers” for music listening.
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Chord Electronics Introduces DAVE Advanced DAC, Preamp and Headphone Amplifier
by Cristina Costa

Chord Electronics Introduces DAVE Advanced DAC, Preamp and Headphone Amplifier

During the High End 2015 show in Munich, Germany, British high-end audio manufacturer Chord Electronics introduced what the company proudly calls “the world’s most advanced digital to analogue convertor”. Given the acronym DAVE, the $12,500 (£7,995) unit integrates a reference-grade DAC, digital preamp and headphone amplifier.
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Yamaha Debuts TF StageMix Mobile Mixing App for TF Series Digital Consoles
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Yamaha Debuts TF StageMix Mobile Mixing App for TF Series Digital Consoles

The new Yamaha TF series digital consoles are now shipping. Concurrent with their availability, Yamaha launched the TF StageMix, a free iPad app that provides wireless remote control of TF digital mixing console functions via a simple, intuitive graphical interface. It makes setups faster and lets engineers adjust monitor mixes anywhere they need to be.
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Sennheiser Launches HD 630VB Closed-Back Headphones
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Sennheiser Launches HD 630VB Closed-Back Headphones

Sennheiser introduced its first closed audiophile headphone model at the High End 2015 show in Munich. The new Sennheiser HD 630VB are circumaural headphones, designed to deliver well balanced sound and offer a distraction-free listening experience. A unique feature is a rotary bass dial, which allows increasing the bass response according to personal preferences.
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New Focal Trio6 Be Switchable Monitoring Speakers
by Joao Martins

New Focal Trio6 Be Switchable Monitoring Speakers

The new studio monitor from Focal’s SM6 line supplies two speakers in a single cabinet. The Trio6 Be is effectively a three-way monitor and a two-way monitor, remotely switchable thanks to its new FOCUS mode, allowing to compare the mix, focusing on the same acoustic basis, and the same stereo image, minus the extreme frequencies.
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High Resolution Technologies Starts Improving Sound for Headphones
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High Resolution Technologies Starts Improving Sound for Headphones

High Resolution Technologies (HRT) is now shipping its new nano series dSp and i-dSp digital Sound processors, two accessories that provide improved headphone sound quality for smartphones, tablets and portable devices. Following a successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, HRT was able to start production runs of the nano dSp and i-dSp.
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Lyrus Audio Designs Launches Two New High-End Planar Magnetic Headphones
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Lyrus Audio Designs Launches Two New High-End Planar Magnetic Headphones

Lyrus Audio Designs announced that it will launch two new high-end planar magnetic headphones at the 2015 Munich High End Show, May 14-17. The introduction will signal an entry in full force into the high-end headphone market from this newly formed company from Boulder, CO.
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ICEpower Introduces Its Most Powerful Class-D Amplifiers To Date
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ICEpower Introduces Its Most Powerful Class-D Amplifiers To Date

During the 2015 Prolight+Sound show in Frankfurt, ICEpower introduced the 700ASC2, its most powerful two-channel Class D amplifier module to date. Later in 2015, ICEpower will launch two more amplifiers in the ASC family, based on new technology and with new surveillance features.
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Easy Testing of Class-D Amplifiers with NTi Audio
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Easy Testing of Class-D Amplifiers with NTi Audio

Measuring audio parameters on Class-D (or switching) amplifiers can be difficult because of high-frequency noise produced at the output stage. NTi Audio solves this by filtering out these unwanted noise components with the FX100 Audio Analyzer plug-in module filter, providing reliable test measurement of class-D amplifiers.
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