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Grado Introduces New GS1000x and GS3000x Statement X Series Headphones
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Grado Introduces New GS1000x and GS3000x Statement X Series Headphones

Grado introduced the new Statement Series, which brings fourth-generation X Drivers to the wooden GS3000x and GS1000x models. The GS1000x combines mahogany and ipê wood, while the GS3000x houses the brand's most powerful driver yet inside a metal chamber surrounded by a single body of cocobolo wood. Along with the superior sound these new drivers produce, the GS3000x and GS1000x also feature Grado's improved 12-conductor braided cable and new headbands. Both are hand assembled in Brooklyn, New York.
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Logitech Chorus Offers Audio Add-on to Virtual Reality Headset Design
by Joao Martins

Logitech Chorus Offers Audio Add-on to Virtual Reality Headset Design

Logitech unveiled Logitech Chorus, a new integrated audio solution designed from the ground up for the Meta Quest 2, a Virtual Reality Headset sold by Facebook. The Logitech VR accessory uses Balanced Mode Radiator (BMR) drivers from Tectonic, adding a convenient "off-ear speaker" solution that is similar to the one created for the Valve Index Headset. Without touching the ears, the design was custom tuned by Tectonic to offer total but safe immersion for those experimenting with VR.
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Neumann Unveils New KH 150 DSP-Powered Studio Monitors
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Neumann Unveils New KH 150 DSP-Powered Studio Monitors

Neumann.Berlin has expanded its line of reference-class studio monitors. The new KH 150 is a bi-amplified, DSP-controlled design, featuring the same high-resolution tweeter as all Neumann studio monitors and a newly developed 6.5" woofer with ultra-low distortion and high SPL capability. The new KH 150 looks exactly like the other Neumann KH studio monitors and this is the largest two-way model, impressing for its extended low-end, while remaining extremely compact. That is also the result of a new and more energy efficient Class D amplifier and a more powerful DSP.
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Kemper Kone NEO Speakers Custom Made By Celestion
by Joao Martins

Kemper Kone NEO Speakers Custom Made By Celestion

Kemper announced availability of a new Kemper Kone NEO replacement speaker for its 12" guitar cabinets. This is the same speaker manufactured for the German company by Celestion and used in the Kemper Kabinets, now with a new lightweight neodymium magnet. Also available for a wider range of cabinet designs, these speakers were designed for guitar tone monitoring with a choice of 19 classic guitar speaker imprints activated by Kemper Profile PowerRacks and PowerHeads.
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Audio-Technica Fights Back with AT2020USB-X USB-C Cardioid Condenser Microphone
by Joao Martins

Audio-Technica Fights Back with AT2020USB-X USB-C Cardioid Condenser Microphone

Audio-Technica released its AT2020USB-X cardioid condenser USB microphone. A reimagining of the popular AT2020USB+, the AT2020USB-X microphone is designed to meet the needs of musicians, streamers, podcasters and other content creators, offering the acclaimed sound of the original AT2020 - Audio-Technica's best-selling budget-microphone - in a new and improved USB-C version, upgraded to 24-bit/96kHz sampling rate with the convenience of plug-and-play operation.
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First Bluetooth LE Audio Product on the Market Is From Sennheiser and Is a TV Transmitter Solution
by Joao Martins

First Bluetooth LE Audio Product on the Market Is From Sennheiser and Is a TV Transmitter Solution

Sennheiser - or better said, Sennheiser Hearing, the consumer division of Sonova - has leveraged the latest Bluetooth LE Audio technology and LC3 codec to update its TV Listening product portfolio. The Sennheiser RS 120-W wireless on-ear headphones are therefore the first in the market to support the updated Bluetooth specifications and offer no less than three different sound modes, working with advanced LE audio transmission to enhance one of the oldest concepts in the brand's portfolio.
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ESS Technology Launches New High Performance 32-bit Audio Multichannel Digital-to-Analog Converters
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ESS Technology Launches New High Performance 32-bit Audio Multichannel Digital-to-Analog Converters

ESS Technology has launched 4 new Sabre PROfessional Series Digital-to-Analog converters, setting the company's benchmark for consumer and professional audio applications. The new converters are the flagship ES9039MPRO and ES9039PRO, together with the cost-effective ES9027MPRO and ES9027PRO 8 channel DACs. And targeting cost sensitive applications that need improved performance, ESS also launched the new ESS ES9017 8-channel DAC.
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GN Addresses Hearing Speech in Noise Challenges
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GN Addresses Hearing Speech in Noise Challenges

GN Hearing announced the launch of ReSound OMNIA – a new hearing aid platform that the company expects will set a new standard in hearing technology and improve how people interact with the world around them. The new technology provides significantly better hearing in noisy environments than any previous ReSound hearing aid. Coupled with optimal comfort and seamless connection to devices, these advances give people living with hearing loss a solution that will help them hear even the finest details of sound more easily.
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PSB Speakers Expanded Flagship Synchrony Series Now Available Worldwide
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PSB Speakers Expanded Flagship Synchrony Series Now Available Worldwide

PSB Speakers launched a new generation of its Synchrony speaker series to global markets. The latest edition of PSB’s flagship series consists of the B600 bookshelf speakers, as well as the T600 and T800 towers. Originally launched in 2021, and regarded as PSB’s most advanced speaker line to date, the Synchrony Series delivers performance and value, featuring woven carbon fibre cones, and titanium dome tweeters in low-resonance cabinets with rear-firing ports for each woofer, and integrated IsoAcoustics GAIA II isolators.
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Fluid Audio Introduces Image 2 Reference Studio Monitors
by Alfred Moody

Fluid Audio Introduces Image 2 Reference Studio Monitors

Always attempting new approaches in active studio monitor designs, Fluid Audio, the company founded by Kevin Zuccaro (JBL, M-Audio, Avid) just introduced an interesting product. After 3 years of research, Fluid Audio introduced the Image 2, a 3-way reference studio monitor design, dedicated to nearfield and midfield use. Using the latest in DSP development and Class-D amplification the Image 2 is probably one of the more ambitious projects from the brand.
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