Sennheiser Reinvents the Dynamic Driver Principle with New IE 400 PRO and IE 500 PRO In-Ear Monitors
At NAMM 2019, Sennheiser has unveiled the latest members of its family of professional in-ear monitors, the IE 400 PRO and IE 500 PRO. Both models offer natural, high-resolution sound, a secure and comfortable fit that comes close to custom-molded in-ears and a break-proof, patent-pending cable connection. Targeting musicians, DJs and sound engineers alike, the new professional in-ears are manufactured to exacting specifications at Sennheiser’s German factory on a brand-new production line.
Neumann.Berlin Expands Product Portfolio with First Studio Headphone
Headphones with the Neumann brand? They need to be something special, and that’s precisely what the famous microphone brand is promising with its first studio headphone, the Neumann NDH 20. Neumann has expanded its product scope to studio monitors many years ago, and in a way that’s what the company is trying to do with headphones, offering a reference listening tool that can be used with confidence in studio operations or for mixing in location. The Neumann NDH 20 was unveiled at the 2019 NAMM show in Anaheim.
IK Multimedia Unveils iLoud MTM Desktop Reference Monitors
During NAMM 2019, IK Multimedia debuted a new compact monitor that the Italian company believes has the potential to “re-invent nearfield monitoring for professional and home studios”. Well, IK Multimedia said the same thing when they introduced the original iLoud Micro monitors three years ago, and in fact they did very well for thousands of people who make music and mix on a laptop and need speakers to take on the road. But the new iLoud MTM takes it a step further, using a mid-tweeter-mid design with larger drivers that truly impress, and they come with built-in acoustic auto-calibration!
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Focal Unveils Trio11 Be Switchable 3-Way, 2-Way, Nearfield or Midfield Monitor
Focal Professional unveiled the new Trio11 Be active studio monitors at NAMM 2019, which the French brand considers a new benchmark design, making it possible to work as nearfields or midfields. Like the previous Trio6 Be model, Trio11 Be comprises a 3-way monitor and a 2-way monitor, which makes it possible to check the sound quality of the mix by using FOCUS mode - a Focal innovation - that is remote controllable and can be activated by simply pressing a control pedal.
Get the Latest on Cone and Diaphragm Technology with Voice Coil February
Voice Coil February 2019 is now available and features a Cone and Diaphragm Technology Focus, including an expanded directory of Loudspeaker Cone Industry Suppliers, and an updated directory of Headphone/Earphone Parts vendors - the first of its kind. In Acoustic Patents, James Croft discusses a new patent awarded to Polk Audio, updating the original Stereo Dimensional Array (SDA) loudspeaker with a new improved crosstalk cancellation version, and Vance Dickason characterizes the new Bold North Audio MS-10W woofer, a direct replacement for the famous white 6.5” driver on Yamaha’s NS10 studio monitors!
Bold North Audio MS10-W Introduces Direct Replacement Mid-Woofer for Yamaha NS10 Studio Monitors
MISCO recently unveiled a brand new version of a legendary driver. The new MS10-W, will be marketed under the new MISCO brand, Bold North Audio, and it is effectively a direct replacement for the famous white driver on Yamaha’s NS10 studio monitors! The MS10-W actually includes a lightweight white flat profile seamed paper cone with a white paper convex dust cap, and compliance is provided by a 12 mm wide coated cloth surround and a 3.25” diameter cupped cloth spider.
Lavoce WSF121.70G 12” Guitar Speaker Selected for New Orange Tremlord 30 Combo
Transducer company Lavoce Italiana is kicking-off another edition of the NAMM Show with the announcement that iconic guitar amp brand Orange Amplifiers have selected the Lavoce WSF121.70G 12” guitar speaker for their most vintage guitar amplifier ever, the new TremLord 30 combo. Officially launching at NAMM 2019, and pitched by Orange as ‘The Amp We Never Made – Until Today’, the TremLord 30 is a 30W 1x12 all valve guitar combo, with built-in valve driven tremolo and reverb, engineered as a fifties inspired amp for the modern player.
Radial Engineering Now Shipping KL-8 Rackmount Keyboard Mixer
Radial Engineering announced that the KL-8, a rackmount professional keyboard mixer and digital interface, is now shipping. The KL-8 is a rackmount device designed to provide complete control over a professional keyboard setup, both on-stage and in the recording studio. The keyboard mixing station provides four stereo analog inputs for keyboards with redundant USB connections for laptop soft-synths, offering Stereo Aux Send/Receive with optional footswitch control to incorporate rackmount effects or pedals into the signal chain, headphone outputs and cue switches for silent monitoring, and the possibility of linking multiple KL-8s for larger setups.
Harman Professional Solutions Showcases New JBL One Series 104 Compact Powered Reference Monitors at NAMM 2019
Following a preview at CES, Harman Professional is showing new JBL Professional One Series 104 compact powered reference monitors at the 2019 NAMM show. The new design seems inspired by JBL Professional’s popular EON powered speakers only in smaller dimensions, designed for recording musicians, podcasters, and music and video producers of all levels. As JBL states, the new One Series 104 monitors draw from seven decades of JBL Professional engineering to deliver an innovative new speaker, designed from the ground up.
Celestion Introduces CDX14-2410 10” Ferrite Magnet Compression Driver
At the 2019 NAMM Show, Celestion is showing the new CDX14-2410 1.4” exit, high frequency ferrite magnet compression driver. This is the latest in the line of “ultra-low noise” compression drivers from the brand, featuring a patented phase-plug design which, together with a unique “deep-drawn diaphragm” results in more accurate sounding HF, exhibiting much lower distortion than many comparable devices already on the market.