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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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Amazon Music Partners with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to Remaster Thousands of Songs and Albums in High Resolution
by Joao Martins

Amazon Music Partners with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to Remaster Thousands of Songs and Albums in High Resolution

Amazon Music announced a partnership with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to remaster thousands of songs and albums to be streamed in its Ultra High Definition premium tier music service, upgrading the digital streaming audio quality of these songs to the highest available. Music from Eagles, Marvin Gaye, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Diana Ross, Linkin Park, J. Cole, Waylon Jennings, Ramones, 2 Chainz, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez and more, is now available in exclusive remasters on Amazon Music HD.
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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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Audio Innovations for Applications That Demand Premium Sound Quality
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Audio Innovations for Applications That Demand Premium Sound Quality

Learn how TI Burr-Brown™ technology continues to shape the premium audio market with it's growing portfolio of devices for smart home, automotive and professional audio applications. Driven by a growing stream of innovative and enhanced technologies, audio is entering a new era. Here’s what you need to know about today’s rapidly evolving audio market. Download the white paper now to learn more!
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Loudspeaker Bonding in Perfection! Precise Adhesive Application to Components
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Loudspeaker Bonding in Perfection! Precise Adhesive Application to Components

Bonding is an important point when it comes to ensuring the quality of each finished loudspeaker. What you need: Most precise adhesive dispensing and absolute repeatability in fast processes! preeflow dispensers are proven in loudspeaker dispensing applications worldwide: Bonding of coils, magnet system, membrane damper adhesives, wire fixation and contact protection. Smallest adhesive quantities starting from 0.001 ml can be applied – with a repeatability higher than 99%
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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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