Cambridge Audio Reveals New-Look SX Series Speakers for Home Audio
London-based Cambridge Audio just announced a refresh of its SX series of speakers, a range of compact and very affordable speakers that are ideal for any home audio system. Cambridge Audio’s refreshed line of SX series speakers now has a bold new look, featuring an all-new matte black finish and a new logo. The new range comprises SX-50 and SX-60 compact bookshelf or stand-mount speakers, the SX-70 center speaker, stunning SX-80 floor-standing speakers, and the matching SX-120 subwoofer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
Follow the Leader, Leader, Leader... Spatial Audio? What Will They Come Up With Next?
As it was announced during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference back in June 2020, among all the spectacular updates to all the company's operating systems (iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14), Apple discussed a new firmware update that would add spatial audio support for the company's AirPods Pro. Well, a few days ago, Apple did release the promised firmware update and suddenly, the spatial audio support in the AirPods Pro was a reality. And what an update! As everyone realized soon enough, the results are simply spectacular and very noticeable while watching movies with good soundtracks.
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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