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Product at Work: Powersoft Unica
Spartan Stadium has been home to the Michigan State University Spartans since 1923. With a capacity exceeding 75,000, the venue regularly hosts some of the largest crowds in college...
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Product at Work: Meyer Sound ASTRYA
Meyer Sound’s own Pearson Theater has been revitalized with state-of-the-art technology. The incorporation of Meyer Sound’s new ASTRYA cinema screen channel loudspeakers and a 33-channel theatrical Dolby Atmos system...
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Product at Work: L-Acoustics KS28 Sub
First held in 2010 as a diverse concert event bringing together DJs, hip-hop artists, jam bands, rock acts, and performers of other genres, the annual three-day North Coast Music...
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Audio Technica ATND1061
This Beamforming Ceiling Array Microphone can be used singly or in multiples for larger meeting spaces. Proprietary voice activity detection (VAD) technology enables the microphone to discern between a...
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Blaze Audio CBL Series
The Constant Beamwidth Loudspeaker (CBL) Series has a compact form factor designed to minimize installation efforts and line-of-sight considerations, the CBL Series is comprised of two models: the CBL528...
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Audio Technica ATDN1061
The popular beam-forming ceiling array microphone received major upgrades for large spaces with its January firmware update, including VISCA (Video System Control Architecture) over IP and Voice Lift technology....
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ACE Microphone Hanger Slug
This handy, problem-solving mount from ACE Backstage allows users to hang any handheld microphone to an exact fixed position, including setting side-to-side and up-and-down positions without twisting the hanging...
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Tech Roundup: Power Amplifiers 2025
Versatility and reliability have leapt forward in modern power amps. Multi-channel capability allows maximum space efficiency in the rack room, while advances in DSP and output efficiency have opened...
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Tech Roundup: Acoustics and Sound Masking 2025
A long with the return of workers to the office environment, sound masking systems have had a homecoming as well. Speech privacy is once again a central component of...
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Sonos Era line hands-on first impressions are here
First impressions are important, and the Era line isn't disappointing
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Ultra-exclusive Black Wheel turntable aimed at audiophiles
Only 5 are made available per month, so get in line now
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Analog Audio Interfacing
You can make all the signals digital, but sound is still an analog phenomenon. And sometimes using analog audio equipment, or analog connections, is still the best choice because...
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Skillset: Sound Management
I have a client with a large executive conference room. The table is around 40ft long and seats 40+ people, each of whom has a push-to-talk table mic. There...
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Portable parabolic mic gives handheld cameras crisp audio from far distances
Dodotronic is looking to make parabolic recording more convenient
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Apple’s makes their new HomePod much easier to tear down (and repair)
The original HomePod was notoriously difficult to take apart
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IK Multimedia releases two-in-one condenser mic and audio interface
IK Multimedia's portable new device looks promising for a flexible recording solution
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WATCH: Wireless earbuds that provide real time translation of 37 languages
There’s a plethora of wireless earbuds on the market, and consumers are always looking for something more. Sure, the Mymanu Clik S earbuds are truly wireless, and sure, they...
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Drop announces rotatable desktop monitors with ‘Balanced Mode Radiation’ technology
Drop claims their new speakers deliver audiophile sound in a compact package
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Conferencing Microphones and Systems 2023
Three years on from the start of the Covid pandemic, the role of AV in work environments has dramatically expanded and changed. The necessary focus on remote and...
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Shure announces the UniPlex cardiod lavelier mic for isolated speech
UniPlex joins the TwinPlex and Duraplex in Shure's line of subminiature mics
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Sonos Sub Mini coming October 6
Designed for smaller rooms than its big brother, the Sub Mini offers low end at a more attractive price.
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Tech Roundup: Installed Speakers 2025
The d&b xS-Series provides a variety of sizes, output power and dispersion patterns to satisfy the exact demands of a permanent application and is the ideal solution for...
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Clockaudio CUI-2
This microphone-to-USB preamp allows users to easily connect the majority of Clockaudio’s range of professional gooseneck, boundary, and suspended microphones to their PC or laptop. Whether it’s a simple...
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EPOS EXPAND Capture 5
This is an intelligent speaker for all Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) systems on Windows, with a seven-beam-forming microphone array and Cortana voice assistant. Advanced voice recognition and transcription capabilities...
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Tech Roundup: Portable PA Systems 2026
Nothing beats portable PAs for flexibility. This year, after a period of relative stability of choice, some notable new options have joined the usual lineup. Whether for musicians, motivational...
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Tech Roundup: Wireless Microphone Systems 2026
It is easy to forget how we got along without the internet, cellphones, and wireless microphones. Few stage bands were hampered by cables, but sports coverage was a challenge...
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Tech Roundup: Ceiling Speakers and Microphones 2026
The revolutionary rise in videoconferencing has driven significant technological advances in ceiling microphone and speaker design. Among these improvements in mics are more directional sound pickup, background noise cancellation,...
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Audio-Technica BP898 and BP899
In November the low-profile BP898 Subminiature Cardioid Condenser Lavalier Microphone and BP899 Subminiature Omnidirectional Condenser Lavalier Microphone debuted. Direct replacements and upgrades to the existing AT898 and AT899, the...
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Tech Roundup: Line Arrays 2025
Signals in a wire either work or they don’t, but once they have entered the acoustic world, things get much more subjective. Custom-tailoring a sound system to the space...
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Tech Roundup: Streaming Devices 2026
The new Magewell Pro Convert IP to USB hardware lets users bring an NDI, NDI HX, or streaming source into Zoom, Teams, and other software over a USB interface....
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JBL Professional introduces the JBL EON ONE MK2 column PA
All-in-One, Battery-Powered System Features Built-In Mixer and DSP
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Tech Roundup: Boundary Mics and Automixers 2024
Just as with aviation and radio, boundary microphones and automatic microphone mixers represent brother technologies that grew up together. In conference scenarios where attaching microphones to everyone is not...
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Genelec 6040R Smart Active Loudspeaker debuts
Iconic Genelec loudspeaker model is re-imagined as Genelec 6040R within new Signature Series
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Yamaha launches DHR, CHR Series loudspeakers
Yamaha Pro Audio has introduced its new DHR and CHR Series loudspeakers, both featuring 10", 12" and 15" models for various applications.
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Antares Introduces Auto-Key Mobile pitch detection app
From the maker of Auto-Tune and initially for iOS
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Tech Roundup: Power Amplifiers 2021
Among the intricate features of modern power amplifiers are sophisticated controls and vastly improved operational efficiency. Amps are the AV system’s crossroads of brain and muscle. They endure constant...
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Tech Roundup: Installed Speakers 2021
As we return to public spaces, installed speakers take on new importance. Here’s a look at some of the options including new releases introduced over the 15 months we’ve...
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Acoustic Sound Screw wants to be a cheaper tool for soundproofing
The spring-loaded acoustic Sound Screw is a low-impact, inexpensive sound dampening idea
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Tech Roundup: Audio Mixers and Processors 2021
Whether for the return of live sound, or the needs of installed sound applications, mixers and audio processors continue to be the heart of a range of systems and...
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Marshall Electronics + MXL Microphones
This combo is a complete audiovisual solution for virtual education applications. Since the classroom has gone virtual, Marshall and MXL have re-introduced a range of user-friendly, high-performing cameras and...
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TOA LENUBIO
The LENUBIO (AM-CF1) integrated audio collaboration system, the latest cutting edge meetingIO series product from TOA, is a professional steerable microphone array system with integrated stereo soundbar. As such,...
