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Sneak Peek: Monitoring Products at Winter NAMM 2016
Just before we went to press, we came back from the Winter
NAMM Show in Anaheim. Next month we'll bring you a full show
report with all the new goodies we saw, but since this is our monitoring issue, a quick peek at that section of the market seemed in order.
ADAM Audio (adam-audio.com) made a big splash with its
relaunched line and US distribution, and there's a brand-new firm
called Momentum Audio Sales (momentumaudiosales.com) that's taken
over distribution of the EVE line (eve-audio.com). There were new
speakers everywhere, but here are some highlights to whet your
appetite for next month's full report.

AKG (akg.com)
announced three new
models that update
AKG's long-standing
line of affordable entrylevel headphones: the
K52, K72, and K92,
with each successive model
offering improved frequency response and added features. All three
offer 40mm drivers and durable housings weighing only 7 ounces.

Fostex
(fostex.com) had a
lineup of new
headphones offering a traditional
40mm dynamic
headphone driver for
users who want an alternative to the company's planar RP drivers: the
open-back TR-70, the closed-back TR-80, and the semi-open TR-90.

While Audio-Technica
(audio-technica.com)
has made in-ear headphones for the consumer market for many
years, Winter NAMM
2016 saw the company's
first foray into professional
in-ear monitors, the E-Series.
The new line includes the ATH-E40 with push-pull driver, the ATH-E50 with
a balanced armature driver, and the 3-armature ATH-E70.

Sennheiser
(sennheiser.com)
has streamlined
its HD 25 line
of DJ-friendly
headphones.
There are now
three models
rather than seven: the traditional HD 25 with split
headband and flippable earcups, the HD 25 PLUS,
which adds switchable extra cable and velour
earcups, and the very affordable HD 25 LIGHT.
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Unity Audio (unityaudio
products.co.uk), maker of the
famed Rock speakers, showed the
new Super Rock monitors and the
BABE, which isn't a subwoofer but
an actual modular extension to the
Boulder MkII monitors for more solid bass.

Keith Klawitter, founder of KRK,
has a new line of Klawitter Designs
(klawitterdesigns.com) monitors, the
KD-X Elite Series-starting with gorgeous nearfield and midfield
speakers and a massive subwoofer, all remotely controllable
from a computer or smartphone.

PMC (pmc-speakers.com) debuted the
IB1S-AIII, a new 3-way monitor for smallto medium-sized rooms, with frequency
response down to 25 Hz. It's available in
either a vertical or horizontal configuration depending on the user's needs.

Klaus Heinz, creator of the famed ADAM Audio monitors, has launched his own brand: Heinz Electrodynamic
Designs or HEDD
(hedd.audio). These new
monitors feature swappable
modular digital interface
cards for connection to
computers and networks.

Subwoofer Pros is a new subwoofer line sourced by Bag End and
sold by TransAudio Group
(transaudiogroup.com). Its first models
are the Studio 12 and Studio 18, built
with flexible routing and bass management for use with stereo or
surround systems.

Direct Sound
(extremeheadphones.com) was on
hand with the prototype of a new headphone, the EXW-37,
which offers not only
better sound isolation than current
models but is also
wireless, using a proprietary method
for interference-free, low-latency audio.

And last but not least,
these are the new MP-1
Mixphones from Avantone
(avantone.com). They feature onboard mono summing and other features
intended to
maximize their
utility while mixing. (Sorry we
couldn't get a
prettier model
for them.)

http://www.unityaudioproducts.co.uk http://www.unityaudioproducts.co.uk http://www.adam-audio.com http://www.momentumaudiosales.com http://www.eve-audio.com http://www.klawitterdesigns.com http://www.akg.com http://www.pmc-speakers.com http://www.fostex.com http://www.hedd.audio http://www.audio-technica.com http://www.transaudiogroup.com http://www.sennheiser.com http://www.extremeheadphones.com http://www.extremeheadphones.com http://www.avantonepro.com/

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