ECHO Awards with microphone and monitoring systems from Sennheiser

On 22 March, the curtain went up for the 21st time on Germany’s ECHO Awards, televised live by public broadcaster ARD from the Messe Berlin exhibition centre. The awards show had an impressive opening, with a powerful medley by the nominees for the best radio hit and a marching band on three stages. Sennheiser microphones and monitoring systems played a key role in the show’s success. All wireless monitoring systems were provided by Sennheiser, with wireless Sennheiser microphones also being used by the majority of the live acts, by all of the award presenters and by the two show presenters Ina Müller and Barbara Schöneberger.

Top sound meets top design: elegant earphones from Sennheiser for high-quality music enjoyment on the move

The CX 980 earphones from Sennheiser will appeal to music fans not only with their top-quality sound but also with their elegant design. High-grade metal and a finely crafted finish provide these high-end earphones with a touch of class.

“Electronic devices for mobile applications have to meet increasingly demanding requirements – and that also applies to headphones. They are expected to provide top-quality sound on the move and at the same time have an excellent finish quality," explained Ivan Kuan, head of Product Lifecycle Management at Sennheiser Consumer Electronics.

“The CX 980 combines these demands in an excellent manner." Dynamic loudspeaker systems with powerful Neodymium magnets guarantee a lifelike sound image with a highly detailed resolution in a frequency response from 16 to 24,000 Hz. The ear adapters made of soft silicone or foam fit comfortably in the ear canal to offer effective attenuation of external noise. The large selection of seven adapters not only allows the earphones to be adapted perfectly to every ear size, it also enables users to change the sound image according to their preferences – depending on whether they prefer a bass-focused, bass-intensive or fully balanced sound.

Sound Perfected Sennheiser presents its digital headphone amplifier

Building a hi-fi device that sounds so brilliant, so crystal clear and so free of distortion as if one were sitting right in front of the audio source. Creating a level of acoustics that surpasses everything that has gone before. These are the visions that drive Sennheiser in the development of its high-end products. For the first time, Sennheiser is now launching an amplifier for dynamic headphones, thus making the Sennheiser sound experience perfect. The digital HDVD 800 has a fully symmetrical layout and sampling frequencies of up to 24bit/192kHz to ensure an unequalled listening experience. It also harmonises perfectly with Sennheiser's HD 800, HD 700, HD 650 and HD 600 high-end headphones.

The outstanding features of the HDVD 800 include its balanced sound image, maximum precision and impressive spatiality. The high-end headphone amplifier has a fully symmetrical layout for operation with analogue audio sources, thus ensuring absolutely symmetrical signal transmission from the source to the headphones. For use with digital sources, the amplifier is equipped with a high-quality Burr-Brown digital/analogue converter that converts digital audio data into analogue signals with a resolution of 24 bits and a sampling rate of up to 192 kHz. This enables the HDVD 800 to transmit the entire frequency spectrum of high-end audio sources without any loss of frequencies.