AES Photos!

[RWB]

Plenty to hear at AES, but also plenty to see.

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The show was slightly smaller this year than in years past, though the upside of this is that smaller manufacturers were able to receive a bit more attention.

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The Mercenary booth was filled with new products, and we shared space with Quested Monitors and Purple Audio.

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Little Labs, masters of creative solutions, were launching their new VOG (Voice Of God) resonance tool...

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The TAB Funkenwerk booth featured some interesting and rather well-built new pieces, plus Terry Manning (at left) and Lucas Electronics...

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Their CS-1 microphone...

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A rather impressive 660 re-creation by a company called Tube Equipment Corporation...

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And the awesome Oahu amplifier in a snazzy acrylic case to show off it's old-school internals.

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Josephson Engineering had on display their new (and very black) C715 microphone, which should sound incredible, and seemed to absorb all the surrounding light, causing a rather fuzzy photo...

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AEA had a couple new products on display including this, the R840, which is an active version of their venerable R84...

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And a limited edition of the R92 which features a new paint job and a more open sound.

More in a minute...

[Zachg]

Looks cool, wish i had a change to go!
The Josephson looks like the 20th anniversary limited edition one, is this a new version of that?

[RWB]

Yep, and the trick up its sleeve is a screw on the back of the grille which is used to infinitely change polar patterns, rather than two separate outputs.

More pictures!

At the Manley booth, there was the new MicMaid microphone/preamp switcher...

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API had on display a new 500-series compressor, the 527...

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Plus Bob Weir's personal Vision console.

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Microtech Gefell had a new version of the M930 called the Twin, with dual capsules, the rear having a selectable polar pattern.

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Merging technologies showed off Pyramix with a Ramses MSC controller...

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The Shadow Hills booth is always a feast for the eyes and ears

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Coleman Audio got festive with their booth decor...

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Last but not least, the hidden Pong mode on the iZ RADAR.

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[Dan]

Last but not least, the hidden Pong mode on the iZ RADAR.

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Wha wha??? Why is this the first I'm hearing of this?

-Dan.

[seaneldon]

Yep, and the trick up its sleeve is a screw on the back of the grille which is used to infinitely change polar patterns, rather than two separate outputs.

Nope. The screw is just a cardioid/omni switch a la old Sony mics.

[RWB]

Nope. The screw is just a cardioid/omni switch a la old Sony mics.

I stand corrected.