NAB 2025 will see the Sennheiser Group demonstrate its end-to-end audio solutions, giving visitors ample space to try out their products and learn about the latest tools and technologies first hand.
Visitors are invited to experience 1:1 demos of Sennheiser’s bidirectional wideband Spectera ecosystem, which leverages the company’s decade-long research into Wireless Multichannel Audio Systems (WMAS). Sennheiser’s RF experts will be on hand to answer questions about this technology, provide technical deep-dives into the system and explain the flexibility and capability it provides to wireless users.
Also on display will be the company’s narrowband digital solutions Digital 6000 and EW-DX with the new four-channel Dante receiver, as well as Sennheiser’s broadcast microphones, including a brand-new top-of-the-range model that will be unveiled at NAB. For content creators, Sennheiser will show the Profile Wireless all-in-one microphone solution.
Neumann will preview an all-new product to be released later this April: RIME – Reference Immersive Monitoring Environment. RIME is a DAW plug-in (VST3, AU, AAX), enabling users to monitor immersive formats such as Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 via headphones using AMBEO algorithms. In contrast to existing solutions, RIME is tailor-made for Neumann NDH 20 and NDH 30 headphones. In fact, the software incorporates an entire Neumann signal chain of KH speakers, aligned via MA 1 in a reference room, captured using the KU 100 binaural head via the MT 48. So, in combination with Neumann headphones, this signal chain extends all the way to the user. The result is clarity and precision. RIME can also be used for externalisation of stereo playback, making headphones sound like studio monitors.
Neumann will also showcase its KH line of studio speakers and NDH line of headphones, as well as the MT 48 audio interface for Mac and PC, which now comes Dante Ready while continuing to support AES67/Ravenna. For mobile use, the MT 48 can be powered from a USB power bank (min. 25W). Being class-compliant, the MT 48 can be used for high-quality recording on an iPad or iPhone. Also on display will be Neumann’s BCM 104 and BCM 705 broadcast microphones, which are now also available in an unobtrusive yet elegant dark finish.
Many North American broadcasters use Merging Technologies’ Ovation as a playout system, and the upcoming Ovation 11 will certainly garner massive attention ahead of its availability in June this year. Ovation 11 represents the latest evolution of Merging’s flagship audio media player and event sequencer, a go-to solution for broadcast applications.
Designed for maximum flexibility, it integrates with both legacy and modern control and remote protocols. Its intuitive user interface ensures effortless operation for the most demanding productions – including all immersive audio formats and VM environments. Merging will also show intelligent workflows within a full ST2110 environment.
