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Audio Feed deployed Funktion-One across all eight stages of the four-day Gottwood Festival in Wales. Evolution X, Evolution 2, F-Series, Bass Reflex, and Infrabass systems were matched to differently scaled dance floors spread through the woodland site.
Amadeus Acoustics has detailed its ART::IP and ART::Director deployment on the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 main stage at Wiener Stadthalle. Networked processing combined immersive reinforcement with controllable room response in a large live-broadcast production.
Violet Audio has introduced the DX16B passive splitter and io44 adapter. Balanced analogue channels travel over Cat5e or Cat6 without power or A/D conversion, borrowing the installation convenience of structured cabling for stage, split, and patch applications.
Onkyo has introduced the MUSE Y-50 80th Anniversary network integrated amplifier. A 250W-into-four-ohm Axign Class D stage joins MM/MC phono, HDMI ARC, streaming, and proprietary room correction, wrapped in styling inspired by 1990s Integra components.
AVID will show the new OPUS Pre and OPUS Power at the 2026 Hong Kong High-End AV Show. The preamplifier includes a separately powered Pulsus II phono stage, while the power amplifier uses a 1.1kVA transformer and 132,000uF reservoir, bringing flagship technology into a two-box pair.