Conferencing and collaboration specialist Konftel has developed a combined personal video and audio solution for wherever people are working. The Konftel Personal Video Kit creates conferencing convenience – and is ideally suited to today’s growing hybrid working trends, spanning both the home and traditional office.
Thecomplete conferencing package consists of the new Konftel Cam10 webcam and popular Konftel Ego speakerphone – delivering business class performance with high levels of usability as part of a compact and portable overall design.
“The Konftel Personal Video Kit is specifically designed for desktop users who demand professional quality conferences anywhere,” says UK Sales Director, Jeff May. “High quality video matched by crystal clear audio.”
Users can take advantage of an enhanced visual and audio experience, with a 90 degree viewing angle, full HD video output and acclaimed OmniSound audio performance.
“With USB plug and play, this portable kit is the perfect home and traditional office companion,” May adds. “The Konftel Cam10 is ideal for users with single or multiple external displays. Placed in an optimal position on top of the main screen, it promotes a natural lifelike viewing experience.”
UK Sales Director, Jeff May.
In addition the Konftel Cam10 features innovative noise reduction technology, low light capabilities, swift autofocus and a 4x digital zoom for great flexibility.
The Konftel Ego is a Red Dot design award winner and despite its compact size, it delivers exceptional sound – together with a smart and clear LCD display.The Konftel Ego is a good alternative to a headset; more comfortable for longer calls with the capability of room filling music too.
“Designed for today’s hybrid working trends – where more and more business critical meetings take place online – this professional USB web camera and speakerphone combine advanced technologies with big performance. The Konftel Personal Video Kit is ideally suited for more flexible ways of working. It’s personal, productive and performance-driven,” May explained.
Whatever the preferred app or cloud service, the Konftel Personal Video kit fits all collaboration needs. Users just connect the USB cables to their laptop or PC and they’re good to go – with optional Bluetooth for audio too. A simple desktop app enables zoom, customization of image and camera features.
The Personal Video Kit is part of Konftel’s recently renewed Climate Neutral certification – where all greenhouse gas emissions are offset – so people can conference ‘with a clear climate conscience’. The Konftel Personal Video Kit has a list price of £209.
GPS is short for Global Positioning System. It is a tracking system that allows you to be found anywhere in the world. A Global positioning system(GPS) comprises satellites orbiting the Earth and devices on the ground. The network can find out a person or object’s position on Earth with remarkable accuracy.
Positioning, navigation, and timing are the data the global positioning system tracks. Although it was created for military use, it has recently become widely accessible for public use. Now it can be used by any individual, provided the person has access to the system to track other people, objects, vehicles, cell phones, humans, animals.
A GPS tracking unit or tracker is a device that uses the global positioning system to get the locations of any entity anywhere on Earth. It is usually on a vehicle, pet, person, or asset.
There are several benefits of a GPS tracker, but this article highlights how it benefits you and your family.
1. Safety
It helps you track your family. Not to keep tabs on or monitor them every time but to track your family members when the need arises.
You can use the tracker to monitor activity on your vehicle when a friend or family member is using it. With the aid of the GPS, a tracker can give both real-time and historic navigation data on any journey. It could come with features that track speed, bearing, sunrise and sunset time, distance to destination. All of which makes a GPS tracker a must-have for you and your family.
If your family goes on vacation without you, the GPS tracker can help you identify their position quickly. You can see where they’ve been or where they are headed and if you want to join them without them knowing, then Voila! Surprise!
2. Security
In a world of heightened insecurity, we must make constant efforts to ensure the security of our family. Having a GPS tracker in your vehicle before leaving your home or embarking on journeys will allow you to be proactive with your safety. If you have teenagers as kids, the tracker will help you monitor their movements and driving patterns. It would put your mind at rest on days when your children or spouse come home late. It can give you clues on where your children take your car out to and on any irregular activity that comes up in your family member’s lifestyle. It can also allow law enforcement officials to find you and your family in case of emergencies or accidents.
3. It Helps You Avoid Unforeseen Events
With a GPS tracker, you can see what lies ahead of you – a roadblock, fallen bridges, accidents, and other stuff that may make up a threat to you on the road.
An active GPS tracking system is a real-time system because it automatically sends you the information to a tracking portal(like a tracker) in real-time while it happens. There are different trackers with varying functionality. One that comes with sensors like erratic driving, acceleration, maintenance notifications, and hard braking is an obd gps tracker.It shows your current position and the position of what lies ahead.
In case of a blockade, you can slow down to avoid a collision or take another route. It can also help monitor your vehicle’s fuel consumption, alerting you if you need to stop for gas.
4. Accuracy and Reliability
The GPS can keep a person’s position anywhere on Earth. There are twenty-four operational satellites (with three extra in case any of the main satellites crash). They move around the Earth every 12 hours and send radio signals from space received by the GPS receiver. It is a reliable system that you can bank on anytime and anywhere. They provide information on every square meter of the Earth with a specified and unique address.
5. Recovery
In case of theft, a GPS tracker will help you recover your vehicle. Statistics report that in the United States, hijackers stole 721,885 cars in 2019, which means people lost about $6.4 billion to motor vehicle theft. We have also observed that vehicle thieves have become more sophisticated in their manner of stealing. Vehicle thefts happen every day, but exciting research shows that vehicle thefts often increase on holidays, especially New Year’s Day. Having a GPS tracker ensures easy recovery of your vehicle.
6. Timesaving
It saves time. Have you and your family ever been late to an event? Suddenly everything becomes a rush hour. It seems you can still make it to the event just a few minutes late until you get stuck in traffic. Then you get irresponsibly late to the event.
The tracker shows maps of where you are and where you are going; it can predict the duration of your journey and show you another route you can take when you can’t use the usual path.
Coca-Cola confirmed plans today to grow its presence in Ireland through the selection of Dublin as a location for a new Digital Hub in Dublin. This Digital Hub, which will employ 40 technical professionals in the first phase, will be at the centre of helping Coca-Cola to accelerate its digital transformation journey
The Hub is one of 6 worldwide and will comprise a strategic team of people supporting leaders and colleagues across the EMEA region as they seek to use digital insights, business intelligence, analytics and smart digital marketing to help improve the consumer experience while achieving commercial goals and objectives.
The Digital Hub team will span a broad range of roles – from business relationship managers to technical product owners, data engineers and MarTech developers. The first phase of recruitment locally in Ireland involves the hiring of 40 people with potential for the team to grow further over the next 4-5 years.
Recruitment for these roles is underway with Coca-Cola looking for ambitious and talented people to help direction of Coca-Cola’s future through data driven insights.
Confirming the announcement today a Coca-Cola spokesperson said: “Coca-Cola is embarking on an ambitious transformation journey, completely changing the way it operates to support continued growth and innovation. The recent establishment of a global technology organisation is central to this transformation and we hope will power the company globally to step change its capabilities through scaled world-class digital platforms. This new organisation is part of the Coca-Cola family and there will be 6 Hubs spread across the globe, including one in Dublin to support its work with plans to add a further hub before the end of the year. Dublin was selected as a location for one of these hubs because of its growing international reputation as an innovation city and because of the wealth of technical talent that live in or close to the city.”
“These Digital Hubs will be have a team of talented technology professionals who will leverage the power of IT to capture quality marketing insights quickly, helping to inform smarter decisions, respond to consumer demands and support commercial goals and objectives by using data and analytic solutions.”
The company confirmed that they are “actively recruiting 40 technical experts to join the team. These new employees will have the opportunity to help build the Hub from scratch and will be centrally involved in developing the strategy to support the planned transformation of the organization in the Europe, Africa and Eurasia Middle East region.”
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said: “This is great news from Coca-Cola. It demonstrates the vibrancy and attractiveness of Dublin as a place to invest. These 40 new jobs are most welcome, I’m sure Coca-Cola will benefit greatly from the highly skilled workforce available in the city.”
Welcoming the announcement Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA said:“Coca-Cola has a long history of operating in Ireland and it’s welcome news that the company has made the decision to expand its workforce here and locate one of its new Digital Hubs in Dublin. The technology sector continues to grow in Ireland and is a vibrant part of our economy. It’s a testament to our highly skilled workforce that Ireland continues to attract these types of digital roles and I wish Coca-Cola the best of luck as they establish this new division in the coming months. ”
Amazon has introduced its newest generation of Echo Show devices—the new Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 5. Echo Show is the fastest-growing family of Echo devices, and the new models feature more powerful cameras for better video calling.
“Customers love using Echo Show to stay in touch and in the past year have made nearly three times the number of video calls globally than the year prior,” said Eric Saarnio, Vice President, Amazon Devices EU. “With these new Echo Show devices, we focused on creating experiences that would add even more value to our customers — bringing a powerful camera and digital pan and zoom capabilities to the new Echo Show 8, upgrading the Echo Show 5 camera, and adding the ability to securely access the built-in camera to check in on home when you’re away.”
Echo Show 8—Featuring a 13-megapixel, wide-angle camera that keeps you centred in frame—still just £119.99
The new Echo Show 8 has a vibrant 8-inch HD screen with adaptive colour display; a powerful, 13-megapixel camera with a built-in camera cover; a new octa-core processor; and dual stereo speakers for clear, balanced sound. The upgraded camera automatically pans and zooms while you’re on video calls, so everyone stays centred in the frame. Just ask to make video calls via Alexa or create a group of up to seven family members and simply say, “Alexa, call my Family Group” to join a group call.
With dual stereo speakers and an HD display, Echo Show 8 delivers an immersive entertainment experience. Simply ask to browse TV series or films from streaming services* like Prime Video and Netflix or ask Alexa to play your favourite music from music services* like Amazon Music, Apple Music, or Spotify. You can also follow step-by-step recipe videos with BBC Good Food. Alexa will also now show you music playlists or station recommendations based on the Amazon Music or Spotify song playing, making it easier to discover your next favourite artist or song.
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Echo Show 8 also helps put your memories on display. You can use Amazon Photos to turn your home screen into a digital frame. Plus, if you’re a Prime member, you have unlimited, full-resolution cloud photo storage with Amazon Photos—and the adaptive colour display on Echo Show 8 makes your photos look great in any light.
You can manage your smart home by controlling compatible devices like lights bulbs, thermostats, and more using the interactive display or your voice. You can also securely access a live feed on Echo Show 8 from your account on the Alexa app or other Echo Show devices to monitor your home anytime— look around and get peace of mind whenever you want.
Echo Show 5—Compact design, improved camera, even more colours—now only £74.99
With its compact, 5.5-inch display, Echo Show 5 fits easily in any room of your house; and with three colours to choose from—Charcoal, Glacier White, and the new Deep Sea Blue—it seamlessly blends into your home décor. You can ease into the day with a customised morning routine that turns compatible lights on and an alarm that plays your favourite song. You can also catch up on the day’s news and sports highlights; set alarms and timers, check your calendar; or stream music or series – all just using your voice.
Echo Show 5 has an upgraded HD camera with double the pixels, making it perfect for a quick video call or to Drop In on the kitchen to see if dinner is ready. You can also securely access the built-in camera on Echo Show through the Alexa app to check in on home if you’re out of town, or just to see if the dog is on the couch.
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Built with Privacy in Mind
Echo Show devices are designed with multiple layers of privacy protection, including microphone and camera controls and the ability to view and delete your voice recordings. All new generation devices also come with built-in covers for the camera. To learn more about the features that provide transparency and control over your Alexa experience, visit the Alexa Privacy Hub: http://www.amazon.co.uk/alexaprivacy.
Pricing & Availability
Echo Show 8 (www.amazon.co.uk/echoshow8) is available in Charcoal and Glacier White and Echo Show 5 (www.amazon.co.uk/echoshow5) is available in Charcoal, Glacier White, and Deep Sea Blue. We focused on minimising the impact of our new Echo Show devices on the environment by using 100% post-consumer recycled fabric. All of the devices announced today will receive the Climate Pledge Friendly badge on Amazon.co.uk, as part of a programme that makes it easier for customers to discover and shop for more sustainable products.
Pre-orders start today from Amazon.co.uk. Devices will begin shipping next month and will also be available at Argos, Currys PC World, John Lewis and Very.co.uk.
Forget worrying about achieving great lighting results on the go – the new JOBY Beamo Ring Light 12” is a lightweight, portable ring light that delivers10 brightness levels and three different colour temperatures, all at the press of a button. It is powered with a simple USB cable and pairs perfectly with a 5V/2A+ external battery or power adapter. Complete with a 1.7m cable, creators can position the ring light wherever they want to get the best effect. This is the new favourite addition to the full extensive JOBY range.
To support the ring light, simply team it up with our GorillaPod® supports. Add on a GripTight™ phone mount and Wavo™ microphone, and users have a complete mobile content creationkit. While phone clamps and tripods are not included, this versatile ring light fits easily into any kit bag or home studio setup, and will work perfectly with all existing JOBY equipment.
Mix things up with up to 10 different brightness levels and three colour temperatures to change the mood. Choose from 3000K, 4000K, or 5600K to give a soft, warm coloured effect, or go for crisper, blue-toned lighting. It comes with four cold shoe mounts that enables the microphone to be positioned at different points around the phone or camera for premium audio capture, and a cold shoe adapter for easy device mounting. The JOBY Beamo Ring Light 12” is compact enough (30.6×30.6x3cm) and incredibly lightweight (330g) to take on any trip or to keep it ready-to-use in a home studio or workspace. Ready to use right out of the box and compatible with existing JOBY products, the Beamo Ring Light 12” is perfect for all kind of content creators.
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If you have ever heard of the term death by PowerPoint, then you’ll know that it’s a phenomenon that’s real in every workspace. Recall the presentations with big walls of text, crammed layout, or too many elements all in one slide, and you’ll remember the overwhelming feeling of watching a bad presentation.
The concept of information overload has a lot to do with the “death of PowerPoint” in presentations. Most of us have experienced information overload in our lives, while many of us have also caused it with our own congested presentations. Anyway, if making presentation is still a difficult task, it is always easier to find paper writers for hire online, who will make any task for student on a high score.
In this article, we’ll go into detail about what information overload is, and we’ll share 6 ways on how to combat information overload when creating our presentations.
What is Information Overload?
Information overload is when there’s too much data or information presented that it leaves the audience lost, confused, or unable to grasp the central message of the presentation.
When you have surpassed your audience’s capacities, your presentation runs counterproductive and your audience now retains less information as you put out more information.
As presenters, our goal is to deliver maximum value to your audience, but this does not necessarily mean delivering the most information possible. Here are 6 ways on how to deliver a brain-friendly and effective presentation, while combating information overload.
How to prevent information overload in your presentations
1. Avoid the scarcity mindset.
The temptation to put every single thing into your presentation is strong, and it’s often fuelled by what’s called the scarcity mindset. When you have this kind of mindset, you think that this presentation will be the only time you’ll have with your audience, so you must take advantage of the time and cram as much information as possible.
Falling into this kind of mindset becomes counterproductive for your presentation. Instead of learning more, your audience actually retains less information when there is too much of it in your presentation. You cannot and should not try to relay everything to know about your topic in just one presentation.
A better way to think about your presentation is as an introduction to your topic, rather than a one-off event. Depending on the situation, you can expand on that topic through various channels, such as a Q&A session, a future follow-up presentation, or by connecting with your audience through the internet.
2. Less is more in presentations.
Take note that humans can only take in so much before they can no longer process new information. The more points you try to include in your presentation, the less powerful and memorable each point becomes. You also run the risk of losing your audience’s interest if you go beyond their capacities to take in information.
Oftentimes, less is truly more when it comes to presentations. Instead of squeezing in ten ideas into one talk, it’s more effective to introduce two or three central ideas that you build on for the rest of your presentation, this is especially useful when you plan on how to start the presentation. This way, you can make sure to relay the heart of your topic with the most impact on your audience.
The study The Magical Number Seven, written by the cognitive psychologist George A. Miller, is useful to understand how this affects memory capacity. Known as Miller’s law, this law argues that the number of ideas or concepts an average human can hold in his short-term memory is seven plus-minus two.
3. Keep it visual.
The number one culprit of information overload is the wall of text that fills up your entire slide. Your audience cannot read your text and listen to you at the same time, and this is simply too overwhelming for anyone to take in.
As the popular adage goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words”, and that is especially true in presentations. Visual elements like pictures, infographics, charts, and other graphics can get your point across more quickly and effectively. And they eliminate the chunky blocks of text that saturate your audience. To create beautiful and professional slides, good presentation backgrounds can be used to create a unique impact on the audience and highlight the presentation.
If you ever need to include more information aside from what’s on your slides that cannot be expressed through visuals, then consider making supplementary handouts for your audience to go through at their own pace.
4. Make your slides breathe.
The layout and design of your slides can also contribute to the overwhelming feeling of information overload. The different elements in your slide may be too crowded together, too little in size, or too straining for the eyes. So even if you haven’t put that much information in your slides, the poor layout evokes the same miserable feeling in your audience.
White space is the key to making your slides easy on the eyes. Going back to the concept of less is more, the fewer elements you have on your slide, the more purposeful and memorable they become. Allow ample space between different elements, and keep everything (especially text) big and readable even at the back of the room.
5. Stay relevant.
Different audiences will require different ways of how you present your topic. Your crowds will have different levels of prior knowledge about your topic, and you’ll need to adjust what you present depending on what they want or need to know.
When you’re speaking in a business or academic setting with professionals in the field, you are allowed to be more technical in your content, but you cannot use the same slides when presenting to a general audience of non-experts.
Stay relevant by tailoring your content to your audience’s capabilities, desires, and needs. If possible, find out early on what the general population of the audience will be, so you can structure your presentation’s level of depth accordingly.
6. Tell a story.
One strategy to keep your audience hooked until the very end is to tell a story. Humans are wired to learn new knowledge best when it is presented as a story with a beginning, middle, and end.
By having a natural flow to your ideas, you empower your audience to connect these ideas together to build on your central idea. Because of this, these ideas stick to their heads and your message can endure long after the end of the presentation.
Conclusion
No matter what the field, information overload seems to be a problem that everybody has experienced. But as professionals, we can avoid information overload in our personal workspaces by creating smarter and cleaner presentations that can get your message across without overwhelming your audience.
It should be a no-brainer that sales act as the most integral part of the pathway of improving the growth of your business. It is the aspect that requires most of your attention. It does not matter if your business is small, medium, or large-sized, its sales will directly correlate to the revenue generated. Sales can become the defining factor in which businesses will prosper and which of them will get devoured by the fast-paced, ever-changing market. The only business that can manage to come out at the top amidst all this rising competition is one that boosts its sales.
So, how can you boost your sales, you might ask? The answer is simple – with the help of a sales enablement tool. These programs help to provide your sales teams with all the right resources and modern technology that they would require to conduct their sales successfully.
How does a Sales Enablement Tool Boosts Sales?
In order to conduct effective sales, all the successful companies of the world wish to provide their sellers with information regarding their customers. Sales enablement softwares makes this process significantly easier by creating a customer-centric environment to help the sales reps understand customers’ ambitions and motivations. Moreover, they keep track of all the data and changes in market trends to keep them aware of what approach they should take. This also helps you to make sure that your company’s sales always stay above a certain threshold by continuing the successful aspects of currently implemented strategies.
Another key aspect of a sales enablement software is its training program. When your sales reps are well-trained, they can predict the market better and perform in an optimised fashion. The tool helps to keep a schedule for such a training program where you can also keep a track of how much training is being done. New suggestions are put forward by these software’s as well, depending upon the effectiveness of the current programs.
Communication is the key to a department performing at its max potential. Hence, sales enablement tools provide a platform where your sellers, buyers, and even marketers can share information with one another. This information exchange can be performed in the form of questionnaires, feedback forms, and also content reports. It is kept well organised and easily accessible to all the relevant people.
Thus, a sales enablement software equips your sales team to handle any real-life scenarios that may occur during their trade deals.
Why is Sales Enablement Important?
In order to keep the consistency levels up, your sales team needs to close as many successful trade deals as possible. Providing them with the right resources, training, and counselling will increase their efficiency. After all, the ultimate goal is to perform in the ever-changing market trends.
So how can a sales enablement program help you increase your business revenue?
Boosting the interactions with customers:
When your sales reps have access to all the data regarding their product at their fingertips, and that too organized in an efficient manner, the customers are bound to get impressed! They can be persuaded much more easily if they can receive access to the content specific to their needs. These impressed and satisfied customers can then turn into returning customers in the future.
Saving time:
Sales enablement softwares takes control of all the repetitive mundane tasks of the sellers. They no longer have to focus on the monotonous activities, and instead can concentrate on more important tasks such as analysing the market and developing client relationships. Even the research work can be automated by the sales enablement tools.
Departments cooperating with each other:
Connecting the different departments together, especially the sales and marketing, means that the information exchange about the product performance and specifications can be performed quickly. This ensures that your business has a continuous flow of ideas and strategies between different branches.
Final Notes
Hence, it has been established that sales enablement programs are almost a necessity for your business in modern times. A rare gem among the heap of different software’s available is Content Camel which is a cloud-based tool that checks on all the requirements for a sales enablement software. This tool will not only help you maximise your current sales strategy but also pave a pathway for future advancements so that you too can enjoy the profits from a successful business.
CLCKR, the mobile phone accessory company, has announced the official release of three new smartphone accessories: The Prong Car Mount, 3M Car Mount and the CLCKR Wallet. All three new accessories make perfect gifts for the tech-focused father in your life.
The Prong & The 3M Car Mounts
CLCKR’s Prong Car Mount securely attaches to most standard air vents on a vehicle’s dashboard — allowing drivers to quickly view their device for GPS directions. The mount uses a simple yet effective magnetic design featuring an innovative money-style silver clip which slides onto the user’s existing CLCKR case or Universal grip and stays securely in place until removed. The CLCKR clip then magnetically attaches to the mount clipped onto the vehicle’s air vent. This new, slim design eliminates the need for sticky or bulky magnets and offers the user a removable solution. The Prong Mount will retail for £14.99.
For vehicles without traditional air vents, the CLCKR 3M Car Mount features a heavy-duty sticky side that allows the mount to be securely attached to the dashboard, without leaving behind any sticky residue.
CLCKR Wallet Stand & Grip
The CLCKR Wallet with the built-in Stand & Grip is the perfect way to carry cards and IDs whilst on the go. The Wallet slides down providing space for up to 3 cards and closes securely so you know your cards are safe. CLCKR’s patented built-in Stand and Grip allows you to use your phone in both portrait or landscape modes. The 3M adhesive on the back of the wallet provides a strong hold, securing to most devices. The CLCKR Wallet also features a coating of antimicrobial protection which kills up to 99.99% of germs. The product dimensions are: Height 100mm / Width 62mm / Depth 9.8mm.
With the new IE 900 audiophile earphones, Sennheiser has brought together technical innovation, portability, meticulous attention to detail, and an uncompromising demand for perfection to deliver a listening experience without compromise. With high-res audio one step closer to hitting the mainstream, and 5G leading to higher quality streaming, audiophiles can enjoy the best of their music collection on the IE 900, wherever they are.
The IE 900 are designed for a decade – striking the perfect balance of form and function. Manufactured at the audio specialist’s headquarters in Germany, every aspect of the in-ear headphones has been engineered to work in harmony to achieve the desired acoustic tuning and to reduce resonances and masking effects. The new IE 900 boasts Sennheiser’s proprietary X3R transducer, a refined version of the audio specialist’s 7mm audiophile Extra Wide Band transducer featuring a unique triple-chamber absorber system. This ensures brilliant, natural high-end sound reproduction and reveals even the finest details in the music.
Sennheiser’s IE 900 flagship audiophile earphones set a new benchmark for portable audio fidelity
A unique triple-chamber absorber system
Sennheiser’s quest for delivering highest-fidelity sound begins with the housings of the
IE 900’s earpieces. They are milled from a single block of aluminium to create the earphones’ unique triple-chamber absorber (T3CA) system. Originally developed for the audio specialist’s acclaimed IE 800, the IE 900 features the next generation of the patented absorber system, which uses three chambers and an acoustic vortex milled into the nozzle to counter the masking effect. This acoustic phenomenon arises as the human ear cannot perceive high frequency sounds at a low volume if louder sounds in a lower frequency range occur at the same time. By removing the energy from masking resonances, the absorber system prevents undesired peaks, making even the subtlest nuances of sound audible.
“No detail is too small when you’re striving to set a new benchmark in portable audio fidelity. We designed every component of the IE 900 to work together to deliver extraordinary audio performance,” said Jermo Köhnke, Product Manager at Sennheiser. “Whether in long listening sessions at home or on the go, listeners will never have to compromise on their music experience.”
Sonic expertise and manufacturing precision
Compared to traditional multi-driver concepts, single-driver technology promises greater fidelity for listeners. The IE 900 therefore features Sennheiser’s new X3R transducer, a refined version of the audio specialist’s 7mm audiophile Extra Wide Band transducer, engineered for tighter tolerances and expertly tuned to achieve even greater fidelity. The IE 900 transducer is coupled with the acoustic back volume in the fully automated transducer manufacturing facility at the audio specialist’s headquarters in Germany, resulting in the lowest unit-to-unit variations in miniature, dynamic drivers.
A specialist team in Wedemark, Germany designs, engineers, and manufactures the IE 900 to the highest production standards in the audio industry. Its unique housings are precision milled from high-performance aluminum alloy to retain its pristine appearance for years to come. Precision cameras examine the transducer components closely during production, and completed transducers are tested before and after pairing. For optimal performance, the assembled left and right-side earphones are paired by hand to work together.
Extremely light and pliable, the audio specialist’s broadband transducers prevent distortion, deliver natural, balanced sound, and ensure audio transparency, regardless of listening volume. A newly developed membrane foil provides a high degree of inner dampening, ensuring minimized natural resonances and distortion (THD: 0.05% at 94 dB, 1 kHz). With a frequency response of 5 Hz – 48,000 Hz, the IE 900 reveals even the finest details in the music.
Supreme convenience and comfort
Thanks to the high-performance Fidelity Plus MMCX connector, audiophiles have the freedom of cable choice with the IE 900. Deeper integration into the housing provides better stability for the gold-plated connector. The earphones come with an unbalanced cable with a 3.5mm connector and balanced cables with 2.5mm and 4.4mm connectors. Tested and improved for robustness and longevity, the para-aramid-reinforced cables can withstand thousands of bending cycles. For a comfortable and secure fit, the IE 900 offers ergonomic features, including individually adjustable ear hooks as well as silicone and memory foam ear adaptors in three sizes, perfect for extended periods of personal music enjoyment.
The Sennheiser IE 900 will be available from June for £1,099 in the UK and for 1,299 EUR in Ireland (MSRP).
