DPA Microphones has entered the wireless market with the release of its N-Series Digital Wireless Microphone System, a fully digital, true diversity wideband solution intended for live, house of worship and corporate events and installed systems applications, as well as for live event rental companies.
Along with the wireless receiver and bodypack transmitters, DPA has launched the 2024 Vocal Microphone, designed with the N-Series in mind. The system can also be used with a variety of industry microphones, including several DPA models.
‘Great sound doesn’t stop at the microphone and that’s why we’re moving down the signal chain to deliver a wireless system that features true DPA sound clarity,’ says DPA Product Management Director, Rene Moerch. ‘Making a wireless system work in a world of ever-increasing RF congestion takes robust equipment, hard work and skill. With N-Series, sound engineers are afforded genuine reliability, flexibility and clarity in an easy-to-use package with guaranteed true diversity, true digital and true wideband functionalities.’
Owing to its dedicated wideband capabilities, each N-Series solution enables users to quickly find audio channels in even densely RF populated environments, anywhere in the world. It operates in the 470–870MHz range, with each unit providing users 400MHz of flexibility and ease of use. This wideband philosophy ensures a more secure investment, not only because a single N-Series unit can be used in multiple locations, but also because it addresses the frequency shuffles that regularly take place around the globe.
‘For years, we have been committed to creating solutions that safeguard the pure, unaltered sound captured by our microphones,’ says DPA CEO, Kalle Hvidt Nielsen. ‘Most of our microphones are regularly used with a wireless system. That’s why we believe providing a wireless system that matches the extremely high sound quality of our microphones is so important — not just for us, but for sound engineers who value the true, transparent clarity of DPA sound.’
Designed from the ground up as a fully digital system, N-Series incorporates high-quality microphone preamps and state analogue-to-digital conversion. In addition to its true diversity capabilities for a secure high-quality connection with no dropouts in challenging environments, N-Series also offers AES256 encryption for privacy, which is essential for corporate or governmental applications.
The N-Series bodypack transmitters are rounded to fit the contours of the body and are available with two connector options – Lemo 3-pin or DPA’s new MicroLock compact connector. Other professional microphones with these connector types can also be used with the DPA N-Series bodypacks.
Handheld transmitters are available with the DPA SL1 thread, which is rapidly becoming an industry standard as it is compatible with most vocal microphone cartridges. The N-Series package can be used with DPA’s high-end vocal mics, including its new 2024 Vocal Microphone that is being released in conjunction with the system, as well as the 2028, d:facto 4018V and 4018VL microphones.
The DPA N-Series Wireless System will be available in Q2 in Europe and by Q3 in the US.
