Yamaha Aims For Bigger Nexo Stake
New York (June 25, 2008)--Yamaha Corporation Japan plans to tender an offer to the founders of Nexo S.A. to acquire their shares of the French loudspeaker company. The Japanese pro audio giant already has a 10.22 percent interest in Nexo, which it purchased three years ago this month as part of a strategic alliance between the companies.

D&M Holdings Agrees to Bain Capital Offer
Tokyo, Japan (June 25, 2008)--Bain Capital Partners LLC will launch a tender offer for all of the shares of D&M Holdings, the global operating company that encompasses Denon, Marantz, McIntosh Laboratory, Boston Acoustics, Calrec Audio, Denon DJ, Snell Acoustics, Escient, Allen & Heath, D&M Professional and D&M Premium Sound Solutions.

QSC Seizes Seether
Ladson, SC (June 25, 2008)--Alt rock is alive and well, as evidenced by the sizable crowd that came out recently to see Seether and Flyleaf at the Exchange Park Ladson Fairgrounds in South Carolina. Ensuring that everyone in attendance heard every gut-crushing note, Live Event Solutions, a Conyers, GA sound company just over five months old, fielded a QSC-based audio system.

SoundField DSF-3 Passes Technical Trial
Wakefield, U.K. (June 25, 2008)--SoundField's DSF-3, the final link in a fully digital, surround-capable SoundField microphone system, has successfully passed its first technical trials, providing digital 5.1 surround sound from a single DSF-2 microphone at the Premier League clash between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home ground.

Producer/DJ Degiorgio Adds Prism Orpheus
Cambridge, UK (June 25, 2008)--Producer, remixer and DJ Kirk Degiorgio first came across Prism Sound ADA-8XR multichannel converters when he was recording an orchestral session for the Beauty Room at Abbey Road studios in London.

Audix Debuts M1255 Miniature Condenser
Wilsonville, OR (June 25, 2008)--The Audix Micros Series, which, according to the company, consists of the world's smallest condenser microphones with integrated preamp and detachable cable, has added the M1255. With brass housing and a modular threaded capsule, the M1255 is designed to handle a variety of live, studio and fixed-install applications.