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  {"id":1,"category":"Microphones","question":"Rode Sonaura — $10M, five years with Infineon. What's the difference between this and the MEMS that's been in every phone for ten years?","url":"https://www.redsharknews.com/rode-nab-2026-sonaura-rodelink-ii-rodecaster-studio","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":2,"category":"Microphones","question":"Lectrosonics L1 ships with Sonaura inside. So this is the first time a real wireless company picks up someone else's mic chip?","url":"https://www.prosoundweb.com/lectrosonics-unveils-new-l1-sub-miniature-lavalier-microphone/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":3,"category":"Microphones","question":"Neumann M 50 V — tube circuit with a titanium capsule. Has anyone tracked an orchestra on it yet?","url":"https://musictech.com/news/gear/namm-2026-live-blog/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":4,"category":"Microphones","question":"Neumann Retro 64 — broadcast vibe mic or a real working tool? How does it compare to a SM7B on voice?","url":"https://musictech.com/news/gear/namm-2026-live-blog/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":5,"category":"Microphones","question":"DPA 4097 CORE+ Micro Shotgun for choir and dialog. Anyone here put it next to a 416 in a real room?","url":"https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/content/entry/21675/audio-at-nab-2026","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":6,"category":"Microphones","question":"Shure SLX-D+ adds 256-bit encryption and feedback protection in the receiver. So this is wireless finally taking security seriously?","url":"https://reverb.com/news/namm-2026-the-best-new-product-news-and-announcements","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":7,"category":"Microphones","question":"AudioScape D108 dual JFET preamp at $999 with NOS parts. What's the difference between this and a pair of vintage 1176s?","url":"https://www.prosoundweb.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":8,"category":"Microphones","question":"With every wireless mic shrinking, what's the smallest a real lav can get before the windshield problem outweighs the convenience?","url":"https://www.newsshooter.com/2026/04/17/rode-sonaura-a-studio-grade-mems-microphone-technology-break-through/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":9,"category":"Audio Interfaces","question":"Apogee Nova runs DSP on all four mic inputs at the same time. Anyone tracked through it live? How does it feel?","url":"https://vintageking.com/blog/new-gear-namm-2026/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":10,"category":"Audio Interfaces","question":"SSL UMD192 combines MADI, Dante and USB in one box. How does the protocol handoff actually behave when you switch sources?","url":"https://gearspace.com/board/new-product-alert/1459925-namm-2026-solid-state-logic-launches-umd192-digital-audio-interface.html","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":11,"category":"Audio Interfaces","question":"Universal Audio Apollo x16D puts Dante on the top Apollo. Are existing Apollo studios upgrading or just jumping to native Dante?","url":"https://proaudioreserve.com/blogs/news/rme-audio-interfaces","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":12,"category":"Audio Interfaces","question":"RME MADIface XT II — 394 channels of MADI in a portable box. Who's actually using that many channels mobile besides film scoring?","url":"https://proaudioreserve.com/blogs/news/rme-audio-interfaces","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":13,"category":"Audio Interfaces","question":"Neve 1073DPX-D bundles two channel strips with a 10x12 USB/ADAT box. Is this the new tracking standard at the project-studio price point?","url":"https://vintageking.com/blog/new-gear-namm-2026/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":14,"category":"Audio Interfaces","question":"Neve StarNet ADA24 puts mastering-grade conversion on Dante. So mastering houses are finally giving up on point-to-point?","url":"https://vintageking.com/blog/new-gear-namm-2026/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":15,"category":"Consoles","question":"SSL Origin Evo comes in 16 or 32 channel. If you're mostly in the box, what's the real case for the 32?","url":"https://reverb.com/news/namm-2026-the-best-new-product-news-and-announcements","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":16,"category":"Consoles","question":"Neve put the 88R four-band parametric in a 500-series slot. So this is a real shot at fitting Neve flavor into a project studio?","url":"https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/namm-2026-rumors-confirmed/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":17,"category":"Consoles","question":"Flock PATCH SE — 48-point analog routing, digitally controlled. Is anyone running it as their main patchbay yet?","url":"https://www.funky-junk.com/new-from-namm-2026/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":18,"category":"Wireless / Intercom","question":"Saramonic WiTalk9 X — 40dB of AI noise reduction trained on 700,000 samples. Does it actually work on a windy roof?","url":"https://www.redsharknews.com/saramonic-witalk9-x-modular-intercom-nab-2026","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":19,"category":"Wireless / Intercom","question":"WiTalk9 X swaps single-ear to double-ear to helmet in 10 seconds. Tell me about the failure modes when you're swapping live.","url":"https://www.cined.com/saramonic-witalk9-x-hands-on-modular-headset-cleartalk-2-0-and-scale-to-64-users/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":20,"category":"Speakers / Monitors","question":"Neumann KH 150 AES67 — monitor speakers with native networked audio. Anyone built a control room around them yet?","url":"https://www.neumann.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":21,"category":"Speakers / Monitors","question":"Genelec 8381A — the new flagship 4-way coaxial. What's the difference in the room between this and the Ones?","url":"https://www.genelec.com/8381a","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":22,"category":"Speakers / Monitors","question":"ATC SCM45A Pro just got a refresh. For mixing, what does ATC still do that the neutrals from Neumann/Genelec don't?","url":"https://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":23,"category":"Headphones / IEMs","question":"Pro Tools 2026.4 builds you a personal headphone profile by photographing your ear. What is it actually measuring?","url":"https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/pro-tools-20264-every-new-feature-explained","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":24,"category":"Headphones / IEMs","question":"Slate VSX 2 — speaker emulation in headphones. Has anyone signed off a final mix on it without checking against actual speakers?","url":"https://stevenslateaudio.com/vsx","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":25,"category":"Software / DAW","question":"Avid bundled the free Fraunhofer MPEG-H renderer into Pro Tools. So this is object-based delivery without the license fee finally?","url":"https://www.mixonline.com/technology/news-products/avid-launches-pro-tools-2026-4","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":26,"category":"Software / DAW","question":"Pro Tools 2026.4 added an Immersive Panner for 9.1.6. So this is panning getting modern, or is the workflow still stuck in 7.1 thinking?","url":"https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/pro-tools-20264-every-new-feature-explained","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":27,"category":"Software / DAW","question":"DaVinci Resolve 20 Fairlight is the third-best DAW most people don't know they own. What's still missing for it to be a primary?","url":"https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":28,"category":"Software / Plugins","question":"Ozone 12 vs Sonible Smart:bundle — where do you land when you're working fast? One as starter, one as finisher?","url":"https://mixinggpt.com/blog/best-ai-mastering-plugins-2026","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":29,"category":"Software / Plugins","question":"Are AI-driven mastering plugins actually getting hired now, or are clients still asking for a human name on the master?","url":"https://futureproofmusicschool.com/blog/what-are-the-best-ai-tools-for-mixing-and-mastering-in-2025","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":30,"category":"AI in Production","question":"AudioShake pulls dialog out of mixed audio in under 11 milliseconds. How does it know when to keep the laughter and when to strip it?","url":"https://www.sportsvideo.org/2026/04/13/nab-2026-ai-will-make-its-presence-felt-in-audio-offerings-presentations/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":31,"category":"AI in Production","question":"RØDECaster Studio edits podcasts like a Word doc — AI word-replacement keeps the speaker's tone. Anyone trust it on a finished cut yet?","url":"https://mixdownmag.com.au/news/nab-2026-rode-unveils-new-mic-technology-wireless-system-and-a-podcast-app/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":32,"category":"AI in Production","question":"Kyutai's Mimi neural codec hits 1.1 kbps at 80ms latency. What is it — is this what replaces AAC for streaming broadcast?","url":"https://kyutai.org/codec-explainer","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":33,"category":"AI in Production","question":"Qwen3-TTS shipped open-source under Apache 2.0 in January. Has anyone built a real production voiceover pipeline on top of it yet?","url":"https://ai.ksopyla.com/posts/voice-to-voice-models-2026-review/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":34,"category":"AI in Production","question":"ElevenLabs v3 vs the open-source voice clones — for a paid voiceover spot, are you billing the same hour or different?","url":"https://elevenlabs.io/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":35,"category":"AI in Production","question":"Sora 2 in production — has anyone actually delivered a paid spot from it, or is it still pitch-deck-only?","url":"https://openai.com/sora","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":36,"category":"AI in Production","question":"Runway Gen-4 keeps faces consistent across shots. So this is the first time AI video can hold a character through a scene?","url":"https://runwayml.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":37,"category":"AI in Production","question":"Topaz Astra does motion interpolation that holds up at 4K. For old SD broadcast masters, is it good enough to redeliver?","url":"https://www.topazlabs.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":38,"category":"Cameras","question":"RED Cine-Broadcast Module with tally triggers and 8K live. So RED is finally going after the broadcast market, not just cinema?","url":"https://www.redsharknews.com/red-cine-broadcast-module-nab-2026","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":39,"category":"Cameras","question":"DJI Ronin 4D-8K — gimbal, lidar focus, full 8K. What is it really competing with — VENICE or URSA?","url":"https://www.dji.com/ronin-4d","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":40,"category":"Cameras","question":"Sony VENICE 2 8K — has the studio mandate for 8K actually shown up yet, or is everyone still mastering at 4K and downscaling?","url":"https://pro.sony/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":41,"category":"Cameras","question":"Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K — what is it actually for? Crop-and-deliver, VFX plates, or true 17K finishing?","url":"https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/ursacine","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":42,"category":"Lenses","question":"Cooke S8/i — the new full-frame anamorphics. How does it look against the Master Anamorphics for the kind of falloff that drama wants?","url":"https://www.cookeoptics.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":43,"category":"Lenses","question":"Tamron 35-150 G2 keeps showing up as the do-everything zoom on indie sets. What's it missing that you'd still grab a prime for?","url":"https://www.tamron-usa.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":44,"category":"Displays","question":"Sony BVM-HX3110 — 18K Mini LED reference. Where does the eye actually start preferring this over OLED for HDR grading?","url":"https://pro.sony/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":45,"category":"Displays","question":"Flanders Scientific XMP550 — micro-LED reference at half the OLED-reference price. Is anyone signing off network deliveries on it?","url":"https://flandersscientific.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":46,"category":"Displays","question":"Asus ProArt PA32QCV — sub-$2K reference-class for color. Is the gap to a real grading display about specs or about service?","url":"https://www.asus.com/displays-desktops/monitors/proart/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":47,"category":"Networking / AV-over-IP","question":"NDI 6.3 shipped scaled monitoring. Tell me about the 6.4 file format that captures the network stream bit-for-bit.","url":"https://ndi.video/stories/press/ndi-6-3-core-tech-update-brings-advanced-control-and-visibility/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":48,"category":"Networking / AV-over-IP","question":"Blackmagic went all-in on 100G IP this year. What's the difference between this and the 25G everyone built rooms around two years ago?","url":"https://www.redsharknews.com/blackmagic-design-nab-2026-announcements","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":49,"category":"Networking / AV-over-IP","question":"IPMX is supposed to be the open SMPTE 2110 for ProAV. Has anyone actually deployed a real IPMX room, or is it still marketing?","url":"https://www.iseurope.org/news/ipmx-ndi-pathways-standards-based-interoperability","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":50,"category":"Live Production","question":"Blackmagic Fairlight Live mixes thousands of channels of spatial audio over SMPTE-2110. Tell me about who's actually deploying it.","url":"https://www.redsharknews.com/blackmagic-design-nab-2026-announcements","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":51,"category":"Live Production","question":"vMix 27 finally added native NDI 6 receivers everywhere. Are people consolidating around vMix or finally trying TriCaster's cloud thing?","url":"https://www.vmix.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":52,"category":"Live Production","question":"Blackmagic ATEM Constellation 8K HD — same chassis, lower price. Did the live-streaming crowd already move past hardware switchers?","url":"https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/atemconstellationhd","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":53,"category":"Lighting","question":"Aputure 2000d Pro Bowens — what's the smallest crew where it makes sense over a 600d, given the weight and AC needs?","url":"https://www.aputure.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":54,"category":"Lighting","question":"Litepanels Gemini 2x1 v3 — soft, RGB, daylight. Is the gap to a Sky-panel actually closed now, or are we still pretending?","url":"https://www.litepanels.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":55,"category":"Storage / Workflow","question":"OWC Jellyfish R32 with Thunderbolt 5 — small-team SAN for 8K editorial. Is shared storage finally a single-box problem solved?","url":"https://www.owc.com/jellyfish","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":56,"category":"Storage / Workflow","question":"Thunderbolt 5 — what's the first piece of working pro gear where you actually notice the speed bump vs TB4?","url":"https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/io/thunderbolt/thunderbolt-5.html","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":57,"category":"Codecs / Formats","question":"JPEG XS is showing up in field acquisition — is this finally the codec for live IP that can replace SDI workflows end-to-end?","url":"https://jpeg.org/jpegxs/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":58,"category":"Codecs / Formats","question":"ProRes RAW expansion to more cameras in 2026. Why hasn't every camera maker built it in, given that the editorial side wants it?","url":"https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":59,"category":"Immersive / VR","question":"Apple Vision Pro production tools — has anyone actually delivered a Vision Pro spatial piece to a client and gotten paid?","url":"https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":60,"category":"Immersive / VR","question":"Dolby Atmos delivery via mobile is now mainstream. What's the smallest team that should be building Atmos masters today?","url":"https://professional.dolby.com/music/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":61,"category":"Drones / Gimbals","question":"DJI Inspire 4 — is the inspire line still relevant, or has the Ronin 4D taken every shot it used to fly?","url":"https://www.dji.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":62,"category":"Color / Grading","question":"DaVinci Resolve neural color management — does it actually understand the gamut or is it pattern-matching the look?","url":"https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":63,"category":"Color / Grading","question":"With AI-assisted DI, what's the first thing a senior colorist still does by hand that you don't trust a model with?","url":"https://www.thecolorist.com/","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"},
  {"id":64,"category":"Streaming / Broadcast","question":"Blackmagic Cloud Live — is anyone running a real broadcast on it, or is it still demo-room theater?","url":"https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/cloud","rank":null,"added":"2026-05-12"}
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