Sound Devices Astral HH Handheld Microphone Wins Future’s Best of Show Award, Presented by Sound and Video Contractor
Newest addition to the Astral wireless ecosystem honored at top broadcast industry trade show
LAS VEGAS, NV, April 15, 2025 — Sound Devices Astral HH wireless handheld microphone is recipient of Future’s Best of Show Award, presented at the 2025 NAB Show by Sound and Video Contractor. The awards recognize innovative product designs within the pro audio and broadcast industry and are judged by a panel of top engineers and industry experts. Astral HH is the newest addition to Sound Devices’ innovative Astral® ecosystem of wireless devices and is already in high-demand with some of the top performers and RF teams in the world. For more information about Astral HH and the Astral family, please click here.
“The Astral series has been designed from the onset to rise to the high standard required in today’s challenging RF environments,” said Sound Devices CEO Matt Anderson. “Astral HH is the result of years of fruitful collaboration between our engineers and R&D team alongside some of the industry’s brightest minds in wireless. We’re incredibly proud to be honored once again by Future’s panel of industry experts and humbly accept this ‘Best of Show’ award.”
About the Astral Wireless Series
Sound Devices’ Astral family of wireless devices is a versatile wireless ecosystem designed for increased RF stability, sound quality, and ease of use. Astral wireless receivers such as ARX32, ARX16, and ARX8 utilize Sound Devices’ proprietary SpectraBrand Technology for an industry-leading, region-free global tuning range of 169-1525 MHz making them operable worldwide. Ideal for a wide range of live events use, Astral wireless receivers offer high channel counts in extremely small packages.
Alongside the Astral family wireless receivers, the Astral family also includes the new Astral HH handheld microphone, the Astral Opto expansion box, which adds native Optocore audio I/O to the Astral ARX32r; the Astral Outpost box, intended for remote-mounting NexLink antennae via Ethernet; the Astral TX digital wireless bodypack transmitter with a multipurpose input, flexible powering, and sunlight-readable e-Paper display; the Astral Mini ultra-compact digital wireless bodypack transmitter with optional Astral Mini-BatteryDoubler for twice the battery runtime; and Astral ARX2 two-channel slot-in portable true-diversity wireless receiver.
To learn more about the entire Sound Devices Astral wireless audio family, visit www.sounddevices.com.
About Sound Devices:
For more than 25 years, Sound Devices has created premier audio equipment that helps sound professionals capture superior audio. The company’s products have been used for an array of applications, from award-winning feature films and television shows, to live events, houses of worship, and educational applications. Sound Devices designs, assembles, and supports its products at their Reedsburg, Wisconsin, headquarters and their Madison, Wisconsin, and Rickmansworth, UK, offices.
For more information, visit www.sounddevices.com.