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All-digital fifth generation takes overWedemark, 2 July 2024 – The closing years of the last century were marked by the rise of
hip hop and the revival of teen pop, manifesting in the huge success of boy bands and girlbands. Oscar-winning films American Beauty and The Matrix hit cinemas around the globe
and became true classics. For Sennheiser, 1999 marked the birth of its most successful
wireless microphone series: Evolution Wireless. Launching just one year after theEvolution wired microphones, Evolution Wireless comprised various radio microphonesystems plus an in-ear monitoring set. Since then, the series has gone through several
generations of innovation, culminating with its digital transformation in 2020 with therelease of Evolution Wireless Digital.

Evolution Wireless Digital has users benefit from the many advantages of digital technology

A courageous decision
Evolution and Evolution Wireless began with a courageous decision that went against acommon trend at the time. In the music business in particular, many microphone
manufacturers were outsourcing their production to low-cost countries. “Our grandfather andfather were trapped: They did not want to compromise the high Sennheiser quality but needed
more affordable price points for the music market,” explains Daniel Sennheiser. “Then theSennheiser engineers suggested that the company might possibly be able to produce high-PRESS RELEASE
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quality microphones fully automatically – and we took the risk and invested in the necessary
production lines.” Andreas Sennheiser adds: “They created the most modern microphone
manufacturing line of the time, and the success immediately proved them right: Wireless sales
surged tremendously.”

Setup of the initial
manufacturing line for
evolution microphones

Better and better – in all fields“From the start, the Evolution Wireless series has benefitted from Sennheiser’s RF expertise in
the fields of theatre audio and broadcasting,” says Andreas Sennheiser. “And with every new
generation that was launched, our customers and users could be certain to hold the latest in
RF wireless technology in their hands.” The second generation of Evolution Wireless waslaunched in 2004, followed in 2009 by G3 and in 2018 by G4, each generation improving on theprevious one in features and usability. The classification into 100, 300 and 500 sub-series
indicated the features and scalability to expect from the systems.

The customer base soon extended far beyond the initial music industry focus: the famousevolution wireless “-p” systems attracted videographers, filmmakers and even broadcasters.
Small theatres on a budget often went with the 500 series. And the field of business
communication applications was catered to by the 300 series.

The latest and best – with the end user in focus
The fifth generation of evolution wireless launched in 2021 with an impactful virtual launch
event and it is still being expanded today. This generational change was a major one, as thesystems needed to become digital to still present the audio and RF benchmark that Evolution

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Wireless users had grown accustomed to. Compatibility with the preceding generation – which
had been an absolute must previously – was no longer possible, although analogue and digitalsystems can be operated alongside each other when using the accessories designed forEvolution Wireless Digital.

“To mark this move to digital and increase user awareness, the fifth generation of Evolution
Wireless was not simply called G5 but Evolution Wireless Digital,” notes Daniel Sennheiser.
“We also did away with the sub-series and instead created user-driven series within theproduct family.”

It begins with the customer…
“Focus groups with expert end users from the respective fields contributed massively to thedevelopment of the Evolution Wireless Digital family,” says Andreas Sennheiser. “Up andcoming bands, live sound engineers, business communications experts, videographers andfilmmakers became a part of the product team – voicing their wishes and evaluating thedevelopment iterations.”…and ends with the customer
The results of their work are the sub-series EW-D, which has a focus on bands and musicians,EW-DX for professional live audio, business communications and education applications, andPRESS RELEASE
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EW-DP for videographers, filmmakers and ENG crews. Turning digital has not only improved
the audio quality, but adds many possibilities for users. “For example, bands and speakers canset up their wireless very intuitively via the Smart Assist app – something that was notpossible before with a professional UHF wireless system,” says Daniel Sennheiser.
“Videographers can remotely unmute an interviewee who has accidentally switched on theirmute button. A live sound engineer doesn’t have to crouch in front of the rack but canconveniently link transmitters and receivers via Bluetooth now. An integrator can seamlessly
integrate the wireless in their customers larger workflows. What all users get are meticulously
engineered systems that were developed with their needs in mind.”“Digital convenience and seamless workflow integration are key in professional audio today,
and with Evolution Wireless Digital, we’re taking the heritage of Evolution Wireless into thedigital future of audio,” concludes Andreas Sennheiser.

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Evolution Wireless Digital

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