2017 Reviews (includes products *Reviewed & Revisited) Microphones and Mic Accessories Jan Lewitt LCT 640 TS Audio-Technica ATM350a Microphone Systems Feb Slate Digital Virtual Microphone System Josephson Engineering C715 Chandler Limited EMI LTD Type REDD ADK Custom Shop Z-MOD Z-800 Preview: Placid Audio Resonator A and B Apr Blue Essential Series Mics* Soyuz Microphones SU-019 May Lauten Audio Eden LT-386 3 Zigma Audio CHI Microphone System LEWITT LCT 440 PURE Radial Engineering McBoost Peluso Microphone Lab P-67 Wasaphone Signalman Jul Placid Audio Resonator A and B* MXL DX-2 dual capsule variable dynamic mic Aug Aston Starlight Gefell MD 300 dynamic announcer mic Sep LEWITT LCT 240 PRO Oct Royer Labs R-10 ribbon mic Audio-Technica AT5047 Mojave Audio MA-1000 Ehrlund EHR-M ADK TC-49 Nov Townsend Labs Sphere L22 modeling mic Dec Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter Zi Pop Audio pop filter Studio Edition Annual Index Monitors / Headphones / Audio Routing 70 Mar ATC SCM12 Pro monitors and ATC P1 Pro amplifier Slate Media Technology Slate Control monitor controller Prism Sound CALLIA USB DAC/preamplifier Fostex TR-Series headphones Mackie XR824 active monitors Drawmer MC3.1 monitor controller Fluid Audio FPX7 coaxial folded-ribbon monitors Ultrasone PRO 900i headphones* Ultimate Ears UE 4 Pro in-ear monitors Samson QH4 headphone amp May Audeze EL-8 open-back planar headphones Clear Tune Monitors Vintage Series VS-3 in-ear monitors Jul HEDD Type 05 folded-ribbon monitors Yamaha HPH-MT5 and HPH-MT8 headphones Aug Fluid Audio F5 desktop active monitors Oct ESI uniK05+ and uniK08+ magnetostatic ribbon monitors Nov Focal Shape 40 and Shape 65 active monitors Grace Design m900 headphone amp Neumann KH 80 DSP active monitors Mackie Big Knob Studio+ and Big Knob Passive monitor controllers KRK Systems V8 S4 active monitors Dec Direct Sound EXW37 wireless isolation headphones RHA MA390 universal in-ear monitors Schiit Audio Fulla 2 DAC/headphone amp Ultrasone PRO 480i and PRO 780i headphones Hafler HA15, HA75, and HA75-DAC headphone amps RECORDING January 2018 Signal Processors / Effects Hardware Jan SPL TDx 500 Series Transient Designer Sonic Farm Beamer Kush Audio Tweaker Feb SPL DeS 500 Series De-esser Apr Chandler Limited Abbey Road TG Microphone Cassette Manley Labs ELOP+ Stereo Limiter/Compressor Avedis Audio E27 500 Series EQ Module May elysia mpressor 500 Jul AEA RPQ2 Preamp/EQ* API TranZformer GT Avedis Audio Electronics MD7 Hotone Xtomp Catalinbread Belle Epoch, Echorec, Adineko, and Talisman Grace design ALiX Aug Manley Labs Nu Mu Cathedral Pipes Westminster Abbey Sep JHS SuperBolt 500 and Emperor 500 Oct Coleman Audio CA500EQ Dec Ingram Engineering EQ50 500 Series EQ BAE 500C FET compressor Line 6 Helix LT Computer Hardware: Interfaces / Controllers / Converters Jan Nektar Technology Panorama P6 keyboard controller Feb Grace Design m108 8-channel preamp/interface Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 and 2i4 audio interfaces* Mar iConnectivity iConnectAUDIO2+ audio/MIDI interface Apr PreSonus Studio 192 Mobile and DigiMax DP88 Keith McMillen Instruments K-Mix mixer/controller/interface TASCAM US-42 MiNiSTUDIO Creator May Apogee Element 88 interface and Apogee Control remote ESI U22XT and UGM96 audio interfaces Jun Antelope Audio Goliath audio interface/effects engine PreSonus FaderPort 8 desktop controller Zoom U-44 Handy Audio Interface Merging Technology Hapi audio interface Aug Focusrite Scarlett OctoPre Dynamic audio interface Sep Slate Media Technology RAVEN MTi2 touchscreen controller Softube Console I MkII desktop controller Universal Audio Apollo Twin MkII audio interface Dec ART TubeMix mixer/controller PreSonus StudioLive AR12 digital mixer/interface StudioLogic SL88 Studio keyboard controller Computer Software and Plug-Ins (including Plug-In Outlet) Feb Universal Audio Manley VOXBOX Channel Strip Plug-in for UAD-2 Overloud REmatrix Eiosis e²deesser Apr Madrona Labs Virta Acoustica MixCraft 8* PSP Audioware PSP E27 BandLab: A Walking Tour Jun Eventide Structural Effects Fission iZotope Neutron Universal Audio API 2500 Bus Compressor for UAD-2/Apollo Steinberg Cubase Pro 9* Line 6 Echo Farm 3 Wholegrain Digital Systems Trio DynPEQ and Quartet DynPEQ Aug Universal Audio Variable Mu for UAD-2/Apollo Output Movement Sep Empirical Labs Arousor PSP Audioware PSP FETpressor Harrison Mixbus 4* Zynaptiq ADAPTIVERB Toontrack EZmix Packs: Ambient Delays, Ambient Reverbs, Filters & Modulation Soundtoys Sie-Q