The Lewitt Ray microphone has laser-focused sound
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--- [A brand new microphone, the Lewitt Audio Ray, has been launched... with a laser.] (https://podnews.net/article/lewitt-audio-ray-review) The microphone has what it calls “autofocus” for sound, tuning the voice depending on how close, or far away, the person is from the microphone. It’s a new and novel idea; [our review] (https://podnews.net/article/lewitt-audio-ray-review) says it could be an excellent guest microphone, or for use on camera.
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