The soon-to-be-released EAW UX8800 digital processor, bringing revolutionary Gunness Focusing technology to an ever-increasing number of conventional EAW loudspeakers, is making the testing rounds, where some audio professionals putting it through its paces at live gigs as well as doing evaluations in the shop. With true dual-mode capability, the 4-input by 8-output unit is equally adept as a loudspeaker processor or an overall system processor.

The EAW General Discussion Forum offers several threads with commentary on various aspects of the UX8800, including first impressions, operational issues, how it's working with various EAW loudspeakers, and so on. Want to get a glimpse of a future that's just about arrived? Click here to view and take part in the discussions currently ongoing in the forum.

An example: "We were able to listen to a side-by-side comparison of our previous processing against the UX8800. It sounded so much better that I almost felt bad for ever using them without the UX8800." - Troy Gwin, ACS Sound & Lighting, Columbia, SC