The conferencing market was the source of perhaps the biggest news at the show: beyerdynamic's announcement of its acquisition of Interkom, and also of the resulting new product, Revoluto, certainly drew attention. Revoluto's 'line array microphone' technology results in a neat, toblerone-shaped desk-top block - no more goosenecks - and a pick-up pattern that promises to cater for even slouchy delegates. The proof of the pudding will be at the system's live demo in Frankfurt in a few weeks' time.