Sennheiser and Brandswalk to Host “The Sounds Of LA” Using the New Ambeo Smart Headset

Sennheiser announced today their collaboration with Brandwalk hosting the “Sounds of LA.” The public art installation will be held from October 14th through October 20th at Downtown L.A.’s The Bloc. For those who do not live in L.A. The Bloc is a full city block with of retail shops and entertainment plus it’s a convergence point for four separate Metro lines located downtown. The immersive 3D audio & visual art installation opens as Sennheiser launches their new AMBEO SMART HEADSET on October 19th. “The Sounds of LA“ public art installation will allow visitors to interact with their favorite sounds of the city and capturing it on the new AMBEO SMART HEADSET.

What is the AMBEO SMART HEADSET?

Per Sennheiser’s site the AMBEO SMART HEADSET is a headset that features a recording function that allows users to experience and produce 3D video sound. That was a jaw dropper but get this the headset’s binaural audio delivers an immersive 3D experience, placing the listener inside the soundscape and replicating the direction of sounds and spatial characteristics of the user’s environment. WHAT!? It’s amazing how far we have come with 3D technology! For the binaural audio recordings, the earpiece of the headset is fitted with two quality microphones. The immersive effect, which can be experienced on playback with any stereo headphones, is made possible by reproducing the subtle differences in timing, volume and timbre that occur as sounds from different directions reach each ear. Mind Blown!

The “Sounds of LA” art installation will feature a large 6′ gallery cube on which a static image from each storyteller is cast. Accessing an adjacent kiosk with a pair of headphones, attendees can then listen to a fully immersive, 3D audio track that each storyteller created. Each segment will be captured using the Sennheiser AMBEO SMART HEADSET. The content itself ranges from skating through the streets of downtown L.A. and hiking Los Liones to the sounds of music and the city. I have no idea how all this technology works and intrigued. I wish I could fly to L.A. to check it out “The Sounds of L.A.”

Brandwalk‘s Los Angeles flagship store is located at the plaza level of The Bloc, 700 South Flower, Los Angeles, CA 90017. Brandwalk store is directly adjacent to the “Sounds of L.A.” installation area. For more information about the Sennheiser AMBEO SMART HEADSET, please visit: https://en-us.sennheiser.com/in-ear-headphones-3d-audio-ambeo-smart-headset. For additional information about The Bloc please visit: http://www.theblocla.com/

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About The Bloc

An urbane property at the heart of downtown Los Angeles, The Bloc brings Angelenos together in a vibrant, open-air, truly urban center. Acquired by The Ratkovich Company with partners National Real Estate Advisors and Blue Vista Capital Management in June 2013, The Bloc inhabits a full city block with $180 million in renovations to create an experiential activation of unique shops, premier retailers, restaurants and entertainment serving the newly flagged Sheraton Grand Los Angeles hotel, office tower and downtown neighbors. Originally built in 1973 by architect Charles Luckman, the development is the single largest mixed-use property in Los Angeles, reinvented to deliver an energetic connecting point, bringing people together to discover in a welcoming, stimulating urban center. It is anchored by a fully renovated Macy’s Flagship store and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (2018), the completely reimagined Sheraton Grand Los Angeles, and a 722,000 square foot creative-leaning office tower. The Bloc is LEED certified and known for its connectivity, with the direct connection to 7th Street Metro Center Station where four lines converge, curating a favored DTLA destination. For more information, please visit www.theblocla.com. @TheBlocLA

About Brandwalk

BrandsWalk believes that Tech is Fashion®. Technology is so intertwined in our daily lives, it has become an expression of one’s fashion and individuality. Our mission is to be in the forefront of fashionable technology by providing the best in tech fashion products and accessories. We partner with premium brands that share our vision and love for avant-garde product design. When we started our company in 2012, we foresaw early on that Tech products and accessories would eventually become very fashionable and that Fashion products and accessories would eventually incorporate technology. We named our company “BrandsWalk” as we envisioned all of our Brand Partners’ products being showcased on a catwalk. www.BrandsWalk.com

About Sennheiser

Sennheiser is shaping the future of audio – a vision built on more than 70 years of innovation culture, which is deeply rooted within the company. Founded in 1945, Sennheiser remains family-owned and is today one of the world’s leading manufacturers of headphones, microphones and wireless transmission systems. With 20 sales subsidiaries and long-established trading partners, the company is active in more than 50 countries and operates its own production facilities in Germany, Ireland and the USA. Sennheiser has around 2,800 employees around the world that share a passion for audio. Since 2013, Sennheiser has been managed by Daniel Sennheiser and Dr. Andreas Sennheiser, the third generation of the family to run the company. In 2016, the Sennheiser Group had sales totaling 658.4 million. www.sennheiser.com

Source: Sennheiser, BrandsWalk, The Bloc