Yamaha Venova™ and WXC-50 acclaimed as "Winners" at German Design Award
Yamaha Corporation's Venova casual wind instrument and WXC-50 wireless streaming preamp were all announced in the "Winner" category at the internationally prestigious German Design Award 2019, awarded for excellence in products.
Venova Casual Wind Instrument
German Design Award Winner 2019
WXC-50 Wireless Streaming Preamplifier
Venova Casual Wind Instrument
The Venova is a completely new type of acoustic wind instrument that blends the simplicity of a recorder with the sound of a saxophone. Its innovative branched pipe structure and meandering body shape give the Venova a surprisingly rich saxophone-like sound in an amazingly compact size. The Venova is easy to learn to play even for people with no previous wind instrument experience, while experienced players will be drawn to its expressive tone and full two-octave range that can play a wide variety of music. The body of the instrument is made from lightweight and durable ABS plastic and can be washed and cleaned with water. Because of its compact size, the Venova can be taken virtually anywhere, allowing players to enjoy music on vacation, at the beach, or anywhere life takes them!
・Awards: Good Design Award "Grand Prize" (2017), DFA Design for Asia Awards "Grand Award with Special Mention" (2018)
WXC-50 Wireless Streaming Preamplifier
This networked audio component supports network audio playback, wireless music playback using Wi-Fi® or Bluetooth®, and Yamaha unique MusicCast which enables distribution, sharing, and linked playback of musical content among supported devices with a single application. The WXC-50 features a music enhancer that packs advanced sound quality technology into a compact body and appealingly reproduces compressed sound sources, as well as a volume-adaptive EQ capable of ensuring accurate sound balance even at low-volume playback. Now you can comfortably enjoy high-quality audio and musical content, including from high-resolution sound sources.
* This award-winning WXC-50 is a preamplifier model (not equipped with built-in power amplifier), to be used in conjunction with your own audio amplifier; however, the WXA-50 ( a model equipped with built-in power amplifier) is also available for sale, which is ready to play just by connecting with your favorite speakers.
About the German Design Award
The German Design Award program was first organized by the German Design Council in 2012, and has been held every year since. This award program has earned an excellent public image for identifying and honoring unique designs from communication and product design perspectives. The Award program consists of first-place "Gold" prizes, "Winner" awards that go to top-class products, and "Special Mention" prizes.