Barcelona – 19 February 2026 — Cobalt Digital, the leading designer and manufacturer of award-winning ST 2110 and SDI signal processing products, and a founding partner in the openGear® initiative, has announced that its COBALT® ARIA AUD-MON audio monitor has won in this year’s Best of Show Awards at ISE within the AVTechnology category.
The Best of Show Awards distinguish and honour the brands behind the best new pro AV products and solutions on the market and on display at this year’s ISE show. Judged by a panel of industry experts and editorial teams, each award submission is reviewed on product feature set, ease of use, innovation, and uniqueness within the market. The ARIA AUD-MON – the industry’s only IPMX-compliant audio monitor – easily met the criteria.
AUD-MON features best-in-class sound monitoring and 16 SDI or 64 MADI metering from a compact rack-mount form-factor. Sound is produced by an efficient Class-D amplifier with DSP and specially selected speaker components. Ideal for Pro AV environments migrating toward IP-based operations, the easy-to-use and customizable touch display front panel is designed for simple and intuitive operation and is available with eight individual volume controls for mixing or with a single volume control for simplicity. Control can also be achieved through a web interface. The monitor is available with external redundant power supplies and supports a wide range of inputs including: 2xSDI up to 12G or MADI, 2 SFP for SDI over fiber, AES, balanced analog audio, and GPI for automation. Additional features include a live video thumbnail and SDI output for monitoring.
The AUD-MON series now supports ST 2110-20 video input, 64 audio channels with channel mapping to map a selection of 16 channels from 64-channel ST 2110-30 sources, and it also allows SMPTE ST 2110 input media streams to be re-transmitted on the 12G-SDI output.
According to the awards’ editorial team, “Our team was highly impressed by the excellence and scope of this year’s entrants. To stand out and be recognised as Best of Show at ISE is a true testament to the hard work and dedication our winning companies have put into their products and solutions. Every winner should be really proud of their accomplishments.”
“We’re elated to add this award to our collection,” said Suzana Brady, svp of worldwide sales and marketing for Cobalt Digital. “This is only our second ISE and we couldn’t be happier with the energy the show generated, and we’re honoured that a respected publication acknowledged our ARIA AUD-MON for the features and value it brings to the pro AV community. Thank you to AV Technology.”
