We are featuring the products that won the Radio World Best of Show Award at the 2025 NAB Show. Winners were chosen by a panel of engineers and RW editorial staff for their innovation, feature set, cost efficiency and performance in serving the industry. Information about how the program works can be found in a FAQ here.
Sometimes, rules are just meant to be broken — even the rule of not being able to sound both loud and clean.
Thimeo’s RuleBreaker audio clipper was created by audio processing savant Hans van Zuthpen, whose clipper designs are in products such as the Omnia 9. His concept involves the use of asymmetric composite signals, which provides the ability to shave off more loudness with less distortion.
The result is a 2–3 dB boost, which includes mids, highs and bass with IMD protection. Thimeo says it’s all about analyzing, not just clipping, which results in punchy, silky audio for your station.
Hans celebrates the win.
