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Minneapolis, MN (October 10, 2002) Telex Communications, and its professional audio subsidiary Electro-Voice, announced today that their new line of Hardcore Multimedia computer speakers will be the official speakers for the Cyberathlete Professional League's winter event.  The event will be held in Dallas Texas, December 18  22, 2002 and is expected to attract over 1,000 of the world's best gamers for head to head competition for $150,000 of dollars in cash prizes.  Competitors are signed up from the USA, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Iceland, United Kingdom, France, Singapore and twenty other countries.

"We built EV SonicXS, XS 4.1 and EV SonicXJR to meet the needs of hardcore gamers, and gamers don't get anymore hardcore than these competitors." said Tim Klabunde, Marketing Manager for Telex/EV.  "I can't imagine us not being here.  The fit couldn't be better.  We are incredibly excited to be partnering with one of the most influential associations in the gaming community, and see this as a chance to show gamers just how serious we are about giving them the best audio they have ever experienced."Building on Electro-Voice's 75-year history of rock concert sound, the EV line of Hardcore Multimedia speakers leverage proven designs and engineering to provide the highest performance and most power of any speakers in their categories.  "We want gamers to hear things that they have never heard before when they plug in a set of these speakers.  They take gaming audio to an entirely new level." Klabunde said.
"We are excited to introduce the EV line of Multimedia Speakers to the professional gaming community and are confident that gamers worldwide will be impressed by the quality of sound and in your face performance of this line"  said Kimberly Vizurraga, Vice President of Marketing for the

Cyberathlete Professional League.
EV SonicXS, (recipient of a perfect 100%, Editor's Choice rating from GamingIllustrated.com) SonicXS 4.1 and EV Sonic XJR are available at CompUSA and on line at www.hardcoremultimedia.com.

About Telex Communications
With headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Telex and Electro-Voice employ approximately 3,000 people in 37 locations worldwide. Telex is a private company and is majority owned by Greenwich Street Capital - a unit of CitiGroup. For more information, visit www.hardcoremultimedia.com

Contact Tim Klabunde, Marketing Communications Manager at Telex Communications at 952-736-4109 or tim.klabunde@telex.com

About Cyberathlete Professional League
Launched on June 26, 1997, the Cyberathlete Professional League is the first organization in the world to establish computer game competitions as a viable spectator sport. Today, the CPL is the global leader in competitive computer gaming, holding massive events in four
continents.   For more information, visit www.thecpl.com