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Such equipment is not unheard of (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

audio

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'such equipment' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'not unheard of' is the wordplay.
'not unheard' becomes 'audi' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'of' becomes 'o''.
'audi'+'o'='AUDIO'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for audio that I've seen before include "Prefix indicating hearing or sound" , "What is heard" , "Electronic sound reproduction" , "Relating to sound or hearing" , "Denoting sound" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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