Entertainer tours with oversized loudspeakers but true musician makes use of custom-made instruments. The Specimen speaker is one of the kind; shapes like an extra large phonograph, the horn stands 8 feet tall, made of customized crossover and the Eminence Beta-12CX 12-inch coaxial driver that is easily driven with high efficiency output.
Induction Dynamics have unveiled two new speaker models in their “Super Loudspeaker” range, the ID1.15 and the S1.8. ID1.15 – shown here in black – stands 62.5-inches high and features a 1.125-inch high-power soft dome tweeter, a 3-inch soft dome midrange, an 8-inch woofer with Kevlar cone, and dual 15-inch subwoofers with laminated cones.
A typical soundbar eliminates wires connection to 2nd stereo speaker, slender design with space-saving feature but the iLuv iSP200 has more to offer; the speaker bar has a built in 3 ports USB hub that can be daisy chained your auxiliary devices like the keyboard or mouse.
Phase technology unwrapped its Premier Collection speaker series with a pair of PC 9.5 flagship floor-standing and PC Surround II loudspeakers. The premier series employs an In-house and patented 3 layer composite RPF Solid Piston woofer, soft dome tweeter and a proprietary Absolute Phase crossover for minimizing distortion and providing balance throughout the room.
Some of the audio kit we’ve been most impressed with this year has been the high-end headphones coming out of Sleek Audio. Back in October their SA6 In-Ear Monitor Earphones blew us away with their customisable sound, then the following month the company’s W-1 Kleer Wireless System showed that cutting the cord needn’t mean cutting quality. Now Sleek Audio have given us one of their SA6 Wireless Bundles, together with a second set of SA6 Earphones, to give away to two lucky SlashGear readers.
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This Zvox Z-base speakers reminds me of one those of low-profile monitor stand with built in power extension, it makes good use of space with power outlets onto a thin profile monitor stand. The innovative Zvox is designed that way; the Z-base 550 packs the entire audio system – speakers, amplifier, virtual surround technology and powered subwoofer into a low profile single cabinet, engineered to accommodate the heft of virtually any flat-panel display.
Recently we have seen plenty of leaked pictures, FCC reports and even an unboxing video of the Samsung Yepp YP-P3 PMP. Now Korea is finally getting it just before CES 2009. There are no surprises as far as technical specifications go; you will be getting the same great personal music player (PMP) with Bluetooth 2.1 support.
The Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 deluxe sound-card created a lot of fuzz among the HTPC crowd when it was first introduced; no surprises there, the Xonar is the industry’s first audio card capable of advanced HD audio codec for Blu-ray playback. The card went on sale shortly, was able to decode audio via the LPCM, but got criticized with inability to bitstream audio formats from the likes of HTPC users with external audio processor/amp. Asus didn’t let up, the engineers behind Xonar continued to provide updates for the angry mob, and recently has provided the bitsream’s fix said to have remedied the issue.
Reported straight from the motherland of ASUS headquarters in Taiwan, Folks at Tweaktown were treated with a demo of 7.1 DTS MA Blu-ray material on what looked like a HTPC equipped with a Xonar card on a AV receiver setup. The video clearly indicated Xonar ability to bitstream the holly grail 7.1 DTS MA signal, all 8 channels of it (HD demo here). So, there you have it, issue was remedied, case closed.
[tweaktown via engadgethd ]
Jamo have announced their latest wall-mounted speaker, the A 804, which the company claims is designed to be used at any corner of a surround sound setup. Wall-mounted, the a pair of A 804’s can be used as a front stereo pair, flipped to act as a center channel speaker, or two placed at the rear. Each has a bassreflex ported cabinet just 3.9-inches deep.
Believe it or not, our friendly neighbor to the North is a proud country of many well known high end audio markers such as Paradigm speaker, Anthem – high end audio video component of Sonic Frontiers International and last but not least, my favorite amp manufacturer, Bryston.
Well recognized from its transferable 20-year, no question ask warranty with state of the art audio design and sound quality mono blocks; Bryston is no stranger to the most-demanding audiophiles, especially the built like a tank ST and SST series amplifiers. Coming this CES 2009, the Canadian will update its best seller with the availability of SST² “Squared” series based on the design and research from its fully balanced powerhouse 28B-SST Pro.
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