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Andover Announces SpeakEasy 4 Powered Speakers
June 19, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Andover Announces SpeakEasy 4 Powered Speakers

Andover Audio launched the SpeakEasy 4, an easy-to-set-up, powered stereo speaker system with built-in phono preamp ($399/pair). For a company that launched its original business focused on the vinyl revival, it makes sense to also offer the company’s first separate speaker model that connects to a turntable, aside from also offering a host of digital and analog inputs, including HDMI ARC to connect to a TV and wireless Bluetooth.
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Sub10 Wireless Subwoofer Is 4th Speaker From Buchardt to Receive WiSA HT Interoperability Certification
June 14, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Sub10 Wireless Subwoofer Is 4th Speaker From Buchardt to Receive WiSA HT Interoperability Certification

WiSA Association announced that Danish manufacturer Buchardt Audio's Sub10 low-profile subwoofer has earned WiSA HT Interoperability Certification. The new high-performance, long throw sub strengthens Buchardt's WiSA Certified wireless speaker catalog which includes the A500 monitor, the Anniversary 10 monitor and the A700 tower and provides enthusiasts with a versatile and powerful subwoofer to solidify the lower octaves of their home listening experience.
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Fulcrum Acoustic Showcases New Products and Technologies at InfoComm 2024
June 10, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Fulcrum Acoustic Showcases New Products and Technologies at InfoComm 2024

InfoComm 2024 will be a decisive moment for Fulcrum Acoustic, following the creation of its Fulcrum Immersive division, and the acquisition of Venueflex digital signal processing systems, allowing the company to enter the growing immersive audio and active acoustics market. For InfoComm, Fulcrum brings new RX series installation speakers, upgraded Fulcrum One software, and advanced digital signal processors supporting object-based mixing and active acoustics technologies.
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Orange Amplification Launches Pyramid Audio System
May 24, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Orange Amplification Launches Pyramid Audio System

Orange Amplification, globally regarded as one the best British guitar and bass amplifier manufacturers for both design and build, continues to grow the consumer arm of the brand. Half merchandising and half lifestyle product that expands on the brand's recognition, the Orange Pyramid system is a compact hifi system delivering powerful sound and convenient connectivity that the company says is "pleasing to the ear," with a "warm clean sound."
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Cabasse Unveils The Pearl Myuki Connected High Resolution Speaker
May 14, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Cabasse Unveils The Pearl Myuki Connected High Resolution Speaker

Six years after launching the very first connected speaker from The Pearl collection, now enriched with another 9 connected audio solutions, Cabasse unveiled The Pearl Myuki. This new model is an ultra-compact, portable, battery-powered, connected, high-resolution-capable active speaker that benefits from the French company's best acoustic technologies. Cabasse anticipates availability from June 2024.
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Bose SoundLink Max Portable Speaker Goes The Extra Mile
May 7, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Bose SoundLink Max Portable Speaker Goes The Extra Mile

Bose turned up the volume on portable Bluetooth speaker with the latest member to its acclaimed SoundLink line. The new Bose SoundLink Max Portable Speaker is an all-new design with lasting power, rugged durability, and incredible stereo sound for its size. The all-new portable design is ready to take the party anywhere, and it offers decent specifications with a Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound platform and Bluetooth 5.3.
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ATC Announces New SCM20ASL Limited Edition Loudspeaker
April 11, 2024 by Alfred Moody

ATC Announces New SCM20ASL Limited Edition Loudspeaker

In celebration of the beginning of its 50th Anniversary initiatives, Acoustic Transducer Company (ATC) announced the forthcoming release of an exclusive new active stand mount loudspeaker, the SCM20ASL Limited Edition. The ATC 50th Anniversary Limited Edition SCM20ASL Loudspeakers feature an exclusive ATC blue high lacquer finish with hand-upholstered royal blue full-grain Napa leather front baffle and can be paired with a matching C4 SUB MK2 Limited Edition with silver anodized amp hardware.
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Ferguson Hill Updates Jetstream Transparent Loudspeaker System
April 1, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Ferguson Hill Updates Jetstream Transparent Loudspeaker System

British loudspeaker designer Ferguson Hill announced that its Jetstream Loudspeaker System is now available and shipping as a complete system. The Jetstream, two decades in the making, builds on the seminal FH001 sound system. Twenty years after unveiling its debut system, Ferguson Hill's latest generation of the Jetstream maintains the extraordinary, transparent visuals; however, the Kent-based maker upgraded practically every single component of the original Jetstream Loudspeaker System.
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Bowers & Wilkins Introduces Crafted 700 S3 Signature Loudspeakers
March 27, 2024 by Alfred Moody

Bowers & Wilkins Introduces Crafted 700 S3 Signature Loudspeakers

Bowers & Wilkins unveiled its new 700 S3 Signature range headed by the new 702 S3 Signature floorstanding loudspeaker, together with the 705 S3 Signature standmount model. For the first time, the 700 S3 Signature range includes a new center speaker, the HTM71 S3 Signature, ensuring Signature-series levels of performance for home theater enthusiasts when combined with the 702 S3 Signature and 705 S3 Signature.
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KRK Launches ROKIT Generation Five Studio Monitors
March 26, 2024 by Alfred Moody

KRK Launches ROKIT Generation Five Studio Monitors

For over three decades, KRK has been one the most affordable and consistent choices for home and project studio monitoring, not surprisingly, making it the #1 selling monitor in the world since its inception. And one of the brand's most affordable series is the ROKIT, which KRK now evolves with new Generation Five models, featuring three new voicing modes, a new LCD display on the rear for configuration, and an enhanced tweeter design, matched to the same familiar woven Kevlar aramid fiber cone woofers.
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