All items tagged with home audio (329)

Home Audio Products Achieve Highest Year-on-Year Growth Rate

March 24, 2020 by Futuresource Consulting

Home Audio Products Achieve Highest Year-on-Year Growth Rate

Futuresource Consulting announced the availability of its latest Home Audio Tracking Report with smart speakers continuing to drive the market followed by home automation, immersive smart sound bars and smart displays. In the company's global Home Audio quarterly market analysis and commentary, Futuresource confirmed that smart speakers achieved a 53% growth since Q4 of 2018. Until now heavily concentrated in English and Chinese speaker markets, smart speakers are starting to expand to other language markets.

WiSA Certifies Center Channel and On-Wall Speaker Solutions from System Audio

March 17, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

WiSA Certifies Center Channel and On-Wall Speaker Solutions from System Audio

The Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) announced it has certified two new speakers from System Audio. The newly WiSA Certified products from the Danish company include the SA Legend 10 Silverback, a wireless active center-channel speaker and the SA Legend 7 Silverback, a wireless, on-wall speaker. These elegantly designed solutions deliver high-quality sound and work seamlessly with all WiSA Certified transmitters and in harmony with all WiSA Certified speakers to create a complete, best-in-class home entertainment experiences.

Fresh From the Bench: Cambridge Audio Edge W Power Amplifier

March 11, 2020 by Oliver A.Masciarotte

Fresh From the Bench: Cambridge Audio Edge W Power Amplifier

Oliver Masciarotte and Stuart Yaniger tested Cambridge Audio’s Edge series power amplifier, the Edge W, which the British manufacturer introduced in 2018 as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. audioXpress submitted this design, which claimed to be the culmination of the brand’s audio engineering expertise, to extensive listening and measurement sessions. This article was originally published in audioXpress, January 2020.

Lenbrook Announces BluOS 3.8 Update with New Home Theater and Integration Features

March 4, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Lenbrook Announces BluOS 3.8 Update with New Home Theater and Integration Features

BluOS the multi-room music management software platform created by Lenbrook International, received an important update to further enhance user experience and convenience across the BluOS ecosystem of products. The BluOS 3.8 update introduces numerous new features, including the possibility to configure Bluesound Home Theater groups with Powernode products, support for MQA-CD ripping and Apple AirPlay 2 support for specific products, and many new integrator-specific features.

IsoAcoustics and PSB Speakers Announce Collaboration Ahead of Integrated Systems Europe 2020

January 23, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

IsoAcoustics and PSB Speakers Announce Collaboration Ahead of Integrated Systems Europe 2020

IsoAcoustics, the manufacturer of acoustic isolation products for home and professional speakers, and PSB Speakers, the loudspeaker manufacturer recognized around the globe as a leader in high-quality speakers, are joining forces in 2020 to offer a new line of PSB Speakers featuring IsoAcoustics award-winning isolation technology, the first of which is integrated into the PSB CustomSound In-Room Sub (CSIR Sub) to be introduced at ISE 2020, in Amsterdam.

The Quest Group Agrees to Acquire GoldenEar Technology

January 3, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

The Quest Group Agrees to Acquire GoldenEar Technology

GoldenEar Technology, the manufacturer of home audio loudspeakers, and The Quest Group, best known as the owner of the AudioQuest brand of cables, Niagara power products, and DragonFly DACs, have announced that GoldenEar has become part of The Quest Group, a California corporation wholly owned by AudioQuest founder and CEO Bill Low. In a letter sent to GoldenEar dealers and distributors, Sandy Gross justifies the decision based on what The Quest Group's resources and capabilities can do for the company.

McIntosh Announces MC901 Dual Mono Amplifier for Bi-Amped Speakers

December 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces MC901 Dual Mono Amplifier for Bi-Amped Speakers

McIntosh Labs has been perfecting vacuum tube amplifiers since the 1940s and solid-state amplifiers since the 1960s. From that heritage, McIntosh now announced the MC901 Dual Mono Amplifier, a truly one-of-a-kind monoblock that is also two amplifiers combined into one, with each amplifier boasting differing design philosophies including a 300-Watt vacuum tube amplifier attached to a 600-Watt solid state amplifier on one unified chassis.

Worldwide Home Loudspeaker Market Shows Pockets of Growth

December 5, 2019 by Futuresource Consulting

Worldwide Home Loudspeaker Market Shows Pockets of Growth

Futuresource Consulting unveiled its latest Home Audio Worldwide Loudspeaker Report which demonstrates that the market is showing resilience despite shifting listening habits, as consumers look beyond traditional audio products, fixing their sights on smart speakers and headphones. The recent changes in loudspeaker preferences means trade value is faring better than volume, according to the new worldwide loudspeaker report from Futuresource.

ATC Loudspeaker Technology Launches C1 SUB MK2 Active Subwoofer

November 21, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

ATC Loudspeaker Technology Launches C1 SUB MK2 Active Subwoofer

Built to provide a dynamic low-distortion bass foundation for ATC’s Entry Series speakers, its C1C and C3C center speakers, HTS Series on-wall speakers and all but the largest satellite speaker systems, the new C1 Sub Mk 2 is a compact real wood veneered design, incorporating a hand-built 12” (314mm) ATC bass driver and a fully discrete ATC 200W MOSFET power amplifier. Faithful to the signal, the new C1 Subwoofer design will generate deeper, cleaner bass in the sub-$3,500 market.

Enclave Audio Introduces World’s First THX Certified and WiSA Certified Wireless Home Theater System

November 18, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Enclave Audio Introduces World’s First THX Certified and WiSA Certified Wireless Home Theater System

Thanks to the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) efforts, home theater systems can finally meet consumer's demand for more immersive home audio experiences with the convenience of wireless. Enclave Audio, a manufacturer of immersive wireless audio systems for home entertainment environments, expanded its CineHome product portfolio with the introduction of two new WiSA Certified wireless multi-channel surround speaker systems: the CineHome II and CineHome PRO and the new CineHub wireless audio transmitter.

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