All items tagged with home audio (309)
ATC Launches New Limited Edition SCM150ASLT Active Loudspeaker System
July 6, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

ATC Launches New Limited Edition SCM150ASLT Active Loudspeaker System

ATC Loudspeaker Technology announced the availability of the SCM150ASLT, a limited edition speaker system translating the brand's 45-year heritage of innovation and precision engineering. The new 3-way system matches the SCM150ASLT speaker towers incorporating the latest ATC designed and built drivers, with an ATC P6 power amplifier. A complete world-class system with attention to transducer and electronic design engineering, conceived to deliver superior levels of clarity, transient response and effortless power delivery.
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Alta Audio Announces Alyssa Compact Home Speaker
July 6, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Alta Audio Announces Alyssa Compact Home Speaker

Alta Audio, the Huntington, NY, -based company devoted to home audio loudspeakers using its own advanced technologies, has announced that it will soon deliver Alyssa, a new loudspeaker model that combines compact dimensions with a detailed full-range and natural bass response, typically associated with significantly larger floor-standing speakers. Standing only 14.5” H x 9.6” W x 14.25”, and weighing 28 lbs., the new Alyssa (SRP: $5,000/pair) speakers use proprietary drivers and offer exquisite natural-wood finishes.
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Bryston Introduces the 4B Amplifier Trade-Up Program
June 23, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Bryston Introduces the 4B Amplifier Trade-Up Program

Bryston has introduced the 4B Trade-Up Program in the US and Canada, offering an enticing path toward ownership of a Bryston Cubed Series amplifier — an iconic jewel of the audiophile landscape. Owners of any previous generation 4B amplifiers can trade that model in through authorized Bryston dealers for substantial credit towards Bryston’s newest 4B³, which the brand promotes as "one of the finest Bryston amplifiers ever built."
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Test Bench: The Punktkilde AUGWL0016-JN02 6.5" Midbass Driver
June 17, 2020 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The Punktkilde AUGWL0016-JN02 6.5" Midbass Driver

In this Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes a home audio transducer from Eastech’s Punktkilde line, more precisely the AUGWL0016-JN02 6.5" midbass driver. This is a new model from the Punktkilde brand that features a unique Magnesium-Lithium (Mg-Li) alloy flat profile cone with a 2" diameter convex dust cap out of the same material. As Dickason notes, this is a very nice looking woofer worth taking a closer look. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, March 2020.
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Naim Mu-so 2nd Generation Family Now With Support for Qobuz High-Resolution Wireless Music Streaming
June 16, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Naim Mu-so 2nd Generation Family Now With Support for Qobuz High-Resolution Wireless Music Streaming

Naim Audio announced native Qobuz support for its Mu-so 2nd Generation family of wireless speakers. Enabled via a free over-the-air firmware upgrade, the integration will enable seamless access to Qobuz streaming services - including true high-resolution music streaming - from within the Naim control app. The update was rolled out to all Mu-so Qb 2nd Generation units from June 15, with Mu-so 2nd Generation users being able to update from June 17.
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Marten Unveils New Parker Series Speakers With Isolators Made by IsoAcoustics
June 15, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Marten Unveils New Parker Series Speakers With Isolators Made by IsoAcoustics

Marten, a Swedish premium loudspeaker manufacturer, and IsoAcoustics, the acoustic isolation manufacturer for home and professional speakers, teamed up to announce the new Parker series of loudspeakers: the Parker Duo, the Parker Trio, and the Parker Quintet. Integral part to the new Parker Series, Marten Isolators created by IsoAcoustics were designed to provide a stable foundation, allowing improved stereo imaging and clarity regardless of the floor construction.
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Cerwin-Vega Inc. Acquires Cerwin-Vega! Pro & Home Brands From Gibson
June 12, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Cerwin-Vega Inc. Acquires Cerwin-Vega! Pro & Home Brands From Gibson

Cerwin-Vega Inc., a company with headquarters in Los Angeles, CA and the owner of Cerwin-Vega’s Mobile business announced that it has acquired the Cerwin-Vega! Pro & Home Audio brand from Gibson Corporation. The announcement paves the way for a reunification of the Cerwin-Vega brand, a return to its original home base, while helping the new Gibson management to focus its restructuring efforts.
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Focal Announces Kanta No2 Loudspeakers with New Color Finishes
June 11, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Focal Announces Kanta No2 Loudspeakers with New Color Finishes

Like many other audio manufacturers that haven't had any chance to attend trade-shows or promote events, Focal has been quiet for the past months, while recognizing that home audio in all segments is clearly a growth product category in these shelter-at-home times. Understanding the need to continue to offer more options for consumer's interiors and styles, Focal launched two new stunning finishes for the Kanta No2 floor-standing speakers, with no price premium over the existing models, at $4995.00 each.
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High-Res Streaming Content From Neil Young Archives Added to BluOS Devices in Canada and the United States
May 27, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

High-Res Streaming Content From Neil Young Archives Added to BluOS Devices in Canada and the United States

Lenbrook International, developer of the BluOS hi-res wireless premium distributed audio and music management platform, announced the integration of the Neil Young Archives (NYA), the high-resolution, studio-quality streaming online archive of famed Canadian-born rock icon, Neil Young, into the BluOS platform.This unique fan-focused service comes to BluOS enabled products via OraStream adaptive streaming protocol, as previously announced.
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DALI Loudspeakers Expands Distribution Partnership with Lenbrook Americas to Include Canada
April 14, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

DALI Loudspeakers Expands Distribution Partnership with Lenbrook Americas to Include Canada

Leading Danish speaker designer and manufacturer DALI Loudspeakers announced the expansion of Lenbrook Americas' distribution responsibility to include both Canada and the United States. The appointment will see Lenbrook oversee all aspects of sales, marketing, service and support for DALI Loudspeakers in both countries, with a projected start date of the Canadian mandate on May 1, 2020.
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