All items tagged with home cinema (93)
New Company PerListen Audio Aims Higher with Advanced Loudspeaker Designs
March 22, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

New Company PerListen Audio Aims Higher with Advanced Loudspeaker Designs

PerListen Audio, a new audio company founded by an experienced team of industry professionals, announced its intention to develop and bring to market a full line of THX Certified loudspeakers, bridging the gap between large home theater speakers and those used in movie theaters worldwide. All the new PerListen speakers feature state-of-the-art drivers, including beryllium tweeters, TexTreme woofers and carbon fiber midranges with advanced waveguides, all designed using advanced Comsol acoustic modeling.
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WiSA Expands Interoperability With New Hisense WiSA Ready Certified TVs
March 19, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

WiSA Expands Interoperability With New Hisense WiSA Ready Certified TVs

The Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) announced a global collaboration with rapidly growing TV brand Hisense in which the brand’s premier 2021 TV models have been certified WiSA Ready. This allows for a quick and simple connection to all WiSA USB transmitters and WiSA Certified Speakers to create immersive audio home cinema systems. Hisense joins other WiSA member TV brands, including LG, Skyworth, Bang & Olufsen, and more who are implementing integrated wireless technology into meaningful product lines and launches.
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Soundbars Star in 2020 With Another Strong Year for Home Audio
March 18, 2021 by Futuresource Consulting

Soundbars Star in 2020 With Another Strong Year for Home Audio

In 2020, the value of the Home Audio market was the highest it has ever been, rising 4% to $19.8 billion. This was partly driven by the pandemic, which in forcing people inside has supercharged interest in music and media consumption. In a new report from Futuresource Consulting by analyst Patrick Montgomery, the market research firm calls attention to Soundbars, which continues to be a strong growth audio product segment, increasingly expanding the wireless audio ecosystem.
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Paradigm Introduces Founder Series Premium Loudspeaker Series
March 4, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Paradigm Introduces Founder Series Premium Loudspeaker Series

Canadian audio specialist Paradigm launched its Founder Series, a six-model range of premium loudspeakers that brings high-end performance and luxurious style to hi-fi and home cinema systems. Designed for today’s modern living spaces, the Founder Series is a foundational development of all speaker design aspects aiming for precise control and game-changing dynamics in music and media reproduction. Every single speaker features totally new driver designs.
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Enclave Audio Now Shipping Add-on Subwoofers for CineHome Wireless Audio Systems
March 3, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Enclave Audio Now Shipping Add-on Subwoofers for CineHome Wireless Audio Systems

Enclave Audio, the Californian manufacturer of immersive wireless audio systems for home entertainment environments, announced it is now shipping add-on wireless subwoofers for its CineHome II and THX Certified CineHome PRO wireless home theater systems. This includes additional 8" wireless subwoofers available for CineHome II systems and 10" models for CineHome PRO systems. Both CineHome systems support up to four (4!) wireless subwoofers to enable configurations of up to 5.4 channels.
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Alcons Audio Introduces New CRMS Wide Dispersion Cinema Speaker
February 25, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Alcons Audio Introduces New CRMS Wide Dispersion Cinema Speaker

Dutch sound innovator Alcons Audio continues to expand its range of cinema speakers, now introducing the CRMS-SRIW/9090 model to enable more output and coverage from less depth. The new versatile, wide dispersion design can be used as a reference main / screen system, or a compact surround system in immersive sound-for-picture applications. The Alcons CRMS-SRIW/9090 can also be used as full-range sound system in any installed audio application, where a very high quality sound reproduction with inconspicuous in-wall or on-wall mounting is required.
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SoundSend WiSA Wireless Multichannel Transmitter Now Available for WiSA Partners, Distributors and Retailers
December 2, 2020 by Joao Martins

SoundSend WiSA Wireless Multichannel Transmitter Now Available for WiSA Partners, Distributors and Retailers

Consumer electronics consortium Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA), announced that SoundSend, the Association's first branded product, is now available at $179 US MSRP. This means that consumer electronic brands can now offer wireless multichannel surround sound 5.1 systems hard bundled with SoundSend or co-promote with premium audio speakers or TVs. The new "hockey puck" device is truly a strategic product. It's a big deal for the promotion of the technology and for making WiSA truly mainstream.
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Meridian Audio Announces Array Configuration Upgrades For Architectural Speaker Range
December 1, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Meridian Audio Announces Array Configuration Upgrades For Architectural Speaker Range

Meridian Audio continues to challenge convention and break new ground through research both in speaker design and digital signal processing technologies. Now, the British company announced the launch of High-Power Array (HPA), a technology upgrade for residential applications that leverages both fields to optimize the output and coverage of sound when three Meridian architectural loudspeakers are arranged in a close-proximity array configuration.
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Alcons Audio Introduces Ultra-Slim CRMS-SRIW/120 Reference Full-Range Speaker
November 24, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Alcons Audio Introduces Ultra-Slim CRMS-SRIW/120 Reference Full-Range Speaker

Alcons Audio expanded its Cinema Reference Monitor Systems (CRMS) series, featuring fully matched screen and surround speaker systems using identical MF/HF transducer components. Alcons has now introduced its latest CRMS-SRIW/120 main/screen 2-way passive-filtered full range loudspeaker, with just 100 mm (3.9") depth, equipped with the patented Alcons pro-ribbon driver technology.
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Trinnov Announces 5-Year Warranty Extension Program for Altitude32 Processor
November 20, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Trinnov Announces 5-Year Warranty Extension Program for Altitude32 Processor

Trinnov Audio, the French manufacturer of reference audio processors for home theaters, high-end hi-fi, professional audio and commercial cinemas, announced a 5-Year Warranty Extension Program for its flagship processor Altitude32. This program includes a refurbishment of the Altitude at a Trinnov facility and extends the product's warranty for an additional five years. Through this program, Trinnov further reaffirms its commitment to its customers and the proactive development of the Altitude platform.
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