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Good things do come in small packages.
With its smooth monolithic looks and multitasking function, Naim’s Uniti All-In-One Audio Player compacts a lot of features into one smooth black box.
Amp, CD player, tuner… and that's not all.
No Turning Away
We’ll be perfectly frank and admit that we’re so impressed with its polished presence that we’d be smitten with McIntosh’s MT10 turntable even if it tracked the grooves on our vinyl with a nail driven through a broomstick.
(This might be an improvement over the crap that passed for audio gear in our youth.)
WATT/Puppy redux
Wilson Audio Specialties' Director of Sales, Peter McGrath, came to New York City to present the Sasha W/P speaker to the press at Wilson dealer Innovative Audio on June 18.
The new speaker is a completely revised WATT/Puppy, the Sasha's sweeping curves and refined shape make it the best-looking Wilson speaker of all time.
Tune Up Your Bass
Every room is different. Every speaker is different. So how a speaker performs in a room is going to vary to such an extent, no speaker manufacturer can plan for every contingency.
Fortunately, they don't have to. For those wanting that extra level of performance, there's Audyssey. Bringing their EQ expertise to a wider audience is the Sub Equalizer, which should bring out all new performance from your sub.
Hidden Sound from Up High
Combining their usual design and audio engineering acumen, Boston Acoustics offers up the HSi 430 and HSi 435 in-ceiling speakers as well as the matching HSi S6W2 in-ceiling subwoofer. All three models are sized to match and resemble small lighting can fixtures. The speakers combine a dramatically reduced visible bezel and magnetic grilles.
More after the jump…
Inspiration for the Future
Audiophiles, hold onto your hats. KEF has released information about their new concept loudspeaker, the Blade.
With every component designed from the ground up, KEF hopes to carve a new path in high-end audio.
Take a peek after the jump.
Clean up that noisy power
PurePower champions the importance of on-site regeneration to provide power that is “isolated from the grid.” They claim their AC regenerators are the “cleanest, most accurate source of power for your audio video system.”
All the info after the jump...
Time to ditch all your gear... again.
Just when you got a handle on HDMI 1.3, here comes 1.4. While this is sure to elicit a groan from many, 1.4 has a host of new features that are actually very, very cool.
Starting with the ability to send Internet data over HDMI.
I'll let the gravity of that sink in while you click...
Beefcake
Krell is now shipping its latest surround sound preamplifier/processors, which capitalize on HDMI 1.3 and its range of support for new formats, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD.
There will be two models: the $10,000 S-1200 and the $12,000 S-1200U.
Of course they also have a host of Krell audio goodies...
Limited-Edition, Ken Ishiwata Designed
To celebrate their 30th anniversary together, Marantz has released the KI Pearl series, designed by Ken Ishiwata.
Combining looks and performance, the SA-KI Pearl SACD Player and PM-KI Pearl Integrated Amplifier are limited editions designed by Ishiwata himself.
The KI Pearl units, the SA-KI Pearl SACD Player and the PM-KI Pearl Integrated Amplifier, have silk-black finishes and blue-light cosmetics.
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