Clearly Different

Many companies claim to be doing something that is unlike any of their competitors. Waterfall Audio
doesn’t need to claim it, they show it with the Niagara loudspeaker.

The 15mm Diamond Glass cabinet is sure to be the center attraction in your listening room.

6-foot In-Walls

What incorporates two 76-inch all-aluminum cabinets and full back box enclosures per channel? The Sage Series L150i Reference Line, from Wisdom Audio, of course.

The L150i is the tallest line source available.

All the details after the jump.

Sounds A'round

Anyone even casually interested in music knows that loudspeakers come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and finishes.

So we’re pleasantly surprised when we come across a speaker design not quite like anything we’ve seen before.

Feast your eyes on Orb, from Orb Audio.

Audio, Signature

Blending both aesthetics and performance, the Signature Edition CS2.4SE loudspeaker from THIEL Audio is a limited production version of the company’s CS2.4 floor-standing speaker.  

The rich and luminous finish is called Vermilion Maple and was applied from top to bottom.

But being a THIEL their beauty is, of course, not just skin (veneer?) deep.

New Focus

Making its debut this past weekend at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest is Dynaudio’s Focus 360.

The 360 features two newly developed 8-inch die-cast frame woofers incorporating 3-inch voice coils crafted out of lightweight aluminum and housing a center magnet system.

Adding to the Focus 360’s smooth performance is the Esotar soft-dome tweeter, which boasts a frequency response of 31 hertz to 25 kilohertz. But that's not all.

Ultra-Small, In-Ceiling Speaker

Designed to mimic the look of a miniature can light, SpeakerCraft’s in-ceiling speaker, NEAT 3, has a minimal footprint and no exterior bezel.

David Wiener Ventures, makers of the Art.Engine, have created the Art.Suono, an iPod dock and wireless audio transmitter.

The machined aluminum chassis has carbon fiber accents and weighs in at five pounds.

Some of the details are a little unclear, but there seems to be several interesting features.

The final installment of our epic two-part show coverage of the CEATEC show in Tokyo has pics and words on things you can’t even imagine.

Ok, you can probably imagine them. Even thinner LCD and plasmas, the next generation of processing, and apparently the next big thing in Blu-ray: VHS!