Daily Coverage -
September 7th
The Aerial Acoustics System 1 ($25,000) uses
25 drivers from other Aerial Acoustics speakers and incorporates them in a self-contained
home-theater speaker system that includes subwoofers and amplifiers and is also a mounting
system for a large projection screen. The System 1 is a mere 12" deep.
Each CEDIA we admire the custom-made furniture
from First Impressions Theme Theaters. This year the company created an entire
listening/viewing environment that included a sectional with built-in recliners ($8500),
absorber/diffuser wall art ($5000), and overhead lighting system ($3500).
Gallo Acoustics now offers a paintable flange that makes mounting the
company's Nucleus Micro and A'Diva speakers in ceilings and walls easy -- no extra studs
or special support required.
MIT's AVI component video interface ($399 per
meter set) uses silver-over-copper conductors, a gas-injected dielectric, and MIT's latest
video networks. It is said to be "so efficient [that] most video displays may require
lower output settings."
Perfect for picnics, the Music Cooler wasn't
on display at CEDIA but was given away to one lucky music fanatic.
Revel has replaced the well-known Performa M20
speaker, a SoundStage! Reviewers'
Choice, with the M22...
 
...and the Performa F30 with the F32. Pricing
is targeted to be $2200 per pair for the M22 and $4500 per pair for the F32.
NHT's L5 on-wall speaker ($500 each) is meant
for use with plasma and LCD displays.
Earthquake Audio Products had an eye-catching
two-tone home-theater speaker system on display -- the Platine Noiree, which costs $9800
without subwoofer.
Yamaha's new flagship A/V receiver is the
9.1-channel RX-Z9 ($4499), which, according to a company spokesperson, was "designed
to make every other receiver obsolete." Among its many features is YPAO -- Yamaha
Parametric Acoustic Optimizer -- which automatically analyzes and optimizes room acoustics
at the user’s listening position via a parametric EQ. |
