Daily Coverage - May
29th
All prices are quoted in euros unless
otherwise noted.
1 € is approximately 1.18 US dollars at time of report.
"Glass with Class," Waterfall
Audio's marketing brochure proudly states. The left speaker is the Victoria, a
two-and-a-half-way design that features two 150mm bass/midrange drivers and one 20mm
tweeter. The Victor sells for 2490 € per pair. On the right is Satellite
Hurricane, a two-way with a single 100mm bass/midrange driver and 20mm tweeter. The
Satellite Hurricane without stands sells for 760 € per pair; the stands sell are
299 € per pair.
Marantz's new SA-17S1 multichannel SACD player
features three Crystal 4397 DACs, a copper-plated chassis, and the company's LinearDrive
power supply. The SA-17S1 sells for 2500 €.
Marantz also displayed the new VP-12S2 DLP
projector, the VP-12S2, which features DCDi video processing by Faroujda. The VP-12S2
sells for 13,000 €.
Isophon of Germany's new Vieta loudspeaker is
a three-and-a-half-way design that sells for 2749 € each.
 
Isophon's Stonehenge subwoofer (great name!)
boasts 110dB at 20Hz. There's a 400W amplifier and a 12" driver. On the back panel
are four inputs that allow you to also connect the center and surround speakers in
addition to the mains. The price is 2999 €.
The Rega Planet CD player (top) isn't new, but
the Radio3 tuner (middle) and the Mira3 65W integrated amp (bottom) are. The Radio3 sells
for 1000 € and the Mira3 is 1000 €. |
