Friday, May 6, 2005
All prices are quoted in euros unless otherwise noted.
1 €  is approximately 1.29 US dollars at time of report.

Focal unveiled the new Profile 900 series of speakers, which includes the floorstanding 918 (on far left with grille and second and third from right with and without grille; 1400 € each), bookshelf-sized 908 (second and third from left, shown with grilles on; 899 € each), SW 908 subwoofer (far right; 2200 €), and...

...the CC 908 center-channel speaker (1325 €). The Profile 900 speakers are shown in three finishes, all displayed in the pictures above.

Germany's Audio Physic demonstrated the latest version of the Caldera loudspeaker, which features a coaxial tweeter/midrange driver (the midrange driver actually fires through the felt surface that surrounds the tweeter), a 7" woofer/midrange driver (below tweeter/midrange), and two 10 1/2" side-firing woofers. The Caldera is priced at 20.000 € per pair and was featured in Stereoplay's multi-speaker demonstration that we featured as a Standout.

Holland's Crystal Cable now offers iPod cables in all of their interconnect lines. Shown above is the Piccolo version, priced at 199 € for a 0.5-meter length.

Naim released its first-ever bookshelf-sized loudspeaker, the n-SAT, which is priced at 998 € per pair. The n-SAT can be wall-mounted (the mounting device costs 139 €), or fitted with Naim-equipped stands (298 € per pair).