George de Sa
AuthorJVC NX-BX3 iPod Speaker Dock / Stand
February 23rd, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
JVC just recently announced their new NX-BX3 integrated iPod speaker dock and stand. What’s rather unique about this new iPod speaker dock is that it’s been designed to integrate into a living space as a useable bedside nightstand, side table, or even a TV stand. The glass top stand has the capability to support the … Continue Reading
Lector Audio Digicode S-192 DAC
February 22nd, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Lector Audio has just introduced a new DAC product – their new Digicode S-192. The Digicode S-192 is an async multi-input 24/192 DAC with USB. Based on Lector’s R2R high-resolution DAC, the analog output circuits are designed around the miniwatt vacuum tube type. Digital signals of up to 24-bit/192kHz are accepted on all inputs. The … Continue Reading
Bob Carver’s Amazing Line Source (ALS) Speaker
February 21st, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Bob Carver, LLC has just announced a radically new Amazing Line Source (ALS) Speaker to be debuted at the Axpona Trade Show in Florida, this March. The new ALS is claimed to present a huge and majestic soundstage that extends well back and much wider than the speakers themselves. A line source speaker is simply … Continue Reading
Arcam FMJ D33 SuperDAC
February 21st, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Arcam will be officially releasing their new FMJ D33 SuperDAC at the Bristol Show in the UK, late February. The new DAC is Arcam’s highest performing DAC to date. Arcam believes the performance of the D33 SuperDAC sets a new benchmark, even against much more expensive competitor products. The D33 uses the latest high-end dual … Continue Reading
Trends Audio CQ-500 Audiophile Speaker Cable
February 16th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Trends Audio has just introduced their new CQ-500 Audiophile Speaker Cable. This new cable product is constructed with Single Crystallized Copper (OCC) conductor material. OCC is a special type of high purity Oxygen Free Copper (OFC) in which the whole copper rope is a composite of a single copper crystal. Eliminating the boundary between crystals … Continue Reading
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Chordette Index Network Music Streamer & Internet Radio
February 15th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Chord Electronics has just introduced its first-ever music streamer and internet radio, named the Chordette Index. The new network music streamer & internet radio device will be shown at the upcoming Bristol Sound & Vision Show in the U.K. The Index can locate music on a NAS drive, networked computer or USB connected thumb / … Continue Reading
New B&W Mini Theatre Systems
February 14th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Bowers & Wilkins (B&W), the well renowned British loudspeaker company, has just updated its M-1 ultra compact loudspeaker, the speaker that pairs with their new PV1D subwoofer or ASW608 subwoofer in B&W’s new Mini Theater systems. The new M-1 is designed to serve as a left, right, center and/or surround channel speaker and is said … Continue Reading
TAD-E1 “Evolution Series” Loudspeaker
February 13th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Technical Audio Devices Laboratories (TAD) has announced the realease of their new TAD-E1 (Evolution One) floor standing loudspeaker. The TAD-E1 has been designed and engineered entirley in-house by Director of Engineering Andrew Jones and an international team of audio engineers, artists and craftsmen. As the first-ever loudspeaker in the Evolution Series, the TAD-E1 joins the … Continue Reading
Panasonic 2012 Plasma HDTV Models
February 10th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
At the 2012 CES this past January, Panasonic unveiled a total of 17 new plasma models. Though an official announcement on availability and pricing is yet to be made, at least one North American retailer has begun to advertise dates for availability and retail pricing on a number of these new plasma models. The new 2012 … Continue Reading
Imerge MS1-3D Media Server
February 7th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Imerge, a Prism Sound company, has just announced their new MS1-3D media server with their XiVASafe redundant disk storage array. The MS1-3D, will be launched at the end of September and displayed at the Essential Install Live show, in Manchester, UK. The MS1-3D builds on their MS1-HD server and is much more than just a … Continue Reading
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Ceraone from finite elemente
February 6th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
German high-end audio product manufacturer, finite elemente, has just expanded on its Cera sound isolation product series with their new Ceraone line. The new Ceraone line is positioned as a more affordable high-value product in the Cera series. Based on finite elemente’s CERA technology, the 26 mm high component feet for HiFi components … Continue Reading
Parasound Z-series Mini-Components
February 3rd, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Parasound has just recently added four new components to their popular Parasound Z series of compact components. The new matched mini-components are all just a single rack space tall and only 9-1/2 inches wide – half the width of a conventional audio component. These new mini-components replace Parasound’s earlier Z-series models. Included in the release are: 1) Zphono phono preamplifier; 2) … Continue Reading
NAD T 567 Blu-ray Network Disc Player
February 3rd, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
NAD has just recently launched a new 3D capable T 567 Blu-ray Network Disc Player. The new T 567 offers true high definition video and audio content from Blu-ray, including 3D discs or wirelessly from a PC, Mac, or networked device. Utlizing HDMI, the T 567 supports resolutions of up to 1080p/24 and with … Continue Reading
Runco 3D LS-12d Projector
February 1st, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Runco, is introducing its most affordable 3D projector yet, the Runco LS-12d. The new LS-12d incorporates many of the technical attributes of Runco’s LightStyle projector series. The LS-12d combines a powerful three-chip DLP engine and a wide array of lens options with Runco’s LightStyle design. The new LS-12d has been developed to excel at both … Continue Reading
Ultrasone Signature PRO Headphones
January 27th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Ultrasone, has just introduced a new headphone product, their Signature PRO headphone. This is the first model in Ultrasone’s new select range of headphone products that are “made in Germany”. The new range will cater to the discerning music enthusiast as well as professional users. The Signature PRO is a handcrafted headphone that utilizes patented … Continue Reading
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Nordost Norse Series 2
January 26th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Nordost, took CES 2012 as an opportunity to launch their latest product line, the Norse Series 2. The introduction of the original Norse Series cables brought the benefits of Micro Mono-Filament (MMF) technology down to real world price-points and into real world systems, seriously elevating performance standards and expectations. Now the Norse Series 2 represents … Continue Reading
Ultralink / XLO UltraPLUS Cables
January 25th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
UltraLink/XLO Products, has just announced a new cable product line – their cost-effective UltraPLUS cable line. The new UltraPLUS cables are updated replacements for the original and popular Ultra Series and actually modeled on the popular Reference series using XLO Field Balanced “exoskeleton” winding geometry with all-PTFE dielectrics, core structures and jacketing. UltraPLUS incorporates many … Continue Reading
Pass Labs XP-30 Preamp and Xs Amps
January 24th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Pass Laboratories (Pass Labs) has just introduced their new XP-30 preamplifier and all new Xs series of amplifiers. These new products were released at CES 2012 the second week of January and though fall into the category of the uber expensive – we all have the right to dream. The XP-30 is stated as being Pass … Continue Reading
NSMT 30M Loudspeaker
January 23rd, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
The NSMT Loudspeaker Company has just released their new 30M, which is a new transmission-line tower speaker entrant to their existing Mastering Series line. What is very impressive is that the rather small demure size of this product, measuring 40” x 8.5” x 8.5”, which utilizes only a two driver coherent point source, provides a … Continue Reading
Dynaudio Xeo Wireless Loudspeakers
January 20th, 2012, In Home, by George de Sa
Dynaudio, the Danish based high end loudspeaker company, just introduced their new Xeo loudspeakers and wireless loudspeaker system last week at CES 2012. This new Xeo wireless series is currently comprised of two models, the Xeo 3 bookshelf monitor and the Xeo 5 floor-stander. Xeo loudspeakers are wireless, remote controlled active loudspeakers. The models are … Continue Reading
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