ELACから、「 Preview Series 260 」登場！！

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2014年4月30日

ELACから、「 Preview Series 260 」登場！！

Elac Preview Series 260
2014夏発売予定。

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2014年4月29日

darTZeelから、「 New NHB-18NS 」プリアンプ登場！！

The long awaited, new NHB-18NS
Same external gorgeous appeal, with almost everything new inside See and listen to it in world premiere during the show!
Production will start in mid-June, with first deliveries expected this early fall

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2014年4月24日

naimから、「 Muso 」wireless music system登場！！

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Muso will launch in September for £895

Muso is our first wireless hi-fi speaker, designed to transform your music into incredible sonic experiences.

Combining Naim’s expertise in streaming, amplification and loudspeaker technology, Muso is the stage your music deserves, bringing you closer to the songs that inspire your life.

・6 X 75W digital amplifiers driving 6 X custom-designed Naim drivers
・2 X midrange drivers in their own enclosure, a pair of tweeters and a pair of ‘racetrack’ bass drivers.
・Aluminium-covered MDF casework
・Circular aluminium volume control on top of the unit
・Touch-sensitive buttons
・DSP (Digital Signal Processing) technology
・Muso comes equipped with AirPlay, aptX Bluetooth and UPnP (Universal Plug ‘n’ Play) capability
・A new control app for iOS and Android devices
・Muso supports the following audio formats:
WAV, FLAC and AIFF up to 24-bit/192kHz; ALAC (Apple Lossless) up to 24-bit/96kHz; MP3 up to 48kHz, 320kb (16-bit); AAC up to 48kHz, 320kb (16-bit); and OGG and WMA up to 48kHz (16-bit).
・63cm(W), 12cm(T) ,25.6cm(D)
・Weighs 13kg.

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2014年4月15日

Wilson beneschから、新スピーカー「 Endeavour 」登場！！

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Wilson benesch Endeavour

White-Paper

250 years ago, almost to the day, the British Royal Naval vessel HMS Endeavour was launched from Whitby, Yorkshire. In recognition of this anniversary the latest design from Wilson Benesch takes its name in honour of the now famous ship that was Captained by one of the world’s greatest explorers, James Cook.

The elegant nautical lines of the Endeavour standmount loudspeaker can be seen to draw its design dialogue from the flagship Cardinal. Featuring a geometrically optimised carbon composite top, an identical alloy baffle profile, identical spine and the same silk black aerospace finishing. In every way, the Geometry Series and its flagship Cardinal set a new benchmark for the company.

Wilson Benesch don’t do convention; with the Cardinal and now with the Endeavour loudspeaker, each represent the boldest statement of intent that the company could have made to this effect. Unique in its execution, material design, crossover design and of course aesthetics; The Endeavour defines state-of-the-art. No expense has been spared across the Endeavour; each 1.47-metre high channel weighs in at over 100-kg. The huge Isobaric Drive mounts via its own specially designed aluminium housing, which in turn sits in a beautifully tapered alloy base upon which the carbon composite A.C.T. Monocoque and spine locate. Carbon fibre detailing extends beyond the A.C.T. Monocoque and beautifully sculptural top, to the carbon fibre ports located both at the rear, as well as adjacent to the Isobaric drive units on the underside of the speaker. Notably, Endeavour introduces another world’s first in the form of the advanced Aerospace materials of the carbon fibre Nano Tech Housing that is located within the bass chamber itself. This provides for the optimal air volume ratio and defines the Endeavour as the ultimate expression of loudspeaker design. The Endeavour enclosure subsequently delivers outstanding signal to noise ratios, superb coherence and vanishingly low cabinet related diffraction artefacts. The Endeavour foot, is the systems anchor. It ensures that the energy from the extremely dynamic systems above will always be grounded solidly to their location. Hewn from a solid billet of aluminium, the form provides a multiple number of functions, most obviously the extension of two alloy hand wheels that terminate into the same Kinematic spike cups of the Cardinal. Like other notable Wilson Benesch loudspeakers, termination is made on the underside of the foot, so avoiding any visual disruption to the beautiful forms extending north.

The Endeavour is constructed from Wilson Benesch’s in-house drive technologies deployed in a unique arrangement which sees one midrange Tactic-II drive unit deployed above the Semisphere Tweeter, with a set of Tactic-II bass drive units mounted on the huge aluminium base on the underside of the enclosure working together in an Isobaric Drive. Every last detail of the Endeavour exudes the quality and refined luxury that has become the hallmark of Wilson Benesch.

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2014年4月14日

Soulutionから、「 560 」 D/A-Converter登場！！

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At Highend 2014 in Munich Soulution will launch the new soulution 560 D/A-Converter. Top class digital-to-analog converters followed by preamplifier grade output stages transform every detail of the digital source material in to the analog world.

soulution 560 D/A-Converter

Philosophy
In many areas the 560 D/A-Converter is based on the same proven technical solutions used in the 745 SACD-Player. It also embodies the same principles in its design: top grade digital interfaces for optimal reception of the music data, a super-precise master clock generator to avoid jitter, intelligent digital signal processing with oversampling technology, and analogue output stages of top end preamplifier quality.

Design
As with its Series 7 sibling the 560 D/A-Converter is packed with cutting-edge technology with one objective – the love of music. The parallels include a consistent dual mono design in the output stages and separate power supplies for digital electronics and the analogue stages. The 560 D/A-Converter adds a digital volume control that allows direct connection to a power amplifier.

Upsampling
Audio data is buffered then upsampled to 24Bit/384kHz. We believe precision of interpolation is more important than high clock rates. Our players and D/A converters use an algorithm from the highly regarded Anagram Technologies followed by Burr Brown D/A converters in a digital symmetric configuration. As we consider the PCM conversion technology as superior, the DSD signals get converted before its final D/A conversion.

zero phase technology
The Zero-Phase-Technology eliminates potential timing/phase errors in the analog output signal. Every D/A converter requires an analog low pass filter in its output in order to suppress high frequency noise and aliasing signals. The 560’s 3rd order bessel filter, with a cut-off frequency of 120kHz, does show a phase shift of up to 15° in the audio band. Due to the Zero-Phase-Technology the phase error of the analog music signal remains below 1°, 20Hz – 100kHz! The Zero-Phase-Technology brings you even closer to the beauty of the source material! No detail gets lost.

D/A-conversion
Burr-Brown devices perform D/A conversion only. Their internal upsampling and filter stages are not used. The output currents are converted to voltage and then filtered. With an internal bandwidth of 40 MHz, this current/voltage conversion stage allows best signal-to-noise performance and maximum dynamics in the analogue domain.

Output stage
The wideband output stage of the 560 D/A-Converter has a bandwidth of 20MHz (-3dB). With such speed of response all musical details are reproduced true to life creating a three-dimensional, spatial sound to bring real listening pleasure.

Operation
The 560 D/A-Converter is operated from front-panel buttons and a rotary control. Further functions can be used to optimise and match an entire audio system around different components.

Connections
Analog outputs: – 1 x balanced output (XLR) – 1 x unbalanced output (RCA)
Digital outputs: – 1 x SPDIF (RCA) – 1 xAES/EBU (XLR) – 1 x Optical (Toslink)
Digital inputs: – 1 x SPDIF (RCA) – 1 x AES/EBU (XLR) – 1 x Optical (Toslink) – 1 x USB – 1 x Ethernet
LINK-System – 2 x RJ45

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2014年4月1日

TIDAL、「 La Assoluta 」の新画像を公開。

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TIDAL La Assoluta

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2014年3月27日

Sonusfaberから、30周年記念限定モデル「 EXTREMA 」登場！！！！

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製品サイト：http://www.sonusfaber.com/en-us/products/extrema

Super Limited Edition
for our 30th Anniversary.

Extrema’s story and its DNA.

After the success obtained with Parva, Minima, Electa and Electa Amator, Sonus faber wanted to use its experience and try a new ambitious project that would exceed limits and create a new reference. In 1991 Extrema came to light, a unique speaker with quite ambitious objectives. Extrema owes its name to its special loudspeakers, to the 6 dB/octave crossover, the first without capacitors in series to the signal, and#to its particular cabinet designed to optimise component performance and the dampened rear passive radiator. Thanks to these characteristics it represented maximum development for a dynamic speaker and, because of this, a notable challenge for the most sophisticated electronic systems, as well as their ideal combination.

The re-birth of a myth and the celebration of 30 years of History.
Extrema is the most front-running project in the history of Sonus faber. It is a milestone on its development road, one of those maximum expressions in the design of acoustic speakers that has become a myth for all enthusiasts. The maximum possible performance and perfect sound reproduction were the factors that guided its development, both for design and in the electro-acoustic project. In its 30 years of history, Sonus faber has produced various successes, and it has developed greatly in technological research and the use of materials, but it has always remained faithful to its DNA and its traditions. This is why, to celebrate its 30th anniversary, Sonus faber decided to pay homage to its most “extreme” project, remaining perfectly adherent to the intentions that characterised its creation, but integrating it with the new technological development, electro-acoustic research, design and material use frontiers.

THE SHAPE
The wiry shape of the speaker breaks on purpose the tradition of the soft lines that characterise Sonus faber products, and was obtained using a reduction process in which the volume was extracted from a block of rigid material. As marble under the skilled hands of the sculptor, the raw material has been broken to obtain clean cuts and
tight surfaces. Extrema is for performance without compromises and its dynamic lines mirror its character and nature.

THE CARBON FIBER
Carbon, a very particular chemical element at the base of all the life on our planet, is present in nature in various forms, from the softest such as graphite to the hardest such as diamonds.Today used in multiple environments, from aeronautics to vehicles, medicine and sport, carbon is well known to Sonus faber,
which experimented its characteristics when producing the Huayra sound system, the latest model of supercar made by Pagani Automobili from Modena.

THE CHASSIS
The complex mold with 6 elements used to create the speaker frame is made to measure, making the standard production of the object extremely limited, adding exclusiveness to the character of this loudspeaker that is already a cult object for the most enthusiastic collectors.

WOOD
The art of lute making has always been a source of inspiration for the design of many of Sonus faber most emblematic speakers; it is not by chance that all the precious elements of the Homage collection, from Amati to Guarneri and Stradivari are named after the most famous lute makers in history.
The new Extrema pays an important tribute to this antique art by flanking, in close contact with the ultra-modern carbon chassis, sides of red spruce from Val di Fiemme, the wood of string instruments par excellence.

THE SIDES
The sound of wood has always been important for Sonus faber. In the case of the Extrema project, the fact that the supporting structure of the loudspeaker is made with a carbon monocoque make it possible to use wood as the pure resounding element, exactly as in the sound board
of string instruments. The choice therefore had to be the resonant spruce from Val di Fiemme, the rare and prestigious essence of which violins are made.

BERYLLIUM AND DIAMOND
Beryllium is an extremely rare and exclusive metal that is used in various high-technology industrial sectors, such as medicine, aerospace and experimental/applied physics. Beryllium also played an important part in the history of audio transducers, used for example in magnetic cartridges

THE MEDIUM AND LOW FREQUENCY
The 180 mm “Ultra dynamic linearity” mid-woofer designed by Sonus faber and equipped with a Neodymium motor, is the driver that reproduces the medium and low frequencies. A pure copper winding 6N is used on a coil support with control of the Lorentz currents. The magnetic motor, very linear and dynamic, has an optimised
layout and a heat dissipator that also acts as a “mass damper”. The special diaphragm, which is personalised for Sonus faber, is obtained by means of a sandwich that uses nano-carbon hides and a special syntactic dampening foam to obtain maximum resolution.

THE HIGH FREQUENCY
Reproducing high frequencies is entrusted to a 30 mm transducer with mobile coil designed entirely by Sonus faber, implemented with a Sonus faber mechanical interface that optimises vibration management.The “Ultra dynamic linearity”, the result of the new Neodymium magnetic system, is optimised
by the dome diaphragm of DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) Beryllium to obtain the maximum resolution possible in acoustic reproduction.

THE ULTRA LOW FREQUENCY AND ITS MANAGEMENT
The passive radiator is also fully designed by Sonus faber; the L’E.M.B.A.B.R (Electro Magnetic Brake Auxiliary Bass Radiator), according to Engineer Cadawas, has varied dampening. The flat piston diaphragm is optimised for this application, and is positioned structurally midway between the sandwich structures of the midwoofer
cone and the “monocoque” structure. The basket is fully optimised to eliminate all resonance, thanks to the use of two high technologymetals (Ergal and Gun Metal) that are machined in CNC from the solid piece. The combination of these two metals eliminates any reciprocal resonance.

CROSSOVER IN AIR
The new Extrema uses a precious non-resonant Crossover in air with progressive slope, optimised by module and phase for the best space/time behaviour. The “paracross” topology is combined with best quality components that exalt the sound quality: Mundorf Supreme capacitor and Jantzen inductors. The crossover
frequency is 2350 Hz, and the low frequencies can be dampened in 4 different ways, according to the listening room.

SYSTEM
2 way, low spurious vibration optimized suspension, E.M.B.A.B.R. (Electro magnetic Brake Auxiliary Bass Radiator), monitor on a dedicated stand loudspeaker system.

CABINET
The carbon fiber sandwich “monocoque”, inspired by the supercar cockpits, is the main chassis structure on which the cabinet is build up. Constrained-mode damped lateral “Val di Fiemme” harmonic fir (Violin wood) sides, hand selected, quality graded and oriented for carefully optimized resonances control. The innovative resonance control of the wood structure is obtained by a 3D thickness distribution in the shape. “New Era” avional (from “the Sonus faber” experience) exo-squeleton front and rear clamp structure.

TWEETER
A Sonus faber designed 30 mm moving coil driver, with Sonus faber’s vibration optimized mechanical interface. D.L.C. (Diamond Like Carbon) Beryllium dome diaphragm for maximum resolution.

MID-WOOFER
A Sonus faber designed 180 mm neodymium magnet system ultra dynamic linearity mid-woofer. 6N pure copper wire is used on a controlled “eddy current” former. The dynamically linear magnetic field motor has an optimized geometry and a mass damper heat sink.

PASSIVE RADIATOR
A Sonus faber designed race track shape E.M.B.A.B.R. (Electro magnetic Brake Auxiliary Bass Radiator) “Cadawas” variably damped passive radiator.

CROSS-OVER
Non-resonant “progressive slope” design, optimized amplitude/phase response for optimal space/time performance. “Paracross topology” topology. Cross-over: 2350Hz. Adjustable low frequency damping into 4 different level.

FREQUENCY RESPONSE
40 Hz – 40.000 Hz, E.M.B.A.B.R included.

SENSITIVITY
88 db SPL (2.83V/1 m).

NOMINAL IMPEDENCE
4 ohm.

SUGGESTED AMPLIFIER POWER OUTPUT
50W – 300W, without clipping.

LONG-TERM MAXIMUM INPUT VOLTAGE (IEC-268-5)
24V rms.

DIMENSIONS (HxWxD)
434 x 282 x 560 mm.

WEIGHT
18,6 Kg each – net weigh.

DEDICATED STAND (HxWxD)
Dimensions: 661 x 360 x 460 mm.Weight: 22 Kg each – net weight.

TOTAL DIMENSIONS (HxWxD)
1.095 x 360 x 560 mm

TOTAL WEIGHT
40,6 Kg each – net weight.