L-Acoustics Creations and C-SEED unveil Maunakea

Las Vegas, NV, USA – 5 January 2022 – Long known for bringing impeccable sound to venues of all sizes, from concert halls to the world’s top music festivals, the innovators at L-Acoustics are now bringing their expertise to more intimate settings, namely your home. In 2020, L-Acoustics Creations–a division of L-Acoustics devoted to home, architectural, and superyacht listening environments–debuted Island Prestige, a sumptuous sonic lounge with immersive 18.1 sound.

Austrian luxury home entertainment brand C SEED has been transforming the home theatre experience since 2013. C SEED offers high-end MicroLED screen technology in a large format TV which deftly rises from the ground and unfolds at the push of a button, making a spectacular entrance.

To herald the start of a new year and CES 2022, L-Acoustics Creations and C SEED announce their most exciting collaboration yet: Maunakea (pronounced MO-na-KEY-uh). Maunakea is an integrated pairing of the Island Prestige with the M1 TV by C SEED, which features a mammoth screen, elegant folding design, and pristine video quality. A celebration of sound and vision, Maunakea combines the very best in home entertainment tech.

Maunakea – The Pinnacle of Home Entertainment from L-Acoustics and C SEED (Youtube)

“Maunakea,” explains Laurent Vaissié, CEO of L-Acoustics, “is named after a volcano in Hawaii, the world’s tallest peak as measured from its sea-floor base to summit—even taller than Mount Everest. In the same spirit, our latest product collaboration with C SEED affords new heights of modern elegance in luxury home entertainment systems. And just as most of Maunakea, the volcano, resides beneath the ocean surface, the technology offered by L-Acoustics Creations and C SEED remains cleverly concealed yet spectacular.”

At the heart of the Maunakea, Island Prestige is designed to be the ultimate personal auditorium experience, bringing concert-grade audio technology and visionary interior design into your home. Handcrafted in the L-Acoustics ateliers in France, Island Prestige delivers up to 24,000 watts and is equipped with eighteen professional audio speakers and two powerful subwoofers in the round to fully surround the listener with high-resolution sound that replicates human hearing perception. Optional overhead speakers can be added to create a full-dome of sound, a heightened immersive experience. Island Prestige integrates with media streamers to play audio from any format, be it Dolby Atmos, Blu-ray, gaming platforms, or hi-res streaming services.

In redefining the home entertainment experience, Island Prestige has met its match in the M1 TV, the essential companion component in Maunakea. M1 is not only the world’s first unfolding TV; it performs while smashing boundaries in luxury AV technology. Designer Stefan Pani created a sleek and modern frame that artfully animates into a sculpture-like column that silently rises from the floor and unfolds into a seamless five-paneled 165” screen.

“Separately, Island Prestige and M1 each represent superb and inimitable technological achievements,” comments C SEED Founder and Managing Partner Alexander Swatek. “But together? Maunakea is the latest evolution and true zenith of home entertainment, rivaling the experience of the movie industry’s top screening rooms.”

Maunakea Color Options

A perfect marriage of modern design and technology, Maunakea shines in luxury residential settings and superyachts. The system is a conversation piece that will delight all and bring countless hours of unforgettable entertainment. Naturally, each design can be customized to the owner’s preference with a variety of wood finishes, fabrics, and metallic finishings available. Every Maunakea is a bespoke showstopper of a home cinema and multi-purpose media space.

For more information on the new Maunakea, please visit www.l-acoustics-creations.com and www.cseed.tv.

About C SEED

Headquartered in Vienna, with a branch office in Los Angeles, C SEED Entertainment Systems matches minimalistic design with impeccable craftsmanship, creating leading-edge luxury entertainment electronics. This award-winning company was founded in 2009 by Alexander Swatek and two former Bang & Olufsen managers. C SEED has proven daringly innovative concepts with successful installations in some of the world ́s most spectacular natural and architectural environments, and on superyachts as well, building the brand ́s reputation on top-notch Austrian engineering and meeting the most exacting quality standards.

About L-Acoustics Creations

L-Acoustics Creations is a division of L-Acoustics, devoted to the creation of extraordinary sound spaces in residential, architectural, and cultural environments. L-Acoustics is the world leader in premium sound systems for live events and large-scale architectural projects: music venues, stadia, performing arts centers, museums, theme parks, and cruise ships. For decades, L-Acoustics has shaped the future of sound through the company’s dedication to innovation, product design excellence and technologies that enable audio professionals and artists to elevate the listener experience.

About L-Acoustics

Founded in 1984 near Paris, France, L-Acoustics is the market leader in professional sound reinforcement technologies. With over 500 team members worldwide and offices in Paris, London, Singapore, Los Angeles, and New York, L-Acoustics is present in over 80 countries via our network of Certified Providers. Focused on solutions that elevate the audience experience, more than 20% of L-Acoustics’ talent is devoted to R&D in the areas of acoustics, applications, mechanics, electronics, signal processing, and software development. In recognition of creating
innovative professional sound technology, L-Acoustics was named as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2020.

Recognized for pioneering the line source array, L-Acoustics continues to shape the future of the professional audio industry with L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology, a multidimensional, object-based approach to designing, mixing, and processing sound that results in extremely natural and intelligible audio, and a more vibrant, authentic connection between artists and their fans. Now also available for exceptional private sound spaces with L- Acoustics Creations designs.

L-Acoustics technologies can be heard in places like the Hollywood Bowl, Dickies Arena, Allianz Arena, home of Bayern Munich, or the Philharmonie de Paris, as well as the world’s top-grossing festivals, and on tour with world-class artists such as Mark Knopfler, Aerosmith, and P!NK.