Solid Acoustics introduced this omni-directional speaker,
which is supposed to deliver sound as a point source. MSRP: $2,000 each. |
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D-ILA is starting to look very good. Here
is JVC's new 62" HD-ILA Rear Projection TV, with 1,280 x 720p resolution.
MSRP: $4,500. |
Thiel showed new models in their SmartSubs line.
They range in price from $2,900 to $8,900, and are designed to work with
their new Sub Integrator ($4,500), which blends the main speakers with the
subwoofer. |
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Faraoudja's new HD-ILA projector has full
1,920 x 1080p resolution. At $39,000 it comes with a video processor. |
Classé's new product
line. Shown here are the CAM-400 Monoblock Power Amplifiers, at $5,000
each. The line has a much
different look than before. |
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With the new DVI and HDMI connectors, there
is a need for switchers, and Gefen has a large array of such products. |
Media Servers are hot now, and a lot of companies were
showing them at CEDIA, including this one from Escient. It is called the
Fireball 300, and will hold 1,000 CDs at standard CD resolution, but uses
a proprietary lossless compression technique for storage to increase
capacity. Price is $3,900 and it can be used from any PC in the house through
a web browser. |
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Martin Logan displayed their "Statement"
piece, which has a 6 foot electrostatic panel (framed in red) for most of
the audio spectrum, an array of cone mid-bass drivers to the left of the
electrostatic panel, and four subwoofer modules, shown to the far left.
Price is $120,000 for a pair of speakers. |
Velodyne introduced a new line of subwoofers, called DLS.
They are slot loaded like the DLPs, but have a remote control instead of
the DSP buttons on the top of the subwoofer. Price ranges from $399 to
$799. |
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The McIntosh MC-2102 is a stereo tube power
amplifier. |
Totem Acoustics had their booth in this tent, with a
projector showing a movie on the round animal skin in the center. |
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Stealth Acoustics showed this in-wall
speaker that projects its sound through the sheet rock. You can paint over
it, and the result is a wall with nothing showing. Price is about $250 per
speaker panel. |
Here is another media server, called MediaMax. All the
media servers handle music, but some of them use DVD jukeboxes to control
your movies, rather than storing the DVDs on a hard drive. |
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Earthquake Sound has a division called
Nova, to sell speakers along with their Earthquake subwoofers. This pair
of "Titans" is their statement piece, at $20,000 a pair. The matching
center channel speaker is $5,000. |
B&K had a display of the chassis parts from one of their
receivers, emphasizing the size of the potted toroidal transformer and
power supply capacitors. |
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Sony introduced this 70" SXRD (reflective
LCD) rear projection TV that has full 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. The image
was spectacular. The price is $10,000 which is quite reasonable compared
to the SXRD front projector with the same resolution ($25,000). |
Denon's new AVR-5805 receiver has enough jacks on the rear
panel to satisfy anyone. |
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New Pioneer receivers have HDMI jacks that
will connect with their other products. HDMI carries both digital audio
and digital video signals. |
InFocus' new three-chip DLP projector has 1280 x 720p
resolution, and is about $30,000. |
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Arcam's new DV-29 DVD player has HDMI
connections. |
DVDO has HDMI support on their new IScan video processor. |
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Lumagen's new scaler offers SDI, DVI, and
other connections. It will de-interlace 1080i to 1080p. Prices start at
$999. |
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