CEDIA 2016

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CEDIA 2016
Integra's Introduces New Flagship Pre-Pro
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 17, 2016  | 
Integra announced its new flagship surround preamp processor at CEDIA.
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JBL Synthesis Demo One of CEDIA's Best
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 17, 2016  | 
The JBL/Harman Luxury Group demo was perhaps the most impressive at the show for the totality of its picture and sound.
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JL's Fathom In-Wall Sub Plumbs Bass Depths
John Sciacca  |  Sep 18, 2016  | 
Known for manufacturing incredibly powerful and accurate subwoofers like the Fathom and Gotham, JL Audio introduced the smaller and more installation friendly Fathom IWS in-wall subwoofer system at CEDIA. This slimmed down model will allow theater owners and music lovers to enjoy deep and tight bass in a far more discreet manner.

Part of the magic of getting significant bass performance from this new design is a ported enclosure that mounts inside standard 16-inch on center stud openings. Yes, a ported in-wall subwoofer enclosure. This unique design vents through a slot located at the perimeter of the 8-inch speaker driver and enhances the sub’s efficiency and low-bass output. The enclosure measures 61.626-inches high and fits between standard 2x4 wall construction, and makes the sub’s effective displacement 27.5 cubic inches.

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JVC Launches True 4K Flagship Projector with HDR
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2016  | 
BLUEscent. That’s the moniker for JVC Kenwood’s newest LCOS projector, the DLA-RS4500. Larger than it looks in the photo above, and available with or without carrying handles (I’d recommend the handles!), it’s designed around three of JVC’s true 4K LCOS imaging chips.
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KEF Reveals $10,000 In-Wall LCR Speaker
Joe Palenchar  |  Sep 16, 2016  | 
KEF America thinks it has the perfect audio solution for a high-end home theater built around LG’s new $19,999 77-inch Signature series OLED TV or Sony’s new $60,000 100-inch LCD TV with Backlight Master Drive HDR technology.
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Klipsch Goes All The Way With DTS Play-Fi
Joe Palenchar  |  Sep 14, 2016  | 
Klipsch Audio launched its first six wireless-multiroom audio products during CEDIA 2016, all with DTS Play-Fi multiroom technology.
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LG’s New 77” Flagship OLED Impresses
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2016  | 
The booths at CEDIA are invariably more modest in scale than what you’ll see at CES. But in LG’s case, that’s not for lack of trying. Outside the entrance, visible on the left side of the photo here, fifteen 55-inch OLED displays were clustered closely together, their thin bezels rendering the seams between them barely visible.
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Meridian Goes Multi-Channel Analog
John Sciacca  |  Sep 15, 2016  |  First Published: Sep 16, 2016  | 
Likely no audio company exhibiting at CEDIA is as well known for digital audio as Meridian. The company pioneered and was built-on the idea of maintaining an digital signal path; keeping the signal in the digital domain from source to speaker and at every step in between. And while this is terrific in an all Meridian system, it doesn’t work so well when trying to integrate with other products.

Now Meridian is releasing the new 258 eight-channel power amplifier that will allow people to enjoy Meridian’s terrific sound quality with any speaker of their choice. The new high-performance, cool-running Class D amplifier comes in a svelte 1U rack mountable chassis and is rated to deliver 100-watts per channel into 4 ohms or 70-watts per channel into 8 ohms.

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Monitor Audio Previews Extreme Weather Speakers
John Sciacca  |  Sep 18, 2016  | 
You’d expect the British to know a thing or two about inclement weather, which is maybe why it took England-based Monitor Audio so long to come up with a right proper speaker designed to handle the elements with a stiff upper lip. The company proved it was more than ready to take on Mother Nature with the launch of its new All Weather in-ceiling speaker series.

The new line-up will feature four models, both a 6-inch and 8-inch version in stereo and single stereo-summing options. All speakers incorporate Monitor’s C-CAM (Ceramic-Coated Aluminium/Magnesium) driver system which has been ported from the company’s critically acclaimed loudspeakers, utilizing 1-inch C-CAM Gold dome tweeters.

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Monoprice Debuts Headphone Amp and 'Phones
Thomas J. Norton  |  Sep 17, 2016  | 
Monoprice doesn’t offer just direct sale cables and big power amps. At CEDIA they offered some exciting new (and surprisingly cheap) products.
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Monoprice Is Not Just About Cables
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 15, 2016  | 
Shop for cheap cables on Amazon and it won't be long before Monoprice comes up. But the company is good for more than cables.

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New CI-Centric AVRs From Sony at CEDIA
Rob Sabin  |  Sep 14, 2016  | 
Following the successful launch this year of its flagship STR-ZA5000ES A/V receiver (review in the October 2016 issue of Sound & Vision), Sony plans to roll out four new ES models next year for the custom-install channel.

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New Fusion Research Music Server Doubles Down
Al Griffin  |  Sep 16, 2016  | 
Long known for affordable and custom install-friendly music servers, Fusion Research has a new model on display at CEDIA that combines two of its Solo servers in a single 1U chassis. The Duet ($799) provides two analog outputs using 192kHz/24-bit-capable Burr Brown DACs for installations where dual independent sources are required.
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Niles Updates to Auriel 2.0 with Home Control
John Sciacca  |  Sep 18, 2016  | 
Niles Audio, a member of Core Brands, released a major update to its MRC-6430 (Auriel) audio distribution platform with the roll-out of Auriel 2.0. The new upgrade is will include a lot of performance enhancements such as streaming audio, climate and lighting control, plus remote access features and will be available for free to all existing system owners.

A single MRC-6430 chassis can deliver audio to six zones through seven input sources, and two chassis can be linked together to create a 12-zone system. With the 2.0 update, the chassis now natively supports streaming from Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn “and other popular Internet radio services.”

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Origin Acoustics Adds Speakers, Amps, and Enclosures
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Sep 14, 2016  | 
As has become standard practice, architectural speaker company, Origin Acoustics, announced a slew of new products and initiatives at this afternoon’s press conference, including a preview of products that will be part of an exclusive, co-branded line of architectural speakers with Bang & Olufsen. Rather than attempt to make architectural speakers invisible, the new Origin Acoustics/B&O speakers will incorporate extremely attractive, specially designed grilles that match the typical aesthetics found in traditional B&O products.

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