Tom Norton

Artison Hides a Sub
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

Artison's new subwoofer, RCC 600, hides in a wall, with four unique drivers that oppose each other with rigidly attached baskets. This allows the reactance forces generated to cancel one another. According to Artison, one RCC 600 provides a bass/sound quality surpassing that of a typical 12-inch subwoofer.

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Infinity Primus
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

Infinity has redesigned its Primus series for 2006, with prices maxing out at $349 each for the P262 floorstander

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PMC
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

PMC Pro and Bryston demonstrated this small bedroom system.

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Classy Classe
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

Classe will market the SSP-900 surround pre-pro next year for around $25,000. Start skipping lunch.

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T+A+Ikea
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

Quartet Marketing Group is importing the complete line of T+A products from Germany, including speakers, home theater electronics, and 2-channel products. The rep I spoke to also said they could have sold 2000 of these Ikea
floor lamps, too.

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JVC Gets Down
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

JVC demonstrated a new 1080p/D-ILA video projector that is expected to sell for around $7000 when it becomes available next year. it looked outstanding, even outperforming the Sony VPL-VW100 ("Ruby") set up side-by-side with it. I saw no significant shortcomings, at least under show conditions. It even had the best contrast I've yet seen on a JVC projector, by far.

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McIntosh Projects
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

McIntosh announced its first video projector MDLP1 single-chip, 1080p DLP. Expected to sell in the mid $20,000's the new Mcintosh VP1000 video processor is recommended for use with it.

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McIntosh Processsors
Tom Norton  |  Sep 16, 2006

McIntosh announced its first video processor, the VP1000 at the show (on top in the photo). It is configured to allow separate scaling, switching, and control over two separate AV zones. It also offers 4 HDMI and 6 component inputs. The new AP1000 Audio Control Center has no video switching of its own, but offers a dedicated control interface port for the VP1000. The AP1000 nevertheless offers an LCD front panel video display for control and live video. The VP is expected to sell for $10,000 and the AP1000 for the same price.

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PSB Stratus
Tom Norton  |  Sep 15, 2006

PSB is redesigning their longstanding Stratus line. The photo shows a new Stratus floorstander and center channel. But don't look for it before next year, and the form factor of the cabinet may be slightly different. The drivers in the new Stratus models are expected to use technology developed for the company's upscale Platinum series.

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Slim Samsung
Tom Norton  |  Sep 15, 2006

It's not available yet, but this prototype Samsung DLP rear projection set, at 10" thin, may be the shape fo things to come in DLP setws from Samsung and other manufacturers as well.

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