Nortek Security & Control (NSC) announces the SpeakerCraft Terrazza series Landscape System-- providing 360-degree outdoor sound through x4 landscape satellite speakers and either a traditional Burial or "Hardscape" subwoofer.
Unlike ultra-high performance landscape systems demanding high-power amplifiers, the Terrazza Landscape system is designed for use with low-power distributed audio amplifiers or extended audio zones (like Zone 2) from conventional AVRs. Such flexibility means installers do not need to add high-power amplification dedicated to an outdoor system.
JBL announces the return of the L100, the iconic 1970 loudspeaker best known for appearing in the iconic Maxell cassette tape adverts from the 1980s, not to mention being the best selling loudspeaker in JBL history.
The products in question are the C47, C52, C2600 and D1100 preamplifiers, MA5300, MA7200, MA8900 and MA9000 integrated amplifiers, MAC7200 receiver, MHA150 headphone amplifier and MXA80 integrated audio system. All models feature an 8-channel 32-bit DAC used in quad balanced mode, with coax and digital optical inputs able to decode up to 24-bit/192kHz. Also included are USB inputs able to handle PCM signals up to 32-bit/384kHz and support up to DSD 256 and DXD 384kHz.
The company is still to detail the actual products making the range, but it says it will include consumer sound solutions, in-car and professional products, all “combining heritage and modernity, to continue to bring music, design and emotions to life.” Or so the company claims, at any rate.
The Backpack measures just 190 x 203 x 228mm, yet promises to deliver 5.1 surround sound while acting discreetly as a home cinema hub. It carries 5 internal Class D amplifiers (three 75W and two 30W at 4 Ohms), and powers any passive LCR and surround channels using Continuous Stigma technology. Construction is in anodised aluminium, and installers can either attach the chassis on the back of a flat-panel display or mount it on- or in-wall.
