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airSOUND exhibits single point stereo technology at CEDIA Expo with launch of first commercial products from ELAC and orbitsound (23/6/2008)

Stand G7, CEDIA UK Expo 2008

The world's first consumer products to feature airSOUND's revolutionary single point stereo technology are being shown for the first time at CEDIA Expo. Unique new products from ELAC and orbitsound mark the entry of the airSOUND's single enclosure stereo reproduction system to the commercial market place.

Commenting on the company's CEDIA debut, Business Development Director Alan Johnson states: "We have come from launching airSOUND technology and the company just one year ago, to showing the first commercial products featuring our technology at CEDIA 08. The industry is beginning to realise the significance of this technology; potentially it changes everything. The products on our stand represent the single most significant development in audio since the inception of stereo itself."

The ELAC 3D-13 Bluetooth(r) (A2DP) equipped, fully active loudspeaker is billed as a 21st century stereo listening system that completely replaces conventional hi-fi loudspeakers. The 3D-13 represents a proprietary further development employing airSOUND technology. Not only does the enclosure radiate a uniformly balanced airSOUND soundfield throughout the room, but the enclosure additionally provides a phantom left / right channel stereo sweetspot, in the usual stereo listening position; this phantom sweetspot is stunningly accurate and free of the usual problems of loudspeaker placement and multi-path phase and frequency artefacts created by duality of source in a conventional stereo system. The 3D-13 achieves this remarkable feat by time alignment techniques within the airSOUND driver arrangement, and without the 'artificial' effects of DSP or reliance on reflections. The 3D-13 accepts any standard stereo source, via phono, 3.5mm mini-jack or Bluetooth connection, processing the signal into direct and spatial information.

Dr Franz Thomanek, Technical Director/Chief Technical Officer ELAC ELECTROACUSTIC GMBH, comments: "When we first heard airSOUND stereo, we knew that this was something special: but how could we introduce technology this new to our Hi-Fi customers? We applied ourselves to designing a loudspeaker that could not be criticised - a huge sound from a compact unit. We have succeeded in this with the 3D-13."

orbitsound is launching the T12 spatial stereo TV soundbar with iPod(r) dock. The T12 is the soundbar with the big difference: while other soundbars use digital tricks to mimic spatial stereo, the T12 produces natural spatial sound using airSOUND single point stereo reproduction. With its high quality spatial soundbar with integrated dock and dedicated sub, the T12 provides a big screen sound upgrade for flat screen TV and instant iPod listening in the home. The self powered array of high frequency, midrange and airSOUND spatial drivers in the soundbar produce an identical stereo soundfield throughout the room; while the sub extends the frequency response to reproduce the bass and rumble from the biggest movie soundtracks. The T12 listening experience is unrivalled in a speaker product at this price. The multi functional remote provides control over the T12 and the docked iPod.

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