Consumer Electronics Show 2007 Pre-Show News Report

 

Furutech has been recognized with CES' Innovations 2007 Awards for the company's futuristic looking DeMag ($1800). The DeMag is said to completely demagnetizes LPs and optical disc media like CD, CD-R, DVD, MD, Game CD, Photo CD, SACD, and DVD-Audio. It can also demagnetize power cords and audio/video connectors. Ease of use combined with high quality design and engineering ensure user satisfaction.

 

JBL has earned the prestigious CES Innovations 2007 Award for the company's Project Everest DD66000 (€40,000) loudspeaker that will also appear at the upcoming show. Marking the company's 60^th anniversary, the Everest DD66000, the successor to their previously released DD55000, is a 4-way unit easily suitable for large listening spaces. Combining horn-loaded drivers for the upper range and a pair of cone woofers for bass, this high-sensitivity design is JBL's most extreme statement piece to date. Each unit weights in at just over 300 lbs.

 

Escalante Designs will feature the Juniper ($7000), their entry level mini-monitor loudspeaker. Within its small footprint, The Juniper includes patented Direct Coupling technology which is claimed to provide 20x faster response than other designs plus extend the upper bandwidth by two full octaves and the lower bandwidth by 1 octave. Driver compliment is a ring radiator soft-dome tweeter and a pair of 6.5-inch midrange/woofers. Frequency response is from 34Hz to 35kHz and sensitivity is 89dB/W/m. The Juniper dimensions are 17.75 x 8.25 x 12.75 (HxWxD in inches) and weights 40 lbs. See review of the Escalante Design Pinyon monitor and Uinta subwoofer by clicking here.

 

Usher Audio Technology will introduce their elegant BE-10 and BE-20 Dancer Speaker Series at CES 2007 ($14,000 and $16,400 respectively). Usher products are produced with skill and pride in an ultra-modern factory in Taiwan with great attention to manufacturing efficiency and productivity. They feature advanced technologies such as beryllium midrange drivers matching Usher's beryllium tweeters. With well over 30 years of audio experience, Usher is capable of developing and building their own drivers set within furniture-grade enclosures. Also of note is that critically acclaimed loudspeaker designer Dr. Joseph D'Appolito serves as technical consultant to the entire product line, providing direction on crossover design and making adjustments as necessary. Usher's Dancer series BE-10 includes a single 11-inch Eton Kevlar woofer, 5-inch beryllium midrange, and 1.25-inch beryllium tweeter. The time-aligned cabinets ensure any high-quality tubed or solid-state amplifier sounds its best. The larger BE-20 (pictured), like the BE-10, has the same tonal qualities as the BE-10 but with 22Hz bass extension thanks to a pair of 11-inch Eton Kevlar woofers. See a review of the Usher Audio X-708 loudspeaker by clicking here.

 

Thiel's award winning CS3.7 floorstanding loudspeaker was named as an International Consumer Electronics Show Innovations Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for 2007. The new CS3.7, expected to be available in early 2007, is a 3-way, floor standing speaker that utilizes all newly developed drivers. A very high output 1-inch tweeter is coincidently mounted in the center of a 5-inch midrange that incorporates a new ribbed diaphragm geometry. Complete phase and time coherence output, high sensitivity (90dB/W/m), and low diffraction cabinet design are just a few of the design highlights.

Thiel will be partnering with Bryston, Synergistic Research, and Sim2 in the company's new exhibit space. The active system will feature new products from all four companies including Bryston's new SP28B SST 1000 watt monoblocks, new CD player and outboard DAC, both with Bryston's discrete analog Class A output stage; Synergistic Research's new Tesla Series cables and interconnects featuring Zero Capacitance Active Shielding; and Sim2's C3X , the world’s smallest, state-of-the-art 3-Chip DLP based projector. See a review of the Thiel PCS loudspeakers by clicking here.

 

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