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 (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, says the company.
Dr Franz Thomanek, technical director/chief technical officer ELAC Electroacoustic, 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 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 airSoundsingle point stereo reproduction.
(Jim Evans)
