The new star of the Armonia range, Aria is another fresh breath of new and clean air in the collection. Nestled in classic shapes, it features select Danish Scan-Speak drivers, characterised by low distortion and high sensitivity, allowing Aria to deliver the best performance at low and medium volumes.
It has a remarkable voicing and lightness of presentation, unusual in bookshelf loudspeakers. The speaker cabinets are hand-veneered and manufactured with traditional unsurpassed attention to workmanship.
Finishes: Zebrano / Rosewood / Cherry / Walnut / Oak / Black High Gloss / White High Gloss are available.
HARMONIOUS SOLUTIONS
High sensitivity, vividness of reproduction and musicality
Easy load even for tube amplifiers
Bitumen composite damping for ideal driver operating conditions
Cover grille with hidden magnets (extra charge)
Selected custom scan-speak drivers
Driver pairing within +/- 1 db
Front bass-reflex for easy installation
Mundorf and jantzen components with high precision in crossovers
The French brand Focal expands its collection of loudspeakers for Home with Vestia. This line comprises five models and has been designed for high-quality music enjoyment and Home Cinema experiences delivered by Focal’s renowned savoir-faire in acoustic. The brand which is recognised by the French government as a French “Living Heritage Company” chose its exclusive Slatefiber cone for Vestia range.
THE EMOTION OF HI-FI AND HOME CINEMA LISTENING EXPERIENCES Vestia delivers the purity of Focal sound, made even finer thanks to a host of sound details and a significantly improved treble reproduction. Developed and made in France in Focal’s workshops, the Vestia line boasts five products: Vestia N°2, Vestia N°3 and Vestia N°4 are floorstanding models; Vestia N°1 is a bookshelf loudspeaker for small spaces; and Vestia Center is a centre loudspeaker for a Home Cinema configuration. For even higher performing, these products can be combined with the SUB 600P subwoofer for deep and encompassing bass. In addition, stands are tilted to provide an optimal and natural soundstage, more focused on the listener for an even more immersive listening experience.
DESIGN AND FINISH Focal offers the best acoustic loudspeakers in terms of sound, but also design. Refined, the Vestia models present a dynamic and sleek design that blends seamlessly into all styles of interior. For this line, inspired by Vesta and Hestia – goddesses of the hearth and the home – the French brand has chosen refined finishes: Black High Gloss, Dark Wood or Light Wood for the side panels, accompanied by a black or white leather effect for the front panels. Every detail counts, with metallic rings perfecting the aesthetic finish. For greater discretion, Vestia loudspeaker owners can cover their models with the grille provided.
FOCAL TECHNOLOGIES AND SAVOIR-FAIRE Focal is a specialist in speaker driver cones and has chosen its Slatefiber cone for Vestia. Born with Chora in 2019, this cone made from recycled carbon fibres was a huge hit from the moment it appeared. The engineers continued their development work to make it even higher performing and adapt it to studio monitors (Alpha Evo) and in-car kits (Slatefiber line). Focal has also chosen the innovative ‘M’-shaped dome TAM tweeter for the treble. Initially developed for the car collection, this exclusive tweeter has been revamped to work with hi-fi loudspeakers, and now makes its first appearance in products for the home. Lastly, the loudspeakers feature a port towards the front for more frontal impact, and a rear port for an encompassing bass – creating a bass – reflex profile that promotes a deeper soundstage.
Derek Gilligan, the founder and designer of Kudos Audio, the UK’s leading Isobaric loudspeaker design and manufacturing specialist, today confirmed that Kudos would be adding a Liquid Amber finish to the Titan range.
Liquid Amber will replace the Tineo finish as Tineo is becoming increasingly difficult to source responsibly.
There is no price increase for Liquid Amber.
Liquid Amber veneer is harvested from the Liquidambar styraciflua tree, which is native to the southeastern USA.
Liquidambar is a relatively swift-growing hardwood with order to its harvesting to ensure sustainability. It does not appear in the CITES appendix.
The veneer is finished with a soft sheen and hard-wearing lacquer to protect and enhance the wood’s natural beauty.
Manufactured from a high-density HDF board chosen for its consistency, the core cabinet comprises varying thickness panels to control panel resonances. The side panels are attached using a propriety technique to manage energy transmission from the core cabinet into the outer side panel. These panels have a balancing veneer for optimal performance and consistency.
Derek Gilligan commented, “Liquid Amber was an excellent discovery after a long search to find a visually arresting and high-quality veneer that can be responsibly / sustainably sourced”.
Kudos Titan Loudspeakers are available in four standard finishes: Walnut, Natural Oak, Black Oak, Liquid Amber
T505 Stand mount Loudspeaker including stand €12896
The tonearm is one of the most important component of an analogue hi-fi system. It’s strengths and weaknesses are typically amplified over 150,000 times. HR-200S is a great investment as the better your system becomes the more you will get from the tonearm. So don’t hesitate…
In 1985, Alphason set new standards for vinyl replay with the highly successful HR-100S tonearm. It is respected as an exceptionally well-conceived design and well-executed product. In an unusually thorough review, published in the Absolute Sound Vol 9 No 36, the HR-100S was recognised as setting the Reference Standard against the world’s top tone arms.
Since it’s conception the HR-100S has built an almost cult following, highly regarded and sought after by audiophiles worldwide. Now, as analogue vinyl has made a resurgence, Mike Knowles, the founder of Alphason and the architect behind the HR-100S has taken that knowledge, furthering it to create the HR-200S tonearm, with the following features :
One-piece, composite head shell and arm-tube with internal damping, the only one of its kind which sets the industry standards for tonal purity, clarity and resolution of fine detail.
Unique ceramic bearings are far superior to bearings used by other tone arms. These have been refined to set new levels for sound staging, definition, focus together with resolution of detail.
Bespoke pin-jacks and highest quality, single piece wiring provide the ultimate signal integrity.
This new Integrated Network Streamer provides seamless access to the near limitless catalog of online music with ease and sophistication. This all-in-one product streams music directly from popular music sources rendering the audio with detailed precision and clarity delivering 150 Watts of Class AB power into 4 ohms to even the most demanding loudspeakers.
Leveraging over 60-years of audio design experience the S14 renders digital music files including MQA utilizing a 32-bit ESS Sabre Digital to Analog converter. The integrated amplifier circuits feed an array of high current output transistors powered by an oversized toroidal transformer delivering accuracy with exceptional bass control.
Convenient and intuitive the S14 supports both wired and dual-band Wi-Fi network connections for ultimate installation flexibility. Album artwork, track, title, and artist information
is presented on the front panel color graphic display. Simple device setup and configuration is also available using the front panel and included remote control.
Stream using your favorite music App or use the S14 iOS and Android Apps to access thousands of Internet Radio stations, Podcasts, and high-resolution music from Tidal and Qobuz.
The S14 also includes Coaxial, Optical, Analog RCA, PC-USB and aptXTM HD Bluetooth providing connection to your favorite audio sources such as CD Players, Tuners and Turntables with line level outputs. A rear USB connection supports playback of MP3, WMA and AAC audio files from flash drives.
This just-add-speakers solution continues to deliver on the promise of quality, performance, and value synonymous with this Japanese family-owned audio brand.
