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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

We are now the distributor of Emotiva (USA)











Many of you would have heard of Emotiva and some probably own Emotiva products. Back then, to buy this one needs to order directly from USA. Come early July, this will be a thing of the past. We will be carrying Emotiva products.

For those who has not heard about Emotiva, here is a brief introduction.




Emotiva started with a simple question:

"Why can't we have amazing audio and video—at prices that don't threaten our mortgage?"

And it was a good question. As high-end audio chased an ever-shrinking market with ever-more-costly gear, the price of sonic nirvana shot out of reach. New audiophiles shook their heads and said, "You know, a soundbar and a receiver may not be that bad. At least I won't be filing for divorce."

At the same time high-end audio prices were climbing, Dan Laufman and his team were helping some of the best names in audio manufacture their gear. Dan saw the inefficiencies in the system, and the ever-climbing prices, and decided to do something about it. His goal was lofty: to deliver stunning performance at sane cost…in products so amazing that they really were the only choice at their price.

The result is Emotiva.

Emotiva is named for Dan's—and his teams'—passion. Their emotional involvement with great music and film, their thrill at bringing top-level performance to more people than ever before, the fun of changing the game of high-end audio. While the team has grown over the years, everyone at Emotiva still hews to the same basic values, and takes pride in creating products that redefine what you see and hear—as well as what you pay.

Why Emotiva
 

The Only Choice for Amazing Performance—And Price
Go ahead. Look around. Compare Emotiva products to the competition. We think you’ll find that anything even remotely comparable will be several times the price. And this goes for any metric: sonic and visual performance, aesthetics and design, quality and finish. If you’re shopping at our price point, Emotiva is probably the only choice!
  
Extensive Investment in R&D and Superior Engineering.
Today's audio systems are complex, far from the simplistic components of yesteryear. Surround sound requires costly test and development gear to keep up with changing standards, and even power amps need microprocessor control to ensure highest performance and longest life. Emotiva makes the investment in equipment, design, and staff to ensure we can create great, modern components. At the same time, our dedicated engineers are recognized leaders in their fields—and they are part of a complete user experience team who create the overall system with thoughtful design, intuitive ergonomics, superior ease of use, and exceptional performance and reliability.

No-Excuses Performance.
We don't play games when testing our products. We use state of the art Audio Precision gear, and we test our amps with all channels driven. For example, our XPA-5 is rated at 200 WPC into 8 ohms. This means that it produces 200 WPC with all channels running and driven to the limits, continuously, for the duration of the test. Compare this to products that are often tested one channel at a time, or use "peak" power to inflate their ratings.

Quality Parts Throughout.
The best design is nothing without premium components. We use audiophile-grade and videophile-grade parts, in proven, critically evaluated circuitry to preserve the original quality of the sound and vision experience.

Designed in USA, Made in USA and Worldwide.
All Emotiva products are designed and engineered at our facilities in Tennessee. Our flagship products like the new XMC-1 are made in our state-of-the art production center on-site, while other products are made by our most efficient manufacturing partners, in China and around the world.




Thursday, March 24, 2011

Stereophile April 2008 - Triangle Esprit Comete Ex loudspeakers


We have attached the link of the review by Art Dudley on Triangle Esprit Comete Ex loudspeakers.

Page 1 :
http://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/408tri/

Page 2 :
http://www.stereophile.com/content/triangle-esprit-comete-ex-loudspeaker-page-2

Associated equipments used in the test :
http://www.stereophile.com/content/triangle-esprit-comete-ex-loudspeaker-associated-equipment

Measurements :
http://www.stereophile.com/content/triangle-esprit-comete-ex-loudspeaker-measurements





Specifications

Description:
Two-way, reflex-loaded loudspeaker for use with stands 20–30" H (not included).
Drive-units: 1" titanium-dome tweeter in molded horn enclosure, 6.3" coated pulp-cone woofer.
Crossover frequency: 2.5kHz.
Frequency response: 50Hz–20kHz, ±3dB.
Impedance: 8 ohms nominal, 4.4 ohms minimum.
Sensitivity: 90dB/W/m.

Dimensions: 16.5" (420mm) H by 7.9" (200mm) W by 13.2" (335mm) D.
Shipping weight: 41 lbs (18.7kg).
Finishes: Cognac.
Retail Price: RM5,220/pair.
Manufacturer: Triangle Electroacoustique, Avenue Flandres Dunkerque, Z.I. les Etomelles, 02200 Villeneuve Saint Germain (!), France. Tel: (33) 23 75 38 20. Web: www.triangle-fr.com.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Klipsch RF-52 II Floorstanding Speaker

The new generation RF-52
Now in its fifth generation, Reference II speakers boast enhanced features, including re-engineered drivers and a new crossover system, to capture your attention and excite your emotions. In addition to the improved sound quality, the look of “big sound” has been redefined throughout the line with sophisticated cabinetry, refreshed logos and rounded feet.

The RF-52 II tower speaker offers up no-compromise music and movie performances in a smaller, more affordable floorstanding design. In fact, with its dynamic quality, superior sound and visual appeal, you’ll find this speaker simply irresistible.


FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 36Hz-24kHz +/-3dB
POWER HANDLING: 100W RMS / 400W Peak
SENSITIVITY: 96dB @ 2.83V / 1m
NOMINAL IMPEDANCE: 8 ohms compatible
HIGH FREQ CROSSOVER: 1700Hz
HIGH FREQUENCY DRIVERS: 1" (2.54cm) Titanium diaphragm compression driver mated to 90x60 square Tractrix® Horn
LOW FREQUENCY DRIVERS: Dual 5.25" (13.3cm) Cerametallic™ cone woofers
ENCLOSURE TYPE: Bass-reflex via rear-firing port
HEIGHT: 36.9" (93.8cm) (w/feet)
WIDTH: 6.8" (17.2cm)
DEPTH: 14.4" (36.5cm)
WEIGHT: 38.5lbs (17.5kg)
FINISHES: Black Ash

Price: RM3,830 / pr

Product link:
http://www.htkaki.com/kedai/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17_19&products_id=54

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Triangle Altea Ex review

Gallic grace

By SUJESH PAVITHRAN


Here’s some French fare to tempt those in the market for a pair of fuss-free floorstanders.
TRIANGLE ALTEA Ex
WHAT THEY ARE: Floodstanding speakers
LUST FACTOR: Verve and bass heft. Easy to drive and partner. Graceful looks.
REALITY CHECK: Dry-ish treble and little else.
PRICE: RM8,499
DISTRIBUTOR: MAXX AUDIO VISUAL (06-762 0811/017-677 8820/ website: www.htkaki.com)


IT takes a considerable paradigm shift to assess a pair of dynamic loudspeakers when you’re so used to ribbons or electrostatics. Still, I’ve heard a small number of cabinet-bound speakers that fired my imagination, although they all had one thing in common – swoon-inducing price tags.
Back in the real world, there are admittedly some fine dynamic speakers to be had for a modest budget. Denying their abilities would be an insult to the decades of hard and innovative work that has gone into this field. So, if you didn’t already start your hi-fi journey seduced by the magic of panels, you’re very likely to find an affordable pair of boxes to keep you happy for years.
French flair: The Triangle Altea Ex floorstanders ... amazingly excellent value.
 

One brand that’s an easy fit for most budgets, living rooms and systems is France’s highly acclaimed Triangle, cruelly under-represented here in the past. Now that the anomaly has been rectified, I took the opportunity to arrange for a review – the first Triangle to be brought through my doors was the Altea Ex floorstander, the second-largest model in its entry-level Espirit range.

Cognac or wine?
The Altea Ex is a two-and-a-half-way, bass-reflex design, with the port located in front. The tweeter section is rear ported.

The manner in which the Altea’s cabinet is decoupled from the floor is unique, at least for the price – a four-point plinth is provided to stand the speaker firm, and the massive screws can be adjusted from atop the platform to level the cabinet. Also, out in front below the port, a giant spike protrudes, to be screwed down against the floor or any support. I’m told this is Triangle’s proprietary vibration-control device for the cabinet.
The recessed tweeter, with its elongated conical wave-guide/dust-cap and flared port, is another Triangle feature; also provided are two mid-bass drivers of the 6.5-inch variety, one of them seemingly a radiator.
Triangle quotes a frequency range of 45Hz to 20kHz, with a sensitivity of 91dB and minimum impedance of 4.4 Ohms (nominal 8 Ohms). Power handling is 100 watts, and two pairs of binding posts are provided if you want to bi-wire the Altea.

Each cabinet measures 1000 x 200 x 355mm (h/w/d) on its own, while the plinth adds 60mm to the height, 170mm to the width and 25mm to the depth. The 20kg weight per speaker presents a manageable mass to move around for one person. Two finish options are available – cognac and black.

Good conduct
The distributor was thoughtful enough to help me with the initial set-up, after which I set about to do some fine-tuning and discovered the Altea to be less fussy about placement than many. Of course, there’s always an optimal position for the fastidious listener, but some rough guesses should get you close to the sweet spot in no time.

The review pair of Alteas hadn’t been run in, so I hooked up my iPod/dock to the system for a few days – even at initial listen, I heard something about the speakers that made me want to explore further.
Driving the Alteas was the Odyssey Tempest 2/Khartago Extreme SE pre-power combination, with the Ayon CD-1s as digital source. Wiring was MIT CVT Terminator 1 and 2, while the electronic gear was hooked to an upgraded AVIA balanced power transformer. Also used as sources were a VPI Classic turntable mounted with a Benz Gullwing cartridge and Rega P7 turntable with Rega Apheta cartridge.
It would be unfair to make comparisons between dynamic and panel designs at similar price levels, but in their favour, the Alteas presented me with significantly fewer hassles in positioning. They were much easier to drive, too.

Initially, I thought the treble sounded a bit dry, and this was an impression that never completely left me right through my sessions with the speakers. Yet, in the mid and upper frequencies, the Alteas were honest, with timbres that were almost right mostly, save for the occasional brightness with strings and a less-than-convincing grip of piano reproduction.

Interestingly, acoustic bass tracks presented more challenges than electric ones – for the latter, on the Larry Carlton album Kid Gloves, the rhythmic work of bassist Abraham Laboriel and drummer John Ferraro possessed a weight, snap and precision I’ve seldom heard reproduced so effectively in smaller speakers.
Similarly, with other recordings of a non-acoustic variety, the Alteas got the nuances of guitars and drums just about right, although I would never have mistaken them for anything other than a dynamic design. The heft in the lower frequencies was most reassuring, and should serve rock and jazz fans well.

Playing some tracks with vocals also showed the Alteas to have their fundamentals in the right place, as they projected the singer effectively from the mix, while setting a reasonably well-spread stage. I was advised to settle for just the minimal toe-in, and while this allowed a wider stage, I felt the extremities were somewhat softened, with less air on the top than I would have usually liked.

What, however, was gripping about the Alteas was how the whole exceeded the sum of the parts – overall, the presentation was snappy, authoritative and gripping. Plus, the speakers went loud without going all over the place; time and again, I was tempted to play at levels I seldom do, and the conduct of the Alteas, especially in the lower frequencies, was impressive.

Easy, not fussy
Given the attributes of the Triangle Altea Ex, I’m willing to look past minor niggles – that the speakers are easy to drive and not fussy about placement take much of the headache out of the equation, allowing the listener to focus on musical enjoyment.

These are well-made and brilliantly presented loudspeakers – just how the French can deliver this level of performance and finish without asking the punter to break the bank has always amazed me.
Those who want to look beyond the British or Italian sound should start here.

http://sites.thestar.com.my/audio/story.asp?file=/2011/2/14/afreviews/8024085&sec=afreviews


Specifications:

Number of channels 2.5
Loudspeaker type Bass Reflex
Sensitivity 91 dB/W/m
Frequency range 45 Hz – 20 KHz (+/- 3 dB)
Power handling 100 W
Nominal impedance 8 Ω
Cabinet dimensions 1000 x 200 x 355 mm
Dimensions with plinth 1060 x 370 x 380 mm
Weight 20 kg
Finish Cognac   


Saturday, January 22, 2011

Triangle Titus Ex

Titus Ex
Number of channels: 2
Loudspeaker type: Bass Reflex
Sensitivity: 91 dB/W/m
Frequency range: 55 Hz – 20 KHz (+/- 3 dB)
Power handling: 60 W
Nominal impedance: 8 Ω
Cabinet dimensions: 320 x 190 x 300 mm
Weight: 6.50 kg
Finish: Cognac
Recommended for a 100-270sq ft room

This bookshelf loudspeaker can be easily integrated into a piece of furniture. Its 5" driver will produce excellent bass and midrange while retaining the dynamics of the characteristic TRIANGLE sound.

Promo: RM3,300/pair for the 1st batch of order only (without stands).

Monday, January 17, 2011

Triangle Antal + Comete 30th Anniversary Limited Edition



An irresistible limited edition

During TRIANGLE’s thirtieth anniversary, discover the ANTAL and COMÈTE limited edition. These two main speakers, which are direct results of the ESPRIT range, combine state-of-the-art technology and a haute-couture finish. ANTAL and COMÈTE offer discerning music lovers no-compromise sound reproduction which will live up to their expectations.

Both Antal and Comete come in luxurious piano black finishing and both feature the solid aluminium TZ2500 horn tweeter. The limited edition models come with seamless cabinet designs and also specially designed front cloth grille. 

Limited to 500 pairs worldwide. Only 5 pairs are allocated to Singapore & Malaysia. 


COMETE
Loudspeaker type : 2 Way / Bass Reflex
Sensitivity (dB/W/m): 90
Frequency range (+/-3dB Hz-KHz) : 50-20
Power handling (W Rms) : 80
Minimum impedance (ohms) : 4.4
Cabinet dimensions (mm: HxWxD) : 420 x 200 x 335
Net weight (Kg) : 8.5
RM6,500/pair

ANTAL
Loudspeaker type : 3 Way / Bass Reflex
Sensitivity (dB/W/m): 91
Frequency range (+/-3dB Hz-KHz) : 40-20
Power handling (W Rms) : 120
Minimum impedance (ohms) : 3.4
Cabinet dimensions (mm: HxWxD) : 1080 x 200 x 355
Dimensions with plinth (mm: HxWxD) : 1140 x 370 x 380
Net weight (Kg) : 22.5
RM12,880/pair

For more information:

http://www.triangle-fr.com/brochures/30years.pdf

Monday, December 27, 2010

Genèse Quartet by Triangle

There was an atmosphere filled with excitement in our showroom when we were about to set up a hi-fi & 9.2 home theater system. What made it even more special was the addition of new Triangle members to the setup, Genese Quartet and Voce.

The Quartet speakers were dressed in dark black cloths with huge TRIANGLE word labelled on one side. Each speaker is provided with a set of 4 spikes, a spike tightening key with Triangle shaped head and a piece of micro fiber cloth.





This is the sight that you get once you remove the TRIANGLE cloths, a pair of beautifully made speaker in Mahogany finish.




Carefully set them up in the room alongside the Esprit Altea Ex, Comete Ex, Heyda Ex and SVS PB13-Ultra.




Just leave them on the carpet and take a few minutes to feast your eyes on these beautifully made speakers. 
Do make a note in your to-do list for an audition of the Triangle system with us. The Quartet retails at RM17,600 and Voce at RM5,550.

http://www.triangle-fr.com/en/genese/quartet/

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Triangle Manufacture Electroacoustique - Esprit & Genese range






It has been quite some time since we last heard about Triangle on our shores. Many of us only get to gaze at the pictures in several audiophile magazines and could only imagine the sound through the descriptions of a skilfully written review by another fellow enthusiast. Well, I guess we don't have to imagine the sound anymore as they are finally back on our shores!! 

Triangle (pronounced as TreeOngle) is a French electro-acoustic system manufacturer based in town of Soissons. Triangle has been assembling and manufacturing high-end loudspeakers for the past 30 years since the company was founded by Renaud de Vergnette. Currently, the company is being led by Marc Le Bihan. The 3 main range of products are Esprit, Genese and Magellan. 


The Esprit (pic above) consists of a range of highly affordable loudspeakers that will provide you the thrills in both audio and home theater experience. 
There are 2 floorstander models (Antal Ex & Altea Ex), 4 bookshelf models (Comete Ex, Titus Ex & Heyda Ex), Voce Ex center channel speaker and Meteor 0.1Tc subwoofer in the Esprit range. 






The Genese (Genesis) range pictured above inherits the technology from the flagship Magellan series. In the Genese range, there are Lyrr floorstanding speakers, Quartet floorstanding speakers, Voce center channel speaker, Trio surround channel speakers and Meteor 0.5Tc subwoofer.Triangle has become famous for their drivers' designs and now, they are coupled with beautifully made cabinets which will please the eyes of many. 


If they are being observed closely, one will find that Triangle speakers come with lots of bespoke technologies. 


                                     Tweeter of Genese series





                                  Single Point Energy Conductor


Better still, you do not need to imagine how well they sound from the words written in a magazine. Because the wait is over!! You can audition Triangle speakers at Maxx Audio Visual. Another great audio and theater experience awaits you!!  


http://www.triangle-fr.com/en/

Triangle - Manufacture Electroacoustique (France)


The TRIANGLE is finally in Malaysia again.

After its long absence from the high-end scene, TRIANGLE is making a comeback. We are proud to bring you the Esprit EX and Genese range.

TRIANGLE, the French electro-acoustic system manufacturer has been designing, manufacturing and assembling high end loudspeakers in the town of Soissons, the cradle of the French monarchy.

With its rich 30 years of experience, TRIANGLE has made research and technological innovation its priorities, with the ultimate aim of offering music-lovers a natural sound of very high quality. TRIANGLE’s enthusiastic team of engineers and technicians constantly seek to improve and innovate, which is what makes TRIANGLE loudspeakers unique.

Each component is designed, engineered and developed according to technical specifications exclusive to TRIANGLE. Triangle was awarded 18 gold Diapasons for its no compromise sound reproduction quality, that embodies the beauty and emotion of music. it also garnered a lot of awards in UK, Germany, US, Taiwan, France, and other European countries.

There will be a high-end stereo system as well as a 9 channels surround system to showcase TRIANGLE at Maxx Audio. Expect to see more news of TRIANGLE in local scene in near future.

More info : http://www.triangle-fr.com/en/