CES 2005 Coverage OFFICIAL THREAD

[tparmer]

Energy Connoisseur Reference!

Hey guys, what info can you scope out for me on the surround speakers in the newly intro'ed Connoisseur Reference line at the Energy booth? I am building a room as we speak and these sound like excellent options for a room with muliple rows! Thanks.

PS if you could get some pricing on the entir eline up too, that would rock, thanks.

 

[MAX661]

I'm looking for info on new home theater remotes coming to the market, if you guys see any please let me know the MSRp, some specs and release dates...

Thanks in advance,
MAX

 

[audio nut]

I would like to see the new STATUS ACOUSTICS line. Daren Egan has informed me that they should be on display at CES. Could you check them out?

 

[audio nut]

I know that this is off the topic, but denon released the specs on the dvd-5910.
Here is a link to the PDF. http://www.usa.denon.com/catalog/pdfs/DVD5910.pdf

 

[toquemon]

I don't understand, is Audioholics promoting this aparently "snake oil" cable or what?; i remember that using batteries and freezing cables was one of the top ten things that i should be aware off. I ask this because the cable is announced using the word "Audioholics" in its name. I don't know, for a moment i tought i was in the "twilight zone".

 

[Leprkon]

I don't know, for a moment i tought i was in the "twilight zone".

toque, you were in the twilight zone. they are just spoofing.

 

[Rob Babcock]

The Samsung uber-receiver looks pretty cool. Finally! I asked here in the forums several months ago who'd be the first to shoehorn some 200 Watt+ digital amp modules into a flagship-type model...Who'd have guessed it would be Samsung? 250 x 7? With ICEPower modules, you really can do this and probably not have to pad the specs very much.

I wonder how it sounds? And I wonder if there'll be cheaper models that still offer some of that for less $?

 

[sjdgpt]

The Samsung uber-receiver looks pretty cool. And I wonder if there'll be cheaper models that still offer some of that for less $?

Knowing Samsung, the cheaper models are already in the works.

 

[Duffinator]

Samsung

That Samsung Flagship receiver looks impressive. I find it amazing how Samsung has, in a little over five years, gone from the worlds finest purveyor of electronic junk to making some of the worlds finest electronics. Amazing.

 

[howie85]

Any news on display tech upcoming using the new dlp xHD3 chip? Native resolution? Will it hit the consumer market in 2005? Thanks for all the leg work hope you got new slippers for Christmas
Curt

 

[gene]

I would like to see the new STATUS ACOUSTICS line. Daren Egan has informed me that they should be on display at CES. Could you check them out?

They are still working out the details on the cabinet finish. So there were no demo models displayed at CES this time around. I did catch a glimpse at a prototype cabinet and it looks really cool. I think this will be worth the wait for sure. Stay tuned....

The Samsung uber-receiver looks pretty cool.

Yes it does, and most importantly they appear to have a solid power supply design to pull off the digital amps correctly. You don't need a speaker with a constant impedance crossover for this amp section to function well. We already arranged for reviewing this receiver and you can rest assured we will be putting it through its paces.

Please make sure you check our main CES Page link daily as we are continuallly updating it regardless if we don't post new stuff on the homepage. Time is limited so we post when we can until the show is over.

 

[gene]

I can't wait until someone takes this seriously! You should have included a price. Considering the materials and workmanship, and of course all the research that went into making these cables, I'm thinking around $550 a meter?

We had several people tell us we need to assign a price tag on this. My idea was to charge a reasonable price for the cable itself and charge through the roof for the GLOB accessories which must be changed out daily for maximum performance

What do you think guys?

 

[Rpatrick]

Another great product to check out is the Dakiom feedback stabilizers www.dakiom.com ......Have you had time to check out those Alpha Line Source speakers from GR-Research yet?

 

[Audioholics]

More coverage....

Just a heads up that I'm posting stuff today live from the show floor... I may not front page everything, but it's on the CES page so keep refreshing to see the new stuff. DVDO processing kicks butt... working on showing you the latest info on Blu-ray and HD-DVD as well - stay tuned...

 

[Leprkon]

Did the RBH CinemaSITE have the center speaker built in as well, or just the mains ? That's a sweet-looking package !

 

[Audioholics]

It has the center built in as well, slightly tilted up at the listening position. The center, like the main speakers can be SI-6100s, SI-760s, or SI-740s. One of the neat things about it it the ease of installation, they have channels cut into the wood so that the RBH Sound in-walls are literally slid in and dropped securely in place from behind.

 

[Fife]

Denon 3806?

Any rumors about a 3806 in 2005? I wonder if it will have HDMI inputs/Outputs. Maybe firewire also.

 

[hifi007]

Did you get to see Hsu Research?

 

[Leprkon]

It has the center built in as well, slightly tilted up at the listening position. The center, like the main speakers can be SI-6100s, SI-760s, or SI-740s. One of the neat things about it it the ease of installation, they have channels cut into the wood so that the RBH Sound in-walls are literally slid in and dropped securely in place from behind.

thanks for the additional info !

 

[xray]

Digital Std Def TV's

An article in the SF Chronicle describes the above as a product by TTE Corp, a combination of Thompson (France) and TCL(China) that presented "a $300 27" digital tv set that displays a standard-definition picture at a higher resolution than a comperable analog set." Has this been done before? I remember a Toshiba deinterlaced tv 20 years ago but the picture wasn't super and the tv was analog.
An off topic curiosity.