Sunfire Resets the Standard for Subwoofers With the XTEQ

Leading home automation, entertainment and control technology manufacturer, Core Brands, LLC (a Nortek company) announced today the latest subwoofer line from its Sunfire luxury subwoofer and home theater audio brand. The new XTEQ Subwoofers leverage new technologies to deliver the most powerful, clearest bass from the smallest enclosures in the industry. The new subwoofers will be showcased at CEDIA Expo 2014 in Core Brands booth #350 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.

Responding to consumer trends toward smaller, more powerful home theater subwoofers, the new XTEQ series offers integrators and consumers an unprecedented combination of incredible sound quality and small form factors that are ideal for any home theater or media room. The line includes three models that produce up to 3000W of crystal clear bass from 16-100Hz using diametrically opposing drivers, one active and one passive radiator. The 8-inch XTEQ8, 10-inch XTEQ10 and 12-inch XTEQ12 are housed in enclosures barely bigger than the size of the woofer diameter, with the XTEQ12 measuring just 13.5”(W)x 13.5”(H) x 13.5”(D).

According to Core Brands Audio Marketing Manager Matt Dever, “Sunfire’s heritage is all about creating the foundation for an amazing home theater experience. The XTEQ series builds upon the advances pioneered with the Sunfire Atmos and TSEQ series subs. We pack more power and punch into a smaller subwoofer than any other manufacturer, and combine it with the innovation and superior performance that today’s luxury consumers demand.”

The Sunfire XTEQ8, XTEQ10 and XTEQ12 subwoofers will retail for $1,500, $1,750 and $2,000, respectively. Each model leverages Sunfire’s exclusive Tracking Downconverter™ amplifier design. The drivers all feature the latest improvements of Sunfire’s renowned High Back-emf design, and to best accommodate the longer ‘throw’ of the XTEQ woofers, all feature Sunfire’s unique Asymmetrical Cardioid Surround design. The subs also leverage the latest in Sunfire’s auto equalization technology to tailor the subwoofer output to compensate for any room’s acoustic anomalies. Each model is built to be used in both 110-volt and 230-volt installations.  

Premium audiophile features include multiple turn-on options (auto audio sensing and 12 volt trigger activation), plus soft-clipping amplification, anti-walking treads, variable crossover and phase control. The XTEQ subwoofers include RCA line in/line out and slave connections making it easy to pair two subwoofers, with XLR connectors for pro applications. Integrators can perfect and dial in the sound for any room through continuously variable frequency and phase adjustments for both the low pass and high pass crossovers.

The new XTEQ line will ship in Fall 2014.

A-Audio is Set to Redefine the State-of-the-Art in Headphones at CE Week 2014

Incorporating the company’s unique EliteHD® audio performance and design protocol, the company’s new Legacy, Lyric, and Earphone models are as stunning to listen to as they are to behold. 

Listeners can experience full spectrum sound for themselves at CE Week at Tabletop 135. 

Declaring that there is still a need for an innovation driven, forward looking headphone manufacturer that cares as much about performance as it does about design, Miami, Florida based A-Audio Headphones, Inc. (www.a-audio.com) is set to take the industry stage at CE Week 2014 in New York with the introduction of a complete line of wired and wireless models that feature the company’s unique EliteHD® audio performance and design protocol.  

“When it comes to pushing the limits of performance and design there’s no such thing as ‘the last word,’” stated Christian Iacovelli, President of A-Audio Headphones, Inc. “Our team of engineers and designers are giving a whole new definition to the word collaboration in the products being formally unveiled at CE Week 2014.  We have fused together the very best of Swiss and Italian design with the highest standards of audio performance.  The result can be heard for itself at CE Week.”

According to Iacovelli, A-Audio will debut three distinct series of headphones at CE Week —Legacy over-the-ear wired and wireless headphones, Lyric on-the-ear wired headphones, and a single-model Earphone set — that deliver unparalleled iconic sound quality through the use of state-of-the-art drivers, powerful circuitry, gold plating and only the finest quality stainless steel construction.  What’s more, the audio function on all A-Audio headphones allows listeners to operate their headphone without batteries, an extremely important feature for traveling that most other noise canceling headphone manufacturers have overlooked. 

“And when it comes to Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), no one else even comes close to matching what we have achieved in our Legacy and Lyric headphone models,” Iacovelli said. “Active Noise Cancellation provides a private listening experience that samples the ambient noise around the listener and inverts its phrase, leaving only the music in their ears.” 

A-Audio’s Earphones employ passive noise rejection to keep all of the music in the listener’s ears and deliver the best quality sound possible. What’s more, A-Audio Earphones feature three sizes of eartips for a perfect, customized fit that seals in the sound and further emphasizes the bass.

A-Audio’s Legacy series features a unique Three-Stage Technology that allows the listener to personalize their music at the touch of a button: controls ingeniously integrated into the outside of the earcup, or alternatively on the included four-foot-long cable with both 3.5-mm connectors and a 6.3-mm adaptor, allow the listener to adjust volume and play the music, as well as answer and terminate phone calls on their iPhone® mobile devices and other iOS® devices.

“The debut of A-Audio at CE Week 2014 sets the stage for the next chapter in the always dynamic and expanding headphone market,” Iacovelli promised.  “All A-Audio headphones are available for immediate delivery after their debut in New York.”

The A-Audio headphone line-up will be on display throughout CE Week 2014, which runs from June 25 to June 26 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City.  A-Audio can be found at Tabletop 135.

A-Audio Headphones, Inc. is headquartered at 7200 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 308, Miami, Florida 33126.  For more information about A-Audio headphones please contact sales@a-audio.com.