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Peabody, Mass. - Boston Acoustics replaced the middle series in its three-series component-speaker selection, shipping a six-SKU Reflection series designed to complement flat-panel displays and to bring select flagship-series technologies to lower price points.

The new series features piano-black finish, rounded edges and shallow magnetic grilles, and it includes a 23.38-inch by 5.94-inch by 5.94-inch LCR said to be the thinnest-ever LCR produced by the brand. Reflection replaces the broader Horizon series of molded-cabinet speakers with backward-curving front baffles and grilles available in optional colors. Reflection delivers higher performance compared to Horizon, and it adopts a less radical cosmetic design that nonetheless differentiates the series from square rectangular black boxes.

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"Boston Acoustics has pushed out an update to its dual-alarm iPod speaker system, dubbed the Duo-I plus. The unit works with iPods and is now "Works with iPhone" certified, and features dual alarms, an AM/FM tuner (with 15 available presets), and a 360-degree "snooze ring" handy for slapping when you just don't want to get up yet."

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About Custom the Retailer EXC!TE Award:

CustomRetailer magazine presents their annual EXCITE Awards to the best products available to the industry this year. Each year CustomRetailer invites nominations of products that stand out for being innovative, high-performing and solutions-oriented for the custom installation professional. This year the winners were selected from over 450 nominations received and judged by the magazine's editorial staff. All product categories relevant to the custom installation market were considered. This year's winners stood out as particularly impressive, considering the unique challenges custom installers face every day, not only on the job, but also with the current economic difficulties. The impact these products have on the industry is felt in the installers' productivity, the dealers' profitability, the clients' satisfaction and the industry's vitality.

Source: Home Cinema Choice - Oct 2009

Home Cinema Choice features the Boston Acoustics VS Series loudspeakers as its cover stars and awards the system a coveted Best Buy in its latest edition. See attached scan*, taken from the October 2009 issue – which is being circulated amongst the European custom-install, audio-visual and hi-fi industries now.

Home Cinema Choice claims a loyal global readership approaching 65,000 and is the UK’s best-selling home cinema enthusiast’s magazine. Every issue features news and reviews of the latest home cinema equipment, from amplifiers, receivers, processors, and power amps, to DVD recorders, speakers, projectors and flat panel TVs. The magazine also offers advice on setting up hardware alongside features focussing on stylish home cinema installations, and reviews of the latest DVD releases.

Source: electricpic.co.uk

Boston Acoustics rarely disappoints when it comes to hi–fi treats. And the new Horizon Trio is certainly no exception, packing a serious punch and a slew of ways to fill your ears with your favourite tunes, oblique radio stations and leftfield podcasts. Read on to get all the details on the Horizon Trio now.

The Boston Acoustics Horizon Trio certainly isn’t lacking the audio goods. As well as a CD player that can handle regular discs alongside ones chock full of MP3s, there’s also an iPod dock that’ll play nice with your iPhone too.

For radio heads, the Horizon Trio’s FM and AM offerings will rouse you in the morning. But it’s the DAB that’s the main draw, with presets and access to stacks of stations.

Style conscious gadget fans will be glad to know you can tinker with the front grille, changing the Horizon Trio’s colour if you’re not too fond of the hue.

There’s also a handy alarm clock so you can slap it next to your bed.

NEW SOUNDWARE XS 5.1 SURROUND SPEAKER SYSTEM:

“BIG SOUND” FROM BOSTON ACOUSTICS’ SMALLEST LOUDSPEAKERS EVER

The system features the smallest loudspeakers Boston Acoustics has ever introduced – five ultra-compact SoundWare XS satellites, each measuring less than 4 inches, plus a compact subwoofer. Artfully designed to complement any interior décor, each tiny satellite provides the rich audio power and performance of a true two-way speaker, with a 2½-inch (65mm) woofer and a ½-inch (13mm) tweeter. An attractive compact powered subwoofer completes the system with a 100-watt (250-watt Peak) amplifier and 8-inch (200mm) driver. The SoundWare XS 5.1 system is expected to be available in September 2009 in both black and white.

The tiny SoundWare XS satellites feature SoundWare’s signature polyhedron shape, as well as the line’s unique articulating mounting bracket, which allows for an unprecedented range of easy and flexible placement options. They can be installed into a corner, in the middle of a wall, where the wall meets the ceiling, or even placed behind a couch facing straight up for total invisibility. The two included brackets mount the speaker just 1 cm from any flat surface or flush in a corner, and when mounted flush on a wall, the speaker can be aimed downwards or sideways to provide ideal positioning.

The SoundWare XS system’s 8-inch powered subwoofer, with its powerful 100-watt (250-watt Peak) amplifier and compact design, can be hidden in a corner, placed behind furniture, or can take “center stage” without taking over your living room. This great sounding and great looking powered subwoofer completes this amazing surround sound speaker system.

For consumers who want to customize the look of their SoundWare speakers to stand out or complement the décor of any environment, all SoundWare speakers feature “Paint-Ready” cabinet surfaces.

Leading audio brand Boston Acoustics has unveiled another striking series of designs that mean great sound has a radical new look. The VS Series of loudspeakers combine richly detailed audio performance with striking styling and furniture-grade cabinetry.

And as with all class-leading Boston Acoustics designs the VS series comes with a serious splash of colour thanks to a selection of elegant, piano lacquer cabinet finishes and high-gloss end panels. These include red, white or black gloss for the enclosure partnered with a choice of cherry, maple, silver, red, ebony or black for the end panels.

But behind the brash new look of the five-strong line-up is some serious sonic R&D, as befits Boston’s three-decade engineering pedigree. Founded in 1979, Boston Acoustics has a long history of combining high performance with elegance that has led to a wide range of innovative and multi award-winning products.

Reflecting the seamless merging of art and science that defines VS, the ‘wave-like’ curved surfaces of the speaker cabinet reduce internal standing waves and panel resonances to deliver far superior sound quality over the standard speaker ‘box’. Additionally, substantial internal bracing enhances the strength of the cabinets to provide an ideal environment for high-performance sound.

Moreover, innovative driver design yields exceptional sonic characteristics. The range implements a proprietary Super Wide Bandwidth (SWB) Tweeter featuring a Coupled Dual Concentric Diaphragm (CDCD). This system dramatically minimises phase shift and distortion while improving pistonic motion. This offers the clearest sound at the highest frequencies.

Elsewhere, the VS Series uses Organic Composite Cone Material (OCCM). This new cone composite was developed to have superior sound characteristics, especially in the midrange frequencies. The use of select natural fibres makes the material less uniform, thereby virtually eliminating the inherent tones that many other common cone materials give as their characteristic sound. By using OCCM along with other premium transducer components, such as aluminium cast baskets and rubber surrounds, allows VS loudspeakers to achieve higher output and improve accuracy.

Gold-plating on the binding posts completes the high quality package.

The result is the best performing, best-looking products Boston Acoustics has produced.

The full range comprises the VS336 three-way floorstanding loudspeaker (from £2,499.00 depending on finish), the VS240 two-way bookshelf (from £599.00), the VS260 two-way bookshelf with 6 1⁄2” drivers (from £1,199.00), the VS325C three-way centre channel (from £649.00), and VPS210 Class-D 500 watt subwoofer (from £1,199.00).

VS speaker range. Price: from £599.00
Available: December 2008
Consumer telephone: 01753 287 947

Please find below the latest news and developments from BOSTON ACOUSTICS:

i-DS2 - iPod Dock

The latest addition to the BA table-top range, the i-DS2 is equipped to deliver room filling Audio via a pair of unusually large 9cm, full range speakers allied to an acoustically tuned chamber for maximum bass and the very best sound. The iDS2, as with other products in the range can be customized, thanks to the availability of four optional interchangeable grilles (Rose Bud, Chili Pepper, Glacier and Spanish moss).

We also have the new VS Series Range Speakers

VS Series Features
• Brand-new Super Wide Bandwidth (SWB) tweeters
• Organic Composite Cone Material (OCCM)
• Long-throw woofers and midrange drivers feature cast aluminum frames and rubber surrounds
• 5-way gold-plated precision binding posts
• Acoustically tuned ports
• High-gloss multi-layer furniture-grade end panels
• Elegant black lacquer piano finish standard
• High-frequency-molded MDF cabinet features curved surfaces, which reduce internal standing waves and panel resonances

Premium Finish End Panels:
Black, Ebony and Birds Eye Maple

Limited Edition Finishes: Artic White and Red
(Subject to change)

We currently have some great magazine reviews on the i-DS2 - iPod Dock,
please see review copy above from Stuff Dec 08 Issue