Blu-ray! A format destined for hobbyists and physical-media fetishists, one that will never enjoy widespread adoption. And this idiotic $US135,000 BD player certainly won’t change that. More »
Goldmund has just announced the Eidos 20 BD, a device that they claim is the first Blu-ray player from a high-end AV manufacturer. So, naturally, that makes it all right to slap a US$16,000 price tag on it. Apparently, that premium price will score you an AC-Curator power supply circuit for improved picture and sound, a Mechanical Grounding construction that eliminates vibrations that can blur video and a Magnetic Damper that lowers reading errors. Sounds great, but I’ll be saving that money to buy a car or put a down payment on a house, thank you very much. Press release after the break.
It’s something of a twist: instead of installers working with your home theatre to give you the best sound it can deliver, the Goldmund installers use their complex acoustic modelling program, the diabolically named Proteus, to make your room as close to their ideal as they can, regardless of room size and décor. Yep, that’s a bare minimum of $300,000 for up to 128 speakers, an amp for each speaker and a controller for the whole thing. Furniture, other decorations and presumably even projector and screen cost extra. I wonder if they use Pear Anjou speaker wire. [Goldmund] More »
Goldmund has just added to their Logos line with the Logos1 monitor and the Logos2 active subwoofer. The Logos1 is available in both passive and active versions, whilst the Logos2 contains 2×150 watt Telos amplifiers with analogue and digital inputs. The Logos2 features an active crossover that will drive the 7″ woofer and tweeter to above 100dB. More »
