San Marcos, CA, July 9, 2013 – Audience today announced the introduction of its AIT1 Ultra-Balanced Line Transformer, a 1:1 ratio, line-level transformer designed for superior isolation, extremely wide bandwidth and superior sound quality with the highest resolution and lowest distortion. Read Full Press Release
It’s The World’s Biggest Little Loudspeaker: Audience Is Now Shipping Its ClairAudient The ONE
San Marcos, CA, March 26, 2013 – Audience today announced that it is now shipping its ClairAudient The ONE single-driver loudspeaker. The smallest model in Audience’s ClairAudient speaker lineup at just 7 inches high by 5.5 inches wide by 7 inches deep, the ONE is ideal for desktop music listening, compact high-end stereo systems and surround sound home theater.
“The ONE represents our efforts to produce the finest small speaker possible,” said John McDonald, president of Audience. “It employs Audience’s exclusive A3-S full-range crossover-less driver to deliver pure, expansive sound with dynamics and soundstaging capabilities that might not seem possible from such a small speaker – until you hear it.”
The ONE incorporates the same exclusive A3-S full-range crossover-less driver as every Audience ClairAudient loudspeaker, along with a purpose-designed passive radiator. The A3-S is a full-range high power, 12mm excursion, ultra-low distortion transducer. It eliminates the need for a separate woofer, midrange driver, tweeter and crossover network – and their inherent sonic compromises of sonically dissimilar drivers, phase distortions, loss of resolution and transient response degradation.
Available in a choice of stunning high-gloss finishes including black, red, white and blue with black grilles that attach magnetically to the speaker, The ONE is a true point source loudspeaker that offers a seamless, absolutely coherent sonic presentation at all frequencies with extraordinarily precise imaging and remarkable soundstage realism. “Even off axis, The ONE is uncanny in its ability to sound more like live music and less like what we’re accustomed to hearing from a stereo system,” McDonald noted.
Because it has no crossover, The ONE is direct-coupled to the amplifier it’s connected to, enabling the full damping factor of the amplifier to be directly applied to the A3-S driver’s voice coil. By allowing the amplifier, speaker cable and driver to act as a single coherent system, a level of control over the driver is achieved that is not possible with any speaker with a crossover.
The ClairAudient The ONE employs the highest-quality parts throughout including low-mass binding posts and Audience Ohno (monocrystal) Auric internal wiring. The ONE presents a benign load to an amplifier, resulting in compatibility with a wide range of tube and solid-state amplifiers. The ONE is flat from 50Hz to 20kHz in-room response when placed on a desk or near a wall; a subwoofer is required for full-frequency response when The ONE is situated away from a wall.
The Audience ClairAudient The ONE loudspeaker is now available at a suggested retail price of $995 per pair in black and blue finishes; white and red finishes will be available soon (to be announced).
Available accessories include desktop stands at $75 per pair and Audience Ohno speaker cables at $199 per 3-foot pair or $249 for a 5-foot pair. All Audience products are manufactured in the United States of America.
San Marcos, CA, November 19, 2012 – Audience today announced its upgraded Au24 SE RCA interconnect cables, offering a significant step forward in sonic performance. The new Au24 SE have been improved from previous interconnects with ultra-low-mass, high-purity copper connectors that enable the passage of more low-level information in both phono and line-level applications.
“The new Au24 SE interconnects improve upon the resolution of our already acclaimed Au24e to offer an even more compelling and involving musical experience,” noted John McDonald, president of Audience. “With the Au24 SE you can now hear much more decay and subtle reverb cues for instruments and vocals, a greater sense of the room environment and dimensions on a recording, and a richer sound throughout the frequency spectrum.”
“If you are already a fan of the Audience Au24 and Au24e cables, the new SE version is sure to uplift your musical enjoyment to a surprising degree.”
The Au24 SE interconnects will be featured as part of complete Audience audio system that will be demonstrated at T.H.E. Show 2013 at the Flamingo Las Vegas, room 4049 (January 8 – 11, 2013). The system will also include a production version of the ClairAudient 1+1 loudspeaker, named the “Greatest Bargain” at T.H.E. Show Newport 2012 by The Absolute Sound.
The Audience Au24 SE interconnects are currently available at prices beginning at $1,190 for a one-meter pair. Owners of Au24e and Au24 interconnects can have them upgraded to Au24 SE for $220 per pair. The Au24e will remain available.
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About Audience
Audience was formed in November 1997 by John McDonald and the late Richard Smith, as a design and production company focused on building the best possible audio and video equipment. To pass the Audience test, each product must truly make a significant contribution to the reproduction of audio and/or video. Audience offers loudspeakers, electronics, cables, power conditioners, high-resolution capacitors and the Auric Illuminator optical disk resolution enhancement.
Audience’s commitment is to develop the very best products possible, and the company is committed to unexcelled customer service and product support. All Audience cables have an unconditional lifetime warranty and power conditioners have a ten-year warranty. For more information visit www.audience-av.com.
San Marcos, CA, May 22, 2012 – At the upcoming 2012 T.H.E. Show: Newport in California (June 1 – 3), Audience will debut one of its most significant products ever, the new Mark II top of the line ClairAudient 16+16 loudspeaker. The 16+16 has been upgraded with the addition of eight 6 x 9-inch custom passive radiators, to create a historically unprecedented true full-range, one-way, bi-pole loudspeaker. Whereas previously the 16+16 was flat down to 80Hz and required the augmentation of a subwoofer, its response is now accurate from 30Hz to 22kHz. Read Full Story
San Marcos, CA, April 9, 2012 – Audience today announced the introduction of a new power conditioning filter section for its Adept Response AC power conditioners. The optional filter section, designated by an “S” at the end of the model number, offers improved sonic performance and is available on the Adept Response standard, model T and model TS power conditioners. Read Full Press Release
