A Major Sonic Step Forward: Audience Au24 SE High-End Cables Are Now Available in Speaker Cables, Interconnects and Power Cords

San Marcos, CA, August 12, 2013 – Audience today announced that its top of the line Au24 SE cables are now available in speaker cables, interconnects and power cords. Delivering a major step forward in musical accuracy, the expanded Au24 SE lineup includes speaker cables with spade lug and banana plug terminations, interconnects with RCA and XLR connectors and power cords with U.S. and European Schuko AC plugs.

Audience Au24 SE cables have been upgraded from previous models with ultra-low-mass, high-purity copper connectors that enable the passage of more low-level information in phono, line-level, speaker and power cord applications.

“The Au24 SE cables are the most significant advancement in cables Audience has ever made, and we don’t say that lightly,” noted John McDonald, president of Audience. “They improve upon the resolution of our already outstanding Au24e to offer an even more compelling and involving musical experience. The Au24 SE cables are something extraordinary and I’m confident that listeners will hear their special qualities immediately.”

“Now that we’re shipping Au24 SE in all speaker cable, interconnect and power cord types, listeners can wire their entire system from source to speaker and enjoy the full benefits Au24 SE provides – greater coherency and transparency, 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.”

The Audience Au24 SE lineup is now available in all new cables. Please consult Audience or an authorized Audience dealer for pricing. Owners of Au24e and Au24 cables can have them upgraded to Au24 SE at prices ranging from $220 to $440; please consult Audience or an authorized Audience dealer for pricing. The Au24e speaker cables, interconnects and power cords will remain available.

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CE Pro Review of The ONE Loudspeaker

“In fact, I think the speaker’s overall detail and tonal accuracy is so good that it could be used as a recording monitor”.
Robert Archer – Aug ’13
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New Testimonial for Au24SE Cables

“I just wanted to let you know that I received my SE upgraded Au24 interconnects and speaker cables and sat down for an hour of music to see if I could appreciate the difference. I might end up divorced as my wife has barely seen me since. I’m pulling out 40 year old LPs and experiencing them in a whole new way.”

“These upgrades are STUNNING. I’m not a musician and it’s hard to describe what I’m hearing, but everything sounds “organic” and just “right”. The level of detail and the width of the soundstage is remarkable. THANK YOU!!!” Tony Shefferd

“the absolute sound” Review of Audience Au24SE Cable

“All of the Audience’s sterling qualities were evident right from the outset. The Audience is an extremely quiet and neutral cable. Its whiplash speed and transparency can become addictive, but it will not appeal to those searching for a cable that supplies additional perceived warmth or body. Instead, it exudes a quiet authority that makes it a very promising candidate for anyone searching for a first-rate phono cable”.
Jacob Heilbrunn — July ’13 Read Full Review

Audience Introduces Its AIT1 Ultra-Balanced Line Transformer

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

Stereomecmuasi Review of The One Loudspeakers

“It’s not a classical desktop speaker, it’s more a high end product. The performance you get is eye popping. It’s a boutique product but a very special ONE.”
Hakan Cezayirli, Editor – June ’13
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10 Audio Review of Audience ClairAudient The One Loudspeaker

”This impression of clarity, octave-to-octave consistency and harmonic coherence, and freedom from distortion is apparent on every listen, from day 1 to day 101 and beyond”.
Jerry Seigel – June ’13
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AudioTechnique Magazine Reviews Au24 SE Interconnect Cables

Audience Au24 SE Interconnect
AudioTechnique Hong Kong
Issue 381 Jun ’13
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HP Soundings Previews The ONE Loudspeaker by Harry Pearson

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“It doesn’t pretend, as most speakers in its size and price range almost always do. It doesn’t lie. It tells the truth and will get you far closer to a sense of the real thing than any of its competing competitors can or will do.”
Harry Pearson – Read Full Review

Audience Now Shipping The ONE Single-Driver Loudspeaker

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.