Mackie Announces HD Series Of Loudspeakers – Pushes Marketing Pain Threshold

Mackie has announced a the HD Series of “High-Definition” Powered Loudspeakers. Claiming to create “an entirely new [product] category: High-Definition Live Sound,” the HD1521 2-way and HD1531 3-way contain Class-D amplifier technology, delivering up to 1800W of peak system power with precision crossovers, transducer time alignment and phase correction circuitry right in the box. HD Series loudspeakers take...

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Conran Announces The Brionvega RR226 Sound System

Conran has announced the Brionvega RR226 sound system. The RR226 is an update of Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni’s 1965 RR126, and would certainly felt right at home in Captain Kirk’s bachelor pad. Handcrafted in plywood and aluminium it houses a Pro-Ject turntable, a wide dial AM/FM radio, CD player and built-in stereo speakers. All this retro design action doesn’t come cheap – it will reportedly cost a...

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