GoldenEar wants to put a little surprise into the space over your head. The company is launching a new "virtually invisible" Atmos speaker package, also known as Invisible Atmos System II.
The new setup follows a similar system that GoldenEar debuted last year. However, the Invisible Atmos System II includes Invisa MPX in-wall speakers for the front left and right main channels and rear surrounds, Invisa HTR 7000 in-ceiling speakers for the four height channels, a SuperSat 60C Center speaker, and the new SuperSub X.
Having those height channels will allow you to enjoy Dolby Atmos and DTS:X soundtracks in the comfort of your own home. These two object-based audio formats can deliver sound from every angle, including overhead. To get the goods, you will need a receiver that decode one or both of the formats. For best results, you should also install overhead speakers -- such as the ones packaged up in the Invisible Atmos System II.
The set includes the Invisa MPXs, which feature two 5-inch cast basket bass/midrange drivers, one High-Velocity Folded Ribbon (HVFR) tweeter, a sensitivity rating of 90dB, and a frequency response of 27Hz - 35kHz. The Invisa HTR 7000s have one 7-inch high-definition cast-basket MVPP mid/bass driver and one of the HVFR tweeters. Other features include a sensitivity rating of 90dB and a frequency response of 25Hz - 35kHz. Both models are selling now, priced at $499 each.
The highlight here is the new SuperSub X, which is an even smaller version of GoldenEar's SuperSub XXL. It has two long-throw 8-inch drivers, two 10.5-by-9.5-inch quadratic planar infrasonic radiators, a 1,400 watt ForceField Digital Amplifier, a 56-bit DSP device, and patent-pending Dual-Plane Inertially-Balanced Technology.
"This force-cancelling inertial balancing preserves, conserves, and focuses all the energy produced by the transducers in order to effectively move the air in the room (rather than vibrating and shaking the cabinet), as well as enabling full recovery of the finest and most subtle details, rather than allowing loss and blurring due to wasted energy and box movement," says the company of the technology. "Also, because there are two active drivers that are separated horizontally in space, as well as two sub-bass radiators, which are similarly separated vertically, the driver-to-room coupling and bass response is distributed much more smoothly, allowing the different drivers to couple to different room standing wave patterns (called eigenmodes)."
Other features on the sub include a frequency response of 12Hz - 200Hz, a precision level control, a 12dB per octave low-pass control, two stereo RCA inputs, and a switch to select the direct-coupled, unfiltered LFE input. Look for the SuperSub X to start shipping in late September, priced at $1,249.
GoldenEar Technology will make the Invisible Atmos System II available to dealers immediately following its debut at CEDIA 2016, which runs from September 15-17. The entire package has been priced at $5,040.
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