Korral sound & vision, winter 2014

WINTER 2014 KORRAL SOUND & VISION

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Welcome to our Autumn edition of our newsletter, and it has been a busy time for us. The website has pushed on at a pace, and is now nearing completion, although knowing our interest in all things audio and video, will be a work in progress ad-infinitum, but I think all will agree, it is an amazing transformation.

It has been a busy time with new products also, with some interesting products adding themselves to our already large roster. Rega products are now available from us, and with their arrival, we have reduced prices as an introductory offer. See page 4 of this newsletter, or the "Current Specials page of our website for prices.

The amazing Polk speaker brand has also joined us, as well as Definitive Technology, well known speaker companies from the U.S, and you will find exceptionally competitive prices on our "Speakers" and Hi-End" pages of our website, as well as our specials page.

Digital music is all the rage, and with brands such as Sonos, has also come of age. Image Acoustics picture frame loudspeaker has arrived with Sonos and Apple support. These sound amazing, and have been received to critical acclaim. These speakers have offer excellent sound, and wife friendly appearance, for me anyway. A great addition to any digital sound system, and sure to be a favourite.

Lastly, we would like to thank everybody for their continued interest and support, our apologies for the delay of our Winter Newsletter, and hope you will find it interesting reading.

Many thanks,

From all the staff of Korral Sound & Vision.

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Image Acoustics

New to Korral Sound & Vision this month is the exceptional Image Acoustics.

This framed picture conceals a surprising secret; the world’s thinnest wireless Hi-Fi speaker system thinking on the type of products required to listen to music in the 21st century. Something that just sounds great is no longer good enough. We also need to embrace the aesthetic. A product must look good as well as sounding great, with a unique blend of technology, performance, quality and class leading sound. We have worked with one of the UK’s foremost acoustic engineers to ensure that our products sound fabulous. We have then combined this with experience in art and framing to ensure that we can provide you with a product that is just what you are looking for you.

An on-wall wireless speaker system, custom manufactured to your exact requirements, just like a conventional picture frame, you can choose whatever artwork or image you want, it can even be a mirror! The convenience of wireless, dock-less operation and avoidance of clutter. You can stream music wirelessly from your iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad directly to SoundScene; you don’t even need a computer. Use iTunes Match to play your entire music library from the “Cloud”. Add a music on demand service such as Spotify and you will have literally millions of tracks to choose from. And SoundScene sounds great too, thanks to four low profile side firing wide dispersion BMR drivers, each are driven by their own dedicated 12.5 Watt RMS amplifier (50 Watts total) and each digitally equalized for optimum performance

Use on its own, or can be combined with other AirPlay products to create a diverse multi-room system.

Imagine Acoustics Ltd is a new company with a strong pedigree. Established by a 39 year Hi-Fi industry veteran with a view to bringing fresh thinking on the type of products required to listen to music in the 21st century. Each SoundScene is manufactured to order, with assembly and frame manufacture in our Old Woking facility, and the SoundEnclosure manufactured by our woodworking partner based near Thame in Oxfordshire.

In BBC Music magazine they tell us that there is now a 'Picture-Perfect' solution to enjoy music at home? SoundScene is the elegant way to enjoy music of your choice.

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Image Acoustics Soundscene

The Imagine Acoustics SoundScene Model 1

speaker isn't the first you can hang on a wall, or

indeed the first to double as a picture-frame. It is,

however, the first to have integrated AirPlay, so you can play direct to it from an iPod Touch, iPhone or

iPad, or indeed a computer running iTunes.

Choose your own art for the speaker to fit with you

likes, or your decor.


Wharfedale

We've been lucky enough to have received a pair of Wharfdale Jade 5 speakers for our reference setup. They are connected up to Marantz S-15 premium series sacs and amplifier, Pro-Ject Genie turntable, Sonos connect with Musical Fidelity M1 Dac. Mains is tackled using a Russ Andrews Ultra Purifer Block with Megaclamp, cables are Chord speaker cable and QED interconnects.

They were pretty impressive out of the box, the finish is amazing, our pair are piano black, by far the most popular finish, and they look exceptional. Sound was pretty good out of the box too, It took close enough to 70 or 80 hours to run in, Wharfdale say 100 approx. Since running them in, they have seriously impressed. You always know good speakers when you start cueing up your favourite tracks one after the other. We had a pair of Dali Mentor 6's previous, and found that sibilence was a problem. Artists such as George Michael were practically unlistenable, not that they didn't have bags of bass, but the top end at times was was to sharp. Not the same problems with the Jade's, out of the box, a little, but run in, no such problems.

Their soundstage is totally amazing, and stereo separation is definitely as good as it gets without spending a hell of allot more. The Wharfdale's have our seal of approval, totally amazing sound, seriously impressive. I can't resist trying different type of music, to see how it sounds, and that's an impressive thing. Euro for euro, these are a bargain.

Jade 5 piano rrp: €2,200.

Korral Sound and Vision price: €2,000.

Special, receive a further €150 off the Jade 5 piano finish, quote code WJP104 for your saving.

See our "Hi-End Page" of our website for more Jade prices.

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Jade 5, Piano Black


Current Special Offers:-

Myryad Special Trade-in offer:-

Trade in any working hi-fi component, (speakers, amplifier, turntable, dac, cd player, etc)......and save €150 on the Mi, and MX Range. Trade in any faulty or not working hi-fi component, (speakers, amplifier, turntable, dac, cd player, etc)......and save €100 on the Mi, and MX Range.

Trade in any working Myryad component, and receive €175 off the Mi, and MX Range.

Contact us for more details.

Wharfedale Jade:-

Engineered to offer something beyond the ordinary and to be considered an exceptional music reproduction instrument, each Wharfedale loudspeaker must meet a number of exacting standards. Jade is an audiophile class speaker design from Wharfedale that incorporates the latest improvements in loudspeaker technology and Design.

To celebrate our newest in house speakers, we have reduced the Complete Wharfedale Jade range, offering stunning performance, and a competitive price. Contact us for more details.

Jade 1 - Veneer €649.90 / piano - €799.90. Jade 3 - Veneer €899.90 / piano - €1,049.90. Jade 5 - Veneer €1,749.90 / piano - €1,999.90. Jade 7 - Veneer €2,099.90 / piano - €2,499.90.

Lower than UK Prices Call us for more details, including prices on home cinema packages.

Rega:-

Uncompromising in sound, exceptional by design, the Rega range has arrived, with exceptional prices, contact us for more details.

Rega Planar 3 - rrp €625.00 our price €584.90. Rega Planar 6 - rrp €1170.00 our price €1,074.90. Saturn R (CD Player) - rrp €2,097 our price €1,899.90. Osiris Amplifier - rrp €7,967.00 our price €6,999.90. RS10 (speakers) - rrp €10,397.00 our price €8,999.90.

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Polk

In 1972, on a quiet overgrown street in Baltimore, in a house that still looks like it came out of a Hollywood horror flick, a couple of young guys turned a love for great sound into a crazy idea. The idea became a quest. Soon the quest became a company. Their love for music inspired them to make great sound available to as many people as possible. Now you can discover how Polk will transform your entertainment anywhere you want great sound. We want your movies to be more thrilling, your music more real, and your parties more fun. Polk are still on that quest, still in love with sound.

The exceptional Polk range have arrived, and indeed, we have received quite a few enquiries from people who love these speakers. Any of the ranges available are exceptional in their price range, and represent excellent value for money, with performance that hits higher than it should.

The LSiM range are a beautiful design that will fit any any decor, and look beautiful and amazing, with sound to Challenge the best.

At Korral Sound & Vision, we endeavour to bring the best products, at the best price, a competitive price, head over to our website, on the "Current Specials" page for exceptional value.

Polk is an American original, crafting audio experiences that deliver our iconic, engaging, authentic sound.

LSiM 707 - rrp €3,999.00 our price €3,249.90

RTi A5 - rrp €799.90 our price €699.90

More prices on our website.

Contact us for bundle offers.

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Polk Lsi M7 Series

Polk RTi A5

Plinth bass reflex port allows less problematic

placement.


Talkback

A 5.1 speaker package an be an easy thing to buy, just make sure it's from the same range an all is ok, but is it that simple? We all understand that stereo is an amazing thing, and the sheer quality on offer from modern speakers is just staggering. Listening in stereo is far different than in 5.1, as the centre, tears and subwoofer kick in to bombard us with all the action, to enhance our

experience, to draw us closer to the movie, and it's brilliant. But do we need the same serious speakers all around.

I remember a review of the Boston Acoustics A360 speakers, four in total with their A Series centre speaker and sub, and it was total nirvana, indeed I heard this arrangement in action, and it blew me away, but was I listening more than seeing. When we watch a movie, our brain uses a hell of allot of processing power from a visual aspect, and it has been scientific proven that our

others senses, hearing in this case are diminished. I don't know about you, but I've often watched a movie, and my dad who loves movie soundtracks says "the music was good", I didn't hear a note, so engrossed in the movie I couldn't remember a single musical sequence, I am aware of it as the music plays along, but it didn't sink in, so do my speakers need to be of such a standard?

I tried out a little experiment recently, using my Wharfedale Jade 5 speakers, I added the Jade C2 centre speaker as, let's face it, the dialogue is probably the most important so the centre, in my opinion, should be, if possible the largest speaker n the setup. Then I decided to use Wharfedale diamond 122's as rears, and my Polk subwoofer. Initially, I hear a difference, of course I would as I was listening, not watching, mind you, it didn't sound bad, it sounded very good. So I stuck on my favourite movie, Blade Runner" and started watching, by the end credits, as Vangelis was pushing it out, I suddenly noticed, somewhere along the way, I had been sucked into the movie, and the difference between the rears and the fronts, well I stopped noticing it, and just enjoyed the movie. The rears are for an immersive experience, but our minds are focused on what is ahead, and that is the area which has to be perfection, the rears add ambience, and as such, don't need to be high end.

Does this mean our rear speakers are less important, well no, they most certainly are, but the lower range speakers were more than adequate, and of identical sensitivity (oops, another story). It is important to keep the same manufacturer when it comes to 5.1 systems and above, but perhaps Dropping down in range and price isn't a bad thing, indeed, perhaps it diminishes our experience so little, well it doesn't matter as much. Many systems have all the same speakers used for all 4 channels, and it works amazingly well, me, I'd improve the front stereo pair for stereo listening, I love my stereo and it will get used far more to be honest. I'd also get the largest centre from the same range, if a bigger one is available.

I repeated the experience with a 7.2 package, it just got better, to be honest as it should. It's an interesting experiment, but I am so taken with this sort of setup, I'm now saving.

Let us know of your experiences with your system, just drop us an email at [email protected].

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Bite size:

The amazing Kef Blade 2 is now available in striking colours to complement any decor.

Denon's Affordable DAC, the DA300 USB Has been brilliantly reviewed by What Hi-Fi, "Squeezing such high-end tech into a device at this price is admirable and shows in its performance, which is assured and well", high praise indeed.

The new Marantz and Denon catalogues have arrived, contact us for a copy.

Myryad' new Z range is available now. Launched to critical acclaim, the new Z range promises exceptional value and performance.

Q Acoustics, the award winning British loudspeaker company; introduces ‘in-wall’ models to its highly successful Q-Install range of built-in, custom installation loudspeakers

A Significant And Measurable Improvement In Digital Data Transfer. QED, the specialist UK hi-fi and home cinema connectivity manufacturer, is pleased to introduce its new Reference ‘Real Glass’ Optical Digital Interconnect.

Thank you for your interest in Korral Sound & Vision, I hope this newsletter has proved interesting and fun to read. Should you require any information on any hi-fi and home cinema products, don't hesitate to contact us. We'll have a quick awards roundup in the next week or so.

Roll the the Christmas edition.

Michael,

www.korralsav.com [email protected] 086 739 8201

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