J'apprends sur la Quête du Graal que Pioneer va sortir dans un futur proche un nouvel amplificateur home cinéma de référence, le SC-LX90 (je reprends l'image de Chess venant du topic B&O):
Vous pouvez voir ici le communiqué de presse sur le site Pioneer: http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/content/press/news/sclx90.html
Un extrait:
New Flagship Amplifier from Pioneer on the horizon: the SC-LX90
A new reference in home theatre amplification
Pioneer confirms the introduction of their newest, most powerful and advanced amplifier yet – the SC-LX90 – within the coming 6 months. The product was sneak previewed at the IFA fair in Berlin and at the London Sound and Vision Show.
The product incorporates a new, unique Direct Energy HD Amplifier, developed together with ICEpower, delivering a solid drive capability that can realise true multi-channel continuous power output at e.g. 200W x 7 simultaneously.
"Four years have passed since the introduction of our last widely acclaimed reference A/V amplifier, the VSA-AX10Ai. At that time, it was our masterpiece, and ahead of the game in terms of delivering high quality audio output." says Jim Catcheside Product Manager at Pioneer GB.
"The core research goal for a new flagship amplifier was clear: select and develop an amplification platform that can take sound to a new level. And that's how we arrived at ICEpower."
The materialisation of the "Direct Energy HD Amplifier" at the heart of the SC-LX90 took years of intense collaboration between Pioneer's amplifier design specialists and the ICEpower team. The result is a sound characterised by quick response, matching the highly advanced registration capabilities of modern music studio environments, and thereby respecting what artists & studio engineers intend to express.
"We are very satisfied with our collaboration with Pioneer and have enjoyed developing a dedicated, customised multi-channel audio power conversion solution for them. The multi-channel module is the very latest of ICEpower's developments – it is quite revolutionary in its technology." said Peter Sommer, President and CEO of Bang & Olufsen ICEpower. "We have worked hard to deliver excellent audio performance, power density and efficiency in this solution, and hope that the Pioneer customers will be able to enjoy a new level of sound quality with the new home theatre system."
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Chess indique que "En revanche, il arrive que certaines productions
haut de gamme Pioneer ne soient pas importées en Europe, dans la mesure
où, ici, Pioneer a une image plus grand-public, alors qu'au Japon, par
exemple, ce constructeur est considéré (à juste titre, à mon avis)
comme le "maître" en terme de lecteur numérique haut de gamme."
Merci à Chess pour cette information.
C'est une très bonne nouvelle pour la crédibilité de B&O en audio haut de gamme !
