EI LIVE! 2022

STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR EI LIVE! 2022

There is still time to register and attend EI Live! 2022. Visit eiliveshow.com, learn more and register today! Our official preview was last month, but here are a few more highlights not available at the time of going to press in August.

With a comprehensive line up, distributor, Redline is gearing up for yet another major presence, showcasing the company’s AV and control offerings.

A major focus will be placed on the Totem Acoustic brand, offering an insight into the company’s comprehensive and characterful approach to high-performance audio. Created at the company’s Canadian HQ, all the speakers offer the chance to tap into the brand’s considerable experience of creating high-quality audio from all sorts of enclosures to suit a huge range of projects and people.

The Tribe is a family of speakers that mixes on-wall, sound-bar, floor-standing and a sub model to deliver a pleasing mix of performance and aesthetics. Using cutting-edge patented technology, the Tribe family is luxuriously detailed and well proportioned. Tribe III, for example, offers rich harmonics with impressive on and off-axis dispersion and frequency range, all from one of the slimmest wall speakers available. The Tribe family uses Totem’s inhouse produced and hand-assembled Torrent woofer, designed to offer nuance, inflection, detail, power and flexibility.

Another Totem Acoustic favourite, the Kin family, again offers variety, but consistency too in terms of performance. A series of soundbars in the Kin Force; Kin Solo, and Kin Playbar can partner the Kin 10 sub. The Kin soundbars mix good looks with strong sound providing an excellent partner for today’s large, thin TVs.

Technologies such as MHEX woofers, composed of multiple layers of phenolic honeycomb and woven synthetics, develop powerful bass that defies the ranges slim enclosures.

The popular bookshelf members of this family will also be at the show, Kin Play and Kin Play Mini, offering old school Hi-Fi styling combined with totally up-to-date connectivity. The Kin Play Towers will be on demonstration showing the sonic capability of this part of the Totem family. Visitors to the stand will also be able to more information on Totem integrated speakers.

New products from Velodyne will also look to make impact at the show. The Impact X 10/12 subwoofers deliver strong bang for buck, offering a combination of efficient

Call for volunteers Martin Logan will be just one of the audio brands on show

Connected Distribution will showcase many top of the line brands

front firing drivers working in harmony with a down firing bass reflex port, delivering an efficient, tight, punchy performance. The maker says both models offer impressive lowend extension and snappy delivery, not always characteristics associated with a bass reflex subwoofer.

Velodyne created brand new drivers just for this range and these components work in concert with an efficient Class D amplifier. The Class D amp delivers a meaty 600W of peak power, delivering all the grunt that is needed.

Velodyne has also mixed in many of the company’s in-house created technologies (such as an anti-clipping circuit) to ensure both subs experience minimal distortion and deliver a satisfying performance no matter what they are asked to do. Adjusting to different performance requirements is also enabled by using the four distinct signal processing pre-sets that are adjustable via the supplied remote control.

Also from Velodyne, the popular and highly compact MicroVee will make an appearance. In its MicroVee MKII version, the brand underlined that it was entirely possible to deliver impressive bass performance from a compact and attractive enclosure (22.9 x 22.9 x 24.4cm). Adding the MicroVee X Velodyne kept many of the features from MK 11 including the strong aesthetics, but provided additions such as Carbon Kevlar drive units and its own dedicated remote-control functionality, providing direct access to volume, phase and crossover adjustments.

Also on show, the Artison Studio soundbar family, which boasts an impressive array of proprietary components, including carbon fibre woofers and midranges, Vifa tweeters, and side-firing stage tweeters, all precision engineered to bring out the fine audio details that can get lost. The custom grille for each one of these soundbars is tailor-made to individual specifications for a perfect fit every time, even on displays with uneven bezels.

The viveroo brand delivers comprehensive, attractive and practical solutions for mounting every type of iPad. The company’s latest innovation, the viveroo Level will be on display, created to offer a home to the new iPad Pro 12.9in using a precision engineered solid aluminium body that holds the tablet securely and fits perfectly into various settings. See it all on Stands 3 and 4.

PMC DISTRIBUTION DIGS DEEP

PMC Distribution UK will be presenting PMC’s ci series, the Martin Logan CI speakers subwoofers and distribution amplifiers, plus AVM electronics at the show. The six model PMC ci series brings all the magic of the movies to the home. Incorporating technologies from the multi-award-winning audiophile speakers and studio monitors, they are the ultimate in slimline, high-performance on-wall and in-wall ci loudspeakers and are used as the reference in Dolby Atmos Music mixing studios across the world, says the maker.

Since 1991, the brand has been used to create the biggest movie soundtracks and have been awarded an Emmy for contribution to recording excellence. To recreate the aweinspiring realism and stunning dynamics of a blockbuster in the home, there is no better choice of loudspeaker than those used to make the movies themselves says PMC.

The full range of ci series models will be on display and powering the ci30 in-wall model will be the compact, German built, AVM CS2.3 all-in-one streamer CD receiver, delivering the audiophile sound quality that AVM is renowned for, in a simple to use, compact form. With 2 x 140 watts, the advanced AVM X-STREAM Engine; Apple AirPlay 2; Spotify Connect; TIDAL; QOBUZ; UPnP and web radio, it is the ‘Roon Ready’ perfect solution for high-end streaming in a multi-room system.

Martin Logan is one of the ‘greats’ of loudspeaker design, best known for its electrostatic panel designs, but it also has an enviable reputation for its custom installation products, of which there are five distinct ranges. Show visitors will be able to see models from the company’s Masterpiece CI flagship models, Motion XT CI, Motion CI and the Motion On-wall designs.

The Martin Logan subwoofers feature wireless setup, control, wireless connectivity, and benefit from the powerful Anthem Room Correction (ARC). On display will be the flagship from the Dynamo series, the 1600X, with its 15in driver, 1,800W amp and configurable front or downward firing design. Martin Logan is available in the UK exclusively from PMC Distribution UK. Visit PMC on Stand 59.

CONNECTED DISTRIBUTION

Dolby Atmos presents a fantastic opportunity for installers and customers alike. Connected Distribution will be demonstrating this exciting, immersive format and explaining the benefits in terms of installer revenue increase and customer satisfaction.

The custom built Atmos rig being installed at the show will feature products from Connected’s portfolio, including the Parasound JC5 5-channel THX certified power amplifier, and A23 2-channel amplifier, Yamaha Aventage receiver and a new brand of cinema speakers being introduced into the UK for the first time at EI Live! The entire system will be cabled with Kordz cables.

Also on display will be the very latest product innovations from Russound, PulseEight, Earthquake Sound, RTI, Atlantic Technology, Kordz, Parasound, Sanus. Connected Distribution can be found on stand 63.

SANUS looks to set the standard for TV mount technology. Using innovative design and outstanding safety features, the company’s TV mounts allow users to have the best TV viewing experience no matter where they are sitting. SANUS designs products to enhance experiences with today’s technology and improve product performance all while making installation easy. A premium brand, the company is determined to create reliable products with high-quality heavy-duty materials that will stand the test of time and are simple to install. Check it all out on Stand 21.

SONOS

Sonos is making its very first appearance with its own stand at the event. As well as being the main sponsor for the Smart Building Awards, held on the evening of the first day of the show, and the much anticipated industry T-Shirt competition we have been trailing in the last few weeks on social media, on Stand 59a, there will be Sonos prizes and all the Sonos products including Vinyl, dual Sub, RAY and possibly something else on display. Sonos will have RAKO, NIKO, Meridian and many other WWS partners at the show.