Black is the new… err black. Like many consumer electronics manufacturers, hi-fi specialist Astin Trew has noticed a pickup in demand for its products in black rather than silver finishes.So the first to get the new all-black treatment is the AT 3500 CD player, to be followed later this summer by the company’s new AT2000 integrated amplifier and the cheaper AT3000 CD player. The entire product range will be available in silver and black by the end of this year.

“We have become aware over the past year of an increasing demand fro a black fascia option. It seems we’re going back to black as a product style trend,” says Michael Osborn, managing director of Astin Trew.

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The Marantz ES7001 is suave ‘all-in-one‘ system that will please all audiophiles. Besides it sleek looks, the system delivers surround sound from the one box. Hook it to your Blu-Ray, DVD or CD player and enjoy the movie or songs. It’s taken three years of painstaking research to come out with this perfect audio solution. Also called the Cinemarium, the design includes six speaker drivers arranged in special tweeter, midrange and woofer configuration; and each individually powered by a hi-fi quality digital class D amplifier, housed in an incredibly solid extruded aluminum monocoque enclosure. This amazing ’soundbar’ also features three powerful 32-bit digital processors on board. One is used to for Dolby/DTS decoding, while the other two implement the complex algorithms that produce surround sound from a single box with ultimate accuracy and speed.

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Artcoustic, the world leader in modern and contemporary wall mounted high-end speaker systems,have expanded their product line with the introduction of the new Diablo Sub Panel Subwoofer that establishes a new benchmark in performance and design. This compact and beautifully designed new model is a creation of Mr. Kim Donvig and performs like a professional subwoofer, delivering exceptionally powerful and dynamic output.

The Diablo Sub Panel is a passive design and uses the new Artcoustic PA-1800. This is a big upgrade on the older version and features 3 channels of amplification. 1×900 watts and 2×450 watts. The passive sub offers fantastic flexibility in installations as only speaker cable is required to run to the subwoofer.No mains power is needed to the enclosure. This enables the subwoofer to be placed where it looks and sounds its best , rather than near a power outlet. Because the Diablo is so flexible in it’s positioning, this also makes for a simpler and cleaner installation. The Diablo can be positioned easily and discreetly eliminating obtrusive cable displays thereby avoiding the new regulations that require main outlets to be positioned higher than previously and resulting in unattractive power line displays.

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