Custom Installer May09

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Outdoor speakers are often a one-
make stocking discipline for most
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dealers, but Teddington-based
SimplySonos, the longest-serving
Sonos specialist in the UK offering
complete installation and support
services, has a comprehensive range
which includes B&W, KEF,
QAcoustics, BluCube, Niles,
Sonance and Outcast.
Best
1. B&W WM2
The WM2 has a neat enclosure
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with a ﬁ ve inch woofer. It beneﬁ ts
from the common WM features of a
woven ﬁ breglass cone bass/midrange,
mounted in a stylish corrosion-proof
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cabinet with self-draining ‘J’-port that extends the
bass response without allowing water ingress.
The driver crosses over to an Ultra 12 tweeter for
excellent high frequency performance. It is ideally
suited to humid indoor or outdoor applications.
The integral wall bracket allows rotation in one
plane and has keyhole ﬁ xings to facilitate mounting
in either vertical or horizontal orientation.
2. SONANCE ‘ROCK SPEAKER’ CRK10
A completely weather-resistant outdoor speaker
designed to blend in with the environment with
its granite ﬁ nish and rock-like appearance. A
good response and power handling is aided by
a heavy-duty polycarbonate dome tweeter and
a 6.5 inch woofer with polypropylene cone and
rubber surround. Power handling ranges from 10
to 100 watts with a sensitivity of 89dB 1W/1m.
3. NILES PLANTER LOUDSPEAKER
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Available in 20 inch terracotta or weathered stone
ﬁ nishes, the Niles PS6Si offers the look and
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function of an ordinary ﬂ ower pot and is designed to
hold live plants, but houses dual one inch tweeters
Custom Installer magazine welcomes new publisher Brad Francis with the ﬁ rst of
and a 6.5 inch woofer. Its inconspicuous design
many industry comment columns
offers stereo sound without the clutter of speaker
enclosures. It has two sets of inputs for monaural Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
sound or with two for a conventional stereo setup.
Two installers hide a 103 inch plasma screen, AWE distributes Arcam and Digital
The Niles planters are supplied with dual three-
Projection goes out of this world at London sci-ﬁ ﬁ lm festival
foot burial-rated connection cables with waterproof
wire nuts. They also carry a lifetime warranty.
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4. NILES RECTANGULAR PLANTER
Fresh from an international press conference in Malta, CI can reveal that the 2009
A larger disguised planter rated at a maximum
IFA show in Berlin is expected to remain stable in the present economic climate
of 100W input and measuring 28 x 12.5 x 11.5
inches WHD ﬁ nished in terracotta or weathered
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stone, this also offers the look and function of an
ordinary rectangular planter and is designed to
New line of HDTVs from LG Electronics revealed, Denon launches UK-tuned home
hold live plants. It has a dual voice coil 6.5 inch cinema receivers and Sonus Faber launches Liuto speaker range
woofer behind MicroPerf disguised aluminium
grille in the centre of the front panel, plus dual
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one inch tweeters. Like the circular planter, the
dual coil driver allows stereo connections to be
CI exclusively brings you a ﬁ rst look at Het Landhuis, a Dutch installation that reaped
made to a single speaker.
installer, Censys Residential Control the ‘Best Integrated Home over £250,000’
trophy at the 2009 CEDIA Awards
5. OUTCAST WIRELESS WEATHERPROOF
SPEAKER
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The Outcast is a portable, wireless, and
weatherproof speaker system. It has a rechargeable
The 2009 CEDIA Expo is upon us once again and CI reveals some of the most
battery pack that is good for 10 hours of play but
exciting things to see at this year’s event to be held next month
can also operate with a mains supply attached. It
comes with a mains-powered transmitter which also
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Amanda Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . amanda-roberts@btconnect.com
has a built-in iPod dock which sends the music to
the Outcast speaker itself. Connecting a Sonos
MANAGING DIRECTOR Phil Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .rephotopublishingltd@btinternet.com
ZP80 Zone Player to the transmitter also provides a
PUBLISHER Brad Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .brad.francis@rephotopublishing.co.uk
portable Sonos Zone.
The Outcast has a downward ﬁ ring subwoofer
STAFF WRITER Nicholas Clancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .nicholas.clancy@rephotopublishing.co.uk
cone and array of four midrange drivers around STAFF WRITER Craig Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . craig.evans@rephotopublishing.co.uk
its top giving excellent omni-directional sound
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION John Gingell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . john@buffalomedia.co.uk
and a bass performance that belies its size. It
also has an audio input jack for when it may be
DESIGN ASSISTANT Doug Bannister . . . . . . . . . . . . .doug.bannister@rephotopublishing.co.uk
inconvenient to use the transmitter unit. SALES MANAGER Chris Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .chris.reynolds@rephotopublishing.co.uk
ACCOUNTS SUPERVISOR Sylvie Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sylvie.rpl@btinternet.com
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