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#FutureOfSound: The ultimate sound experience no matter what the circumstances

Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 90

In the year of the company’s 90th anniversary, Bang & Olufsen unveiled a highly sophisticated loudspeaker with a multitude of technologies. According to Bang & Olufsen, the new Beolab 90 is “the most complete and powerful digital loudspeaker ever designed for use in the home.”

BeoLab 90 is fitted with Bang & Olufsen’s new Active Room Compensation technology, which makes up for the impact of your room, your furniture, the placement of the loudspeakers and the location of the listening position. By this, it is able to stage the sound so superbly you can hear precisely where the individual band members or the actors in your favourite movie are placed.

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“BeoLab 90 is the future of sound. This intelligent loudspeaker measures the acoustical effects of its surroundings and directs superb sound to your favourite listening position. You do not have to be close to the speaker or even in front of it to get an excellent sound experience,” says CEO Tue Mantoni.

The new loudspeakers offer unique Beam Width Control, which enables you to change the width of the sound beam to suit different listening situations. You can easily change the listening experience from a dedicated sweet spot to a party all-over the room setting.

Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 90 loudspeakers

The 360º-design is based on a complex aluminium cabinet totalling more than 65 kg of aluminium. . The black fabric covers hover lin front of the speakers, and the curved wooden baselifts up the large structure from the floor, allowing the loudspeaker to fit inwith the interior design anywhere in the home.

“BeoLab 90 is our most complete loudspeaker to date. It is a committed investment in excellent craftsmanship, ideal materials and superior technology. Future Bang & Olufsen products will benefit from the innovation and know-how gained from the development of BeoLab 90,” explained Bang & Olufsen CEO, Tue Mantoni.

The recommended price of BeoLab 90 is €34.995/$38.995 per unit with first deliveries expected end of year.

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D-Vine Gravity sommelier machine

A sommelier at home? 

D-Vine Gravity sommelier machine - 2014 model

We too love wine in bottles, but why not exploring a new alternative… Meet D-Vine Gravity – a tasting expert, elegant with a strong personality. The wine chilling machine serving wine by the glass without opener or fridge is a new way of tasting wines developed by French company 10-Vins. D-Vine Gravity offers a glass of wine at home, at the perfect temperature and decantation. The wine lover’s personal at-home sommelier will be able to enhance it and reach the perfect serving conditions in less than a minute. There are no wine bottles or corks involved.

The machine offers a selection of various French wines in flacons of 10cl, patented by WIT, designed to preserve the flavours and product quality for a duration of 3 years. 10cl is the size of a glass of wine, nothing more, nothing less. The selection is based on 10-Vins wine subscription service – an at-home delivery program offering tubes of premium wines ranging from €2 to €16.

Wine lovers insert the flacon of their choice in the smart machine. Via an RFID (Radio-frequency identification) tag D-Vine detects automatically the wine temperature and oxygynation level and gets ready. The glass of wine is in your hand in less than a minute. A water cleaning cycle allows to drink alternatively white, rose or red wine.

To be launched in France on November 15, the aerating and chilling machine retails for €499 ($560 USD).

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