One Audio

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'One Audio’s intent is to control the entire playback chain from woah to go; no DAC/amplifier lottery to enter, no cable calls to make.

Think of One Audio’s system(s) as active loudspeakers but with DSP, crossover, D/A conversion and amplification externalised. Off-boarded electronics not only help keep the One Audio the system modular but prevent heat and speaker vibration from spoiling the party. Despite deploying Class D amplification, One Audio’s loudspeaker engineer Brad Serhan says that the two amplifier modules (per channel) produce “quite a bit of heat” when fitted inside the loudspeaker cabinet.

Serhan and colleague David Allen (not present at CES) both handle driver choice/configuration (here Scanspeak Revelators), box construction, tuning/damping whilst company main man Morris Swift takes care of amplification voicing and digital-domain crossover design for nuanced control over the loudspeaker output. ‘Predictability’ and ‘Consistency’ are Swift’s watchwords.

With a heavy nod toward the pro audio sector, a Neutrik 4-pole connector connects electronics to transducers.

One Audio’s second configuration saw their grey metal x-over/DAC/amplifier box split into two brown-coloured monoblocks, which added Danville Electronics’ hi-res-capable wireless reception to the mix. An iMac-tethered transmitter handled left and right channel splitting and synchronisation.

Per the video, exact pricing remains TBC but is expected to land somewhere in the region of AU$9000 (~US$6000). That’s the costs of a complete system – wireless streamer, DAC, amplifier and loudspeakers – all tuned for optimal performance out of the gate. Just like buying a car.'

http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2016/01/ces-2016-one-audios-high-end-hifi-system-in-a-box/