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Soundmatters UPstage 360 Not a Coffee Maker But Brews Up Immersive Sound
Soundmatters innovates super-compact Bluetooth speakers that sound far better than anything their size has a right to sound. Now the company enters the Hi-Res audio robotic "personal servant" market with "Upstage 360" a "smart home connect' and "Echo Dot docking station" equipped compact, circular "smart" speaker system that has a claimed 40Hz-40kHz frequency response and a 360 degree radiating pattern.
The Kickstarter funded project has far exceeded its original goal but there are still 22 days to go during which the company is offering enticing incentives to sign up for one now including a $130 discount off of the $499 list price when you pledge (guess how much?).
Click on the above hyperlink for all of the product's details as well as the still-running funding offers. The device is internal docking equipped with Bluetooth, Echo Dot, Spotify, Apple Music, qobuz, TIDAL and one other app.
A photo of Martin-Logan founder Gayle Martin Sanders directly below the feature box quotes him as saying "I am honored to be among the first to hear an intitial version of the Upstage 360. VERY COOL! Can't wait to own one".
I like the intersection of audiophilia and innovative tech. Cool, useful "lifestyle" enhancing products can and should also sound good. This one could be one. Though it's engineered by Soundmatters and says on the back, the Upstage 360 will be marketed and branded under the name LEVEL 10.
https://www.analogplanet.com/content/soundmatters-upstage-360-not-coffee-maker-brews-immersive-sound
UPstage 360 projects output evenly in 360° omni-directional soundstage, fills the space with premium Hi-Res audio, and creates a listening "sweet zone", where the same exquisite sound will be heard at every position.
Unlike conventional speakers, which deliver directional output and chain listeners to a limited area, UPstage 360 creates consistently quality sound regardless of where you stand in relation to the speaker and envelopes the whole space with utmost clear sound.
UPstage 360 utilizes a patented ball-cone reflection structure made of aluminum alloy to create optimized reflection curves that radiate consistent sound waves dispersion and avoid interference with different frequency ranges.
Spherical diffusers evenly transmit the high frequencies 360˚ and the cone-disc structure enhances the dispersion for mid and low frequencies.
Frequency response measured from different angles and frequencies presents identical SPL responses. The test was done with the latest Klippel Near Field Scanner (NFS). Even in high frequencies, UPstage 360 still delivers even sound pressure.
The X-axis of the contour plot stands for the frequency, and the Y-axis is the degree of the angle measured.
Soundmatters innovates super-compact Bluetooth speakers that sound far better than anything their size has a right to sound. Now the company enters the Hi-Res audio robotic "personal servant" market with "Upstage 360" a "smart home connect' and "Echo Dot docking station" equipped compact, circular "smart" speaker system that has a claimed 40Hz-40kHz frequency response and a 360 degree radiating pattern.
The Kickstarter funded project has far exceeded its original goal but there are still 22 days to go during which the company is offering enticing incentives to sign up for one now including a $130 discount off of the $499 list price when you pledge (guess how much?).
Click on the above hyperlink for all of the product's details as well as the still-running funding offers. The device is internal docking equipped with Bluetooth, Echo Dot, Spotify, Apple Music, qobuz, TIDAL and one other app.
A photo of Martin-Logan founder Gayle Martin Sanders directly below the feature box quotes him as saying "I am honored to be among the first to hear an intitial version of the Upstage 360. VERY COOL! Can't wait to own one".
I like the intersection of audiophilia and innovative tech. Cool, useful "lifestyle" enhancing products can and should also sound good. This one could be one. Though it's engineered by Soundmatters and says on the back, the Upstage 360 will be marketed and branded under the name LEVEL 10.
https://www.analogplanet.com/content/soundmatters-upstage-360-not-coffee-maker-brews-immersive-sound
UPstage 360 projects output evenly in 360° omni-directional soundstage, fills the space with premium Hi-Res audio, and creates a listening "sweet zone", where the same exquisite sound will be heard at every position.
Unlike conventional speakers, which deliver directional output and chain listeners to a limited area, UPstage 360 creates consistently quality sound regardless of where you stand in relation to the speaker and envelopes the whole space with utmost clear sound.
UPstage 360 utilizes a patented ball-cone reflection structure made of aluminum alloy to create optimized reflection curves that radiate consistent sound waves dispersion and avoid interference with different frequency ranges.
Spherical diffusers evenly transmit the high frequencies 360˚ and the cone-disc structure enhances the dispersion for mid and low frequencies.
Frequency response measured from different angles and frequencies presents identical SPL responses. The test was done with the latest Klippel Near Field Scanner (NFS). Even in high frequencies, UPstage 360 still delivers even sound pressure.
The X-axis of the contour plot stands for the frequency, and the Y-axis is the degree of the angle measured.
