Look out,
Yamaha /
Polk /
Vizio /
et al., you've got another rival heating up the surround bar game. Destined to hit
CEDIA 2008, soundmatters' SLIMstage40 checks in at a luscious 3.3- x 3.4- x 39-inches in size and features 170-watts from eight internal amplifiers. The device houses four Linear Magnetic Drive main / satellite speakers and a trio of down-firing Extreme-Energy subs that are assisted by six mass radiators. Furthermore, you'll find three digital audio inputs (two optical, one coaxial), three analog inputs, a headphone jack, LED-backlit panel, an RS-232 port and an IR remote. Folks interesting in dabbling in faux-surround can snag one now for $899 to $1,199, depending on whether you spring for the bundle including the SUBstage100 subwoofer.
posted Aug 12th 2008 9:57AM
nice!!! dont 4get to add marantz soundbar to the topic!
but this beast looks sick!
Soundbars are really trendy right now. Lazy salespeople not pushing filling your room with speakers. For shame! There may be a recession, but how many of these need to come out?
Its not perfect by any means, but this is a good idea if you think it is. Audiophiles, go away, we are not talking to you.
Get the/a freakin' sub, YOU will need it. Unless your my 70 year old parents, who love their Yamaha YSP800, they don't have a sub, and that seems somehow...okay.
I wouldn't say lazy sales people as much as I would say lazy consumers. Of course it boils down to many people feeling intimidated by anything that has wires and/or uses electricity.