xHiFi Brings Affordable High-Fidelity Sound To PCs, Gaming Devices, MP3s

25-Feb-03

xHiFi creates audio and home theatre products that provide state-of-the-art levels of design and technology within non-traditional, real-world applications, offering a different take on how high-performance can appeal to everyday people with everyday needs. Founded by Mel and Howard Schilling, owners of Camelot Technology, one of the most respected companies in high-end audio/video, and Doug Goldberg, celebrated high-end audio/video designer (Camelot Technology, PS Audio, Genesis, Audio Alchemy), xHiFi re-defines the notion of ""hi-fi"" from expensive, esoteric specialty, to affordable, applicable, and practical solutions. The company's debut product, the xDucer, is a high-performance, compact, upgradeable, elegantlys finished three-piece loudspeaker system (two satellites plus one subwoofer), designed for today's multimedia consumer, who values improved sound quality from everyday sources like PCs, MP3 players, and gaming consoles (such as XboxÆ and PlayStationÆ 2). The xDucer will begin shipping on April 1, 2003, at a special introductory price of $695. The xDucer's European Cherry finished subwoofer enclosure also houses the system's audiophile-quality, high-current 50-watt subwoofer amplifier, and custom 50-watt Class D digital amplifier for the two satellite speakers. Both the satellite and subwoofer employ groundbreaking driver designs developed by JVC Japan. The subwoofer's single 6.5-inch paper cone driver incorporates special coil and center cap designs, and mates precisely to the satellites, which employ a cutting edge, ultra-high-bandwidth 360-degree driver, delivering frequency response out to over 50 kHz.  The xDucer offers numerous upgrade options, such as Digital Multimedia Playback (for Memory Stick, Compact Flash, Secure Digital, and Smart Media cards), automatic 24-bit/192 kHz Digital Upsampling (ideal for compressed material like MP3), more powerful amplifier circuits, improved cabling, and additional speakers and amplifier channels for multichannel formats such as DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, and SACD. Many of these upgrades will be available within a separate desktop product planned for the fall of 2003. ""Over the past year or so, we have been very impressed with the success of excellent products like the Bose FreeStyleÆ Speaker System and Klipsch ProMediaô series,"" xHiFi's co-founder and CEO Howard Schilling said. ""We saw an opportunity to utilize our extensive capabilities and experience with the foremost digital technologies to create products that offer to these emerging markets even higher levels of performance and features, but at only a slightly higher price. We believe these customers will welcome this approach, and establish going forward what 'better' means to the next generation of music, movie, and gaming lovers."" xHiFi sells its products worldwide directly via the Internet, telephone, or fax, and provides its customers with a 30-day in-home trial. For more information, visit www.xhifi.com.

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