News from CES 2002

Day 3

January 10, 2002

Stan Sato, Lance Crabbe, and Jeff Priester of Design Systems Ltd. at the 2002 CES Alexis Park Venue where McIntosh displayed their new products. This venue (smaller than the Las Vegas Convention Center) is where high-end audio vendors display new products in the hotel rooms of the Alexis Park.

McIntosh presented new, top-of-the-line speakers, the XRT 30. Priced at $25000/pair, tall columns of tweeter/midrange drivers that handle the 80 Hz - 20 kHz range, combined with separate left and right bass units, each housing 2 12" low frequency drivers, deliver awesome sound and high power handling. The matching center channel speaker complements the XRT 30.

The midrange/tweeter column of the McIntosh XRT30 can be flush-mounted and mated with separate subwoofers. In this configuration, the speakers are called XRT29. $15000/pair

The new McIntosh C2200 tube preamplifier.

Here is the prototype digital EQ from Clarity. This 2 channel unit can correct for speaker and room frequency response problems with high resolution. Software on a PC and a calibrated microphone accurately make the adjustments.

Lexicon showed the new MC12 surround processor AV controller (second from the top) with new 6 channel amplifiers matching the MC12 cosmetics. The MC12 Balanced audio uotput version is seen on top.

The new BMW 7-Series has an audio option package that incorporates Lexicon's logic 7 surround processing. The result is greatly imporved sound clarity and spaciousness. The subwoofers are under the front seats and are designed utilizing the air cavity of the car structure as the bass enclosure ... very clever!

Moxi Digital (www.moxi.com) is a new company formed 2 years ago by Steve Pearlman, who developed WebTV, which he sold to MicroSoft. Their product is a hardware reference design and software that can be incorporated by entertainment service providers (Oceanic Cable, Echostar Satellite dish and others) into their set-top converter box. The system combines a hard drive digital recorder (for video or MP3 music), 2 TV tuners (cable or satellite, as needed by the service provider company) in the Media Center. Each TV in the house would have a Moxi Media Center Extension that would allow it to access music and video streamed from the Moxi Media Center via the wireless 802.11a network standard (New high-bandwidth network standard). All control of the system functions are via an on-screen display and hand-held infrared remote control. You could simultaneously listen to MP3 music that is stored on the Moxi Media Center hard drive, 2 TV programs and video that you recorded previously and that is stored on the hard drive. AOL TimeWarner and Echostar are venture capital investors and will likely be the first providers to incorporate this technology in their products (AOL TimeWarner owns Oceanic Cable). These devices will not likely be available as a separate product. Each service provider will customize which features they wish to make available. Below are some aspects of the Moxi Digital system.

This is the hardware piece of the Moxi system. It includes an 80G hard drive and 802.11a wireless network.

Hand-held infrared remote control unit for the Moxi system.

This is the Moxi Media Center Extension box that connects to the audio/video input of your TV. No cable or wire connection to an outside service is necessary. The Media Center Extension communicates with the Media Center via 802.11A wireless network standard. No Wires!

Here is a sample of the on-screen Moxi TV program guide.

This is the main Moxi on-screen display showing the services: TV and movies, DVD/CD player (if included by the service provider), music (MP3 stored on the hard drive) and other functions.

This next view shows the Moxi on-screen display method of entering text to search for a program title without a keyboard. The letters correspond to the number keys on the remote numeric keypad. The letters that show up are the 9 most probable first letters of a title. After you enter the first letter, titles that have that letter show up on the right and a different set of letters show up on the numeric keypad buttons that correlate to the nine most probable second letters of a program title. This method allows searching and finding what you want with fewer steps.

This Moxi on-screen display shows music categorized by composer.

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		Day 3 January 10, 2002 Stan Sato, Lance Crabbe, and Jeff Priester of Design Systems Ltd. at the 2002 CES Alexis Park Venue where McIntosh displayed their new products. This venue (smaller than the Las Vegas Convention Center) is where high-end audio vendors display new products in the hotel rooms of the Alexis Park.
		McIntosh presented new, top-of-the-line speakers, the XRT 30. Priced at $25000/pair, tall columns of tweeter/midrange drivers that handle the 80 Hz - 20 kHz range, combined with separate left and right bass units, each housing 2 12" low frequency drivers, deliver awesome sound and high power handling. The matching center channel speaker complements the XRT 30.
		The midrange/tweeter column of the McIntosh XRT30 can be flush-mounted and mated with separate subwoofers. In this configuration, the speakers are called XRT29. $15000/pair
		The new McIntosh C2200 tube preamplifier.
		Here is the prototype digital EQ from Clarity. This 2 channel unit can correct for speaker and room frequency response problems with high resolution. Software on a PC and a calibrated microphone accurately make the adjustments.
		Lexicon showed the new MC12 surround processor AV controller (second from the top) with new 6 channel amplifiers matching the MC12 cosmetics. The MC12 Balanced audio uotput version is seen on top.
		The new BMW 7-Series has an audio option package that incorporates Lexicon's logic 7 surround processing. The result is greatly imporved sound clarity and spaciousness. The subwoofers are under the front seats and are designed utilizing the air cavity of the car structure as the bass enclosure ... very clever!
		Moxi Digital (www.moxi.com) is a new company formed 2 years ago by Steve Pearlman, who developed WebTV, which he sold to MicroSoft. Their product is a hardware reference design and software that can be incorporated by entertainment service providers (Oceanic Cable, Echostar Satellite dish and others) into their set-top converter box. The system combines a hard drive digital recorder (for video or MP3 music), 2 TV tuners (cable or satellite, as needed by the service provider company) in the Media Center. Each TV in the house would have a Moxi Media Center Extension that would allow it to access music and video streamed from the Moxi Media Center via the wireless 802.11a network standard (New high-bandwidth network standard). All control of the system functions are via an on-screen display and hand-held infrared remote control. You could simultaneously listen to MP3 music that is stored on the Moxi Media Center hard drive, 2 TV programs and video that you recorded previously and that is stored on the hard drive. AOL TimeWarner and Echostar are venture capital investors and will likely be the first providers to incorporate this technology in their products (AOL TimeWarner owns Oceanic Cable). These devices will not likely be available as a separate product. Each service provider will customize which features they wish to make available. Below are some aspects of the Moxi Digital system.

		This is the hardware piece of the Moxi system. It includes an 80G hard drive and 802.11a wireless network.
		Hand-held infrared remote control unit for the Moxi system.
		This is the Moxi Media Center Extension box that connects to the audio/video input of your TV. No cable or wire connection to an outside service is necessary. The Media Center Extension communicates with the Media Center via 802.11A wireless network standard. No Wires!
		Here is a sample of the on-screen Moxi TV program guide.
		This is the main Moxi on-screen display showing the services: TV and movies, DVD/CD player (if included by the service provider), music (MP3 stored on the hard drive) and other functions.
		This next view shows the Moxi on-screen display method of entering text to search for a program title without a keyboard. The letters correspond to the number keys on the remote numeric keypad. The letters that show up are the 9 most probable first letters of a title. After you enter the first letter, titles that have that letter show up on the right and a different set of letters show up on the numeric keypad buttons that correlate to the nine most probable second letters of a program title. This method allows searching and finding what you want with fewer steps.

		This Moxi on-screen display shows music categorized by composer.
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