March
2009 -
PranaWire Review
"...there
was a panoramic airy soundstage with seemingly limitless
depth. It was spectacular! I have
rarely
if ever heard such a combination of musicality and resolution.
String tone was perfect. The entire presentation was perhaps
the most realistic portrayal of an orchestral performance
I have ever enjoyed. "
Stephen
Marsh reviewing the PranaWire Nataraja Speaker Cable at
6moons.com
March
2009 - The Lotus Group announces it has been granted the
US Distribution rights for Hanss Acoustics.
Link to pdf catalog.
March
2009 - Hi Joe, I wanted to drop you a line to tell you
how much I am enjoying the Acoustic Revive RR-77 and REM-8.
As you know, I work at ABC Radio Networks in Dallas, which
gives me access to a number of studios for listening.
I can’t tell you how much fun I’ve had bringing colleagues
in to listen to music and spoken voice with and without
the RR -77. The reaction is usually something like “What’s
in that thing?” when I plug it in. Music, and even processed
spoken voice, simply becomes easier and more relaxing
to listen to. ... The REM-8... goes even further in my
opinion. With both the RR-77 and REM-8 (under the switching
power supply of a Denon Pro CD player) in operation, there
seems to be even more of the relaxing effect, with a lessening
of edgy and irritating artifacts in voice and music. But
the REM-8 also makes things sound richer and fuller –
less “flat” sounding. The combination of the two products
may also enhance the stereo image effect, but this is
hard to quantify in a studio environment. Bottom line:
the innovative people at Acoustic Revive obviously know
how to listen, and their products are unique in what they
do and how they do it!
Dave Allison VP/Business Administration ABC Radio Networks
February
2009 - Anthony Nicosia of Affordable
Audio.com reviews the Acoustic Revive RIQ5010 and
RIQ5010W Quartz discs, the QR-8 Quartz Insulators, the
REM-8 EMF cancellation device and the RCI-3 Cable Insulator..
February
2009 - Mike Silverton of StereoTimes.com
reviews Oyaide receptacles and Acoustic Revive Cables.
R-1 receptacle: "The differences I heard transported
me to a better place. Dimensionality! Transparency! Interstellar
silence! The best highs this side of smack! And all this
before a proper burn-in! "
Acoustic
Revive cables: "The magic is in the midrange, audio’s
heartland. Get the midrange right and you’re home. Further,
the midrange’s rightness in no way diminishes speed, nor
is there diminution at the spectrum’s extremes. And yet
characterizing something as 'magic' is likely to leave
the wrong impression, and we are, after all, dealing in
impressions – that’s what audiophila’s about. You’re better
served if I tell you that via this system AR’s cables
reveal no character whatever. They’re simply not there."
CES
2009 - Positive Feedback awards the Lotus Group room -
featuring the Maxxhorn Lumination loudspeaker with the
Feastrex D5 Monster alnico drivers, PranaWire cabling,
Acoustic Revive cables and accessories and Oyaide cables
and accessories - an Audio Oasis Award.
January
2009 Anthony Nicosia of Enjoy the Music.com reviews the
fo.Q lineup. "I recommend purchasing not just one
of the fo.Q devices but all, or at least as many as you
can."
"For
someone who generally despises most of the tweaks that
continue to flood the market every year, the RR-77 is
by far the most impressive one I have tried to date. But
most of all, it has indeed enhanced my overall enjoyment
of the music which is saying a lot as most tweaks usually
just change the sound and not necessarily to the benefit
of the tunes." Paul
Candy of 6moons - Favoite Discoveries of 2008
The
Lotus Group Exhibits the Feastrex D9e Type III 9"
all Permandur Field Coil Drivers with Milled Phosphor
Bronze Frames coated in traditional Japanese urushi lacquer
at RMAF 2008. At $69,000 the pair, the nine inch Type
III Urushi have the distinction of being the world's most
expensive loudspeaker drivers of all time. However, more
to the point is the fact that their sound is also unparalleled
throughout time.
Feastrex
Drivers begin at $2990 per pair.
The
Lotus Group Exhibits the Feastrex Makoto Loudspeaker featuring
the Feastrex D5e Type III 5" all Permandur Field
Coil Drivers, the world's first loudspeaker cabinet coated
with 20 hand applied coats of traditional Japanese urushi
lacquer, at RMAF 2008.
Oyaide
Across 750RR Interconnect awarded the Diapason d'Or -
Gold Medal award – by France's highly regarded Hi Fidelity
Magazine "Diapason" November 2008
The
Acoustic Revive RWL-III Room tuning panel reviewed in
Affordable Audio
by Anthony Nicosia - November Issue
"The
RWL-III panels are simply put, amazing! It returned the
impact, transparency and details to the music that my
room seemed to rob from it. I no longer felt that my system
was limited by the room but rather that it was working
together with it to allow the music to express itself
in all its recorded glory. The question comes to mind
not whether I should
buy an RWL-III panel but rather how many should I purchase."
Acoustic
Revive
garners
9 out of 15 Publisher's Choice Awards at Stereo Times'
"Most
Wanted" Components of 2008
November
2008 - Russell Lichter of Stereo Times Reviews
the Acoustic Revive RTP-4 ultimate Power Conditioner.
The
Acoustic Revive RTP-2 and RTP-4 ultimate Power Conditioners
reviewed in Affordable
Audio by Anthony Nicosia - September, 2008
"...this
is about as good as it gets."
October,
2008 - Anthony Nicosia of Affordable
Audio reviews the Acoustic Revive RD-3 CD Demagnetizer
and Rio 5 II Negative Ion Generator. "This double
treatment of RD-3 and RIO-5 II was simply amazing. Details
I had not noticed now became evidently clear and the soundstage
was immense."
August
2008 - Oyaide Releases the Focus 1 XLR Connectors with
one touch, push-pull ball bearing locking mechanism and
machined phosphor bronze inner body and outer barrels.
State of the art performance from Oyaide.
August 2008 - Oyaide Releases the SRBN-1 banana plug machined
from solid deoxidized phosphor bronze and plated with
Silver and Rhodium. Dual 5mm solid stainless steel grub
screws are used to secure the cable without any solder.
August
2008 - Rudolf Bruil of SoundFountain.com
gives a thorough explanation of the Acoustic Revive RR-77
Ultra Low Frequency Generator and puts it to test by making
a recording of the same material with the unit on and
with the unit off.
July
2008 - Mike Silverton of Stereotimes
says of the Acoustic Revive RR-77: "It's by far the
most significant peripheral I've ever lived with."
March
2008 - Please see Jeff Day's 2nd installment of the Acoustic
Revive Chronicles at 6moons. com. Speaking of the
RIQ-5010, RIQ-5010W and QR-8 he says, "They make
the music ... more natural, organic, life-like and less
electronic sounding to get you closer to the sound of
real live music. There is a cumulative effect too, so
the more of them you use in your system, the greater the
magnitude of change will be. " See also the 3rd installment
of the Acoustic
Revive Chronicles.


February
2008 - We are pleased to announce that Acoustic Revive's
RR-77 Ultra Low Frequency Generator has been awarded the
Blue Moon Award for "Effective and Affordable Enhancements
in the Acoustic Treatments Catagory" by 6moons.com
in Jeff Day's Acoustic Revive Chronicles Part 1.

Acoustic
Revive's RD-3 Disc Demagnetizer awarded the Diapason d'Or
- Gold Medal award - by France's highly regarded Hi Fidelity
Magazine "Diapason". - November 2007
The
Lotus Group Room at RMAF 2007, featuring the incomparable
Feastrex D9e Type II 9" Full Range Field Coil Loudspeaker,
was awarded Positive Feedback's "Audio
Oasis" Award.
June
2007 - Reporting on the Acoustic Revive RD-3 Disc Demagnetizer,
RIO 5 II Negative Ion Generator and the RGC-24 Virtual
Grounding Conditioner, Mike Silverton of Stereotimes says
"We audiophiles maintain a sonic ideal in a corner
of our minds, and experience has taught me that these
ideals can differ to startling degrees. I’m saying in
effect that I hear this AR trio as a keeper, and if I’ve
succeeded in piquing your interest, I’ve done my part."
Mike
Silverton of ultraaudio.com reviews the Acoustic Revive
RD-3 amd RIO-5
"...the
Feastrex D5nf is presently the best sounding 5-inch fixed
magnet full range money can buy. "
Dick
Olsher, enjoythemusic.com
Awards
2007
Details
Matter
Joseph
Cohen
of the Lotus Group
discusses his first encounter
with Acoustic Revive