January
2010 - CES Coverage
"I was most impressed by its tremendous
control and detail in the midrange in the bass,
notable low extension, and seamless integration
between the woofers and Feastrex driver...the
beauty of this speaker is something special."
Jason Victor Serinus, Stereophile
CES 2010 Show Report
"In
The Lotus Group room, Granada loudspeakers and
Prana Wire. This system was at the top of the
list for overall musicality and engagement...
way to go Joe!" Dave and Carol Clark's
CES 2010 Show Report in Positive-Feedback.com
December
2009
Positive
Feedback Bestows Writer's
Choice Award on Acoustic Revive's RPT-4
Ultimate Power Distributor and Power Reference
Power Cable
Anthony
Nicosea of Affordable
Audio reviews Acoustic Revive's TB-38, RST-38
& RAF-4 Platforms.
November
2009
Jeff
Day discusses getting the most out of your digital
media using Acoustic Revive's RIO 5 II Negative
Ion Generator and RD-3 Demagnetizer at Positive-Feedback
October
2009 - RMAF - Room 550
Jonathan
Valin confers "Best of Show" and "Best
Introduction" status on the Granada Loudspeaker:
"...this speaker was so good it earned one of
my little asterisks as a "Best of Show" contender
(and I only gave out a handful of these). ...this
is a speaker that may truly be great" Jonathan
Valin, AVguide.com,
October, 2009.
October
2009 - RMAF - Room 550
The
Lotus Group will demonstrate the new Granada
Loudspeaker. Also on active display will
be the Hanss T-60 turntable, Hanss PA-60 two
chassis phono preamplifier, the Hanss CD-20
category busting, upsampling CD player, along
with many other new products from our manufacturers.
August
2009 - Audio Replas Review
"The
addition of the Audio Replas' mat and stabilizer
to my Clearaudio turntable gave me all the bigness
and weight of the In UniSon, without any loss
of transparency or speed. This combination created
by far the best and most beautiful sound I have
ever heard from any source component in my system."
Jack
Roberts reviewing the TS OPT300 HR Turntable
Mat and OPS-1 HR LP Stabilizer at
Dagogo.com
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..
Affordable
Audio.com reviews QR-8
StereoTimes.com
reviews Oyaide R-1 Outlet
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 (Maxxhorn is now Affirm
Audio) with the Feastrex D5 Monster alnico
drivers, PranaWire cabling, Acoustic Revive
cables and accessories and Oyaide cables and
accessories - an Audio Oasis Award.
Audio
Oasis Award Positive Feedback CES 09
Dagogo
Report on Lotus Group CES 09
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.
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.
"...few
speakers can match the Feastrex’s effortless
transients and texturing, or the way it gently
caresses your sensibility and puts music forth
subliminally. It was a stunning exercise of
the ideal of producing the most truthful, expeditious
dynamics and tonality..." Constantine Soo,
Dagogo.com
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
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Joseph
Cohen
of the Lotus Group
discusses his first encounter
with Acoustic Revive
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