New brands debut in SA

Cape Town high-end audio importer and distributor Esoteric Audio has added two new brands to its portfolio: MBL Akustikgeräte, and Kii Audio.

Over the past three decades, MBL Akustikgeräte has established itself as one of Germany’s top-flight high-end audio brands, and arguably one of the most innovative, too. It’s self-declared focus is as much on technology and quality as it is on exacting audio performance.

The company’s distinctive Radiahlstraler speaker driver technology is perhaps its best-known innovation, resulting in a striking, unconventional loudspeaker range that has been lauded worldwide. MBL also produces an extensive line-up of amplifiers, DACs and disc transports.

Also based in Germany, Kii Audio has been in the news with its fully-active Kii Three loudspeaker, which uses a proprietary, DSP-driven wave shaping technology to optimise sonic performance and reduce the interaction between room and speaker.

Driving the front, side and rear-firing drive units are advanced Class D amplifiers, allowing the entire signal path to be controlled in the digital domain. The result, claims Kii, is a speaker that is both highly accurate and musically honest.

Esoteric Audio. www.esotericaudio.co.za