Maestro Badenia Coming to the US!

By: Ben Vollmer, Car Audio Nationals/TeamSoundDomain

A new company is coming to the US, with a very familiar management and product set.  Maestro Badenia has announced that they will begin to do business in the U.S. mobile electronics and marine markets under the brand name German Maestro offering high quality, high performance amplifiers, speakers, component speaker systems and subwoofers.  (You can read a recent review of the speakers at this link.)

GermanMAESTRO is a premium audio brand founded by members of the management and leading employees of the German MB Quart Enterprise. GermanMAESTRO will continue the proud tradition of best-in-class loudspeaker design and manufacturing in our renowned Obrigheim, Germany facility.

Maestro Badenia is headquartered in Obrigheim, Germany comprised of industry experts who were the marketing, engineering, and manufacturing strength behind the original German-made MB Quart products when that brand enjoyed significant market share, great brand image and a loyal consumer following. Maestro Badenia occupies the original MB Quart manufacturing facility.

German Maestro expects to ship products in December 2008.

The products for Car, Marine and Home Audio can be viewed at their website at: www.german-maestro.de

Boston's New Pro Series: Now Shipping!

We gave you a preview of the new Boston Pro SE components back during our CES coverage in January, and now, ladies and gentleman, they have arrived. To commemorate their 25th Anniversary, Boston Acoustics released a new line of components, the Pro SE (Special Edition) series. Taking cues from their highly praised SPZ line, Boston took this design one step further to ensure the absolute best sound quality. The crossover's components for the SE series have an extremely low tolerance rating (1%!), and to maximize sound quality and accuracy, Boston upgraded the tweeter from the standard Pro series to the highly regarded Neo Type M tweeter from the SPZ series. The Pro SEs will be available in both 6.5" or 5.25" versions. More pics and specs after the jump.

JL Audio Rockin' at Hard Rock Park: More Details, Video, Pics!

So we did a little more digging into the JL Audio/Hard Rock Park partnership and we've got a few more pics and a video of one of the coasters in action! Here's what we found out about the Zeppelin ride from JL Audio:

"On the Zeppelin ride, each train has eight rows of four seats (32 riders). Each seat has its own component system (an M770TCS in its own sealed enclosure). Each train has four specially modified HD600/4 amplifiers for a total of sixteen 150 watt channels, so each channel powers two component speaker sets with 75 watts each. Total power is 2,400 watts. That's a "Whole Lotta Love", baby."

Pretty impressive! Follow the jump for a few more pics and a video of the Zeppelin in action!

New Gear From Elemental Designs!

Elemental Designs just released details and pics for a slew of new upcoming product updates. Probably the most notable upgrade is the use of Comex cones rather than the current line's polypropylene cones. Get all the details, specs and lots of pics over at eD's website!

Source: Elemental Designs

New MB Quart Premium Series!

Quart keeps the good news coming! I've been a long-time Quart fan and have had many different pairs of the Premium series in my cars (The install I'm working on right now is going to use the Premium QSD series). And now the next generation of Quart Premium Series has been announced: the PVI. The Premium series uses the titanium WideSphere inverted tweeter, which offers incredible linear and broad frequency response, as well as great on- and off-axis response. Follow the link for a few more product shots and press release.

OH yeah.... we also have the 2008 MB Quart product catalog available for download. The new gear and catalog isn't even on their website yet, but after a little hardcore Google-action, I found it. Follow the jump for all the MB Quart goodness!