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Brilliant Reception for The Lotus Group Granada Loudspeaker
at both RMAF 2009 and CES 2010



"...one of the finest systems I've ever heard, and not JUST at a show."

"It was just spectacular sound, relaxed, laidback, and alive, dripping with harmonic richness, full of musical detail, and coherent from top to bottom. This is, without question, one of the finest systems I've ever heard, and not JUST at a show."

Greg Weaver, Positive-Feedback.com Issue 47


"I could have sat and listened to this system for hours."

"I'm always heartened to see individuals pushing the envelope and trying new things. A good example is the Granada Loudspeaker from The Lotus Group that combines a super-exotic (and super-expensive) Feastrex field-coil driver in an open baffle with a DSP crossover. The design was radically different, but so was the sound--completely natural, relaxed, and "un-hi-fi-like." I could have sat and listened to this system for hours. We're thankful for individuals who pursue their dreams and build (and demonstrate) new technologies and approaches--they are the ones who keep alive high-end audio's core values and breathe new life into the field."

Robert Harley, 'The Absolute Sound', Page 12 Issue 199, January 2010


"...the sound was the best I have ever heard in a demo room."

"...the sound was the best I have ever heard in a demo room."...the sound was the best I have ever heard in a demo room. Detail extraction, soundstaging, 3D imaging, naturalness, and conveyance of emotion - no matter what audiophile attribute I listened for it was absolutely superb. No matter what type of music I played - complex orchestral, heavy metal, bombastic soundtracks, violin sonatas, acoustic guitar, and female vocals - the system delivered incredible natural and realistic sound. No, it was not the same as attending a live performance, but close enough that if I could have that sound in my listening room I would be tempted to not renew my season tickets for the symphony."

Roger Gordon Positive-Feedback.com Issue 47


"What it was doing that so many other speakers weren’t was sounding flat, uncolored, and utterly coherent."

"As it was at CES, the Lotus Group Granada was a model of neutrality. Even though it was digitizing analog sources via its DSP crossover, it still managed to reproduce Joan Baez’s voice and guitar on “Gospel Ship” with exceptionally natural timbre. Oh, maybe it was subtracting a little bit of the most delicate tremolo from Joanie’s soprano, but it wasn’t subtracting anything else. What it was doing that so many other speakers weren’t was sounding flat, uncolored, and utterly coherent. This (two-way) speaker (using the marvelous Feastrex cone from Japan, augmented below 200Hz by a couple of Acoustic Elegance woofers) needs a review in TAS. Robert named it “Best of Show” at RMAF (and I named it a runner-up), and it was a strong contender again at CES."

Jonathan Valin, AVGuide.com January 12, 2010


January 2010

New Products from Oyaide:

  • Genesis - RCA Connector with Clamping Collet Chuck - Image - pdf
  • SPSL - Spade Lugs with Stainless Grub Screws - Image - pdf
  • Tunami II SP & B- Speaker cable with SPSL Spade Lugs or SRBN Banana Plugs - Image - pdf
  • Tunami Terzo - Interconnect Cable with Genesis RCA Plugs or Focus1 XLR plugs - pdf
  • HTSF Silver Carbon Headshell and
  • INS-BS and INS-BS Plus Isolation devices - pdf

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 haverarely 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 Matter

Joseph Cohen
of the Lotus Group
discusses his first encounter
with Acoustic Revive

 

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