Phase Technology dARTS Speaker System

Working closely with two other American manufacturers, D2 Audio and Audyssey Laboratories, Phase Technology has engineered their ultimate expression for a music and theater sound system with uncompromised performance. Whether your needs are for stereo reproduction or any of the many surround sound implementations, and whether the room is large or small, Phase Technology's Digital Audio Reference Theater System (dARTS) can provide a solution. The system will be available in several different form factors, to accommodate virtually any room's aesthetics or other installation challenges.

Phase Technology's philosophy with dARTS i is to elegantly design an entire purpose-built system from the ground up, allowing speaker design, amplifier design, and room acoustic measurement and correction parameters to all work together as a seamless whole. According to them, this allows all speakers to be matched to each other in frequency response, dispersion and sensitivity, yielding a (theoretically) perfect blend as sound moves from one channel to another. Each speaker driver can be specifically engineered to do exactly what's needed, instead of relying on a "one size fits all" approach. The multi-channel amplifiers can be designed to precisely meet the needs of the speakers, with the proper amount of power applied to each individual driver, and frequency contouring to offset the natural response of each. The subwoofer can be designed to provide not only ample output, but to match the speed and articulation of the other speakers, and blend perfectly as it crosses over.

With dARTS all you need is preamp/processor, a DVD player, Display and some seating and you're ready to go. Expect a full fledged system to set you back about $15k. The price of admission is relatively cheap considering the amount of technology this system packs. The dARTS system is definitely on our list for most wanted review of 2006. We welcome the opportunity to personally put it through its paces.

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