These have now been formally released at the Melbourne Entertainment show. They have the highest spouse acceptance factor of any HiFi freak product cos' you can specify them in any colour and then build them in to the walls... the soundstage just jumps right into the room with you.

The Ambience Ultra 1400 is an exceptional speaker, delivering powerful dynamics, soaring highs, deep base and exceptional ambient soundstages.

The Ambience Ultra 1400 incorporates the Ambience ribbon driver, which has proven to be extremely reliable and robust. They have a natural tendency to roll off at frequencies above 15KHz, without the use of electronic filter networks, which tend to add coloration and distortion.

The Ambience Ultra 1600 is an exceptional speaker, delivering powerful dynamics, soaring highs, deep base and exceptional ambient soundstages.

The Ambience Ultra 1600 incorporates the Ambience ribbon driver, which has proven to be extremely reliable and robust. They have a natural tendency to roll off at frequencies above 15KHz, without the use of electronic filter networks, which tend to add coloration and distortion.

Any of you who spend time with Rab or Bo in the shop will eventually get force fed a pair of these.

Both our Reference models incorporate the Ambience ribbon driver, which has proven to be extremely reliable and robust. They have a natural tendency to roll off at frequencies above 16 KHz, without the use of electronic filter networks, adding coloration and distortion.

Tony knocks them dead at the CES show, note the US sell price of the 1800 Reference!

Stereophile Robert Deutsch