By: Vani B T & Shaheen Raaj
Audio Lounge Opens 2nd Luxury Retail Store
Audio Lounge, retailers of world’s most technically perfect & high-end audio equipment, opened a new store offering pure listening pleasure for discerning music lovers in & around Bangalore. The store, located at Taj West End, will range some of the most desirable audio brands available including Avantgarde, Bel Canto, Boulder, Crystal Cable, Nagra, Ortofon, Sennheiser, Siltech, SME, Spendor & YG.
On live demonstration, both unique & elegant, Avantgarde high-end 2 channel horn loudspeakers was also unveiled for the 1st time ever in India. A stunning visual appearance is matched with a convincing sound performance that will radiate effortlessly into a room, handcrafted in the best German tradition. It is sheer magic to the ears. Purists are invited to come exclusively to Audio Lounge to experience this phenomenon for themselves!
Experienced experts will always be on hand at Audio Lounge to tailor bespoke exquisite audio systems for the home to suit every budget & lifestyle, so music enthusiasts can immerse themselves in the most beautiful sound they have ever heard, in the manner they choose. Which will be akin to “Pure Listening Pleasure”.
Audio Lounge is part of the Cadence Audio Group backed by Ajay Shirke, who pioneered the manufacture of high-end audio equipment since the year 1995. After developing tube amplifiers & electro-static loudspeakers under the Cadence name in India,
Cadence acquired major stake-holdings in 2 European award-winning companies to create an international group of specialists in audio engineering. British manufacturer Spendor Audio Systems, which was founded in 1960’s, grew out of expertise from BBC’s sound engineering department & adapted its technology for a consumer market. Siltech & Crystal Cable, based in Netherlands, known for their industry leading cable technology & highly acclaimed speakers & amplifiers.
Cadence acquired ownership of British tone arm & turntable specialist manufacturer, SME Limited, based in Steyning. The group also acquired the iconic Garrard turntable brand from IGB Gradiente SA in Brazil earlier this year, with plans to re-launch the legendary Garrard transcription turntables.
Obsessed by perfect sound, German based manufacturer Avantgarde has been engineering & producing prime quality horn loudspeakers for nearly 3 decades to global acclaim. Horn loudspeakers are the oldest & have the most natural physical principle for rendering sound. On demonstration will also be the widely respected compact Uno, this unique speaker simply transcends such technical aspects as frequency response, phase response & dispersion, allowing it to create a highly effective impression of music being played live.
