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LAS VEGAS - Sony will unveil, here, an executive shelf system for SACD and CD stereo playback that is designed to perform a ballet in addition to delivering state-of-the-art two-channel sound.
Model 007 will be sold under Sony's elite QUALIA brand as an SACD system.
The free standing unit was designed to "meld artistic design with technology," said Phyl Boyle, Sony's QUALIA product manager. Among its attributes are realistic stereo sound and a unique disc-loading mechanism that performs a robotic dance as it begins to play.
Placing a disc on a silver concave platter and pressing play activates the unit. At that stage, "a ballet begins," Boyle...