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June 2012 - NOLA will debut, in conjunction with Upscale Audio, the KO loudspeaker at THE SHOW NEWPORT BEACH on June 1-3. KO is the top of the Boxer collection and incorporates state of the art NOLA Reference Series concepts at a much more affordable price. Utilizing our mirror-imaged short line source open baffle array. The KO can fill medium to large rooms with ease, while providing very high sound quality. KO employs four 4½" open baffle dipole midranges, four 1" exotic silk dome tweeters and 2 cast-frame aluminum cone bass drivers in separate ported chambers. A 90 dB sensitivity combined with an 8 ohm impedance allows KO to be driven by a large selection of amplifiers, including vacuum tube units. New Unison Crossover Technology provides improved power utilization for higher effective efficiency. KO is supplied in Piano Cherry or Piano Black and includes four grilles, including the front. Matching piano black base and deluxe spikes are also included. Preliminary specifications:

May 2012 - Hi End Show Munich 2012 Wrapup

May 2012 - NOLA will debut the Grand Reference VI at the upcoming 2012 Munich Hi End Show. This 4 tower system is our flagship and now incorporates Unison Crossover Technology so one pair of mono block amplifiers or one stereo amplifier can drive all four towers. Drive units have been upgraded to reduce moving mass and increase speed across the board. This system is considered by many to be the finest loudspeaker system available.

April 2012 - NOLA will debut the Concert Grand Reference at Lyric Hi Fi, in NYC, April 12,13,14 and 15th. This the ultimate in 2 Tower loudspeaker systems and employs 12 cutting edge transducers per side.

March 2012 - the absolute sound awarded Nola FIVE 2012 Editors' Choice Awards

January 2012 - 2012 Consumer Electronics Show show wrapup.

January 2012 - NOLA Contender receives rave review in January 2012 Stereophile magazine.

December 2011 - Interconnect Volume 2 is now available!

October 2011 - 2011 Rocky Mountain Audiofest show wrapup.

October 2011 - There is a new section called Customer Comments under the About menu, where we will be sharing comments about Nola products from our customers.

October 2011 - NOLA at 2011 Rocky Mountain Audiofest: NOLA will demonstrate the latest version of the celebrated Baby Grand Reference at the Rocky Mountain Audiofest from October 14 thru 16th. Also, Contenders will be on demonstration in the Soundstring room. Hope to see you there.

June 2011 - T.H.E. Show / Newport Beach show wrapup.

June 2011 - NOLA Contender reviewed by Dean Seislove of Positive Feedback Magazine:

  • "It's the way that great products like the Contenders give us new insights to our musical touchstones that make the effort and expense of fine audio worth the bother."
  • "Once again, a Nola speaker kicks off the summer with a breakthrough product."
    For complete review, see: http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue55/nola.htm

    June 2011 - NOLA will be exhibiting at T.H.E. Show / Newport Beach, June 3, 4 and 5th. With our dealer Upscale Audio, NOLA will have one room for the Metro Grand Reference and one room for the Contender. Hope to see you there.

    May 2011 - Hi End Show Munich 2011 Wrapup

    May 2011 - Nola will demonstrate the Metro Grand Reference at the Hi End Show in Munich, May 19th through 22nd. We hope to see you there.

    April 2011 - Stereophile reviewed the Nola Contender at Axpona 2011

    January 2011 - Harry Pearson reviewed the Nola Micro Grand References in the February issue of the abso!ute sound

    January 2011 - CES 2011 show review wrapup: Nola at CES 2011

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