Next Level Acoustics Achieve Breakthrough Aesthetic Design and Sound Quality in a Soundbar
Expressly Created to Complement Samsung’s Popular 4K UHD QLED Frame TV
Needham, MA – November 20, 2019 – Next Level Acoustics, known for audiophile quality American-made custom-install speakers, soundbars and enclosures, is now shipping their breakthrough new soundbar line called “Fusion Frame”.
“Insights into unmet needs for sound quality and aesthetics in the soundbar market led us to a new creative solution – the Fusion Frame soundbar designed expressly as a perfect match for the highly-successful Frame TV™ from market share leader Samsung®,” said Rob Goldman Founder and COO of Next Level Acoustics.
Frame TV was created in 2017 when Samsung and Fuseproject™, a design agency led by award-winning Swiss designer Yves Béhar partnered to create a better way to integrate TV in the home. They noted the consumer’s biggest objection is that when a TV is turned off it’s an obtrusive “black hole”. Thus, custom installers are frequently asked to hide TV’s with expensive cabinets or otherwise make the TV disappear.
Frame TV, however, appears as indistinguishable from a painting hanging on a wall. This illusion is created with a TV cabinet that’s only 1.75-inches deep resembling a picture frame mounted flush to the wall with no gap. When turned off there’s no “black hole” since the TV automatically displays expertly curated high-resolution art as static or changing images. It’s a TV when on and art when turned off.
Frame TV has been an instant hit and the concept is now in its third year with four new models in sizes from 43, 49, 55 and 65-inches diagonal, with customizable bezel colors and featuring Samsung’s 4K UHD QLED™ technology.
Like all modern TV’s a minimal cabinet design limits TV sound quality, so many consumers opt for a sound bar. However, ordinary soundbars ruin the carefully created illusion and aesthetics of Frame TV.
So Next Level Acoustics created Fusion Frame, an innovative line of soundbars with the same high-fidelity as their other soundbars in a design that with its picture frame bezel, 1.75-inch depth and no-gap mounting, perfectly matches Frame TV. Fusion Frame delivers superb audio performance with wide frequency range, full dynamics, voice intelligibility, and detail of a high-quality speaker system suitable for movies and music. When Frame TV is off and displaying art, owners can sync their favorite music to the Fusion Frame soundbar so the art is accompanied by beautiful music for a true lifestyle enhancement to any room.
To create Fusion Frames’ shallow depth, Next Level Acoustics engineered a proprietary enclosure with a radical internal air-load management system and a proprietary woofer capable of deep natural bass from a shallow cabinet.
Fusion Frame’s high-frequencies are handled by a 1-inch soft dome tweeter from audiophile Danish driver manufacturer Vifa along with a proprietary crossover that uses high-grade precision components. A custom ultra-rigid high-density sealed enclosure comprised of CNC-machined MDF and lined with an anti-resonant coating makes a vibration-free cabinet.
The back of the enclosure has installer-friendly features such as recessed terminal cups with gold-plated heavy-duty binding-post/banana-jacks and recessed cable management channels for a no-gap mount. Wall mounting is incredibly simple by removing the magnetically attached grille accessing the cabinet installation holes to directly attach the bar with the included screws into wall studs or mounting to a wall with the included anchors.
Fusion Frame soundbars can be easily driven by amplifiers from 30 watts or up to 150 watts. To match the four sizes of Samsung Frame TV’s there are six Fusion Frame models available. Four are stereo soundbars and two LCR models are available for the larger 55 and 65-inch sizes. All use the same drivers with the same great sound regardless of size.
The Fusion Frame soundbars feature a black Plex finish to match the standard Samsung Frame TV bezel with a black acoustically transparent fabric grille that’s magnetically attached. An optional white lacquer maple veneer finish is available to match white Frame TV’s. If installers and clients decide to go with one of the two remaining Samsung frame color options, the Fusion Frame can be custom painted to match. All Next Level Acoustics Fusion Frame soundbars are backed with a full 5-year warranty.
A generic version of the soundbar for non-Frame TV applications of any size, called Fusion Flat series is also available.
For extended bass performance, Next Level Acoustics makes an excellent in-wall subwoofer to match the Fusion Frame soundbars, model CI-IW10S, a compact sub with a long-throw 10-inch cast frame driver that’s designed to fit in 2×4 construction and extend bass response down to 34 Hz driven with as little as 40 watts of power.
Fusion Frame Soundbar Specifications
Sensitivity: 87 dB for 43” through 55-inch models and 88.5 dB for 65-inch models. Impedance: 4 ohms all models.
Frequency Response:
43-inch Stereo: 80 Hz – 20 kHz 55-inch LCR: 80 Hz – 20 kHz
49-inch Stereo: 75 Hz – 20 kHz 65-inch Stereo: 70 Hz – 20 kHz
55-inch Stereo: 72 Hz – 20 kHz 65-inch LCR: 77 Hz – 20 kHz
Next Level is currently seeking dealers and reps specializing in the CEDIA channel for territories around the US and Canada. Call 617.237.2875 or e-mail at [email protected]
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About Next Level Acoustics
New England-based Next Level Acoustics was founded in 2015 by experienced custom integrators Rob Goldman and Lee Weber. John Sollecito, known for his JSE Infinite Slope™ speaker, serves as head of manufacturing and engineering. Next Level Acoustics high-quality US manufacturing makes drivers, electronics, speakers, soundbars and soundbar enclosures with superior sound quality and aesthetics designed and engineered for the custom install market. The extensive product line is produced with CAD, CNC and finishing capabilities at their integrated manufacturing facility which also enables them to create one-off custom solutions to solve the most challenging custom demands. This rapid, highly efficient build-to-order system cuts inventory costs so all of their products deliver sonic excellence, superior aesthetics with outstanding performance and value that’s backed by personalized service.
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Samsung is a registered trademark, and QLED and Frame TV are trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Fuseproject is a trademark of Fuseproject Inc.
