Kaleidescape Finally Launches in Australia
In an announcement that Australian home cinema enthusiasts have been waiting on for decades, Kaleidescape, the ultimate way to watch movies, is now available in Australia.
The California-based company Kaleidescape has been designing, manufacturing, and selling state-of-the-art movie players and servers for over 20 years. You may not have heard of it, but in most regions of the world, you would be hard-pressed not to find a Kaleidescape product featuring as the source of any high-end residential home cinema. Kaleidescape digitally delivers movies with lossless audio and reference video - at a higher quality than Blu-ray physical media. Even more importantly, Kaleidescape offers movies sooner after the theatrical release than Netflix and other subscription video streaming services, and delivers the content at up to ten times higher audio and video bitrates!
Effective immediately, Kaleidescape has appointed Melbourne-based Audio Active as its exclusive distributor for Australia, marking the brand's entry into the Asia Pacific region.
Priscilla Morgan, Kaleidescape's President and COO, told StereoNET:
Australia has passionate home theatre enthusiasts who appreciate the very best in picture and sound quality. Expanding into this market with a strong partner like Audio Active allows us to offer Australian customers the ultimate entertainment experience in their homes.
The appointment of an official Australian distributor coincides with the launch of the Australian Kaleidescape movie store, which hosts around 6,000 titles, including HD and 4K resolution at launch. It is understood new licensing agreements are being signed all the time to rapidly expand the range of titles available, which range from around A$9 to A$35 each.
Bruce Thierbach, General Manager of Sales & Marketing, Audio Active, added:
We are thrilled to partner with Kaleidescape to bring the world's best home cinema technology to Australian customers. With an extensive selection of titles and industry-leading playback quality, Kaleidescape sets a new standard for premium home entertainment in Australia.
Australian customers will have access to the complete product lineup, including Kaleidescape Strato V ($7,499), Strato C ($5,899) and Strato M ($3,999) movie players. Customers can add one or more Terra movie servers to customise their entertainment needs; configuration options include Terra Prime 12TB, 24TB, and 48TB (from $10,999).
The newly launched Strato M Movie Player is the company's entry-level movie player, providing lossless audio and reference-quality 2K video output, and includes 480Gb SSD storage.
Home cinema enthusiasts will likely opt for the brand's 4K and flagship offerings in the Strato C and Strato V, with the latter including support for Dolby Vision and in-built 960Gb storage. Additional storage is available with the Terra Prime servers.
Integrators will also love Kaleidescape for its deep integration and automation options. It can distribute high-quality video and audio across multiple rooms within one home, with up to 25 concurrent playbacks! It can also be customised to control lighting, blinds, screen aspect ratios and much more.
Kaleidescape offers the very best way to consume the latest TV Series, Movies, and concerts in your own home with lossless audio and reference video, and we couldn't be more pleased that it's finally available in Australia.
Stay tuned for StereoNET to get hands, ears and eyes on Kaleidescape in our upcoming review. Australian customers interested in purchasing can register their interest here.
For more information visit Kaleidescape
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StereoNET’s Founder and Publisher was born in England and raised on British Hi-Fi before moving to Australia. He developed an early love of music and playing bass guitar before discovering the studio and the other side of the mixing desk. After writing for print magazines, Marc saw the future in digital publishing and founded the first version of StereoNET in 1999.
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