INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The IFA 2018 show in Berlin is bursting at the seams with smart speakers
But with its new Citation speaker range, Harman Kardon has enough Google Assistant-enabled speakers to do an entire show of its own.Set to
compete with Sonos systems thanks to their multi-room capabilities, the Citation range is a bit of a jack of all trades, with speaker sizes
and colors to fit all tastes, voice control smarts, LCD touch controls and the ability to be paired up as a wireless 5.1 channel home
It has Google Assistant and Chromecast built in for smart streaming and easy multi-room set up, and supports 24bit/96kHz sources.Increasing
$400 and the Citation 500 at $600
All feature Google Assistant and Chromecast, but the Citation 300 and Citation 500 also include an LCD touch control strip along their top
It however can also act as a single centre channel when paired with the Harman Kardon Citation Tower speakers, which come and a pair for
While the soundbar and towers come only in grey and black colors, the smaller speakers in the range can come in a wide variety of shades,
from rich burgundy to coral pink
But, having sat through a scene of the recent Jumanji film with the speakers set up in a 5.1 sat up using the tower speakers as left and
right channels, we can certainly attest to its power.Seeing The Rock (sorry, Dwayne Johnson) traverse the jungle pursued by leopards and a
ring of fire, the roars and big cats and big motorbikes travelled around us well
An earlier listen to the tower speakers in a simpler stereo set up, with a selection of tracks ranging from Jamiroquai to Fleetwood Mac,
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