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Audio+Video
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McIntosh, Sonus
faber Work with
Wally Yachts on
Marine Hi-Fi
Sharing ideals for performance,
craftsmanship and customer
experience, McIntosh, Sonus faber and
Wally Yachts outfit wallywhy200 with
audiophile loudspeakers, amplifiers and
AV processing. By Arlen Schweiger
ICONIC AUDIOPHILE
brands McIntosh and Sonus
faber have announced
their latest collaboration,
with Wally Yachts, a famed
Ferretti Group brand. This
marks the first high-performance
custom installation
system offered by
the brands for the marine
market, according to the
companies.
As the McIntosh Group
notes, McIntosh, Sonus
faber and Wally are known
for their aspirational performance,
product quality,
design, technological
advancement, consumer
experience and craftsmanship.
The partners' bespoke
systems will premiere on
Wally Yachts, specifically
tuned by McIntosh and
Sonus faber's audio experts
by ear, starting this year
with the wallywhy200.
" Entering the marine
industry has been top of
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mind for us for quite some
time, " says Fiore Cappelletto,
vice president and general
manager of Automotive and
Marine at McIntosh Group.
" After gaining experience
in the automotive industry,
paired with our company's
consistent development of
quality performance custom
installation audio (as we lovingly
call 'Ci-Fi'), the time felt
right to enter the exhilarating
market, and we couldn't be
more grateful to have found
a perfect ally in Wally. "
The company commenced
a partnership with
Jeep a couple of years ago
that has produced luxury
audio systems for its models
such as the Wagoneer and
Grand Cherokee.
Integrators on the coasts,
especially in Florida and
California, have long been
engaged in " smart yachts "
for affluent clientele.
" At Wally, we are always
McIntosh Group has been driving toward an opportunity
in the marine market, and Italian maker Wally Yachts fit
the bill. Carefully tuned, customized audio systems will be
installed in the main deck salon, master cabin and upper
deck salon.
very selective about the
companies with whom we
choose to work, but with
these two brands, it was
a total no-brainer, thanks
to our shared obsession
with achieving perfection
and the highest possible
technical standards, " says
Stefano de Vivo, managing
director at Wally Yachts. " As
a result, there is a real, tangible
synergy between our
companies, and I can't wait
to show the results onboard
the wallywhy200. "
With performance as the
top priority throughout
the product development
process, each of the yacht
systems are customized
to fit the acoustics of its
installation area.
" The concept is to... [give]
the customers the unique
opportunity to live the excitement
of a movie theater
on their yacht and be fully
immersed in the heart of
the action, " says Roberto
Gamba, business developer
CI at McIntosh Group. " Our
real challenge was to create
something truly unique, so
we integrated the audio
system seamlessly into
custom furniture, walls, and
cabinets, specifically tailored
to meet Wally's vision. "
The systems are fueled
by Sonus faber's D.A.D.
Tweeter Damped Apex
Dome, Paracross Topology,
and McIntosh's Power
Guard and TripleView Power
Output Meters.
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