42.audio · Home Cinema · Coming soon
Milliways.
The cinema at the end of the universe.
The fifth 42.audio series: a complete home cinema system from the front stage to the height channels, built with the same depth of manufacturing as our stereo loudspeakers. No lifestyle compromise, no soundbar logic — eleven channels that sound like one.
The principle
Eleven channels, one voice.
A home cinema only sounds seamless when every channel speaks the same way. That is why we don't build five different loudspeakers, but one system with one principle.
Coaxial at every position
Treble and midrange come from a single point. The same driver and the same dispersion at the front, the sides and the ceiling — voices move through the room without changing colour, and the whole row of seats hears the same thing.
One cabinet, any position
The cabinet looks the same when turned by 90°. So the centre is the very same box as left and right — no horizontal centre with two woofers that creates cancellations exactly at seating height.
All movement in the mount
Floor stand, screen rail, wall bracket, ceiling flange: everything docks onto the same flange. The cable runs through the centre and stays invisible in every position.
Bass comes first
Disaster Area 21 & 24.
Named after the loudest band in the galaxy. Milliways starts with them: two sealed subwoofers with 21- and 24-inch drivers from the latest professional generation — cone areas you would otherwise only find on big stages.
Why sealed? In a living room, level isn't the problem — the room is. A sealed sub reaches cleanly below 20 Hz, has the best time-domain behaviour and can be spread out in pairs or fours — several subs tame room modes more effectively than any filter.
| DA 21 | DA 24 | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | 21″ | 24″ |
| Principle | sealed, front-firing | |
| Net volume | approx. 120 l | approx. 205 l |
| Max. SPL 20 Hz* | 108 dB | 113 dB |
| Drive | passive, with external DSP amplifier in the package | |
| Finish | Nextel black | |
* calculated, one driver, 1 m, half space. Preliminary figures from the concept stage.
The system
7.1.4 — all driven from one rack.
Three channels at the front, four around you, four on the ceiling, plus one to four subwoofers. Amplification and room correction sit centrally in one rack — nobody needs a power socket on the ceiling.
Coaxial, floor stand or screen rail
Coaxial, tilting wall bracket
Coaxial, ceiling flange with ball joint
Disaster Area 21 / 24
Status
Where we are.
We'll name dates once the prototypes have been measured — not before.
- System concept and channel plandone
- Driver selectiondone
- Subwoofers Disaster Area 21 & 24in design
- Prototypes and measurementsup next
- Productionwhen the measurements are right
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All images are renderings of the current concept stage. Technical data are preliminary and may change before production.