HARMAN Luxury Audio Group returns to Audio Advice Live 2026 with the HARMAN Luxury Audio Showcase, a four-system demonstration inside the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, running August 7 through 9. Housed in the Oak Forest B listening room, the showcase pairs JBL Summit loudspeakers with Mark Levinson electronics, stages a JBL Synthesis reference home cinema, sets Revel Performa4 speakers against a full ARCAM Radia two-channel system, and closes with JBL’s lifestyle lineup. It is presented by HARMAN Luxury Audio Group, which brings together JBL, JBL Synthesis, Mark Levinson, Revel, and ARCAM.
JBL Summit and Mark Levinson: Two Flagship Legacies at the HARMAN Luxury Audio Showcase
The JBL Summit lineup spans the Ama, Pumori, and Makalu loudspeakers, each built around JBL’s D2 compression drivers and HDI Sonoglass horn geometry for imaging and dynamic control that hold together at high output. The Makalu pairs a 12-inch woofer with an 8-inch midrange, both cut from JBL’s HC4 composite cone material, for bass that commands a room without burying midrange detail. Pumori, a three-way design with a 10-inch woofer and 8-inch HC4 cone midrange, is voiced for scale and warmth, while the compact two-way Ama proves scale isn’t the only route to authority. The showcase lands in a milestone year: JBL turns 80 in 2026, and Summit just gained two new flagships, Summit Everest and Summit K2. Driving the room are Mark Levinson’s 600 Series electronics, the № 626 Dual-Monaural Preamplifier and № 632 Dual-Monaural Amplifier, carrying more than 50 years of the brand’s Pure Path circuit philosophy.
A 7.4.2 Reference Home Cinema, Engineered by JBL Synthesis
At the center of the showcase is a JBL Synthesis home cinema voiced through the new SCL-XL loudspeaker series, from the flagship SCL-10XL down to the architectural SCL-2XL. Power and processing come from the new SDP-70 Immersive AV Processor, a 24-channel platform making its Audio Advice Live debut in a 7.4.2 configuration. Rather than correcting sound after it leaves the speakers, the SDP-70’s Dirac Live Active Room Treatment measures and treats the room itself, so bass lands even and every seat hears a balanced mix.
Revel Performa4: Reference Sound, Every Seat
The complete Revel Performa4 lineup rounds out the HARMAN Luxury Audio Showcase: the F346 and F345 floorstanders, the M146 and M145 bookshelf models, the C245 center channel, and the B140 subwoofer. Performa4 is built around Revel’s newly developed DCC and MCC ceramic composite transducers, mated to a 7th-generation Acoustic Lens Waveguide engineered to sharpen imaging and hold it steady off-axis. The lineup arrives in Revel’s 30th anniversary year.
ARCAM Meets Revel for Two-Channel Purity
A dedicated two-channel system pairs Revel’s Performa4 F346 loudspeakers with a complete ARCAM Radia setup: the new A50 Signature integrated amplifier, the new CD25 CD player, and the ST25 streamer. The A50 Signature is ARCAM’s most complete integrated amplifier yet, its first fully dual mono Class G design, delivering 150 watts per channel into 8 ohms. The CD25 brings that dual mono approach to disc playback, ARCAM’s first since the FMJ D33 — as detailed in our coverage of ARCAM’s 50th-anniversary A50 Signature and CD25 launch. Both products mark half a century of design for the Cambridge-based brand.
Iconic Sound, Every Setting: JBL Lifestyle Solutions
Rounding out the HARMAN Luxury Audio Showcase is JBL’s lifestyle setup: Quantum gaming headphones, the Harman Kardon Enchant Dolby Atmos-enabled soundbar, the latest JBL PartyBox speakers, and JBL MA Series AV Receivers paired with Stage 2 loudspeakers. Attendees can also enter a daily giveaway for an ARCAM ST5 streamer at the listening room.
Event details
The HARMAN Luxury Audio Showcase runs August 7–9, 2026, inside Room Oak Forest B at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, as part of Audio Advice Live 2026. Admission follows standard Audio Advice Live registration; press interested in a guided tour can contact TIG Global PR to arrange a briefing.
Key specifications
- JBL Summit Ama, Pumori and Makalu — D2 compression drivers, HDI Sonoglass horns, HC4 composite cone woofers/midranges
- Mark Levinson № 626 Preamplifier and № 632 Amplifier — 600 Series, Pure Path circuit philosophy
- JBL Synthesis SCL-XL series (SCL-10XL to SCL-2XL) driven by the SDP-70, a 24-channel processor with Dirac Live ART, demoed in 7.4.2
- Revel Performa4 F346/F345, M146/M145, C245 and B140 — DCC/MCC ceramic composite transducers, 7th-gen Acoustic Lens Waveguide
- ARCAM Radia A50 Signature — dual mono Class G, 150 watts per channel into 8 ohms
- ARCAM Radia CD25 — dual mono disc playback, ARCAM’s first since the FMJ D33
- ARCAM Radia ST25 streamer (system) and ST5 streamer (daily giveaway)
- Audio Advice Live 2026: August 7–9, Sheraton Hotel, Raleigh, NC, Room Oak Forest B
