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XSCACE is a triple finalist at the 2027 Inavation Awards, presented by Inavate and ISE: Xylem in Audio, Acacia 6 Mini × Bonsai in Loudspeakers and the XSCACE Configurator in Software. It is the first year XSCACE has entered. The judges put all three entries into the final, among the best the world of professional AV has to offer. Public voting decides the winners and closes on 15 January 2027. The winners are announced at MNAC in Barcelona on 2 February 2027.
Why does being a finalist matter?
Most brands reach an Inavation final after years in the industry. XSCACE got there in its first year, in three categories at once, beside names that have equipped stadiums, broadcasters and concert tours for decades. Judges choose the finalists. Advertising budget and company size do not come into it. For a young architectural audio brand, a place on that list says something no advert can: that the products, measured against the best in the world, belong there.
What are the Inavation Awards 2027?
The Inavation Awards recognise the technology and projects that move professional AV forward. They are run by Inavate, the international AV trade publication, and powered by ISE, the largest AV and systems integration show in the world. The Technology winners are chosen by a verified public vote, weighted so that buyers and specifiers of AV carry more influence than manufacturers. Only votes from business email addresses are counted.
Xylem: finalist in Audio
Xylem is the XSCACE DSP amplifier series, built so an integrator can finish tuning a system after it ships, standing in the room with the music playing. Every model delivers 400 W in a CNC-machined 6061 aluminium chassis 218 mm wide and 64 mm high. Gain, delay, four crossover modes, six parametric bands per channel and a per-channel limiter are all set live from XSCACE Studio over the network.
- 400 W in every model: Xylem 2, Xylem 3 and Xylem 4
- A commanded 5.000 ms delay lands within 3 µs
- Eleven measurement instruments inside XSCACE Studio, free on Mac, iPhone, iPad and Windows
- A verification report written to CEDIA RP-32 practice against CEDIA/CTA-RP22 levels
- PsySculpt: equal-loudness compensation and harmonic bass extension, each bypassable
Acacia 6 Mini × Bonsai: finalist in Loudspeakers
Bonsai is 12 mm deep. Everything below 300 Hz has to come from somewhere, and in a room that has hidden a 12 mm speaker it cannot come from a 12-litre box. The Acacia 6 Mini is the answer: a 7.2-litre powered subwoofer, 43% smaller than the Acacia 6 Powered, with two 5-inch drivers on opposite faces. Wired in phase, their output adds while their recoil cancels, so a cabinet that also holds the amplifier stays still.
- Acacia 6 Mini: 35–300 Hz, 107 dB, 7.2 litres, 187 × 181.2 × 211.6 mm
- A 400 W 2.1 amplifier inside: 200 W for the subwoofer, 2 × 100 W for the Bonsai pair
- Xylem 3 DSP platform, tuned in XSCACE Studio over LAN
- Bonsai: 12 mm deep, 40 W RMS, 300 Hz–18 kHz, CNC-machined aluminium
- One mains lead and one RCA feed make a full-range room of about 400 sq ft
The Acacia 6 Mini becomes the standard Acacia 6 from February 2027.
XSCACE Configurator: finalist in Software
The XSCACE Configurator designs an entire audio-visual project, every floor and every room, from the architect's plan to a client-level bill of quantities. Under a drag-and-drop workflow it runs the physics an acoustic consultant would: phase-accurate coverage in three frequency bands, reflections, room modes, reverberation, speech intelligibility and 17 live CEDIA/CTA RP22 checks for home cinema. It models 196 products, XSCACE's own and 160 from 55 other brands, and any product can be added.
How do I vote for XSCACE?
- Open inavateonthenet.net/vote
- Register or sign in with your business email
- In Audio choose XSCACE Xylem, in Loudspeakers XSCACE Acacia 6 Mini × Bonsai, in Software XSCACE Configurator
- Submit once: one submission covers every category you vote in
Join us at MNAC for the awards night
The winners are revealed at the Inavation Awards ceremony and dinner on Tuesday 2 February 2027, the opening evening of ISE 2027, at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. The museum fills the Palau Nacional on Montjuïc, above the fountains and the city: one of the most beautiful settings in Europe. Welcome drinks start at 19:30, with dinner and the awards from 20:30. Tickets are at inavationawards.com/the-event, with early-bird rates until 4 January. If you are coming, tell us, and celebrate with the XSCACE team.
Who is XSCACE?
XSCACE is the architectural audio brand of Canadian Audio Labs: ultra-slim in-wall, in-ceiling and on-wall loudspeakers, subwoofers, the Xylem DSP amplifiers, XSCACE Studio and the XSCACE Configurator, sold through distributors in India, the UAE and Gulf, South-East Asia, the UK and Europe.
