Whole-House Audio
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Extensive New Line Features Exclusive, Patent-Pending Nano-Tech Tweeter Design and Innovative Installation Solutions for the Custom Installer |
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ELAN® Home Systems, a leading manufacturer of award-winning Multi-Room audio/video and home control systems, today announced the launch of Elios™, the company's broad new line of high-performance in-wall and in-ceiling architectural and cinema speakers. The official launch of Elios begins with the introduction of 19 unique models. Elios truly breaks new ground, delivering sonic excellence through its exclusive use of nano-coating tweeter technology, real-world voicing, and a unique, precision-engineered clamping system. The announcement was made by Bob Farinelli, ELAN's President and Chief Technology Officer.
 Elios E95C
Developed from the ground up in direct response to the ever-evolving needs of today's homeowners and with input from custom electronics Contractors, Elios incorporates never before used technologies and one-of-a-kind mechanical designs into its entire line of speakers. In addition, each Elios speaker is voiced in multiple real life-listening environments and installations.
An industry first and foremost among the array of Elios innovations is its new hybrid tweeter design that bonds a Titanium / Aluminum nano coating to a Teteron dome substrate. Utilized in the line's upper end models, this innovation delivers the high frequencies, precision, speed and transient response of metal tweeters yet retains the desirable smooth and silky sound of soft dome tweeters resulting in a best-of-both-worlds solution.
Additionally, Elios speakers use higher power-handling components for their crossover networks than most other brands. Utilizing a completely integrated approach to crossover design, combined with optimization software and extensive listening, ELAN's Elios cinema line catapults speakers to the next level with the use of high-quality inductors and polypropylene capacitors. All these components contribute to less distortion and higher sound quality, positioning Elios speakers as a cut above the rest.
"Elios represents the best sounding, highest performing speaker line that ELAN and our family of Companies have delivered to date," said Mr. Farinelli. In regard to the unique value proposition the line offers he added, "Homeowners no longer consider whole-house audio simply as background music. Digital audio has brought crystal-clear music directly to the ears of millions, and that same high-quality sound is now expected for the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, and beyond. Dealers also now have higher expectations; and not just sonically. Design quality and ease of installation have become critical factors for today's Custom Contractors whose primary consideration is providing their clients with the best and doing so in as efficient a manner as possible. Elios is the answer to meeting these higher expectations."
Also unique to Elios is a completely new and improved and state-of-the-art drywall leg clamping system, which will provide Installers with the fastest, easiest, most reliable and trouble-free installation of any speakers on the market today. Made of virtually indestructible plastics, each clamping leg rests atop its own "leg tower" which ensures a quick release every time. Running through the clamping leg is a specially designed heavy-duty screw, capped with an acorn nut for the protection of the Installer and to prevent accidental disengagement. Additionally, the base of each clamping leg is considerably wider than traditional legs, providing increased surface area for a more secure fit against the inside of walls and ceilings without causing the drywall to crumble. The Company has created a video of this compelling feature, as it is exclusive to the Elios line (See link below).
Elios' unique baffle and frame designs ensure that grilles will always go on easily and always stay in place. In addition, ELAN took special care in selecting the right plastic for the line's bezels to allow for a wide range of paints to properly adhere to it including eco-friendly, water based enamel paints.
Elios speakers have many other industry-leading features. Three different in-ceiling baffle designs including both pivoting and rotating baffles allows the Installer to easily and precisely direct sound into the listening area, resulting in greatly enhanced stereo imaging regardless of speaker placement or room dimensions. All Elios speakers have been custom engineered with larger woofer motors and magnets specifically designed for in-wall/in-ceiling applications.
The line also covers five different price point levels offering an even broader range of options than the Company's award-winning M Series of speakers which initially catapulted the Company into the speaker arena and has since enjoyed quadrupled speaker sales.
The complete Elios Line is targeted to begin full shipping in April 2009 with MSRPs ranging from $200 to $1,500 per pair, representing a broader price range than the Company has ever offered to its Dealers. A high-quality point-of-purchase display, available from ELAN, has also been designed to help Dealers on the sales front. Designed for a lifetime of use, all Elios speakers come with a Limited Lifetime Warranty. |
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The Best Rock Speakers EVER |
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Link Your House is a proud dealer of Induction Dynamics’s and their new RockSolid line of outdoor, rock-looking speakers – not only are these the best looking we’ve ever seen, but they are, by far, the best sounding available to dealers. These products use the company’s SolidDrive transducers to reproduce high quality audio from a molded polyurethane shell shaped like a large rock. Unlike other “rock” speakers, which use a rock-shaped enclosure for a standard speaker, the RockSolid surface IS the speaker. The SolidDrive transducers mount on the inside of the RockSolid shell, and drive the entire surface of the “rock”. The result is omnidirectional coverage and high fidelity sound that seemingly comes out of nowhere. They aren’t on the website, yet, but when they are, they will be here: http://www.inductiondynamics.com/
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Capable of handling high-definition component video signals, the VM1 was designed for use with Russound RNET® multiroom solutions. It provides seamless integration with Russound CAM, CAV, and CAA66 multiroom systems and works with other distributed audio systems using RS-232 serial control. Designed with the future in mind, the VM1 is able to support 1080p resolution in the analog component video format if such content becomes available.
The VM1 is available with optional upconverters for converting composite and S-video signals to component video. Four-source, four-zone models offer upconversion for two sources, while eight-source, eight-zone models offer upconversion for as many as four sources. |  | | The VMR1 Receiver is a single-gang in-wall device that installs in each room where component video distribution is desired. It receives video signals from the VM1 Video Matrix through a single CAT-5e cable and provides RCA jacks for connection to the display with a component video cable. | | |
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Whole house audio with no new wires |
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This new multi-room audio system is specifically designed for retrofit jobs. It communicates over the existing power wires in the home, virtually eliminating the need to snake wires. Collage uses networked PCs or storage as sources, as well as Rhapsody and ShoutCast. It is also a full-featured intercom. | | | | Introducing power line carrier solutions that will turns a retrofit into a retroquick installation. | | | | Our power line carrier solutions tap existing electrical wiring to amp up new business. Russound has assembled the systems, tools and accessories to make a retrofit installation easier and more economical for you and your customer. | | |  | | Collage is our new power line media and intercom system that employs PLC technology to distribute media throughout the home. | | | | Avenue is the best tool for using existing electrical wiring to quickly and easily retrofit a Russound RNET multiroom audio system. | | |
iBridge Power Dock is the PLC accessory that allows any iPod to be added and moved around to join a Russound RNET system without new wiring runs.
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CEA: Multi-Room A/V Owners Would Recommend Systems |
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Arlington, Va. — Owners of multi-room audio/video (MRAV) systems assign high value to their home entertainment experience, according to a new study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The study, Trends in Multi-room Audio Video Usage, found that the vast majority of MRAV owners — 82 percent — would recommend their system to friends. Eighty-five percent of homeowners who currently own an MRAV system were so satisfied with the experience that they would once again install a system in a new home, CEA said. MRAV systems allow homeowners to play and control audio/video distributed from a centralized system to at least three different rooms of the home. CEA finds that MRAV owners are music and entertainment enthusiasts who view their system as an enhancement to their lifestyle and 55 percent use their system daily, with entertainment ranking as the most common usage, followed by owners stating they use the system "when they want" with no special occasion necessary. Daily users’ main reason for purchasing a system is to enhance their home entertainment experience (63 percent), enjoy listening (61 percent) and entertaining (48 percent). "The MRAV market has blossomed as consumers demand access to content anytime and anywhere," stated Steve Koenig, CEA, industry analysis director. "As the desire for multi-room solutions continues to grow, manufacturers must focus on a variety of solutions, including aftermarket products, to address the vast market of existing home owners who demand multi-room audio." The study concludes that aftermarket MRAV solutions are capturing a large portion of the home entertainment marketplace. Sixty-three percent of systems were installed after the home was built. The majority of homeowners added stand-alone, aftermarket solutions with multi-room audio stations to meet their needs. TWICE, 4/13/2009 2:50:00 PM |
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