Meridian Audio Ltd., the British company whose luxury audio and video components are known around the world, enjoys a reputation for technological sophistication matched only by the obsessive quality of its products. So it is more than fitting that Meridian exhibited during the 2008 Pebble Beach RetroAuto held on August 15-17th in Pebble Beach, California. The exhibition pavilion located immediately adjacent to the main pedestrian entrance to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance® is where Meridian demonstrated its stunning new F80 all-in-one entertainment system, engineered in cooperation with Ferrari, the legendary Italian automaker. Meridian also took the opportunity to inform the event’s elite attendees of its many more conventional but no less innovative and elegant solutions for home music and home theater systems. more

HUDSON, WI, Aug. 25, 2008 — Calypso Control Systems, a manufacturer of sophisticated yet easy-to-use solutions for building and using interactive classrooms, has expanded its sales force with the addition of Ben Plewak as regional sales manager for the Northeast region of the United States. more

Known for its power, performance and reliability, Crown Audio’s legendary I-Tech Series of amplifiers was selected by Audio Analysts of Colorado Springs, Colorado for Bruce Springsteen’s North American tour. Crown’s I-T4000 and I-T8000 amplifiers were used to power JBL VerTec VT4889 and VT4887 line array elements and JBL VT4880 arrayable subwoofers. Springsteen’s tour began in Hartford, Connecticut on February 28, making 29 stops throughout North America before a 12-country tour in Europe. The tour returned to Springsteen’s home state of New Jersey for three performances at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford on July 27, 28 and 29, where with the help of his fans, Springsteen belted out classics including “Out In The Street�, “No Surrender�, “Thunder Road�, “Born to Run� and “Glory Days.� The final show will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 30. more

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GLENVIEW, Ill.─Known to most Midwest concert promoters as ‘the NEXO guys’, Gand Concert Sound of Glenview, Ill. has completed the first half of the year with record utilization of their expansive NEXO speaker inventory. Gand supplied over 140 NEXO GEO T Boxes in June alone for such artists as Dickey Betts (also using a Yamaha M7CL console), Jo Dee Messina, Pat Benatar, Merle Haggard, Charlie Daniels, 38 Special, Shooter Jennings, Blue Truth, Gavin DeGraw, Frankie Valli, REO Speedwagon, Sawyer Brown, Wayne Newton, Trisha Yearwood, Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rogers, Muddy Waters Blues Fest, and Herbie Hancock. more

PETALUMA, Calif. — Aug. 25, 2008 — Panamax/Furman, a world-leading provider of AC power management solutions, announces today the release of two new products, the MIW-XT In-Wall™ Power Management Extender System and the MIW-SURGE In-Wall™ Surge Protection System. These products provide code-compliant power management solutions for remotely located or uniquely installed devices such as plasma panel displays, LCD TVs, or projectors while eliminating the need to run unsightly extension cords and signal cables from the component rack to a remote device. more

Denver, CO (CEDIA EXPO) August 25, 2008 – projectiondesign announces their new avielo series of premier home cinema DLP projectors that offer important Hollywood moviemaker capabilities to residential users. Notably, the avielo series scores on two counts. First, it provides the very latest in high performance projection technology. Second, avielo sets the pace for esthetic achievement, reflecting top-level industrial design. more

Denver, CO (CEDIA EXPO) August 22, 2008 – Norway’s projectiondesign announces its exclusive role as the official CEDIA EXPO projector sponsor ensuring that all training and education rooms will be equipped with new avielo series 1080p DLP home cinema projectors. The projectors will be used for the display of a wide range of educational presentation material, high-resolution computer graphics and video throughout EXPO 08. more

July 21, 2008- Amityville, NY – Speco Technologies new security surveillance product line, Speco Internet Protocol (SIP), provides enterprise level features in a platform that is compatible with the industry’s leading 3rd party software providers. The SIP series includes both standard resolution and 1.3 megapixel cameras and ships with its own full featured NVR software suite. These IP cameras are perfect for use in casinos, government, schools, transportation (National traffic system), airports and other large business applications. more

Rio Rancho NM – August 2008… Lectrosonics, recognized the world over as a leading manufacturer of wireless microphone systems and audio processing products, is pleased to announce it now has factory authorized service available in the greater New York metropolitan area. Bayside, Queens-based Jaycee Communications, a well known and highly respected RF engineering and consulting, frequency coordination, and repair firm is now an authorized Lectrosonics service facility. With New York being a major hub for musical entertainment, theater, broadcast, and production for TV and film, audio professionals, rental houses, and others now have local service for their Lectrosonics equipment. more

Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen Inc. is pleased to announce that its consumer-focused Home Theater Scaler Pro snagged recognition as one of the year’s most innovative products by the editors of Electronic House magazine. The awards program proactively seeks out newly available and soon to be released products boasting noteworthy technological achievements and extraordinary features for today’s connected home. more