A Legend Is Reborn As Crown Macro-Tech-i Makes U.S. Debut At InfoComm 2008 In Las Vegas;

Unrivalled Pedigree Coupled With Awesome Raw Power Makes The New Crown Macro-Tech-I The Uncontested Heir For Analog Supremacy!

Building upon 20 years of innovation and market success, Crown Audio today introduced the new Macro-Tech-i family of analog amplifiers it expects will emulate the reliability, sonic performance and value of the now-legendary Macro-Tech Series. The original Crown Macro-Tech Series earned a reputation as the most reliable, best sounding analog power amplifier line money could buy and now, by incorporating Crown’s advanced, patented Class-I circuitry, the new Macro-Tech-i delivers significantly greater power while reducing the weight by more than half! more

Specialized Solutions For Specialized Applications Make Crown Audio The Go-To Amplifier Supplier For Integrators Serving The Retail, Hospitality, Health-Club & Spa, Education, Industrial And Even Worship Markets;

Sonic Performance, System Reliability And Ease Of Use The Hallmark Of Crown’s Commercial Market Offerings.

Recognizing the need to support contractors in the commercial sound marketplace with highly robust, sonically superior amplifiers, specifically engineered for the commercial marketplace, Crown Audio today debuted the new high-value 135MA and 160MA mixer-amplifiers. Capable of providing both eight-ohm and constant-voltage outputs (70V and 100V), the 135MA and 160MA are easily configurable for a variety of uses, including paging, background music, music-on-hold, security use, and safety/evacuation announcements. more

On a daily basis, the ability for transportation authorities to communicate with passengers is important. However, in these times of heightened security, it is even more important for officials to know those safety and security broadcasts will be delivered in a crisis. ARINC, a leading integrator, specializing in transportation broadcast systems has selected numerous Crown Audio amplifiers in its revamp of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) system, the nation’s 5th largest mass transit system. more

Soundwebâ„¢ London components offer more sophisticated programming capability, which is crucial for smooth one-day changeover

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Wet ‘n Wild, which was the world’s first water-themed amusement park when it opened in Orlando in 1977, is having its park-wide distributed audio and paging system completely replaced, with BSS Audio™ Soundweb™ London components at the heart of the new system. That system, designed and installed by Orlando’s Techni-Lux, which specializes in theme-park system design and integration, includes a BLU-80 signal processor, eight BLU-32 I/O expanders, six BLU-3 wall-mount controllers and two BLU-10 programmable controllers. more

Base Lodge and Spa facilities can share audio thanks to the BLU-80’s CobraNet™ functionality

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — When Vermont’s legendary Stowe Mountain Resort at Spruce Peak opens its renovated facilities in time for the next ski season, skiers will benefit from many enhancements, including new high-speed quad lifts, vastly improved snowmaking and grooming capabilities, and restructuring of trails. They will also have great-sounding music throughout the base Lodge and Spa, thanks to the unique abilities of BSS Audio™ Soundweb™ London, which constitutes the foundation of all the audio at the Resort. The design and installation of the sound systems is being done by Geer Sound & Communications, of Milton, Vermont. more

New units feature low-latency, fault-tolerant digital audio bus

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — BSS Audio™, a Harman International Company (NYSE-HAR), introduces four new members to its acclaimed Soundweb™ London family of digital signal processors. The new BLU-800, BLU-320, BLU-160 and BLU-120 join the BLU-80, BLU-32 and BLU-16 devices in the series, reflecting BSS Audio’s commitment to continually offer increased flexibility and system enhancements. HiQnet London Architect, v2.00, provides support for the four new devices and several significant feature additions. A dedicated and comprehensively featured Room Combine Processing Object abstracts the complexity of room combining applications and greatly reduces programming time for such applications. The addition of Dynamic Metering allows efficient troubleshooting of Soundweb London systems through the use of simple signal presence monitoring. more

Entrepreneur Justin Hemmes has opened the luxurious $150 million Sydney leisure complex, The Ivy — a flagship for the Merivale Group of hotels and bars, to which he is the heir.

Located in the city centre, The Ivy had its soft launch in December 2007 and in the Spring of 2008 moved into full operation, with a series of restaurants, bars, cocktail lounges and live music which will bring a world of social experiences to the middle of the city. more

BLU-80 signal processors and BLU-32 8×8 I/O expansion devices provide power and great sound for the paging and music systems, and Soundweb London’s flexibility lets any audio be distributed from stage to casino and back again

Patrons of the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino have a lot to do and experience in its mid-Atlantic location near Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Norfolk and Atlantic City. On the grounds of the Dover International Speedway, the casino features over 2,700 of the newest slot machines in the world. more

Soundweb London effectively manages the sound in a truly multimedia environment where Steve Martorano moves from celebrity chef to house DJ, without ever leaving the kitchen

Café Martorano at the Rio All-Suite Hotel in Las Vegas is not your everyday restaurant; chef Steve Martorano is also an accomplished DJ and had a DJ booth installed in his kitchen. During dinner, the sound system is constantly playing dance and R&B music classics, and after peak hours, Martorano moves from behind the stove to behind the turntables, where he shows off his DJ skills, playing hip-hop and R&B as dinner turns to dancing. more

AKG Acoustics introduced its new wireless WMS 4500 microphone system, offering improved audio capabilities flexible enough to handle multiple users and multi-channel applications. Like its predecessor the WMS 4000, the WMS 4500 offers a wide range of available components for operational versatility, but has been modified for more durable use and greater flexibility with wireless applications. more