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Colorado vNet Packs 70-Watt Amp in Elegant Touchscreen for Multiroom Audio
The CA1-70 is a 7-inch active-matrix in-wall color touchscreen amplifier.
Colorado vNet is one step closer to becoming a complete home-control company, adding a touchscreen-based music system to its existing lighting-control offering.
The company already has an innovative lighting control system that has captured the attention of integrators for its distributed architecture and flexible capacitive touchpads.
Now vNet is adding a slick music distribution system to the mix. The hallmark of the system is the CA1-70, a 7-inch active-matrix in-wall color touchscreen amplifier ($1,295 retail), featuring a 70-watt Class D digital amp delivering 35 watts per channel.
A 70-watt amp in the wall? How do they do that without loud, obnoxious fans, severe overheating issues, or a hideous design?
The answer: an ingenious, elegant industrial design that enables the touchscreen to poke out of the wall just a tad, without looking ridiculous. A glass bezel that conceals the gap makes the touchscreen appear to float on the wall.
"Nobody has that size amp behind a wall," says vNet CEO Bill Beierwaltes. "It wasn't easy. We really had to work at it."
For music sources, Colorado vNet communicates two-way with its own Vibe Audio Server, Sirius tuner and iPod docking station. HD and XM radio tuners are on the way. An audio encoder allows analog sources to join the Vibe network.
The company already has an innovative lighting control system that has captured the attention of integrators for its distributed architecture and flexible capacitive touchpads.
Now vNet is adding a slick music distribution system to the mix. The hallmark of the system is the CA1-70, a 7-inch active-matrix in-wall color touchscreen amplifier ($1,295 retail), featuring a 70-watt Class D digital amp delivering 35 watts per channel.
A 70-watt amp in the wall? How do they do that without loud, obnoxious fans, severe overheating issues, or a hideous design?
The answer: an ingenious, elegant industrial design that enables the touchscreen to poke out of the wall just a tad, without looking ridiculous. A glass bezel that conceals the gap makes the touchscreen appear to float on the wall.
"Nobody has that size amp behind a wall," says vNet CEO Bill Beierwaltes. "It wasn't easy. We really had to work at it."
For music sources, Colorado vNet communicates two-way with its own Vibe Audio Server, Sirius tuner and iPod docking station. HD and XM radio tuners are on the way. An audio encoder allows analog sources to join the Vibe network.
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Julie Jacobson, Editor-at-large, CE Pro
Julie Jacobson is co-founder of EH Publishing and currently spends most of her time writing for CE Pro, mostly in the areas of home automation, networked A/V and the business of home systems integration. She majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and has never taken a journalism class in her life. Julie is a washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player with the scars to prove it. Follow her on Twitter @juliejacobson.
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