NEWMARKET, N.H.-- Russound, the #1 brand in multiroom audio, is following up its roll-out of the Sphere Certified Integrator Program with two products available exclusively through Sphere Certified Integrators.

Set to be featured at the 2007 CEDIA Expo in Denver, CO, is the ACA-E5 Multizone Controller Amplifier and KLK-E5 Click Wheel Keypad. Both of these products are compatible with Russound’s line of RNET Smart Source components.

“The E-Series sets a whole new standard for advanced multiroom home entertainment products,” said Andy Lewis, Russound’s Senior Product Manager. “These two new products are indicative of how we’re working to incorporate new technologies into components that offer demonstrable benefits with enhanced usability.”

ACA-E5 Multizone Controller Amplifier



Russound’s ACA-E5 is an eight-zone/twelve-source controller amplifier that ups the ante on whole-house distribution by offering a myriad of improvements over the current flagship model, CAV6.6. Specifically,…

Batavia, IL. - Vanco International, Inc., an innovative supplier of home theater electronics for over 50 years, is introducing three patent-pending Whole House Audio and Home Theater Combination Wall Plates.

These exclusive wall plates are designed to allow for the connections of a whole house audio and home theater system at one convenient wall location. The unique combination of these two features on one wall plate offers a precise, professional installation. With three configurations available, installers will have no problem finding one that will work for their specific installation needs.

The first combination is a Whole House Audio with 6.2 Home Theater Wall Plate. This plate provides an open port (3/4" x 1-9/16") for bulk wire and direct connections to the system's A/V components and combines it with a 6.2 home theater plate designed for home theater systems that consist of (6) audio speakers and (2) subwoofers.

The next configuration is a Wide Port (dual gang) Whole House…

With new construction flat, the retrofit market is hot. So there's no better time than now to introduce wireless A/V products to the marketplace, which is what Applied Wireless plans to do from their CEDIA Expo booth.

The company, which has roots in the commercial, industrial and military markets, is coming out with "wireless products specifically targeted for the upper-end home theater market to make the installer's life easier," says Lee Fleishman, director of marketing.

At the 2007 show, Applied Wireless is focusing on a new line of wireless audio products for home theaters and multiroom applications. (Video products will be shown, but primarily for digital signage and other commercial apps.) Applied uses its own RF technology in the 900 MHz spectrum, which is better suited than today's 2.4 GHz solutions, Fleishman asserts.