Compact, Powerful, Cool-running Amplifiers Set New Benchmark for Multi-room Custom
Installation Applications.
Lexington, KY, November 19, 2009 -- ELAN Home Systems, a leading manufacturer of
award-winning Multi-Room audio/video and home control systems, announced today
that the company is bringing high end digital efficiency and power to its popular
D-Family of Multi-Channel Amplifiers.
The company is now shipping the D12
Amplifier, first in a new class of high efficiency amplifiers to be followed by the
D16 Amplifier in March 2010.
?The only thing these products have in common with
their predecessors is the number of binding posts on the back panels.
These green,
powerful, self-correcting amplifiers are what our Dealers have been asking for and our design team delivered in a big way,? said Bob Farinelli, ELAN?s President
and Chief Technology Officer.
Utilizing state?of-the-art technology from Texas Instruments (TI), these products
have been engineered from the ground up to establish a new benchmark in
reliability, flexibility and performance.
The digital design behind each amplifier,
provides cool power at an 85%-90% efficiency rating, and simultaneously delivers
115 watts at 4 ohms into 12 channels on the D12 and 75 watts at 4 ohms into 16
channels on the D16.
The D12 is now available at an MSRP of $2,400 and the D16 will
be available in March at an MSRP of $2,600.
ELAN engineers worked closely with TI in developing the D12 s and the D16?s coolrunning, digital amplifier technology.
TI?s state-of-the-art analog-to-digital
modulation was coupled with 8X oversampling and 5th order noise shaping to ensure
highly reliable and sonically pure designs.
The result of this collaboration is an
all-new platform that is equally robust and efficient.
This new design enables ?
green-friendly,? low-power standby consumption while at the same time provides
nearly instant turn-on for predictable operation.
In addition, at just over 5inches tall, the D12 and D16 are up to 40% slimmer than many competitive
amplifiers.
"Our compact, high-efficiency design coupled with sleek new front panel aesthetics
excites not only the energy friendly, but the design conscious as well,? said Mr.
Farinelli.
?Add front-panel readouts and stand-alone IR for remote volume control
applications and the D12 is without a doubt the installer s best choice for
delivering high-impact music in multi-room installations.
With four more channels,
the D16 is the perfect solution for larger installations where entertaining or
business use would require more coverage at normal listening levels.
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While the ELAN?s D12 and D16 amplifiers are small in stature, they are big on sonic
power.
The D12 will drive up to six stereo pairs of speakers, 12 mono speakers or
any combination of the two.
The D16 expands coverage with eight stereo pairs of
speakers, 16 mono speakers or any combination of the two.
With stability down to 4
ohms, two 8 ohm ELAN speakers can be connected to each channel without the need for
impedance-matching volume controls.
Plus each channel can be configured for mono,
stereo, bussed mono or bussed stereo.
The need for extra patch cables and Y-cords
has been eliminated by equipping two universal stereo buss inputs with buffered
outputs.
The D12 and D16 feature an IR control system that allows the volume for each stereo
pair to be independently adjusted using a remote control in each room.
Combine this
with the stereo buss feature, and both the D12 and the D16 can be used with an
inexpensive stereo receiver to provide a moderately priced, high quality whole
house music distribution system with independent volume control in up to six rooms.
ELAN?s industry-leading, patent-pending ACE? (Automatic Clip Eliminator?)
technology is also a key feature of both amplifiers.
This microprocessorcontrolled, dynamic leveling circuit eliminates clipping without the typical audio
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