AudioControl Pantages Theatre Amplifier Captures CEA Innovations Award

2-Jan-02

AudioControl has recently announced that their new five-channel theatre amplifier, the Pantagesô, has been awarded a 2002 Innovations Design & Engineering award by the Consumer Electronics Association.The Innovations Design & Engineering award is given to products with unique design features and functions. The Pantages theatre amplifier utilizes a unique and highly efficient Class H design, plus AudioControl's LightDriveô protection circuit, which allows it to deliver 200 clean watts per channel into five channels at an 8-ohm load, or in other words a kilowatt of RMS output. ""Beginning with our Architect line of whole house audio amplifiers, dealers and installers have come to rely upon AudioControl for designing and manufacturing performance oriented amplifiers that are considered 'Bulletproof.' It was a natural progression for AudioControl to take technology that we developed for the custom-based Architect line of amplifiers and apply it to the home theater market,"" says AudioControl National Sales Manager,Chris Kane. In a Class H design, the power supply voltage for the output is modulated so that it is always just above the signal, therefore increasing the efficiency of the amplifier, and reducing heat and unnecessary power dissipation. The high efficiency circuit design of the Pantages eliminates the need for noisy, bulky fans.The new Pantages home theatre amplifier also showcases AudioControl's proprietary Lightdriveô protection circuitry, which literally erases the possibility of clipping, audible distortion, or amplifier damage on a channel-by-channel basis, even under the heaviest-use conditions.In adding to its power and flexibility, Pantages features both balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) inputs. This allows Pantages to easily interface with a wide array of system components, including the new Diva 24-Bit Audio Enhancement System from AudioControl, featuring balanced inputs and outputs.In addition to being virtually bulletproof, Pantages is also a superbly musical amplifier that relies upon a high-definition BiMOS output stage topology. This unique layout combines the audiophile-grade refinement of a Class A bipolar transistor design with the impressive efficiency and thermal ruggedness typical of MOSFET circuits.Pantages is built in a heavy-duty, all-metal chassis, and is available with a rack mount as an option. It sports a black anodized front panel to cosmetically integrate with Diva, AudioControl's innovative digital room correction processor.For more information on AudioControl, visit www.audiocontrol.com.

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