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Audio Design Associates Introduces Five Innovative Products For Home Theatre And Multi-Room Systems
Audio Design Associates (ADA) has launched some technological innovations with the introduction of the industry's first 6.1 channel surround processor and a new limitless multi-room system, two of five new products recently announced by the company. Among the new introductions is the industry's first 6.1 Surround Processor ($499), representing the next major advancement in home theatre audio technology. The 6.1 unit, an add-on processor, enhances the Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1 surround sound experience by sending all mono-rear channel information to an actual speaker(s). The experience is augmented as the listener actually hears these sounds emanating from a speaker(s), rather than ""imagining"" a phantom center back soundfield. The effect is extremely dramatic and makes a huge difference for any 5.1 encoded movie, 5.1 DSS broadcast, or 5.1 music software. For systems using a 5.1 A/V receiver, ADA also offers the AMP x 4 Four Channel Power Amplifier ($399) that can operate as either a strict surround channel power amplifier or as both an amplifier and speaker to line-level audio converter. Another ADA innovation is Rhapsody (price TBA), the ultimate multi-room mainframe. In 1998, ADA embarked on the design of a multi-room mainframe that had absolutely no-limits and could handle any size installation. Engineering criteria included the ability to switch and route all forms of audio and any type of video. Finally, it had to play the audio in either two-channel stereo or multi-channel decoding formats. Rhapsody consists of two mainframe components: the Conductor, which is the switcher/router, and the Orchestra, the component that houses the room preamplifier cards. The key element behind the Conductor is its ability to switch a limitless number of sources, those located at the mainframe and those located throughout the house, to any room independently of other rooms. The Orchestra can be used to expand the system into a limitless number or rooms/zones using Quartet cards. With the popularity of the critically-acclaimed Cinema Reference, the company's ultimate home theatre controller, ADA has released the Cinema Rhapsody ($3,999). Like its ""big sister,"" the Cinema Rhapsody is designed to be a powerful home theatre component, acting as the heart of a high-end home theater system. Almost identically featured as the Cinema Reference, the Cinema Rhapsody does not include an RGB switcher, the input used to for High Definition TVs; an RF demodulator, an output previously incorporated for older laser disc players to play Dolby Digital sound (newer players have their own RF demodulator built in); and a Vectorscope, a display that shows how much power each sound channel is using. In the area of multi-room systems, ADA has added control with a flair for color. The Rapture Keypad (Price TBA) is the newest control in the ADA family of keypads. Designed to operate with either ADA's existing Millennium 2000 and Delta Systems as well as ADA's all-new Rhapsody Multi-Room A/V System, Rapture lets the user design the color scheme of the keypads using the power of light. Rapture buttons are clear rubber with the function name silk-screened on top. Behind each button is a three-color LED chip. Buttons are grouped by function and each group can be assigned a unique color. This powerful feature makes ADA Systems with Rapture Keypads easier to control, because in addition to easily identifiable button function nomenclature, different function types can have their own distinctly unique color. Furthermore, because the buttons are backlit, they are easier to read, even in darkness. The colors available include red, blue, green, yellow, purple, aqua, white, and off (no color or glow). Finally, the Trinity Triple Tuner ($2,499) is a PC-programmable tuner capable of playing three radio stations SIMULTANEOUSLY to different rooms throughout the home, office, yacht or aircraft. It comes complete with two FM stereo tuner modules and one AM. Each tuner can have up to 20 presets for a total of 60 stations and, aside from the frequency number, each preset can be custom-labeled with either the preset number, the station's call symbols, or a descriptive word (JAZZ, ROCK, NEWS, etc.). Headquartered in White Plains, New York, ADA has been the undisputed leader in the fields of high-end home theatre and multi-room technology since 1977.