Sunfire®, a leader in the design and manufacture of hi-fidelity home theater audio products, today announced an exciting Dealer/Consumer promotion for summer 2011, featuring its new Dynamic Series line (SDS) of affordable high-quality subwoofers.
From June 1 through August 31, home theater enthusiasts are invited to take part in the ”Live Large with Sunfire” promotion and upgrade their home theater setup. Through this special offer, buyers can purchase a Sunfire SDS10 10” sub for the price of an SDS8 8” sub, or they can go even larger and purchase a Sunfire SDS12 12” sub for the price of an SDS10 10” sub!
The “Live Large with Sunfire” promotion is available to all authorized Sunfire dealers, who can then pass it on to their customers who respond to the program. Consumers can purchase a maximum of two SDS subwoofers on this promotion.
The promotion will be supported by advertisements, direct emails to 200,000 consumers and email blasts specially developed for Sunfire dealers to market the promotion within their own customer base.
Consumers can take advantage of the “Live Large This Summer” promotion by locating the nearest Sunfire dealer at www.sunfire.com and making a qualifying purchase through any online or brick-and-mortar authorized Sunfire dealer.
The Sunfire Dynamic Series 8”, 10” and 12” subwoofers are available for an MSRP of $400, $500 and $600 respectively. The Dynamic Series features the perfect blend of form, function and performance. They are the ideal choice for systems where small size, high fidelity and high output are required. Sunfire's new digital amplifier delivers 400 to 600 Watts of cool running peak output in the three models, offering unprecedented performance at these price points. Each subwoofer features a Sunfire-designed woofer and acoustically matched passive radiator – twice the speakers for twice the bass. The DS family is the first Sunfire line built around energy efficient Sunfire Class-D amplification utilizing Sunfire’s FFD™ technology and also features an efficient .5W standby power mode.
With an optional 2.4GHz subwoofer wireless transmitter and receiver, available for an MSRP of $80 each, the addition of a new subwoofer is simple, without any new wires needed. A single transmitter can support up to two receivers for two subwoofers.
When Rocky DiGiacomo, a forward-thinking Minneapolis home builder, heard about the ELAN® g! Series IP-based Home Control System that can use the iPhone to control every household function, he knew home buyers would love it. Now DiGiacomo is putting his belief into action and pre-wiring every new home he builds with ELAN g! home control technology — leaving it up to the consumer to then decide which functions and which components they want to install in their new home as part of the finishing process.
DiGiacomo, founder of 20-year old DiGiacomo Homes and Renovation, Inc., wanted his houses to include value-added features to differentiate them from the competition, and he found one solution – ELAN g! He believes the ELAN g! system is going to help him sell a new $1.3 million house in Golden Valley, Minnesota. This is his first ELAN g! system installation, and he integrated 6-zone independent and simultaneous audio/video sourcing into 9 rooms, energy management control, and pre-wired for the home’s security system and surveillance cameras.
Well aware of the iPhone’s massive popularity, he believes that the ELAN g! iPhone app is a way to make home control simple and intuitive. The ELAN g! app is also available on internet-connected iPads, laptops, and PCs, providing complete home control from anywhere in the world.
“We’ve seen the success of the iPhone, and believe that with it, we can make home control attractive and accessible to anyone,” said DiGiacomo. “The ELAN g! app is simple enough for anyone to use, and can even do some things on its own, such as when you pull in the driveway, it can automatically open the garage door and turn off the security system. You don’t even have to hit a button. And you can monitor security cameras and control climate settings from anywhere in the world.”
When DiGiacomo heard about ELAN g! he turned to J.J. Vanderson & Co., a dealer that has been selling ELAN systems for more than 15 years, for a demo. Owner Jay Vandermyde asserts that people who want home control want all the features that ELAN g! offers, including web-streaming music and audio/video distribution. And he tells builders that with remote lighting and heating controls, the ELAN g! System even helps homeowners save on energy costs and makes homes more eco-friendly.
“In today’s crowded marketplace, builders need to make their properties stand out from the competition,” said Vandermyde. “ELAN g! is great because the consumer can expand the system as their needs and wants change. It’s easy to sell, easy to demo, and easy to install and maintain, which limits or eliminates service calls.”
The ELAN g! Series Home Control System provides users with the most uniform and intuitive icon-based control from their favorite devices, including TVs, touch screens, touch pads, PCs, iPhones, and iPads. The standardized interface works across platforms, so that the trendy g!Mobile app users love on the iPhone appears and works similarly on ELAN touch screens, valets and handheld remotes as well as users' televisions and mobile devices. And the system's IP backbone makes it just as easy to control the system from across the room as across the globe.
Individual apps for each subsystem allow the user to control security, climate, lighting, media, irrigation, pool/spa, messaging, video and photos with the flick of a finger. Access is fast and secure through any ELAN home interface or globally with mobile Internet enabled devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Netbooks, and PC Tablets. Since the intuitive interface empowers users with personalized scheduling and detailed history views, high consumption subsystems like lighting and climate can be closely monitored and managed for a greener lifestyle - and substantial energy savings.
Sunfire®, a specialist in the design, manufacture and marketing of luxury home theater products for the worldwide custom specialist and retail markets, today debuted its Atmos™ subwoofer, the smallest, most powerful subwoofer in its class.
The Atmos features a custom designed 6.5” woofer paired with a unique new asymmetrical cardiod surround, allowing over 1.5” of excursion. Resembling the variable thickness of the human heart, the surround provides superior control of the 6.5” driver, reducing distortion and increasing fidelity and reliability. The Atmos outperforms many 10” and 12” models.
Quietly containing the monstrous, cool running 1400W amplifier using Sunfire’s exclusive Tracking Downconverter technology required space-age engineering, which is why Sunfire used FEA (Finite Element Analysis) to design the Atmos, including the aluminum cabinet and the drivers as well as redesigning the Tracking Downconverter amplifier. This patient attention to detail gave the Atmos unequalled fidelity and high output, all out of an impossibly small aluminum extruded cabinet.
“The Atmos sets a new bar for small, powerful, accurate subwoofers. It is relevant for today’s consumers who demand high performance and reliability out of a small cabinet,” said Sunfire General Manager Mark Weisenberg. “Our engineers started from scratch and developed a incredibly tough aluminum enclosure that accommodates the tremendous air pressure generated by the woofer.”
Sunfire knows that every room is different, which is why the Atmos features an auto-room equalizer circuit that automatically adjusts the sub’s response to best suit the room acoustics for maximum bass quality and performance.
Thanks to the Atmos’ newly designed foot, which was inspired by the tire industry, the subwoofer will remain in place even at mind-numbing volumes. And measuring just 8.5” x 8.9” x 10.1”, the Atmos fits anywhere. For those thrill-seekers requiring even more bass, two Atmos subwoofers can be paired with just one wire through its conveniently located master/slave connectors.
The Atmos will begin shipping in Q2 2011 on a limited availability basis.
ELAN® Home Systems, the industry leading manufacturer of award-winning IP home control and multi-room A/V distribution systems, today announced that its ELAN g! Series Home Control System is shipping worldwide with built-in multi-language support.
The revolutionary IP-Based, whole-house entertainment and management solution includes the HR2 handheld remote, TS7 7" in-wall Touchscreen, HC12 and HC6 controllers, TS2 touchpad and its VL2 tabletop kit, plus g! Mobile iPhone app and new precision panels.
The ELAN g! Series Home Control System provides users with the most uniform and intuitive, icon-based control from their favorite devices including TVs, touchscreens, touchpads, PCs , iPhones, and iPads. The standardized interface works across platforms, so that the trendy g!Mobile app that users love on the iPhone appears and works similarly on ELAN touchscreens, valets and handheld remotes as well as users' televisions and mobile devices. And the system's IP backbone makes it just as easy to control the system from across the room - or across the globe.
Individual "apps" for each subsystem allow the user to control security, climate, lighting, media, irrigation, pool/spa, messaging, video and photos with the flick of a finger. Access is fast and secure through any ELAN home interface or globally with mobile Internet enabled devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Netbooks, and PC Tablets. Since the intuitive interface empowers users with personalized scheduling and detailed history views, high consumption subsystems like lighting and climate can be closely monitored and managed for a greener lifestyle - and substantial energy savings.
The g! system's new crown jewel is ELAN’s first-ever handheld remote control, the HR2. This striking extension to the product line has all the function of a touchscreen packaged in a sleek 1-inch thick remote that weighs a mere 8 ounces. Its stylish, ergonomic design feels at home in your hand and is ready at a moment's notice with a built-in accelerometer that instantly turns the HR2 on when you pick it up. Integrated Wi-Fi and IR ensure both rich metadata content as well as speedy local control of sources and TVs.
Nearly 6 months of R&D went into the button layout alone - with 43 backlit buttons logically arranged in a very pleasing and easy-to-use configuration. Three hot keys provide instant access to commonly used features like the now playing screen, media guide and remote's home page. But the real magic is in the 2.4" OLED touch display that provides the perfect blend of feedback and control to complement the hard buttons required for easy TV viewing.
The 320x240 display boasts crisp, clear graphics and delivers quick-touch access to every subsystem in the home. Part of the remote's appeal is the gentle and artistic sculpting of the bottom and back so that depth quickly goes from one inch in the palm to a half inch midway up for an easy and balanced grip. Its Lithium Polymer battery powers the remote for ten hours with the display on and 14 days on standby. A stylish charging base is included and keeps the HR2 in a handy upright position - ready to grab-and-go with minimal storage space.
The TS7 touchscreen takes the g! experience in-wall with a high-resolution, 7" LCD display for control of all g! and subsystem features. The latest in LED backlighting technology ensures a bright, long-lasting image while conserving energy. Searching music and movie libraries has never been easier thanks to intuitive touch navigation and brilliant cover art. And like ELAN's legacy touchpanels, the TS7 features live, full-screen analog video for security cameras and TV preview. Six hard-buttons are available for commonly used functions, while an integrated microphone and speaker enable convenient messaging features. The touchscreen also comes with brackets and back-boxes for new construction and "dog ears" for easy retrofit installations.
At the core of the g! system are two new home controllers, the HC12 and HC6. These new controllers represent the intersection of all that g! has to offer with amazing on-screen interfaces, robust connectivity and an expansive two-way driver collection. In addition to integrated connectivity for RS232, RS485, relays, and IR, these controllers extend the g! experience to the big screen through a high-resolution, 720p on-screen component video display. This On-Screen Display (OSD) allows users to control all aspects of their home from the TV using the same uniform g! interface, without any additional hardware or expense. Also included is a built-in photo viewer which turns the TV and associated control interfaces into a digital picture frame. And music aficionados will love the built-in audio server capability (Network Attached Storage [NAS] drive required for HC6 controller) and optional internet radio streaming services.
ELAN is also shipping their new g! precision panels which help to make system installations easier than ever with a clean, professional and trouble-free trim-out of wires and cables. Featuring clearly labeled rear panel punch downs and front panel jacks for every system connection, these panels bring order to your installation. This saves installation time by eliminating misconnections and making trouble-shooting fast and efficient. These panels can be mounted in-wall or in a standard 19 inch wide equipment rack.
ELAN is also shipping its TS2 Film Interactive OLED Touchpad and the VL2 tabletop kit, as well as the highly regarded g! Mobile App for the iPhone. The TS2 has already proven to be a very popular control interface prominently featured in all of the trade publications and built around ELAN's category-defining Olé Touchpads with over 30,000 sales since its inception. The TS2 marries keypad functionality with the display capability and power of a touchscreen for an affordable way to control the home, plus adds a unique viewer app that provides security, lighting and other control means not available on Olé products. The double-gang TS2 features a 2" high-resolution OLED display and offers unprecedented support for audio with full navigation and 2-way feedback, control of lighting scenes, climate control, and security arming/disarming. It also displays real-time weather, forecast and time of day setting a new standard for affordable control with feedback. The VL2 quickly converts the TS2 Touchpad from an in-wall to a tabletop controller.
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From June 1 through August 31, home theater enthusiasts are invited to take part in the ”Live Large with Sunfire” promotion and upgrade their home theater setup. Through this special offer, buyers can purchase a Sunfire SDS10 10” sub for the price of an SDS8 8” sub, or they can go even larger and purchase a Sunfire SDS12 12” sub for the price of an SDS10 10” sub!
