Sunfire Welcomes 75th Member to Flagship Dealer Program

Sunfire, a leader in the design and manufacture of hi-fidelity home theater audio products, today announced that Las Vegas-based Progressive Home has become the 75th member of its Flagship Dealer Program.

“We are excited to welcome Progressive Home as the 75th member of our nationwide family of flagship dealers,” said Mark Weisenberg, general manager of Sunfire. “Progressive Home learned that Sunfire Flagship products are optimized to perform in a system as our engineers intended. Actively demonstrating a 5.1 Sunfire XT System delivers the unique sonic experience of Sunfire, all out of the smallest form factors available. And once Progressive Home realized the added business value that the Flagship program delivers, they signed up. They are among a small group of elite dealers around the world that through the use of Sunfire XT products, come to understand the power of delivering unique, active, exciting audio demonstrations and the benefits gained by adopting this strategy.”

“Sunfire is incredibly innovative,” said Mike Lemke, president of Progressive Home. “They make products that really upgrade the industry and are on par with equipment that is much, much more expensive. Having flagship status sets us apart and shows customers that we’ve been recognized as a quality dealer.”

“The art and science of the demo has been declining over the years,” remarked Weisenberg. “The Flagship Program addresses this by motivating and incentivizing dealers to merchandise and actively demo complete 5.1 Sunfire XT systems in a consistent, professional manner. Dealers participating in the program maintain a system on active display, receive aggressive discounts and extended payment terms, realize increased profitability on the XT Flagship products, and gain exposure in the company’s national advertising campaigns as well as being referred to as the “best of the best” on Sunfire’s dealer locator on their web site.

“Everyone wins. As the consumer experiences a well-executed Sunfire demonstration, the value of Sunfire becomes obvious while the dealer becomes the authority in the market in the eyes of their clients. So Flagship Dealers win more bids, sell more audio, generating higher profits. Realizing profitable, sustainable growth in these tough economic conditions is good for everyone.

“The biggest asset for any dealer, besides their design expertise, is their ability to offer an exciting demo, which is why our Flagship Dealer Program aims to help our dealers provide the most impressive demos possible for each and every customer.”

The demo room itself is not limited to a one-size-fits-all system. There are a number of different options for the dealer to choose from, including in-wall, on-wall, on-shelf and bipole speaker setups. Progressive Home is utilizing multiple subwoofers in their system, which Sunfire considers the ideal setup for high-end home theaters.

When a dealer sells a complete Sunfire system, the company will even arrange for a special themed gift basket to be delivered to the customer, including popcorn, candy, and specially-made invitations for friends to come experience the new home theater. It’s an added touch that extends Sunfire’s Flagship Dealer support beyond the product, delivering unique value that today’s consumer appreciates.

Sunfire Dealers Live Large This Summer

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.

New Orleans ELAN Installer Takes Brand New Elan g! Dealer Demo System On The Road To Show Consumers The Power Of Home Automation

Jamie Gannon, owner of New Orleans-based Dynamic Audio Video, is the very first dealer to take delivery of the new ELAN g! Dealer Demo System and he’s not wasting any time getting it in front of consumers. In fact, from March 17-20, 2011, he’s showing it at his home automation booth at the 2011 New Orleans Home and Garden Show, the largest consumer home show in the southeast United States.

“The new ELAN g! Dealer Demo System is a great idea, and it’s going to make it easy for me to show the system to potential buyers,” said Gannon. “Since I started Dynamic Audio Video ten years ago, I’ve been waiting for someone to make a system like ELAN g! It’s affordable enough for anyone to install and expand, and the consistent touch-based user interface makes it easy enough for anyone to use. ELAN made the g! demo system especially affordable for dealers, and I expect it to help me sell the ELAN g! system over and over again. Once a customer actually uses it themselves, they won’t want to live without it.”

The ELAN g! Dealer Demo System, which is being officially introduced to dealers and installers at the March 17-20, 2011 EHX expo in Orlando, Florida, includes a system controller, 7” touch screen, 4” touchpad in a tabletop mount, the brand-new HR2 remote, an amplifier, 2 tabletop Sunfire® speakers, a Panasonic IP camera, all the ELAN g! Pro Apps, and 5 viewer licenses to connect iPhones, iPads and computers. The system includes all the parts necessary to connect the gear and make it work. All the dealer needs to add is a television to demonstrate the On-Screen Display (OSD).

Gannon recently finished his first ELAN g! installation in a new home in Old Metairie, just west of New Orleans. “The family had actually contracted someone else to install a Control4 system, but when I showed them the g! app on the iPad, they ditched the old installer and hired me to install the full g! system. If I can do that with just the app, imagine what I’m going to be able to do with the full demo system!”

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 that 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.

ELAN® Home Systems Introduces Turnkey ELAN g! Series Dealer Demo System

Underscoring its commitment to enable dealers communicate the full benefits of its ELAN® g! Series Home Control System to the largest number of end-users in the shortest amount of time, ELAN Home Systems today announced the introduction of its ELAN g! Dealer Demo System, an ultra-affordable fully capable demo system for showroom or on-site demonstrations. The system will be introduced at EHX Expo 2011 at Booth 1001 in Orlando, Florida from March 17-19.

According to Joe Lautner, Manager of Business Development and Product Management for ELAN Home Systems, the fully configured, ready-to-go g! Dealer Demo System will be offered to its certified dealer network at an extremely attractive price. The system includes a controller, 7” touch screen, 4” touch pad in a tabletop mount, the brand-new HR2 remote, an amplifier, 2 tabletop Sunfire® speakers, a Panasonic IP camera, all the g! Pro Apps, and 5 viewer licenses to connect iPhones, iPads and computers. The system includes all the parts necessary to connect the gear and make it work. All the dealer needs to add is a television to demonstrate the On-Screen Display (OSD).

“Our new g! Dealer Demo System truly speaks for itself. By offering a full system at such at such an aggressive price point, we’re effectively removing the price barrier for dealers to show off the complete capabilities of the remarkable g! system,” said Lautner. “This exceptional demo package will help dealers sell more g! systems by showcasing its simplicity and vast range of features.”

The g! Dealer Demo System arrives pre-configured in demo mode, so dealers will be and to play music, view and control the IP camera and demo all other system applications. The demo system can be easily transported to a customer home, a home show or anywhere a dealer wishes to demonstrate the powerful ELAN g! entertainment and control features. The system can also be used to run a showroom by connecting it to all the demo room’s systems.

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.