The Utopia Adventure Continues at Digital Ear with the Focal Maestro Utopia
Digital Ear is exclusive US dealer of Meridian-Sooloos Control 10 touch-screen music-server controller
The Utopia Adventure Continues at Digital Ear with the Focal Maestro Utopia
Digital Ear is currently the exclusive US dealer of the loudspeakers audio aficionados are dying to get their hands on
June 22, 2009; West Coast; US- A new music server controller has been launched by Meridian-Soolos, further enhancing the line of audio equipment since Meridian’s acquisition of the music-server company incorporates proprietary connections to Meridian equipment.
The $5,000-suggested Meridian-Sooloos Control 10 is a touch-screen music-server controller that also connects to other-brand audio, distributed-audio and home-control systems. It replaces the Sooloos Control One, which lacked proprietary Meridian connections. The Control 10 resistive touch screen features 17-inch LCD display and a slot-load CD drive to play or rip discs. The screen connects to separately sell hard drives and other source components via standard TCP/IP Ethernet connection.
The Control 10 features Meridian’s SpeakerLink digital database technology and Comms control-signal technology. SpeakerLink carries balanced digital audio and control signals in the RS-232, IR, and Meridian Comms formats up to 300 feet over shielded CAT-5 cable to Meridian’s active speakers from Meridian’s preamplifier/controllers and source units. The active speakers incorporate digital crossovers and digital signal processing. Meridian speakers using the technology can be daisychained rather than home-runned back to a Meridian stereo source. In a surround system, the speakers must still be home-runned to a preamp/controller, but in either case, fewer cables need to be run because separate audio and control cables aren’t needed.
Control 10 also supports older Meridian products equipped with Comms but not with SpeakerLink. Comms is a bidirectional analog-control-signal technology that rides over RG-59 coaxial cable, which would also carry IR and RS-232 signals converted to Comms by Meridian equipment. Digital audio signals are carried by separate cables.
Representatives can be reached for expert quotes, interviews, demonstrations or images by contacting Danielle Gano, danielle@ellecommm.com, (858) 208-9227.
About Digital Ear
For more than 20 years, the West Coast has relied on Digital Ear to provide elite service and innovative products in home entertainment. The only showroom of its kind on the West Coast, Digital Ear is the preferred vendor for the most discerning of audiophiles. Digital Ear’s vast array of services and expertise includes: custom home audio and theater, satellite, phone, security, wireless systems, climate control, lighting, networks, plasma, HDTV and more. Digital Ear is located at 17602 East Seventeenth Street, Suite 106, Tustin, CA 92780. Representatives are available Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and appointment times are available Monday through Saturday. For more information, call (714) 544-7903 or email sales@digitalear.com.
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About Digital Ear
For more than 20 years, the West Coast has relied on Digital Ear to provide elite service and innovative products in home entertainment. The only showroom of its kind on the West Coast, Digital Ear is the preferred vendor for the most discerning of audiophiles. Digital Ear’s vast array of services and expertise includes: custom home audio and theater, satellite, phone, security, wireless systems, climate control, lighting, networks, plasma, HDTV and more.
All of the products can be found in the Digital Ear showroom, located at 17602 East Seventeenth Street, Suite 106, Tustin, CA 92780. Representatives are available Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and appointment times are available Monday through Saturday. For more information, call (714) 544-7903 or email sales@digitalear.com.
