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Panamax’s MX5102 Battery Back-Up System Wins Exc!te Award at CEDIA EXPO 2009
October 8th, 2009PETALUMA, Calif. — Oct. 1, 2009 — Panamax today announced its MX5102 battery back-up system was recognized with a Custom Retailer Exc!te Award at CEDIA EXPO 2009 in Atlanta. For home theater systems, the MX5102 is Panamax’s first product to combine power management features such as linear filtration and surge protection with battery back-up, all in a single unit.
The Exc!te award, presented by Custom Retailer Magazine, pays tribute to products that stand out for being innovative, high-performing solutions oriented to the custom installation professional. The winners were selected from more than 450 nominations received and judged by the magazine’s editorial staff.
“The MX5102 is Panamax’s first product to combine power management features and battery back-up in one unit, and we are honored to have our efforts recognized with this prestigious award,” said Dave Keller, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Panamax/Furman. “Beyond providing UPS functionality, the hybrid unit protects sensitive components and optimizes their performance for a stunning home theater experience.”
Available as a standalone product or as part of a rackmount solution, the hybrid MX5102’s front panel offers an LCD status display that shows the incoming line voltage as well as battery run time remaining in case of a temporary power failure. The unit provides 600VA UPS functionality via two of its 10 outlets, while still providing common power management features such as high-current outlets and 12V triggering to the switched outlet banks.
The MX5102 is available now at an MSRP of $649.95.
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About Panamax
Panamax has been an international leader in providing award-winning, innovative power management products for more than 35 years. Their power management products give audio/video systems the pure, noise-free power they need for superlative performance, providing longevity to the components connected while protecting them from damage caused by power surges and lightning. Panamax is available in all major electronic markets including home theater, professional audio and music, OEM, and office equipment. The company is based in Petaluma, Calif., and sells through an international dealer network, distributors, and in select retail outlets. More information is available at www.panamax.com.
All trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.
Centronics Launches Elite HD-Branded HSMX Series 4×4 HDMI Over Cat5e/Cat6e Matrix System
October 8th, 2009STEVENSVILLE, Md., Oct. 06, 2009 — Centronics, Inc. (centronics.com), a leading distributor of audio, video, and accessory products for the residential, commercial, and security markets since 1959, is proud to announce the launch of its Elite HD-branded HSMX Series 4×4 HDMI matrix system for HDMI over Cat5e or Cat6e. Now shipping, each unit is has an MSRP of $1,199.99.
“Our new HSMX Series is a true 4×4 matrix system,” explained Tony Pelura, Centronics general manager. “A 4 x HDMI to 4 x Cat5e matrix extender allows HDTV to be displayed up to 150 feet away from the matrix unit using two Cat5e cables. The 4×4 matrix eliminates the need to disconnect and reconnect sources to different displays.”
Centronics’ new EHD-branded HSMX-CB and HSMX-WP comes complete with IR extenders, discrete IR remote controls, and four HDMI to Cat5e/6 converters via stand only boxes (HSMX-CB) or wall plates (HSMX-WP).
Additional specs of the Elite HD-branded HSMX Series include:
· Switch easily between any four HDMI sources
· Distributes any of the four inputs to any or any combination of the four Cat5e output displays
· Maintains resolutions up to 1080p
· HDMI 1.3 and HDCP compliant
“The HSMX Series is just the latest Centronics and EHD innovation, continuing our trend of leading the way with new and useful tools for our customers’ installations,” concluded Pelura.
EHD is a line of HD products branded by Centronics, Inc. Pricing and specs subject to change without notice. For more information, please call (800) 638-0741, or visit www.centronics.com to see the complete line.
About Centronics
For 50 years, Centronics has been a leader in the distribution of A/V, DBS, off-air, high definition, home theater speakers and accessories, and satellite and antenna products. As the industry has changed, Centronics has met those changes head on. What will never change is our commitment to provide quality products at reasonable prices. Centronics stocks products such as TV mounts by Video Mount Products, satellite distribution equipment by SPAUN, antennas and off-air accessories by Winegard and AntennaCraft, home theater equipment…from HD cables to speakers…by CWI, Speco Technologies, and Universal Remote Control.
At Centronics, our knowledgeable sales staff and customer service is second-to-none. Our technical expertise is the best in the business. And with thousands of parts in stock, our customers can be sure we have what they are looking for. With Centronics, every customer can feel confident that we are not just their distributor, but their A/V partner, as well.
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THOMAS PUBLIC RELATIONS SELECTED BY CHLOR*RID
October 8th, 2009
THOMAS PUBLIC RELATIONS SELECTED BY CHLOR*RID
AS AGENCY OF RECORD
Thomas PR to Promote Chlor*Rid –World’s Leading Source of Patented Soluble Salt Testing & Soluble Salt Removal Systems
Chlor*Rid is Used by Aircraft, Tanks, State Highway DOTs, Bridges, Dams, Ships, & Microbiology Labs to Remove Dangerous Contamination
October 8, 2009, Melville, NY –Thomas Public Relations, Inc. http://www.thomas-pr.com, the award-winning high-tech, consumer electronics, telecommunications, computer, digital imaging and social networking public relations agency, announced today that it has been chosen as Agency of Record by Chandler, Arizona-based Chlor*Rid www.chlor-rid.com, the world’s leading source of products and information for soluble salt testing and soluble salt removal. Chlor*Rid is used by state highways, bridges, railroads, aircraft, ships, dams, tanks and microbiology labs to protect and remove dangerous salt contamination and corrosion to crucial U.S. infrastructure systems.
Headquartered in Long Island’s high-tech corridor in Melville, NY, award-winning Thomas PRÒ was chosen by Chlor*Rid because of its leadership position in public relations for international tech companies, with an over 10 year history of successful PR campaigns for ground-breaking companies, such as Olympus, GigaTribe.com, Unibind, Dinotalk, Peleman, OWC, NewerTech, Digital Foci, Spymac, Octiv, Rocketlife.com, Roadmaster, Foveon, Lexar Media, Intego, Corsair, The Great Kat, and more. Thomas PR specializes in new product introductions, product placements, trade show PR, press tours, social networking, positioning, and branding.
Thomas PR is representing the Chlor*Rid line of products with a full-scale public relations campaign, including PR at major trade shows, such as the Workboat, NACE, PACE, and PDA shows, press releases, branding, social networking and other PR activities.
“We are excited to represent the Chlor*Rid essential line of patented soluble salt removal products. Using Chlor*Rid’s unique organic bonding chemistry to remove chlorides, sulfates and other soluble salts, makes America’s key bridges, ships, and machinery safer for all,” stated Karen Thomas, President, Thomas Public Relations, Inc., winner of the 2009 PRSourceCode “Top Tech Communicators” Award.
Thomas PR is well-known for quickly and efficiently achieving high-level press results for its clients. Thomas PR’s clients have won over 500 industry awards and frequently appear on the NBC Today Show, ABC-TV, NBC-TV, CBS-TV, New York Times, USA Today, Time Magazine, People, Newsweek and many other business, consumer, TV, radio and Internet sites. Thomas Public Relations achieves these results by having a long history of strong press relationships and immediately responding to journalist’s requests.
About CHLOR*RID International, Inc.
Founded February 1992, CHLOR*RID International, Inc. is the world’s leading source of products and information for soluble salt testing and soluble salt removal. The Chlor*Rid line is used by state highways, bridges, railroads, aircraft, ships, dams, tanks and microbiology labs to protect and remove dangerous salt contamination and corrosion from the world’s most crucial infrastructure systems. Chlor*Rid is the proud sponsor of the Soluble Salt Technology Center at http://www.paintsquare.com/techcenter/salts/chlorrid/home.cfm with lab test parameters for chloride, sulfates and other soluble salt testing, corrosion info, technical articles on soluble salts, and access to organizational standards and guides. See www.chlor-rid.com for more info.
About Thomas PR
Founded in 1993, Thomas PR represents the leaders in high-technology and computers. Thomas PR’s President, Karen Thomas, has served on the boards of leading organizations, including IPC (International Photographic Council), a multinational non-profit organization of the United Nations and PMDA (PhotoImaging Manufacturers & Distributors Association). Thomas Public Relations and President Karen Thomas have won numerous PR awards, including the 2009 PRSourceCode “Top Tech Communicators” Award, “5 Star Rating” from Positive Image News, “Best Industry Press Conference” from Marketing Computers Magazine, Newsday “Five People to Watch,” and more. See www.thomaspr.com for more info.
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Thomas PR is a registered trademark of Thomas Public Relations, Inc.
New HD Tracks High Definition Music Download Releases
October 8th, 2009
HDtracks Newsletter for 10.08.09
HD music is different than normal music which you listen to daily, HD music is encoded in the highest quality and produced the way the artists wanted it to be heard.
- Natest Sood, Gadgetell.com
Featured Label: ECM
Founded in Munich by producer Manfred Eicher in 1969, ECM Records has recorded more than 1000 albums spanning many idioms. The quality of ECM albums at all levels – from musicianship, production and engineering to cover art – has been widely recognized and the label has collected many awards. Eicher’s label has been hailed, by UK newspaper The Independent, as “the most important imprint in the world for jazz and new music.” ECM artists include Keith Jarrett, Arvo Part, Jan Garbarek, Chick Corea, Pat Metheney, and many more.
Featured Artist: Keith Jarrett
Over the past 40 years, Keith Jarrett has come to be recognized as one of the most creative musicians of our times - universally acclaimed as an improviser of unsurpassed genius, a master of jazz piano, a classical keyboardist of great depth, and a composer who has written hundreds of pieces for his various jazz groups, plus extended works for orchestra, soloist, and chamber ensemble. The foundation of the Jarrett/ECM discography is made up of the landmark solo piano recordings that have helped redefine the role of the piano in contemporary music. The piano improvisations on Facing You, Solo Concerts, The Köln Concert, Staircase, Sun Bear Concerts, Moth and The Flame, Concerts, Paris Concert, Dark Intervals, Vienna Concert, and La Scala incorporate a broad spectrum of musical idioms and languages – classical, jazz, ethnic, gospel, folk, blues, and pure sound – revealing a creative process based on a deeply conscious state of awaken-ness and listening in the moment, producing music both deeply personal, yet universal.
Featured Albums
Jarrett’s solo concert tradition continues with Paris / London – Testament, two highly creative performances of recent vintage – from Paris’s Salle Pleyel on November 26, 2008, followed by London’s Royal Festival Hall on December 1. The English date was Jarrett’s first London solo concert in many years and, in the words of one reviewer, “triggered the sort of ecstasy that might greet a returning prophet.”
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| Paris / London – Testament (96kHz/24bit) Keith Jarrett
This is Keith Jarrett, for the first time ever, in 96/24 DVD-Audio quality FLAC. Available only at HDtracks.com. |
Paris / London – Testament (44.1kHz/16bit) Keith Jarrett |
Specials of the Week
We are pleased to offer a new feature at HDtracks.com, the SPECIALS OF THE WEEK program. We are offering 20% discounts on select titles from your favorite artists and labels.
96 kHz/24-bit and 88.2 kHz/24-bit releases on HDtracks
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| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony KV 504, Recitative and Rondo KV 505, Concerto KV 503 (88.2kHz/24bit) Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne | Christian Zacharias Works from the eye of the Mozart fantasia storm: the C major Piano Concerto and the Prague Symphony were both composed in December 1786 along with the Recitative and Rondo K 505. This album invites you on a journey through time under the consummately sensitive command of Christian Zacharias and his Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. |
Elgar: Symphony No. 3 / Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode / Military March No. 6 (88.2kHz/24bit) BBC National Orchestra Of Wales | Richard Hickox Following the success of Symphony No. 1, which was Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice, and Symphony No. 2 which was Classic FM magazine’s Disc of the Month, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Richard Hickox here performs Elgar’s Symphony No. 3 as elaborated and orchestrated by Anthony Payne. Gramophone’s reviewer noted that by ‘bringing out the glory of Elgar’s orchestral imagination’ the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Richard Hickox reveal a new dimension of Elgar. |
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| Neon Angel (88.2kHz/24bit) Nancy Bryan Bryan’s honesty in her approach to song writing has created a stylization that defies category. Neon Angel is a unique and personal body of work. In it, her lyrics are visual and socially relevant, yet intimate, poetic and immediate. Her music ranges from the ethereal to a plaintive earthiness, and at times both expressions are grasped in the same moment. This recording is as classic and as powerful as Joni Mitchell’s legendary Blue. |
Four Marys (96kHz/24bit) Rebecca Pidgeon Pidgeon’s fresh interpretations of traditional Celtic folk songs like “Fhear a Bhata”, “Black Jack Davey” and “Jock O Hazeldean” - blend her unmistakable vocal style with a distinctive Celtic flavor. Featuring some of Celtic music’s finest musicians such as Johnnie Cunningham on fiddle and mandolin and Jerry O’Sullivan on Uilleann Pipes, Four Marys is Pidgeon’s tribute to her musical heritage. |
MORE NEW RELEASES IN 96 kHz/24 bit and 88.2 kHz/24 bit
Classical
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| Neharot - Betty Olivero / Tigran Mansurian / Eitan Steinberg Kim Kashkashian Kim Kashkashian’s new album following her Spanish and Argentinian songs on Asturiana is a carefully composed programme addressing fascinating connections between three contemporary composers from Israel and Armenia. With five pieces respectively based on traditional laments of the Near East, Armenian chant and Hasidic melody, the focus is again on essentially vocal expressivenss. |
BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Clarinet Trio Martin Frost | Roland Pöntinen Martin Fröst continues his survey of the core clarinet repertoire with Brahms’ autumnal works for the instrument. Composed towards the end of Brahms’ life, the trio and two sonatas on this disc are the fruits of the meeting between a composer who feared that he had lost his inspiration, and a great musician who helped him find it again. Richard Mühlfeld was the favourite clarinettist of both Richard Wagner and Hans von Bülow, but these works by Brahms are surely the most impressive testimonial to his musicianship. The album was named “Editor’s Choice” in Gramophone (April 2006) and “Chamber Choice of the Month” in BBC Music Magazine (February 2006). |
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| Movements in Colour Andy Sheppard Although Andy Sheppard has been featured on a dozen albums with Carla Bley for WATT, this is his first album for ECM proper. The British saxophonist heads an international quintet in a programme of self-penned pieces, all buoyant and strongly melodic. Sheppard’s elegant saxophone and the strongly-contrasting guitars of Parricelli and Aarset are lifted up by the rhythmic drive of Arild Andersen’s muscular bass and the crisp, dynamic tabla of Kuljit Bhamra, a musician well known in the UK as a key figure in the Asian pop and bhangra movements. |
Initial Wisdom Scott Colley His forceful lines, graceful touch, assured sense of swing and sensitive support has made Scott Colley the bassist of choice for a variety of jazz greats. Guitarist Jim Hall and pianist Andrew Hill have regularly relied on Colley to supply a firm yet interactive foundation for their respective groups. Each has also engaged the bassist in intimate, highly conversational duos that have highlighted Colley’s remarkably empathetic skills and strong melodic penchant on the instrument. |
Latin
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| Lume Chico Batera After a 41 year long career initiated in 1965, when he joined the Sergio Mendes group, Chico Batera launches now Lume, his sixth solo work, through Biscoito Fino. Solo, in this case, is only relative; a percussionist is never completely alone since rhythm, in music, implies gathering and generosity. He is accompanied by Kiko Continentino (piano), and Luiz Alves (bass), with the participation of Marcos Nimrichter (accordion) and of his blue-eyed namesake –Chico Buarque– who interprets “Iracema voou”. That song, together with themes by Antonio Carlos Jobim, André Victor Corrêa, Contentino, and Batera himself, form the repertory of this record. |
Arquitetura da Flor Francis Hime It was from Geraldo Carneiro´s verses in the samba “A Invenção da Rosa” that Francis Hime drew out the name “Arquitetura da Flor” for his second CD released by Biscoito Fino. Under a frugal sonority, which basically explores the possibilities of just a quintet (piano, bass, drums, electric guitar and percussion, with some interventions by wind instruments), contrasting with the orchestral grandiosity which characterizes the majority of his works, Francis displays a great number of nuances in the most confessional album of his career. |
Remembering Legends
HDtracks is proud to celebrate the memory of two legendary musicians who have passed away in recent months. Please enjoy these albums from guitar icon Les Paul (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009) and Jazz/Pop singer-songwriter Kenny Rankin (February 10, 1940 - June 7, 2009).
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| A Tribute To A Legend Les Paul & Friends Les Paul & Friends-A Tribute To A Legend is a fitting honor to the genre-crossing icon with an eclectic collection of musicians spanning the musical spectrum. From the hard hitting thunder of Joe Bonammassa party rock guitar, to the fluid almost ethereal guitar groove provided by guitar icon Slash, this album covers the gamut of guitar and recording techniques. Solid tributes, most of which also include the 93-year old Les Paul are turned in by Johnny Rzeznik covering U2’s “All I Ever Want Is You”, Joan Osborne’s smoky rendition of “I Don’t Wanna Be With Anybody But You”, and even Richie Sambora’s spiritual vocal on “Great Hall Of Fame.” |
Because of You Kenny Rankin The stunning vocal presence and emotional range of Because Of You (the 1991 release featuring such classic tunes as “Haven’t We Met” and “Round Midnight”) catapulted Kenny Rankin to the forefront of American male vocalists. While he assumed great celebrity for his breakthrough pop releases of the 1970’s, the sophisticated and intimate approach he takes with his interpretations of classic American standards by Gershwin, Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, Monk, as well as his own original compositions, re-introduced him as a brilliant innovator in the elevation of pop music. |
More New Additions
Best Sellers
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| Beethoven String Quartets Opp. 74 & 95 (88.2kHz/24bit) Tokyo String Quartet The Tokyo String Quartet continues its complete Beethoven cycle with this third volume. Both the graceful op.74 (nicknamed ‘Harp’ for its use of pizzicato) and op.95, with its quest for the essential, testify to the new maturity achieved by the composer around 1810. |
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances (96kHz/24bit) Eiji Oue Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the most beloved composers of the twentieth century. His music is redolent of his Russian homeland, and it sings long, lush melodies that define the term “romantic.” |
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| 2L the Nordic sound - 2L audiophile reference recordings (96kHz/24bit) Various Artists 2L Records From combined musical and audiophile criteria we have compiled the most excellent recordings 2L has to offer. Discover what the unique Nordic Sound is all about! |
World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love’s a Real Thing Various Artists These twelve astonishing tracks are drawn from a broad spectrum of early 70s West African psychedelic classics. Yet the fact that they scarcely registered on the Richter scale of contemporary underground music must surely be one of the greatest ironies of modern popular music, given that western counterculture drew so heavily on the musical, aesthetic and visual traditions of Africa. |
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New RPA Mini-Projector Mounts Now Shipping
October 8th, 2009|
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Second Annual Blu-ray Disc Conference
October 8th, 2009
SECOND ANNUAL BLU-RAY DISC CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON LATEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR
HOME ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM
Blu-Con 2.0 Features Leading Executives from Across the Motion Pictures, Consumer Electronics, IT and Video Game Industries
Filmmaker Martin Scorcese Will Keynote Conference
October 8, 2009– Los Angeles—Hollywood-based trade association DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group will present its second annual conference concerning the current and upcoming business activities related to Blu-ray Disc on November 3 in Los Angeles.
The Blu-Con event is specifically designed to bring together a variety of creative, marketing and business experts from across the entertainment and electronics industries, in order to underscore why Blu-ray Disc is the key driver in home entertainment. The event will attract approximately 300 attendees, and will offer a program that will highlight the critical role that Blu-ray plays in today’s home entertainment environment.
Exclusive keynote presentations will be made by legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese; media and entertainment analyst Jessica Reif Cohen of Merrill Lynch; and Mike Vitelli, Executive Vice President, Customer Operations Groups, Best Buy.
“All of the nearly 70 member companies in DEG are pleased to be associated with this premiere event,” said Ron Sanders, President, Warner Home Video and President, DEG. “Given the wide variety of presentations and experts involved, we’re confident that Blu-Con 2.0 will underscore the critical role that Blu-ray plays in providing nothing less than the most compelling entertainment experience possible”.
Special sessions will also be held on BD-Live, Digital Copy and other emerging trends; along with the newest Network Players and other product developments that are anticipated to drive Blu-ray sales this Fall.
Blu-Con 2.0 will be held on November 3 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. To register, visit www.Blu-Con.com. For information on sponsorships, please contact Martin Porter at (516) 767-6720 or at ideas@martinporter.com.
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group is a Los Angeles-based, industry-funded nonprofit corporation that advocates and promotes the many consumer benefits associated with various home entertainment products, including both physical and digital media on a variety of platforms. The DEG helps provide information and perspective about the home entertainment industry. The DEG also offers a forum for member companies to engage in ongoing discussions concerning various opportunities related to promoting established categories, evaluating and discussing new entertainment platforms and investigating supply chain efficiencies. The DEG can be reached at 310-888-2201, via email at getinfo@digitalentertainmentinfo.com or through its Web site at www.degonline.org.
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Joanna Sulakhyan
Executive Assistant
DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group
9229 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 405
Los Angeles, CA 90069
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RTI’s T1-B and RKM-1 Are in Control With Exc!te and Resi Award Wins at CEDIA EXPO 2009
October 6th, 2009SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Sept. 30, 2009 — Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI), a leading manufacturer of professional-grade, integrator-friendly control solutions, today announced that the company’s T1-B handheld universal system controller and RKM-1 multi-room audio keypad were honored with awards at CEDIA EXPO 2009 in Atlanta. The T1-B took home a Custom Retailer Exc!te Award, while the RKM-1 was named the winner of a Residential Systems Resi Award in the “Best Custom Install Accessory” category. Read the rest of this entry »
Panamax’s MX5102 Battery Back-Up System Wins Exc!te Award at CEDIA EXPO 2009
October 6th, 2009PETALUMA, Calif. — Oct. 1, 2009 — Panamax today announced its MX5102 battery back-up system was recognized with a Custom Retailer Exc!te Award at CEDIA EXPO 2009 in Atlanta. For home theater systems, the MX5102 is Panamax’s first product to combine power management features such as linear filtration and surge protection with battery back-up, all in a single unit. Read the rest of this entry »
QSONIX DEBUTS HI RESOLUTION MEDIA AND USB DAC SUPPORT AT ROCKY MOUTAIN AUDIOFEST
October 6th, 2009The Ultimate Audiophile Music Server Now Supports USB Dac’s
And Hi-Resolution Media Up To 24bit / 192Khz
DENVER, Colorado, September 29, 2009 – Qsonix will be showcasing its latest system enhancements for the Q105 and Q110 series music servers, including support for third-party external USB DAC’s (Digital to Analog Converters) and support for import and playback of high-resolution 24-bit audio.
