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Morgan Hill, CA, July 1—Velodyne Acoustics, Inc., the world’s leading
manufacturer of powered subwoofers for home-theater and consumer audio,
announces that David Hall, the founder and Chief Engineer of the company, has
taken the position as Chief Executive Officer of Velodyne Acoustics, Inc.
Effective July 1, 2003, Bruce Hall will be taking over as President of Velodyne
Acoustics, Inc.
Bruce Hall brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Velodyne. Bruce holds
his degree in Business from Boston University and has over 19 years of executive
experience. Over the past year, Bruce has been a consultant to Velodyne and has
been instrumental in the development of the new Digital Drive subwoofer line and
the Signature 1812 two-way “digitally-controlled” subwoofer.
Most recently, prior to joining Velodyne last year, Bruce held positions as the
Senior Director of Product Management for Xevo Corporation, and Vice President
of Marketing at InCert Software and Trigent Software. In these positions, he was
responsible for defining the companies’ products and services, as well as
defining and implementing marketing strategies including positioning, business
development and partner enablement.
In various capacities, Bruce has testified before Congress, been interviewed by
television news sources, including “Nightline”, and been quoted in countless
publications.
Velodyne also announces the release of a revolutionary
approach to the design of high-performance subwoofers. THE DIGITAL DRIVE SERIES
subwoofers are the industry’s first all digital, high gain servo-controlled
subwoofers. Featuring new 18”, 15”, 12” and 10” custom-designed drivers, and
powered by Velodyne’s patented 1250 watt RMS “ERS” switching amplifiers, these
standard-setting subwoofers are also the first to incorporate Velodyne’s patent
pending “DIGITAL DRIVE TM” system. This announcement was made by Doug Smith,
Velodyne’s Director of Sales.
THE DIGITAL DRIVE SERIES features Velodyne’s new, revolutionary “DIGITAL DRIVE
TM” technology that takes subwoofer room equalization to a new level. This
latest Velodyne innovation allows the subwoofer’s frequency response in any room
to be measured and digitally corrected in real-time using a supplied microphone,
and stored in the unit’s memory to assure ideal performance in the consumer’s
listening area. This is accomplished with an on-screen graph of the system’s
actual frequency response, and on-screen feedback as the user makes digital
adjustments to subwoofer equalization, phase, and crossovers. The consumer or
custom installer can also modify additional over-laid curves to realize optimum
performance for various source materials such as action/adventure movies, rock,
pop, jazz, or classical music, or through custom settings to match the
consumer’s taste.
THE DIGITAL DRIVE SERIES subwoofer also incorporates Velodyne’s patent pending
Digital High Gain Servo™ technology that uses Velodyne’s proprietary sealed
digital accelerometer to measure cone movements 15,700 times a second in order
to correct for any distortion. The results are subwoofers with over 3000 watts
of Dynamic power that deliver clean, accurate, high-impact sound from 15 to 120
Hz with total harmonic distortion below .5%.
The new drivers designed for the THE DIGITAL DRIVE SERIES incorporate Velodyne’s
unique 3” Dual Tandem Voice Coil Design that delivers extremely high power
handling, linear travel and low distortion. Velodyne’s President Bruce Hall
notes, “These drivers generate less than half the distortion of conventional
motor designs, and are capable of four times the heat dissipation.”
The driver features incredibly light, stiff, low resonance, multi-layer
Kevlar-reinforced cones, custom designed variable thickness EPDM surrounds and
unique new die-cast aluminum baskets.
THE DIGITAL DRIVE SERIES subwoofers will be available for audition and purchase
at Velodyne’s authorized dealer network immediately. Due to the sophistication
of this product, it will not available through mail order or on the Internet.
The suggested retail pricing of THE DIGITAL DRIVE SERIES ranges from $2,499 to
$4,999.
Founded in 1983 and widely acknowledged as the leading manufacturer of powered
subwoofers and the standard of comparison for high-performance, low-distortion
speaker systems, Velodyne Acoustics is headquartered in the heart of Silicon
Valley, California. The company’s innovative audio products are available
through a select group of authorized dealers and distributors worldwide.
--For more information on the complete range of Velodyne products, contact
Jody Small at Velodyne Acoustics, Inc. 345 Digital Drive, Morgan Hill, CA 95037.
Tel: 408/465-2839; Fax: 408/779-9208.
Web: www.velodyne.com E-mail:
[email protected]
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