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NetStreams and Polk Audio Join Forces at CEDIA Expo 2005 (25/5/2005)

CEDIA UK Expo 2005

First-Ever Marriage of Distributed Audio, Internet Protocol and Speaker Technologies

NetStreams, the market leader in Networked Audio/Video distribution, has announced the integration of its revolutionary DigiLinX IP-based distributed audio system with Polk Audio's IP-addressable powered loudspeaker systems, which use NetStreams' StreamNet(tm) technology.

This exciting pairing of technology can be sampled on the Polk Audio Stand during CEDIA EXPO 2005 at the ICC, Birmingham ( June 28th through to June 30th ) and as part of the DigiLinX product launch at this show, NetStreams will run a free training seminar on its revolutionary new technology on Tuesday June 28th from 5.00- 6.00 pm.

"The marriage of this new technology integrating DigiLinX system and Polk's IP-addressable speakers marks an exciting development in the custom installation industry," remarked Herman Cardenas, CEO and founder of NetStreams. "What results from this combination is a powerful digital whole-house audio distribution system that delivers crisp, clear, impressive sound with unprecedented customization options for the custom installer."

"DigiLinX is the first audio distribution system that offers custom installers a system with unprecedented flexibility, intelligence and control; enabling them to offer a rich user experience without a lot of programming" added Michael Braithwaite, chief technology officer of NetStreams.

DigiLinX delivers IP-based networked audio and control distribution to multiple rooms over an Ethernet network using TCP/IP and controlled via a variety of devices. Its conformance to the internationally accepted TCP/IP standard protocol, translates into easy and elegant integration with a wide variety of systems and products - all controlled via any Web browser-equipped devices, including NetStreams in-wall IP-based TouchLInX(tm) keypads. The speaker's integrated StreamNet(tm) module allows the system to find the speaker set on the network and outstanding audio quality from any source on the network. The built-in digital amplifiers and crossovers bi-amplify (or tri-amplify in the case of the three-way LC265i-p) the loudspeakers for more accurate, lower distortion audio performance while integrated Digital Signal Processing (DSP) electronics provide sophisticated sound tailoring to optimize the performance of the speaker for the room and speaker locations.

Al Baron, Polk Product Line Manager, commented: "We can do things with an amplified speaker that you just can't do with a passive speaker and external amplifier. With the NetStreams system and our IP addressable speakers you now can have lossless, noise and distortion-free 96kHz/24-bit digital audio transmitted anywhere in the house all the way up to the inputs of the individual drivers in the speaker system. The performance will knock you out."

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