Audio Products

Multi-Source Multi-Zone Distributed Audio Systems

The title appears to be complicated but will be clear after providing an explanation to the terms. Imagine coming home, pressing a button and music fills the air. Meanwhile your children are listening to their favourite music in their bedrooms. All the equipment is located out of sight for security or aesthetics, but controlled from any room in the house.

The music seems to engulf the room, but there are no large speaker boxes to be seen. Each speaker is colour matched to the wall or ceiling and blends into the room’s décor.

• Multi-Source refers to the ability to select different audio equipment such as a tuner, CD player or an iPod as the source of audio by means of a keypad, touch screen or remote control.

• Multi-Zone relates to the areas or rooms that the audio will be enjoyed such as the dinning room, family room, or backyard.

• Distributed Audio implies that the sound can be presented in different "zones" at any time.

A distributed audio system can be designed for the listening preference of the homeowner. Items that define the selection of equipment include; number of sources, number of zones, type of control, quality of audio, size of the zones, personal audio listening levels and cost.

Powered volume controls such, as an Abus volume control, would be perfect for an audio system that is for ambient music listening. For larger rooms, a powered amplifier assigned to the area can provide sufficient listening levels.

Presently, we offer three levels of audio installations: 1) volume controls and speaker switches; 2) ABUS audio distibution;3) and RNET whole house audio control.

Volume Controls and Speaker Switches

Using your current audio components, the amplifier speaker output can be distributed to several rooms. Each room would have a volume control to set the sound level. Every room would hear the same music source.

ABUS

ABUS distributed audio system uses your existing audio sources but each volume control has a built-in amplifier. Each room could also listen to separate audio sources at the same time. To select an audio source, the user could use a remote control directed to the volume control or by pressing buttons on the volume control.

Russound RNET