The powerful musicm8 is “I am delighted to have accepted this new
intended to partner some of the and exclusive distribution agreement,” added
leading music streaming products Jon Alway, sales director of DF Solutions.
like the Sonos system, Logitech “AWE was the obvious choice. Whilst we
Squeezebox and Linn DS. will focus our in-house resources on existing
At heart, it is a ‘plug and play’ accounts and the international market, AWE
hard-disc storage device that will offer our products to a wider group
automatically rips CDs without the of CI installers who are better served by a
Vivadi’s Media Server
aid of a PC, stores the resulting distributor that is a total solution provider.
audio data and communicates over Our performance-led products are ideally
of millions of users and so the cost per user is a home network with playback devices such as suited to the AWE portfolio of premium
minimal. This means that even functions that those listed above, thus creating what XiVA likes equipment and control systems and we are
are very expensive to develop and support, to call a ‘fast, efficient, digital jukebox’. particularly impressed by the high standard
such as Digital TV PVR with EPG, can be offered The musicm8 has a terabyte of storage of technical support and customer care that
for no extra charge with Windows systems on board, sufficient for thousands of CDs. It AWE offers to its dealers.
and yet are too expensive to offer at all with can also store audio in a variety of file types, “We look forward to the brand awareness
most Linux products. We believe that ultimately including uncompressed WAV, FLAC and MP3, of our products growing with AWE’s marketing
Windows and Apple products will dominate this offering user-selectable grades of sound quality prowess and working closely with them over the
market, as their high volumes allow them to give and file size. years to come,” added Jon.
consumers all of the functions they want and Other features included in the device allow Distributed within the Custom Install market
yet still keep prices down to affordable levels.” you to stream music to a Nintendo Wii, Xbox worldwide, it contends that the systems are
We have already seen this in action with or PS3. You can also access files stored on the leading-edge technology products, offering
the iPhone and iTouch being used as affordable musicm8 from anywhere in the world, via a feature-rich capabilities and simplicity for use by
controllers that provide more functionality than remote internet facility. And you can store, all the family.
products costing several times the price. This manage and browse photos and video files
trend would suggest that in future installers will alongside your music, and access the content ADMS set to revolutionise content
make most of their money from the installation via any web browser. delivery
and support of systems, rather than from the The new Adanto Digital Media System (ADMS-
margins available from supplying the hardware DF Solutions opens new distribution BR) is a new media server from Crestron.
– thus repeating the pattern that we have channel through AWE Designed to bring together all digital media
already seen with plasma and LCD screens. This DF Solutions, a leading UK manufacturer of formats into one integrated solution, the ADMS
plays to the installers’ traditional strengths, multi-room media servers, has announced that it will open the door to a multi-media content
allowing them to step aside from competing on has signed AWE to act as an exclusive distributor universe.
price and focus instead on providing the highest for the CI market for its range of media servers.
levels of expertise and customer service. Rubber stamped at the recent CEDIA
Expo, AWE’s managing director Stuart Tickle
XiVA launches musicm8 network storage commented, “The DF Solutions deal is great
device news for the CI sector and just what our
XiVA has just launched musicm8, billed as a customers have been waiting for.
powerful, affordable ‘rip, store and stream’ “DF Solutions is a highly innovative, privately-
The ADMS-BR
hard-disc server component with ‘plug and play’ owned UK brand offering media server products
simplicity. with a high level of functionality, performance The ADMS incorporates a high-definition
The globally renowned XiVA™ brand, owned and value with one of the best interfaces we multi-media server, online streaming
by media server specialist Imerge and responsible have seen. This new relationship allows the media player, Blu-ray disc player, and web
for some of the world’s best-selling internet- CI market fast access to the product range, browser. The system also features exclusive
connected media appliance technology, says supported by a solid marketing strategy, WorldSearch technology, which makes finding
it is delighted to unveil its latest product – an ensuring first class technical support and a good any media title just a single step: whether it’s
advanced network storage device for digital music. margin for installers.” a song, a favourite movie, or the latest viral
video, WorldSearch quickly combs the user’s
entire media library along with a multitude
of online content providers. Results are
displayed on-screen or on a Crestron touch
panel, enabling the user to selectively play,
download, and purchase music and movies
easily.
Playing a DVD or Blu-ray disc is supported
right from the front panel. Adding the ADC-
200BR 200-disc Blu-ray Changer provides
ready access to an entire DVD and Blu-ray
disc collection, and up to five changers can
be added for an astounding 1000 disc storage
capacity. All discs are added to the ADMS-
DF Solutions’ media BR’s media library complete with metadata
server interface and cover art, so locating movies is fast and
platform
easy.
In addition the ADMS-BR has a feature-
laden multi-zone music server, providing two
independent stereo zone outputs in addition to
the home theatre surround sound outputs.
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