Essential Install | Products
Russound and Cabasse Put
Control4 In the Driving Seat
The hard of hearing
can now enjoy movie
night with the rest of
the family with the
HyperSound Clear
Cabasse Stream and
Russound brands
are now able to
be controlled via
Control4
HyperSound Offers AV Solution
To Hard Of Hearing
A medical grade speaker from HyperSound could help
hard-of-hearing consumers enjoy content at normal
volume levels.
Now available in the UK, HyperSound Clear 500P
focuses a targeted beam of sound to a specific listener
without impacting the volume of the TV or AV system
for other viewers, an approach the company claims as a
world first.
With one in six people in the UK suffering from
some kind of hearing loss, TV and AV volume is a
common problem, causing issues for others in the
home or neighbours.
HyperSound’s describes its solution as similar to a
beam of light from a torch, directing a beam of audio
to target listeners and promoting the speech over any
background noise that might be present.
HyperSound Clear works in parallel with the audio
from the television or home theatre system, so a person
sitting in the HyperSound beam can independently
control the device’s volume and experience immersive
3D audio, while everyone else in the room hears audio
from the television speakers or home theatre system at a
normal volume level.
“Spending time together at home watching sports
events, favourite TV shows or having movie nights in
is part of our culture. Yet many suffering from hearing
loss are missing out as they can’t hear what is being
said and the volume levels they need don’t suit the
rest of the family. We’ve now fixed this,” explains Chris
Auty, HyperSound managing director, EMEA & APAC.
“HyperSound Clear is one of the most innovative audio
products to come along in decades, so we’re very excited
that it’s now available in the UK.”
Connected Distribution announced that both
Russound and Cabasse have released Control4 drivers
for their products, making integration with the popular
control platform simple and providing additional
revenue opportunities.
With the release of the new drivers, the Russound
range of controller amplifiers, MCA-66, MCA-88 and
the streamer equipped MCA-88X, are now controllable
by one of the most popular personalised automation
and control solutions. This enhancement for the
Russound range enables the products to be more
easily integrated into whole house solutions where
Control4 is used. The distributor says that for Control4
installers, it opens up the opportunity to specify the
Russound multi-room audio products in their systems
and bring their clients the quality audio solution that
Russound is known for.
In addition to the MCA range of flagship products,
the new XZone4 four zone, four streamer multi-room
amplifier can also be controlled, as can the legacy
products the X5 and DMS3.1 streamers, permitting
backwards compatibility with existing installs.
The Cabasse Stream range presents a solution
for whole house audio streaming including the
new StreamBASE and StreamBAR soundbase and
soundbar, providing instant access to all the music
stored on the customer’s network, Internet radio
stations and streaming from Deezer, Qobuz, Spotify
and Tidal.
The new Control4 driver provides two-way control
of Cabasse Stream players, via TCP/IP. Discrete preset
selection lets the user choose new music from the
Control4 interface, as well as control volume level,
repeat and shuffle status. Comprehensive metadata
feedback to the Control4 interface is also included,
whilst offering instant synchronisation with other
applications. An automatic discovery mechanism
makes installation straight forward.
More information: Connected Distribution
+ 44 (0) 1242 511133 www.connecteddistribution.com
More Information: +44 (0)1757 248943,
www.hypersoundhearing.com
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