AudioControl is a brand driven by a fierce passion for great sound and has become renowned worldwide as a leading supplier of innovative high-performance audio solutions serving dealers and audio/video professionals with best-in-class products for over 45 years. AudioControl is a premium supplier to whole-house entertainment, premium home cinema, and commercial A/V markets.
Whole-House Entertainment: A Brief History
The whole-house entertainment market has evolved tremendously since the fledgling days of rather inglorious early-generation in-wall speakers, MP3 libraries, and amplifiers with a few meager watts per zone. Families went to crank up their systems for a festive social affair and were met with sonic performance akin to overcooked pasta with stale jarred sauce from the back of the fridge. Even the recollection is enough to make one shudder with distaste.
Thankfully, the demand for better multi-room entertainment systems attracted talented engineers and innovative manufacturers that set about to design solutions suitable even for audiophile-minded consumers. As sound quality began to improve and more sophisticated loudspeakers began to appear in walls and ceilings far and wide, interior designers began to take notice and voice objection to the visual impact of so many speaker grilles cast about the home like acne on a teenager. Through continued innovation, we all soon learned a new term: Architectural Loudspeakers. Paint-to-match grilles, small aperture speakers, and even invisible solutions provided dealers with an opportunity to offer premium speakers to suit any décor. But many of these systems were outfitted with multi-channel amplifiers using parts and pieces sourced from the “bargain bin” and, once again, sound quality suffered. Most early multi-channel systems were comprised of multiple 2-channel amps or low-power commercial amps stacked in a closet or under the stairs. AudioControl pioneered the premium, high-powered multi-channel amplifier market engineered for residential A/V professionals and their clients.
Stream of Consciousness
At approximately the same time, the world was beginning to discover streaming services and even high-resolution streaming that has now become ubiquitous across major providers. Suddenly, most people had easy access to roughly CD quality sound, piped in by their local Internet Service Provider (ISP) or on their phones over LTE, 4G, and now 5G towers. Music enthusiasts flocked to this new reality and thus, sought to improve the performance of their whole-house music systems. This trend toward better sound was a welcome opportunity for dealers and integrators (and of course, manufacturers) around the globe. The multi-room entertainment market needed high-performance, reliable, space-efficient amplifiers engineered to the needs of professional installers that could deliver superb sound through a limitless array of architectural speakers and subwoofers and adapt to the unique acoustic properties of each zone.
Made in USA Solutions from AudioControl Save the Day
Thankfully, the forward-thinking minds at AudioControl recognized that A/V pros needed better amps and set about to redefine the category. AudioControl’s extensive lineup of zone amplifiers have established a new bar for performance, features, and reliability. AudioControl provides enough amplifier configurations to ideally suit every system, from small to enormous. Professional installers now have access to the ultra-high-performance amplifiers they need to bring music to life in every room.
The Director and Architect Series Amplifiers
The AudioControl Director Series and Architect Series amplifiers offer best-in-class power output with miniscule distortion specs, and each amplifier has been engineered to deliver the industry’s highest power output levels, resulting in outstanding performance for every imaginable whole-house audio application. Additionally, A/V dealers and installation professionals can select the model that best addresses the needs of each project, ultimately exceeding the expectations of every client. The Director and Architect amplifiers are available in a range of configurations from 2 to 16 channels, and Director Series amps offer Sound Partners DSP profiles for instant compatibility with leading architectural speakers, channel matrixing, DSP, and an intuitive interface—all enabling dealers to fine-tune each zone for the ultimate whole-house entertainment experience.
CM Series 70-Volt Amplifiers
70-volt amplifiers are a purpose-specific solution designed to drive many speakers with ease. Most 70-volt amps do not place an emphasis on sound quality—at least until the introduction of the AudioControl CM Series. The CM Series amplifiers use a highly sophisticated Constant Power Mode architecture featuring GaN (Gallium Nitride) semiconductors—a groundbreaking circuit engineered by AudioControl to deliver more output power, greater efficiency, and superb sound quality—far surpassing the performance of conventional 70-volt solutions. CM Series amplifiers feature optional Dante digital audio networking capability along with the flexibility of both 70-volt and 4/8-Ohm (Dual-Mode) compatibility. These ultimate-performance amplifiers are ideally suited for commercial and residential A/V installations, delivering best-in-class audio performance, legendary build quality, channel matrixing and a powerful, intuitive DSP engine that is second to none.
RS Series Subwoofer Amplifiers
The AudioControl RS 1000 and RS 500 are the ultimate bass amplification solutions for any multi-zone audio, home cinema, or 2-channel music system. The RS 1000 delivers 1000 watts from a 2U chassis into a 4 or 8-Ohm subwoofer, and the RS 500 delivers 500 watts from a 1U chassis into a 4 or 8-Ohm subwoofer. Both RS Series amplifiers deliver the ultimate control of any subwoofer system thanks to high output power and the rock-solid stability (even into 2 ohms) that has made AudioControl legendary. Like many AudioControl products, RS Series subwoofer amplifiers accommodate the needs of integrators with IP and IR control as well as loop outputs with an optional high pass filter along with a balanced and unbalanced input. These features, coupled with the limitless adjustability of AudioControl’s multi-award-winning DSP engine that puts graphic and parametric EQs, a crossover along with delay and phase controls at easy access for precise calibration and tuning, make the RS Series amplifiers a definitive choice to power any subwoofer in entertainment systems that demand the very best.
All AudioControl amplifiers are designed and assembled in the Pacific Northwest, offering an unsurpassed level of performance and reliability. Each model has been conceived, engineered, and manufactured as a solution for A/V professionals that require superior quality. The AudioControl brand has been serving A/V pros for over 45 years, providing award-winning customer service along with our groundbreaking products. AudioControl’s exceptional lineup of amplifiers has established a new era of home entertainment.
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