Product Hall of Fame
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Product Name: System 56 www.ada.net |
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| Audio Design Associates (ADA) introduced its first Multi-Zone/Multi-Room System 56 in 1977. System 56, a six-source system, expandable to up to thirty-zones, is the world’s first multi-zone A/V system. System 56 was a comprehensive system featuring mainframe components, keypads and accessories. Most systems are still fully operational today. | ||
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Product Name: MT-3000 Multi-Tuner |
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| The MT-3000, introduced in 1988 and sold through 2002, is the industry’s first multi-tuner (able to play different stations simultaneously). The MT-3000 was a tuning system which also featured remotely controlled AM and FM Antenna Pre-Amplifiers. Most significant to CEDIA, the MT-3000 is our industry’s first RS-232 controllable device. | ||
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Product Name: SA-3050 Real Time Analyzer www.audiocontrol.com |
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| AudioControl is a U.S. designer and manufacturer of highest-quality home audio components that support the Custom Installation industry. Their SA-3050 Real Time Analyzer put acoustic analysis into the hands of custom installers, and injected confidence and credibility into the trade. | ||
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Product Name: Crestron SmarTouch TM (STS) www.crestron.com |
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| SmarTouch TM STS was the first wireless RF control system ever introduced to the market. STS was offered at a breakthrough price, making integrated touchpanel control truly affordable for the home market for the first time. It was also one of the first color touchpanels. | ||
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Product Name: VideoTouch™ VT-3000 www.crestron.com |
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Introduced in 1995, Crestron’s VideoTouch VT-3000 was the first touch screen control panel to integrate video and color control graphics. Featuring full-screen and windowed video capability, VT-3000 represented innovation in engineering ahead of its time in the home technology market, and laid the foundation for today’s intuitive modern touch panels. |
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Product Name: JBL Synthesis® One Multichannel Audio System www.jblsynthesis.com |
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| The JBL Synthesis® One was the world’s first complete, integrated multi-channel audio system designed specifically for custom installation home theater. The Synthesis One was created to deliver extraordinary performance and sonic realism, and was the first system that enabled custom calibration to deliver optimum performance in any room. | ||
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Product Name: ISO-MAX® CI-2RR Stereo Audio Isolator www.jensen-transformers.com |
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| Founded in 1974, Jensen Transformers researches, develops, and manufactures products for use by audio and video professionals worldwide. Our featured products include the ISO-MAX® line of ready-to-use audio and video ground isolators for solving hum and buzz problems in both home theater and commercial audio/video systems. | ||
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Product Name: HomeWorks Lighting Control System www.lutron.com/resi |
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| A Lutron HomeWorks system controls lights individually and as a group to create lighting scenes. HomeWorks can be installed in new or existing homes using Lutron’s proprietary RF technology and is customized to each home and its owners. Lutron Electronics designs and manufactures lighting controls for residential and commercial applications. | ||
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Product Name: RadioRA Whole-Home Lighting Control System www.lutron.com/resi |
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| RadioRA is Lutron’s home dimming system utilizing proprietary RF technology, making it easy to install in new or existing homes without any rewiring. Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. is the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of lighting controls, architectural lighting control systems and shading solutions. |
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Product Name: Lutron Sivoia Automated Shading System |  |
| Lutron’s Sivoia automated shading system features an ultra quiet motor, built-in intelligence and smart controls designed to make adjusting window shades convenient and easy. The Sivoia system is designed to work by touching one button to control every shade, saving time and energy, while enhancing security and preserving home décor. | ||
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Product Name: AX-S Equipment Access System www.middleatlantic.com/ |
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| The AX-S slide-out equipment mounting system for walls, custom cabinetry or millwork was revolutionary when it was released in 1994 and remains a staple in custom electronics installations today. This patented slide-out rack system continues to provide unrestricted rear access to equipment and connections saving time on installation and servicing. | ||
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Product Name: Middle Atlantic RSH Series Custom Rackmounts |  |
| For 28 years the RSH Custom Rackmount has provided custom installers the means to install virtually any component in a standard 19” rack system. Its custom cut opening provides a neatly-trimmed installation with a perfect fit and no gaps for professional, highly aesthetic rack systems. | ||
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Product Name: Niles SI-1230 12-Channel Power Amplifier |  |
| The Niles SI-1230 12-Channel Custom Home Amplifier offers custom installers more power, more flexibility and an easier installation. The first of its kind, the SI-1230 was specifically designed to solve the problems electronic systems contractors faced in integrating different brands and models of equipment, along with different acoustic environments applications. | ||
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Product Name: RTI Integration Designer® Programming Software |  |
| Considered by integrators to be the most intuitive and versatile programming platform in the industry, RTI’s groundbreaking Integration Designer® is a powerful, easy-to-use, Windows®-based software package that allows the entire RTI control system family to be programmed from any PC. | ||
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Product Name: ARC-IV Aspect Ratio Controller www.runco.com |
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| Runco, the world’s premier manufacturer of high-end video display products, introduced the world’s first aspect ratio controller, the ARC-IV in 1991. This product offered widescreen video in the home for the very first time, something we take for granted today, but was unheard of then outside of a movie theater. | ||
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Product Name: VMPL Tilting Wall Mount |
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SANUS®, a division of Milestone AV Technologies, designs and builds audio/video mounts, furnishings and accessories engineered to enhance AV systems and surrounding décor. The VMPL was the first UNIVERSAL TV wall mount, and revolutionized the entire custom installation industry. |
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Product Name: SA2 Invisible Speaker® www.sonance.com/ |
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| Sound Advance®, a division of Dana Innovations, is best known for the SA2 Invisible Loudspeaker®. Flush mounted in a wall or in a ceiling, the SA2 blends into any interior design finish whether it is paint, plaster, wall paper or texturing to provide a completely invisible solution for music enjoyment. | ||
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Product Name: Sonance 1 In-Wall Speaker www.sonance.com |
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| Sonance 1 in-wall speaker, the first speaker designed for the residential custom audio market, was a breakthrough product in the relationship between architecture and audio and the future of CEDIA as we know it today. | ||
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Product Name: AIM www.speakercraft.com |
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| AIM was the first “aimable” loudspeaker for flush mounted applications. Coming from a company that grew up installing systems in the field, AIM is dedicated to sound quality, flexibility and ease of installation. Available in multiple formats and performance levels, there is a SpeakerCraft AIM solution for virtually every situation. | ||
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Product Name: URC MX-500 Infrared Learning Remote Control |  |
| URC, the Pioneer in Control Technology, has shipped more than 80 million remote controls over the last decade. The MX-500, a wand-style, IR learning, 10-device remote control, set the standard for affordable custom remote controls and cemented URC’s position as the remote control supplier of choice for custom installers. | ||
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Product Name: DL/Dinky Link IR Receiver Model 480 www.xantech.com/ |
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| The Xantech Dinky link Infra-red receiver has been the go-to control product for custom installers for 20 years. As the owner first IR repeater patent, Xantech is the de facto standard in this category and continues advance the technology for IR and system control for all audio video products | ||
