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Elan Home Systems announces new D12 and D16 digital power amplifers (8/12/2009)

Elan Home Systems has announced 2 new digital power amplifiers, the 12 channel D12 and 16 channel D16.

Utilizing state of the art technology from Texas Instruments, these products have been engineered to establish a new benchmark in reliability, flexibility and performance. The amplifiers provide cool power at an 85%-90% efficiency rating, and simultaneously deliver 115 watts at 4 ohms into 12 channels (D12) and 75 watts at 4 ohms into 16 channels (D16).

ELAN engineers worked closely with Texas Instruments to develop the D12's cool-running, digital amplifier technology. Analogue to digital modulation was coupled with 8X oversampling and 5th order noise shaping to ensure highly reliable and sonically pure designs. The result is robust and efficient. 

The new design enables “green-friendly,” low-power standby consumption whilst providing nearly instant turn-on for predictable operation. At just over 5-inches tall, the D12 is up to 40% slimmer than many competitive amplifiers.

The D12 will drive up to six stereo pairs of speakers, 12 mono speakers or any combination of the two. With stability down to 4 ohms, two 8 ohm ELAN speakers can be connected to each channel without the need for impedance matching volume controls.

Each channel can be configured for mono, stereo, bussed mono or bussed stereo. The need for extra patch cables and Y-cords has been eliminated by equipping two universal stereo buss inputs with buffered outputs.

An IR control system allows the volume for each stereo pair to be independently adjusted using a remote control in each room. Combined with the stereo buss feature, the D12 can be used with an inexpensive stereo receiver to provide a moderately priced, high quality whole house music distribution system with independent volume control in up to six rooms.

D12 / D12 Key Features

D12 - High power output, 115W x 12 into 4 Ohms (75W x 12 into 8 Ohms) all channels driven.
D16 - Power output, 75W x 16 into 4 Ohms (50W x 16 into 8 Ohms) all channels driven.
Texas Instruments Class-D topology with 8X oversampling and 5th order noise shaping
Cool-running, high-efficiency output
Low-power standby with instant turn-on
Thermal and short circuit protection with ACE™ anti-clipping
Software lockable gain settings for increased speaker protection
IR volume control for stand-alone use
Two-year manufacturer's warranty

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