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Essential Install | Products Products A Huge Helping Of AV And Automation Innovation AVATR RACK www.avatrav.com BeoSound Shape is a new concept from Bang & Olufsen which delivers sound and acoustic treatment Shape Up For Summer With Bang & Olufsen Bang & Olufsen dealers and installers have a new concept to offer fans of the brand with the launch of the company’s BeoSound Shape, a new wireless speaker system designed to offer quality sound with a unique, customisable design. The BeoSound Shape speakers offer a wall-mounted modular approach based on hexagonal tiles that can scale to many different sizes and confi guration, acoustically and visually. Each BeoSound Shape tile consists of a combination of speakers, amplifi ers and acoustic damper tiles that scale the sound performance and visual design of the system and can be carefully managed to match the space. Customers can also choose from an array of colours and textiles to suit their interior including Parisian Night Blue, Purple Heart, Infantry Green, Brazilian Clay, Wild Dove Grey and classic Black. For the customer who want to go a little further, the maker has worked with a Danish textile specialist called Kvadrat to also provide options in wool fabrics and colours in Brown, Moss Gre en, Pink and Dark Blue. All of the colours can be mixed and matched. The minimum recommended units per system is six, but the maker says the system is suitable for large multi-use spaces in homes and commercial settings such as hotels or showrooms. Bang & Olufsen says that it has created its own ‘up-mixing algorithm’ which is designed to create a crisp and precise soundscape with the vocal performer in the centre and the instruments to the sides. The company calls this approach ‘Band on the wall’, the idea being that the performer is in the room with the listener. An online design tool from Bang & Olufsen will be made available to both mix and match tiles and provide acoustic recommendations for optimal placement of the speaker tiles. To get the content to the speaker array, a BeoSound Core connectivity hub is hidden behind a hexagonal tile, enabling wireless streaming via AirPlay, Chromecast built-in or Bluetooth. BeoSound Core also includes multiroom functionality, making it part of the family of Bang & Olufsen and B&O PLAY products that can play different music in different rooms or have the whole system play the same content. AVATR inRack Accessing the rear of installed equipment has never been easier. Mix your Rack with Fixed & Slide Out/Rotate Vertical Posts, or the Complete Rack on Rotate. A fully Enclosed Rack with Lockable/ Removable Sides. Glass Front Door & Solid Steel Rear. AVATR inRack Rack Features Distributed by More Information: Bang & Olufsen www.bang-olufsen.com 10th-11th May 2017, Sandown Park, Surrey. Sponsored by April 2017 | 75