Crown by Harman Professional Solutions announces that the CDi DriveCore Series amplifiers are now available.
Using technology derived from the Crown DriveCore Install Series – our flagship installed sound amplifier line – the CDi DriveCore Series offers streamlined functionality to work in almost any small/medium installation – houses of worship, restaurants, cruise ships, hotels, museums, theatre, cinema, retail stores, and similar installed sound applications.
Features include:
DriveCore technology – Crown’s proprietary DriveCore technology eliminates hundreds of components within each amplifier, reducing the variability of component values, increasing reliability, resulting in incredible audio fidelity from an efficient design.
Network control and monitoring – Through Harman’s HiQnet Audio Architect software, the CDi DriveCore can be controlled, configured, and monitored on a standard TCP/IP network.
DSP – The on-board digital signal processing in each amplifier allows for custom configuration:
—Input router
—Input delay – up to 1000ms
—8-band input parametric EQ
—Crossover
—8-band output parametric EQ
—Output delay – up to 100ms
—LevelMAX Llmiter
BLU link (BL models only) – Both receive and send channels over BLU link – Harman’s 256-channel, fault-tolerant digital audio bus.
Direct Drive 70/100Vrms Output – Each output channel is capable of providing either 70V or 100V for high impedance applications.
GPIO/AUX Port – Through a combined GPIO/AUX Port, recall presets, mute channels, monitor faults, power the amplifier on and off, and more.