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“Absolutely perfect!” That was how Paul Johnson from Solihull described the fabulous home entertainment system he recently won after entering the on-line competition we recently ran in conjunction with Stuff and What Hi-Fi magazines.
The prize included an Imerge Xiva™ musicM8 dedicated entertainment server, a Sonos Zonebridge and a Sonon S5 speaker.
On hearing that he had won, Paul was so surprised he initially thought our phone call was a scam. But when his prize arrived a few days later he was delighted.
“The prize is brilliant and everything fits in perfectly with my current hi-fi kit,” he says. “Co-incidentally, I recently bought a Sonos Zoneplayer 90 that I use to stream music from my PC, via a BT Homehub broadband router to a Denon 2307 AV receiver and then to a pair of B&W 685 speakers. I also stream to a pair of ancient TDL RTL1 speakers in a separate room. The prize has enabled me to use the Sonos S5 speaker in whichever room I choose and stream the music wirelessly.”
Paul adds that the Xiva MusicM8 also allows him to free up space on his PC hard drive and keep all of his media on one server. As Paul has discovered, this advanced, dedicated entertainment server is the great way to store precious music collections, photo memories, movie clips and more, then play back and browse wherever and whenever you want.
Another advantage offered by the Xiva musicM8 is the ability to encode audio to MP3, FLAC and WAV, and even dual encode to both MP3 and FLAC or MP3 and WAV. This means that whenever you rip a CD or download an audio track, you can have a high quality file available for your HiFi system and another for your iPod.
“I am currently transferring my music to the Xiva musicM8, although I am considering ripping my CDs again at a higher bit-rate,” Paul says. “I also want to use the Zonebridge to extend the system at some point. I love the fact that I can control all this from an iPod Touch or an iPad – in fact the only downside I’ve experienced so far is that the S5 keeps being hi-jacked by my daughters!
Imerge is now offering another lucky person the chance to win a great home entertainment system – this time consisting of an XiVA musicm8, a Sonos ZonePlayer 120 and PMC DB1i speakers. To enter all you have to do is click here. Answer a simple question and fill in your details before September 30th 2011 and you could also be taking home a fantastic prize.
Date: 12th November 2010
Prism Sound group is pleased to announce that it has purchased certain assets of Imerge Ltd, the award-wining home media server business formerly affiliated with Linear LLC of Carlsbad, California, USA.
Imerge® brands will continue with current production as well as new product development under the ownership of Prism Sound. Customer support will be maintained for all former customers of Imerge Ltd, including OEM partners Elan, Speakercraft, Xantech and Revox. Prism Sound has retained key members of the former Imerge team in research and development, production, customer support and sales, while finance and marketing will be resourced from the Prism Sound team. Chief Technical Officer at Prism Sound, Ian Dennis, comments "Imerge is a fine example of outstanding technical innovation in the UK and we are proud to take over the baton. We will be concentrating on maintaining the impressive record Imerge has built with innovation in the fast-changing home entertainment market."
Graham Boswell. Director of Sales & Marketing at Prism Sound, adds "Imerge is one of the world's premier brands of movie and music-focussed entertainment servers, making it simple for users to acquire, store and replay their content with maximum fidelity and minimum fuss. Our challenge is to tell the story to a global audience and to make the product accessible to new markets. We will be extending the former distribution structure into new and untapped markets in the coming months."
Products include the MS1-HD Blu-Ray media server, winner of numerous awards beginning with the "Most InAVative Video Processing or Distribution Product for Residential Use" at the Technology InAVation Awards in 2009 and later in 2010 the "Best Media Server" awards from Home Cinema Digest and Sound & Vision Install magazine. The MS1-HD was also selected for "Reference Status" by Home Cinema Choice magazine in July 2010. Completing the server line-up is the MusicM8 (music mate) audio server unit, available though high-street retailers and on-line for connection to home networks.
Imerge-branded server products are complemented by the XIVA on-line music store and a range of hardware and software accessories. The XIVA-Safe high-reliability redundant disk storage array for the MS1-HD unit ensures you will not lose your media to a disk failure, while the iPhone controller app allows full control of your MS1-HD media server using your wireless network.
The acquisition takes the Prism Sound group into the home entertainment sector for the first time with audio and video media distribution products for high-end custom installers and high-street retailers. Prism Sound has over 20 years experience working with clients in audio research & development, manufacturing of audio products, broadcast television and radio, music recording and the public sector.
Grant Rummell Chairman & CEO of Linear LLC commented, "We are delighted at being able to complete this sale to Prism Sound and to ensure on-going support for our former customers. Imerge was part of the Linear family for a number of years and we wish them well for the future."
