Bose to introduce FreeSpace at Focus

UK - Bose Professional Systems Division will unveil its latest FreeSpace products at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012 - the FreeSpace IZA 250-LZ/190-HZ integrated zone amplifiers, and the FreeSpace ZA 250-LZ/190-HZ zone amplifiers. These integrated zone amplifiers are designed for background/foreground music and paging applications. They offer greater flexibility and configurability for creating premium sound and paging solutions for retail stores, schools, hotels, restaurants, and houses of worship. Proprietary Bose Opti-voice paging provides seamless paging over music, ensuring that clear, natural speech is heard at the appropriate sound level. When used with Bose FreeSpace DS 40 and DS 16 loudspeakers, sound is further optimised through onboard selectable EQ presets.

In addition to providing basic amplification and sound system expansion when using front-end signal processing from Bose FreeSpace business music systems and Bose ControlSpace engineered sound processors, they can also be combined with the FreeSpace IZA amplifiers to function as one system - with double the power - sharing the same music paging sources, master volume control, and optional loudspeaker equalisation.

For even greater flexibility, the FreeSpace IZA and ZA amplifiers can be used as standalone products from any RCA line-level source, or with other loudspeakers and legacy systems.

Alongside the new FreeSpace amplifiers, The PowerMatch 8500 amplifier will also be on show. Designed to work with both RoomMatch array modules and other professional loudspeakers, it can allocate its 4000W rated power between two and eight channels.

(Claire Beeson)

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