NEWS - Linn &Cala In New 'Intelligent Home' Launch

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

Linn &Cala In New 'Intelligent Home' Launch
4 April 2002
Submitted By: Mark McCall


Linn Products Ltd, the Scottish manufacturer and market leader of hi-fi, home cinema, and multi-room systems that integrate with automation, have teamed up with CALA, the leading luxury house builder, who have recently launched theeasylivinghome, arguably the most sophisticated 'intelligent' public demonstration home in the UK today.

The demonstration home, located at CALA's Laighills development in Dunblane= ,
Scotland, a joint venture under the banner CALA Evans Residential Limited,<= BR> has been developed as a test bed for measuring consumer needs and
expectations for the future. Visitor feedback on the individual high-tech elements will be used by CALA to inform the specification of future CALA homes.

Amongst other luxury features integrated in to the home, CALA have specifie= d
a top of the range Linn Knekt home entertainment and multi-room audio
system, worth =A340,000 in total. Like CALA Homes, Linn is committed to
quality and all products are manufactured to the highest standard.

Ivor S Tiefenbrun MBE, Managing Director of Linn Products says
"Discriminating people who want the most out of life apply high standa= rds to
their homes. We know that they want the best sound, the best pictures and they want their home entertainment to be reliable, simple and easy for all<= BR> the family to use and enjoy. CALA Evans' easy living concept demonstrates how entertainment can be seamlessly incorporated with other home automation=
into modern homes."

THE HOME ENTERTAINMENT & MULTI-ROOM SYSTEM

Linn, a company widely regarded as the international benchmark for audio performance, has installed a top of the range home entertainment and
multi-room system into theeasylivinghome.

The system comprises Linn's Knekt multi-room system and its hard drive
storage system, the Kivor.

Knekt

The multi-room system, the Knekt, is designed to simplify people's lives by=
distributing music that is held in one central location around the home. Each room is fitted with a discreet Room Control Unit (RCU), giving easy control of the property's audio system. From the RCU, the user can select the track or radio station and adjust the volume of the audio products,
which are situated in the drawing room.

Kivor

Linn's latest innovation, the Kivor, is an archival and retrieval system that can hold thousands of hours worth of full bandwidth music in one
location, distributing audio throughout the home. The music is stored in an=
uncompressed format, ensuring Linn's high quality sound is maintained. All<= BR> users can simultaneously access the Kivor, ensuring they can always listen<= BR> to their favourite piece of music wherever they are in the home.

Music is distributed to seven rooms in CALA Evans' theeasylivinghome so
Linn's amazing sound quality can be enjoyed throughout the property:

The Family Room
The family room boasts a state-of-the-art home theatre system with Linn
audio components and a Loewe Aconda television. Five speakers, located
around the room, give the occupants the ultimate surround sound cinema
experience in the comfort of their own home.

Kitchen
Cooks can sip a glass of wine and enjoy the sounds of a favourite album
whilst cooking the evening meal. Like all the rooms in the system, control<= BR> of the property's audio facility is via an easy-to-use Room Control Unit (RCU).

Drawing Room
The drawing room is the heart of the Linn Knekt system, housing Linn's
high-tech Knekt Kivor. The Kivor can store the family's entire CD collectio= n
on a hard drive system and distribute it around the home for all the family=
to enjoy.

The Master Bedroom
The Knekt system serves both the main bedroom and en-suite bathroom, so, >from s
a fabulous viewing experience from the comfort of the bed.

The system also supplies the study, bathroom and other three bedrooms in theeasylivinghome.

For further information on theeasylivinghome, visit
http://www.theeasylivinghome= .co.uk or telephone the customer reception on
01786 825490. theeasylivinghome at Laighills Walk, Dunblane, is open from 11.00am to 5.30pm, Thursday to Monday inclusive.


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