Vision’s Three Newest Products to be Launched at Stampede’s InfoComm ’08 Booth
Las Vegas, NV, June 18, 2008 — Stampede, a leading value-added distributor of presentation and home theater technology, has been selected as the exclusive North American distributor for Vision, a UK-based privately owned firm focused on providing niche products for AV installations. This week at InfoComm ’08, booth N7655, Stampede will launch Vision’s new Techconnect Amp, Techconnect Tilt, and AV-1500 Amplifier.
“Stampede has excellent relationships with a vast range of dealers in the U.S. and Canada,” said Jon Sidwick, Vision managing director. “Their dedication to helping their dealers succeed makes them the prefect partner to bring our products to the North American market.”
“Vision’s Techconnect system is so simple and easy to use our dealers are going to love it,” said Kevin Kelly, Stampede president and COO. “We are pleased to be the exclusive distributor for Vision in North America. It’s one more way we can help our dealers grow their businesses.”
Techconnect is a modular family of products designed to suit any IT, AV, pro audio, office, or home theater installation. It is simple enough that even a moderately experienced technician can easily install it, and it does not require soldering at all due to its phoenix connector captive screw design. The modules are interchangeable, so future changes to the installation can be accomplished by simply swapping out modules. Additional wires do not need to be run.
Techconnect Amp – The new Techconnect Amp module achieves its genuine 2 x 20w (RMS @ 8 ohms) by using the latest Texas Instruments digital amplifier chip. This use of cutting-edge technology allows Vision to fit the amplifier into a truly microscopic form of a double-space Techconnect module. Featuring full circuit protection, two stereo inputs, and an external laptop style power supply, this amplifier is perfectly matched to either Vision’s SP-1300 wall speakers or their CS-1300 ceiling speakers. It will go down to 4 ohms allowing up to four low-impedance speakers to be powered.
Techconnect Tilt – The Techconnect Tilt can easily be installed in a horizontal surface, such as a conference table, enabling the user to connect to a device, such as a ceiling-mounted projector, by simply tilting up the faceplate. No more climbing onto tables to connect to the projector, no more tripping over cables that are run to the distant wall connection. When not in use the faceplate is flush with the surrounding surface, keeping a neat appearance in the room.
AV-1500 Amplifier – Harnessing the latest digital amplifier and touch-control technology, the new AV-1500 is compact, flexible, and easy to use. It can be positioned on a table or shelf, or it comes with mounting hardware to mount it to a wall, rack, or even to a projector ceiling mount pole. It has 1U / half-rack-width chassis and comes with input and output cables meaning it is ready for use out of the box.
About Vision
Vision Design Engineering is a UK-based firm focused on providing niche products for AV installations. Vision has a staff of electronic engineers and mechanical design engineers in the UK who take advice directly from users and installers to develop new products. With three manufacturing facilities in the People's Republic of China, Vision outsources its quality inspection to Intertek ETL Semco, global leaders with over 100 years experience in testing and inspection. All Vision products are certified by German Certification leader TUV to meet stringent world standards for CB certification, CE certification, LVD (low voltage directive) certification, and EMC (Electro-magnetic compatibility) certification. Vision products are distributed in 30 countries throughout Europe, plus Canada and the US. For more information on Vision, log onto www.visionadiovisual.co.uk.
About Stampede
Known for its value-added distribution, Stampede is a leading distributor of presentation equipment including LCD/DLP projectors and flat panel displays. Stampede provides a complete range of brand name presentation equipment to a variety of audio/visual, computer, and home theater resellers and integrators in the United States, Canada and Latin America. These resellers rely on Stampede for value-added services in distribution, marketing and solution-based sales. Stampede has received numerous recognitions, including No. 1 in customer service for North American large screen distributors (2000, Pacific Media Associates), “International Distributor of the Year” (2001, AV Magazine), “Best Managed Company” in the Buffalo Niagara region (2005, Business First), and “Fast Track 50” (2002-2007, Business First). For more information on Stampede, log onto www.stampedeglobal.com.