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HPG Reports Surge In Hi-Qnet Market Adoption
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SOURCE: Harman Pro Group · POSTED: 06/04/07
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HPG Reports Surge In Hi-Qnet Market Adoption
The Harman Pro Group (Booth 8425, Hall A) is reporting that worldwide sales of HiQnet-enabled product have risen 100 percent from $24 million in 2005 to more than $50 million in 2006. The remarkable achievement--attributable to the increased availability of HiQnet enabled product coupled with strong sales across the group--underscores the increasing momentum of the HiQnet system configuration and control protocol among contractors and tour sound professionals.
"In 2005, HiQnet achieved critical mass whereas in 2006, we've seen a significant broadening of use among audio professionals in a number of markets, most notably contracting and tour sound," explains Rick Kreifeldt, vice president, Harman Pro Group, System Development & Integration Group (SDIG). "Just as we are encouraged by the strong growth, we are determined to increase the capabilities of HiQnet further and make it more powerful, useful and easier to deploy in a wider array of products for a broader range of applications!"
In 2006, Harman Pro Group increased the number of HiQnet-enabled product from JBL Professional, Crown, BSS Audio, dbx and AKG from 38 product families to 64. The milestone HiQnet product introductions for 2006 included Crown's CDi, DSi and XTi series amplifiers, JBL Professional's VP Series loudspeakers, Soundcraft's flagship Vi6 digital console, the dbx DriveRack 4820 and the AKG WMS HUB 4000 Q and already in 2007, the Soundcraft Vi4 digital console, the Crown CDi 4000 and AKG IVM 4 UHF Wireless monitoring system.
2006 was also a breakout year for HiQnet in tour sound as it debuted on Toby Keith's blockbuster tour Big Throwdown II Tour with Sound Image and was later successfully employed on Brooks & Dunn, Tool and Eric Clapton.
In the installed market, the range of HiQnet applications broadened to included worship, stadium, education, performing arts and hospitality. These new installations are additions to a growing list of successful existing installations worldwide.
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