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PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, December 5, 2014 – Hoboken, New Jersey is the newest unofficial borough of New York City, drawing Manhattan workers to its upscale downtown neighborhood full of trendy restaurants, bars and nightclubs. The owners of Hoboken’s newest nightclub, Reign, knew they needed to crate a unique experience to stand out among the area’s stiff competition. This meant designing an immense AV system using an ELAN g! system for control, Sound Tube Pendant speakers and subwoofers for put-it-anywhere audio and the first North American installation of a new 10-foot by 20-foot PrimeView Smart Film double-sided glass projection surface.

Integration firm Serious Audio Video knew that their bid would likely be the highest, at nearly $350,000, well above the $200,000 budget requested by the owners, but they also knew that no one else would match their vision and unique style for the club’s AV systems. The core of the lounge’s AV installation is a powerful ELAN g! system that automates the lighting, audio and video, giving the owners fast and easy control of the entire establishment from their smartphones. With more than 90 speakers and subwoofers producing 30,000 watts and a plethora of specialized lighting, tying everything together into a single easy-to-use interface was a crucial factor in the success of this installation.

“The ELAN g! platform allows us to focus on our clients’ needs and without worrying about overwhelming them with complicated interfaces,” said Casey S. Johnston, owner of integration firm Serious Audio Video. “It’s simple to use and can be run entirely from a smartphone or tablet if they choose, so they never have to leave the club floor to make adjustments to volume, lighting intensity or video content. It also gives them the easiest start-up and shut-down procedure for the club’s systems, since they can use a single “Open” or “Close” button that we programmed to turn entire systems on or off.”

According to Johnston, an installation of this caliber also requires special design. In this case, the integration firm created a unique vortex chandelier of Sound Tube pendant speakers that hang just out of guests’ reach on the second floor, and right above guests head on the first floor in an open overhang. “This specialized design took a lot of tinkering to perfect the installation, but the finished product is more than a simple AV system. An eye-catching arrangement of premium quality speakers and subwoofers reflects the lounge’s chic and trendy atmosphere, and when combined with the amazing PrimeView Smart Film projection display it projects an air of exclusivity that guests can’t find anywhere else in Hoboken or Manhattan.”

In fact, this was the very first installation of the see-through PrimeView Smart Film display in North America. It is so new that the instructions were only available in Cantonese, so they flew in one of PrimeView’s technicians from Hong Kong to help with the installation. The resulting screen sits just above the speaker chandelier on the third floor and can play any manner of digital video effects. With the ability to change the appearance of the glass from clear to frosted with the push of a button, the possibilities are nearly limitless and certainly push the club’s atmosphere to new heights.

“Night club installations regularly involve millions of dollars of equipment and this was our first night club project,” Johnston said. “We hit it out of the park so we are hoping to grow that aspect of our business and bring other owners the same level of functionality and unique design in the future.”

About ELAN:

ELAN® is a brand of Core Brands, offering an award-winning line of whole-house entertainment and control solutions distributed through a comprehensive channel of select dealers throughout the United States, Canada, and in more than 58 countries worldwide. To learn more, visit www.elanhomesystems.com.

About Core Brands

Headquartered in Petaluma, California, Core Brands combines the product and marketing strengths of iconic and award-winning audio, power management and control brands including SpeakerCraft®, ELAN®, Niles®, Panamax®, Proficient®, Furman®, Sunfire®, BlueBolt®, Xantech® and Korus® to deliver a portfolio of connected home solutions to its channel partners and end users. For further information, visit www.corebrands.com.

About Nortek, Inc.

Core Brands is a Nortek company. Nortek Inc. is a global diversified company with leading brands and innovative, technology-driven products and solutions for lifestyle improvement at home and at work. For further information, please visit: www.nortekinc.com.

Extended 10 Year Warranty
To be announced at CEDIA Expo 2015
Nexus 21 DOUBLES its Lift System Warranty to 10 Years
Coverage is retroactive to every Nexus 21 lift system ever sold.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz (Oct. 5, 2015) Nexus 21, a global leader in home and commercial lift systems, is doubling its comprehensive five-year lift system warranty to an industry-leading 10 years of coverage. Additionally Nexus 21 will make the 10-year warranty retroactive to every lift system the company has ever sold. The announcement will be made during CEDIA ’15.

“We’re doing this because we can,” said Nexus 21 president Cory Lovett. “We have tens of thousands of lift systems in the field, deployed in every manner imaginable…and virtually every one of them is still functioning today,” Mr. Lovett said. “No one can touch our track record.”

“From day one, we committed ourselves to the idea that every product we made had to be exceptional. We work hard to have a positive impact on the industry, and this warranty is another way we demonstrate that. Anyone can say they are good, but no one can argue with results.”

“This is the same no-fine-print warranty we have always offered and prominently display on our website – just extended to 10 years,” Mr. Lovett noted. Excluding outside events, the warranty provides full replacement at no cost. There is no proration. Replacement units ship freight free and without the delay of waiting for the original system to be returned.

For systems already installed, the 10-year warranty is dated the day the system was originally shipped, such that a system sold six years ago, now has four years of remaining warranty coverage.

“Our mission at Nexus is to provide the world with the most reliable lift products ever made, along with luxury-grade customer service.” said Mr. Lovett. “This warranty extension, unparalleled in the industry, is a reflection of that mission.”

The 10-year warranty announcement is just a part of Nexus 21’s CEDIA ’15 activities. From the company’s booth #6229, Nexus 21 will also be debuting its lift-activated Speakeasy Poker Table and the CL-65, a first-of-its kind flip-down ceiling mount.