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Sonance/iPort™ Signs Licensing Agreement with Russound San Clemente, CA—March 28, 2008—Dana Innovations, corporate parent of Sonance and iPort music systems for the iPod®, has announced an agreement with Russound, a leader in multiroom audio, to license its unique iPod-integrating technologies. “We’re thrilled to be able to be able to share the key enabling technologies of iPort with Russound,” says Shawn Sugarman, President of Dana Innovations. “Russound is ideally positioned to leverage our organization’s proprietary, patented innovations, bringing their benefits to customers in multiroom systems and products that extend our scope in important areas.” Dana Innovations’ patented iPort concept and technologies encompass “docking” structures able to accept the full range of Apple iPod models and other handheld audio players, and of delivering full control including audio playback and file-selection, throughout a multi-zone audio system. iPort’s unique technology also incorporates hardware and firmware that enable personal computers to integrate iPod control and audio-file transfer via the in-wall dock, integrating and synchronizing the audio system with the Mac/PC’s media library. iPort technology is suitable for a wide range of audio and audio-video system concepts, including highly customizable multiroom and whole-house layouts, multiroom AV receivers, single-room/zone connections, and more. New Hampshire-based Russound is the market leader in multiroom audio AV components and systems for custom installation. Says Russound CEO Joe Brouillet, “We’re pleased to have this opportunity to license the Dana/Sonance iPort patent. It will serve to strengthen Russound’s position as a market leader in the iPod docking category, and in future product designs shaped to answer our customers’ needs."
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About Russound Since 1967, innovation, quality and reliability have been the pillars of the Russound® product tradition. Located in Newmarket, N.H., Russound, the #1 brand in multiroom audio*, offers the products and expertise customers need to enjoy multiroom audio and video systems in the home. With more than 40 years experience, Russound continues to cater to installation professionals and their customers by pairing powerful systems using the latest technologies with intuitive controls to give customers high-performance, easy-to-use solutions. For more information, visit the company¹s Web site at www.russound.com *According to June 2005, 2006 and 2007 studies by EH Research
About iPort™ iPort, maker of the first in-wall music system for iPod, provides freedom from the constraints of headphones. iPort makes it possible to easily share music and photos through any home stereo or entertainment system. Using innovative technology and unique design iPort is committed to producing products that are stylish, inventive, and as simple to use as the iPod. iPort is the innovation of Scott Struthers, co-founder of Sonance, developer of the first high fidelity in-wall speaker, and a founding member of CEDIA. iPort is a registered trademark of Dana Innovations
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