Ontario, CA – September 1, 2016 – The DaVinci Group, Inc. (TDG), a manufacturer of award-winning custom integration products, is pleased to announce that it will be showing dealers a newly advanced and upgraded version of its Signature Series high-performance architectural loudspeakers at the upcoming CEDIA show, scheduled for September 15 – September 17, 2016 in Dallas, Texas, in booth #1300.

The Signature Series was designed to address the emerging divide in dedicated home theater installations. Up until now, most high-performance dedicated home theaters were designed based on one of two configurations: employing traditional box or tower speakers, or using standard in-ceiling or in-wall speakers.

TDG’s Signature Series Bridges the Gap

But for different reasons, neither of these configurations are necessarily optimal. For example, when using traditional box or tower speakers for the dedicated theater, often integrators face challenges based on lack of space in the theater layout to allow for large freestanding floor speakers.

And in the case of using typical in-ceiling or in-wall speakers for a dedicated home theater, often the speakers chosen were really designed for use in a distributed audio system. Most distributed audio systems are not for primary music listening, but rather, for atmospheric background music. This is a far different application than in a high-volume, dynamic movie theater environment – and in many cases, they just weren’t up to the job.

Because of the space utilization advantages of in-wall designs – TDG decided to solve the problem by developing a large format in-wall speaker solution designed specifically for the dedicated home theater environment. This solution, the Signature Series, would bridge the gap between the typical distributed audio in-wall speaker, and the floor-standing tower speaker.

Overwhelming Dealer Response to Preview

First previewed at last year’s show, the Signature Series was presented to dealers as an all-new product still in development that was targeted directly at the dedicated theater segment. The company sought dealer input both on the general viability of the concept and on the specific details of this tentative design.

Dealer response was overwhelmingly positive, with many offering suggestions on ways to further improve performance, aid install-ability, and fine tune the sound quality. TDG engineers took this feedback, along with ongoing extensive lab and field testing of the next iteration of technology, to create this new generation of Signature Series destined for availability in the near future.

“To say dealers responded positively to the concept of a TDG-designed, ultimate in-wall speaker system targeted to the high-performance dedicated home theater market would be a tremendous understatement,” said Jeff Francisco, Chief Executive Officer and President of The DaVinci Group, Inc. “From the Series’ preview last year and through ongoing discussions with more dealers in the ensuing months, we received hundreds of suggestions for ways to take our design and make it even better. I’m pleased to say the result is the finest in-wall speaker system we’ve ever created at The DaVinci Group. We can’t wait to show our dealers this final version – incorporating many of their suggestions – which will be ready for installation in their finest high-end, high-performance dedicated home theater projects very soon.”

Signature Series Upgraded and Expanded

TDG’s Signature Series sits at the pinnacle of their popular Encompass Home Theater series of products. Since the preview last year, and after further study and input from dealers, TDG engineers not only further improved the line, but they expanded it as well. In fact, the line has doubled from the two models shown last year, to the four models about to be launched.

For the Signature Series, TDG engineers took several steps to ensure maximum performance. The in-wall speakers are built into a high-density MDF back-box for greater performance control. Each speaker system has its individual drivers carefully matched sonically for seamless performance consistency. Signature Series speakers have been tuned to perform accurately both during soft passages and during heavy special-effects laden dynamically loud passages.

Signature Series Overview

TDG’s Signature Series is the ultimate in-wall loudspeaker system designed specifically for a dedicated home theater installation. With heavy duty drivers, Signature Series is ready to deliver a  thrilling and dynamic performance for any Hollywood blockbuster movie soundtrack.

TDG’s Signature Series line-up includes:

• IWLCR-88  In-wall LCR (left/center/right) full range speaker with dual 8″ woofers
• IWLCR-66  In-wall LCR full range speaker with dual 6″ woofers
• IWS-210  In-wall subwoofer with dual 10″ woofers (Note: the IWS-210 replaces the IWS-88 which was previously shown as part of the series preview.)
• IWS-10  In-wall subwoofer with one 10″ woofer

Signature Series Model Details

Engineered specifically for a high performance dedicated home theater environment, TDG engineers not only created a line of speakers and subwoofers to be mounted in the wall, but also created a line that doesn’t even remotely resemble the typical in-wall architectural loudspeaker.

The details on each Signature Series model are as follows:

IWLCR-88

• In-Wall Mounted High-Performance Dedicated Home Theater Speaker
• Integrated Back-Box Constructed of Ultra High-Density MDF for Performance Control
• Dual 8″ Reinforced Paper Cone Woofers
• Single 4″ Midrange Driver
• ¾” Silk Dome Tweeter for Enhanced Spherical Dispersion
• Recommended Power Handling Range: 35-180 watts
• Efficiency: 91dB
• Frequency Response: 50Hz-20kHz
• Dimensions: 26.3″ x 17″ x 3.5″
• Mounting Depth: 3.5″
• Cutout Dimensions: 23.7″ x 14.4″
• Price: TBD
• Availability: TBD

IWLCR-66

• In-Wall Mounted High-Performance Dedicated Home Theater Speaker
• Integrated Back-Box Constructed of Ultra High-Density MDF for Performance Control
• Dual 6″ Reinforced Paper Cone Woofers
• Single 4″ Midrange Driver
• ¾” Silk Dome Tweeter for Enhanced Spherical Dispersion
• Recommended Power Handling Range: 30-150 watts
• Efficiency: 91dB
• Frequency Response: 60Hz-20kHz
• Dimensions: 26.3″ x 17″ x 3.5″
• Mounting Depth: 3.5″
• Cutout Dimensions: 23.7″ x 14.4″
• Price: TBD
• Availability: TBD

IWS-210

• In-Wall Mounted High-Performance Dedicated Home Theater Subwoofer
• Integrated Back-Box Constructed of Ultra High-Density MDF for Performance Control
• 10″ Carbon Fiber Woofer
• 10″ Carbon Fiber Passive Radiator for Deeper Bass with Lower Noise than Ports
• Recommended Power: 200 watts [NOTE: TDG highly recommends the Vanguard Dynamics SDA-200 subwoofer amplifier (not included)]
• Efficiency: 88dB
• Frequency Response: 35Hz-200Hz
• Dimensions: 26.3″ x 17″ x 3.5″
• Mounting Depth: 3.5″
• Cutout Dimensions: 23.7″ x 14.4″
• Price: TBD
• Availability: TBD

IWS-10

• In-Wall Mounted High-Performance Dedicated Home Theater Subwoofer
• High-Performance Baffle-Board Mounting Constructed of Ultra High-Density MDF
• 10″ Carbon Fiber Woofer
• Recommended Power: 200watts [Note: TDG highly recommends the Vanguard Dynamics SDA-200 subwoofer amplifier (not included)]
• Efficiency: 88dB
• Frequency Response: 36Hz-200Hz
• Dimensions: 14″ x 17″ x 3.5″
• Mounting Depth: 3.5″
• Price: TBD
• Availability: TBD

See the all-new Signature Series in Booth #1300 at CEDIA 2016

TDG’s Signature Series is a unique new product that boldly goes where the typical in-ceiling or in-wall speaker feared to tread – a reference grade, maximum performance, professionally designed, dedicated home theater.

Anyone interested in learning more about this exciting new ultimate in-wall solution from TDG for their premium theater installations should feel free to stop by Booth #1300 any time during the CEDIA show in Dallas, TX, September 15-17.

For more information about The DaVinci Group and its products, be sure to visit www.TDGAudio.com.