NEWTON, Mass. (Top40 Charts/ Chestnut Hill Sound Inc.) -Chestnut Hill Sound Inc. (CHS), a manufacturer of digital audio solutions for iPod users, today announced that it will introduce GEORGE, the first digital audio system to combine an iPod music playback system, full feature wireless remote, AM/FM radio and alarm system in one product at Macworld and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
CHS is exhibiting next week at Macworld where Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for the Rolling Stones will be on hand at their booth No 3101 on Tuesday, January 9. CHS will also participate in Digital Experience on January 7 and exhibit in iBiquity's booth No 4616 of the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES.
GEORGE fully extends the famed iPod navigation with the industry's only wireless remote that fully controls iPod functions. GEORGE includes an AM/FM radio that features the market's only patent pending BANDLESS tuner as well as a multi-alarm system. GEORGE offers consumers the first digital audio system architected for field upgrades for future digital audio sources. The company also announced its first module: a consumer-installable, no subscription HD radio tuner licensed form iBiquity which will be available in 2H 2007.
Chestnut Hill Sound developed GEORGE specifically to work with the iPod and it has been certified to meet Apple performance standards. GEORGE will be available January 9, 2007 online at www.chillsound.com and available later this year at select retail stores for $549 and $599 MSRP with a remote charging stand.
'GEORGE is the first home system that gives consumers the same acclaimed ease of use as Apple's iPod,' said Steve Krampf, CEO of Chestnut Hill Sound. 'We realized the iPod had set new standards for customer satisfaction and that all the existing home playback products did not offer acceptable remote control or extensibility. GEORGE also represents a significant change from the 'disposable' mentality of many contemporary consumer products. By building field updateable products, CHS is breaking new ground by giving customers a tangible way to maximize their consumer audio dollars.'
According to Chuck Leavell, keyboard player for the Rolling Stones and CHS advisory board member, "As a compact music system GEORGE's sound is the closest to what I hear in the studio when recording. GEORGE was voiced by audio professionals to more closely approximate the way music was originally recorded by emulating the multi-amped '2.1' systems which are now broadly used for recording. CHS is clearly demonstrating a commitment to create digital sound innovations that will define next-generation home audio.'
CHS also announced its first optional upgrade module for GEORGE - a consumer-installable, no subscription HD radio tuner which will be available in 2H 2007. HD radio is transforming AM/FM broadcasting with a vastly increased number of channels, dramatically improved sound quality and an array of new data services.
