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Control Alt Design captures Product of the Year Award

Electronic House Magazine Recognizes In-Wall Local Control Amplifier as Product of the Year for 2005

( ARLINGTON HTS. IL) - Control Alt Design, an award winning product development firm, is pleased to announce that it's design and engineering of a Local Control in-wall Amplifier, the LCAi220, has been chosen as Product of the Year for 2005 by Electronic House Magazine. Electronic House magazine is the leading consumer publication that focuses on all aspects of the connected home.

The winners of this year's awards will be featured in the September issue of Electronic House Magazine, which will be distributed to thousands of attendees at the CEDIA Expo as well as on news stands everywhere.

According to Electronic House Editor-in-Chief Cindy Davis, "Our decisions are based on reviews we ran throughout the year, product demos, and talking with the installers and users of the products. Topping our list of criteria is technological innovation, combined with overall value—and just plain outstanding features."

“We are very honored to receive this prestigious recognition”, said Walter Raczynski , Senior Design Engineer and founder of Control Alt Design. “The award reflects the talent of the entire team who worked diligently on the

LCAi220 amplifier project. We all worked very hard to make this product innovative and deliver useful design advantages to mainstream consumers – design features that make it a real pleasure to install and use. So we're thrilled to have our effort recognized.”

Not everyone's lucky enough to have the space to support a rack full of equipment or a floor lined with amps and speakers. Control Alt design designed and developed the LCAi220 amplifier, to be a simple, efficient and elegant way of adding high performance audio to any room. It's the ultimate space-saving amplifier, small, flat, and compact; the powerful amplifier mounts flush with the wall, into a standard 4" 2-gang electrical box, behind a flat-panel display and is effectively invisible.

The LCAi220 Local Control Amplifier provides exceptional versatility, enabling you to seamlessly switch between whole house audio and local sources. The amplifier LCAi220 senses when a user turns on a TV or other device, and delivers the audio from that source through the local speakers provided.

Control Alt Design is an award winning product design and development services that help clients achieve business success through intelligent design. Control Alt Design has worked with diverse organizations, from technology startups, to Fortune 100 corporations, developing products in a wide variety of markets including consumer electronics, computer peripherals, industrial and medical .

For more information contact Control Alt Design at (847) 255-4050 or visit us on the web at www.controlalt.com

Photo: Courtesy of Boston Acoustics, Inc.