AVPro Edge’s second-generation AC-MXNET-1G-EV2 and AC-MXNET-1G-DV2 feature continued evolution to MXNet 1G performance and feature sets made possible by refinements to the application-specific integrated circuit, enhancing native 4K/60fps video playback plus support for high bitrate audio formats with ARC / eARC.   ​

The AC-MAX-24 is AVPro Edge’s newest multi-room audio solution for applications where full matrix capability is required. Designed with 20 analog input pairs, 2 AEX selectable analog/digital inputs, and 2 Coaxial/Toslink digital inputs, any of the 24 inputs may be routed to another output or group of outputs using the comprehensive AVPro Edge User Interface (digital signals are not downmixed). 

Four, 12V output triggers provide for amplifier turn-on, with full API adjustment for individual channel volume level, balance, tone adjustment, audio-follow for zone grouping, and equalization parameters. IP controllable, the AC-MAX-24 can be partnered to work seamlessly with control systems from all major automation companies. The 2RU, rack-mountable AC-MAX-24 audio matrix is fully equipped to perfectly integrate with multichannel power amplifiers of your choice for high-resolution, whole-house audio distribution.

FEATURES

• Comprehensive API and AVPro Edge GUI for customized configurations 
• Fully integrates with major third party automation systems, such as C4, Crestron, Elan, and URC via IP control
• Four digital inputs; two are extension-based and also selectable to route analog signals, plus two Coaxial / Toslink
• AVPro Edge 10-year warranty plus world-class tech support

AVPro Edge is at the bleeding edge of NextGen 8K technology, having introduced and continuing to add to a portfolio of World’s First products that have placed us in pole position for the race into the future.

Talking with Commercial/Pro AV sales and design consultants, we were alarmed to discover how many are not deploying next-level technologies or even contemplating their use.

Reliance upon twenty-year-old plus system design topologies while casting a blind eye toward industry evolution may evoke feelings of comfort in long-term product familiarity however, it will unquestionably jeopardize business viability when next-level products become mainstream and the ability to rapidly adapt is found to be an impossibility due to a voluntary aversion to contemporary industry advances. 

All participants in the Commercial/Pro AV sector would benefit from investigating and implementing products currently in use by savvy residential and resi-mercial integrators whose insight has propelled them into the Commercial/Pro AV space with current technologies that have served to grow their businesses immensely. It may safely be expressed: The “Pro” moniker now resides on their mantels. 

AVPro Edge has prepared a presentation illustrating how the advances in technology available today not only offers immediate solutions for Commercial/Pro AV integrators and their clients but provides a roadmap for logical future upgrade paths clients will want to take, providing them with competitive advantages. These clients will find integrators that can fulfill their requirements. Where does that leave you? 

Explore future possibilities here...

The AVPro Edge CEDIA team is safely back in the office, continuing to bask in the glow of the fast-paced and roaringly successful Expo we experienced. Integrator turnout was nothing short of amazing as the booth was frenetically abuzz with activity, frequently blocking the aisles. It was exceedingly rewarding to see all of our dealers and friends, as AVPro Edge CTO Matt Murray appropriately put it, “live and in 3D”, perhaps putting an official end to COVID, at least in the sense we have been experiencing it.

Prominently positioned alongside other major manufacturers, the AVPro Edge booth was witness to a non-stop flurry of attendee immersion, with everyone eager to take their first looks at our new product introductions.

MXNet 10G was officially unveiled with AVPro Edge project engineers demonstrating their vision of the video matrix switcher transformed: an entirely new approach to AV system design at an unconstrained scale. Debuting was the AC-MXNET-10G-TCVR, perhaps the pivotal MXNet 10G ecosystem component, exhibiting its dual-role as a selectable Encoder/ Decoder, transcending traditional matrices by eliminating physical limitations such as input availability and source location, or stipulations with source format. Video wall ready, an AC-MXNET-10G-TCVR configured as an ecosystem endpoint single-handedly enables any monitor, television or projector to function as a fully customizable multi-view display.

Companion MXNet 10G products were simultaneously introduced, including the command center for the future of advanced AV-over-IP in the AVPro Edge MXNet 10G universe, the AC-MXNET-10G-CBOX, plus the AC-MXNET-10G-SW12C switch, an industry-first design that traffics both data and PoE through 12 common ports, requiring only a single CAT6a for power and data. Show-goers were pleasantly stunned at the impressive array of standard features MXNet 10G offers, all awaiting their imaginations. 

Our vastly popular MXNet 1G was not without its own news. Launched were the MXNet Evolution II Encoder and Decoder, delivering enhanced image quality especially for 4K/60Hz 4:4:4 HDR, derived from a newly available system-on-chip design. 

Our new AC-EXO-X-KIT HDMI 2.1 8K point-to-point fiber extension kit was unveiled, joining the growing AVPro Edge portfolio of industry-leading NextGen 8K-ready signal transmission and switching devices. AVPro engineers demonstrated 8K gaming with zero-latency at a distance of more than two hundred meters over multimode fiber. The AC-EXO-X features the newest and most reliable 40Gbps Panasonic chipset for high performance and a trouble-free coexistence with HDMI 2.1a products.

CEDIA provided ideal timing to debut new AVPro Edge full chassis products aimed at fine-tuning house-wide audio distribution. The AC-AEX-RC-HUB was on display alongside the AC-MAX-24, intriguing dealers with the possibilities AVPro Edge engineered audio-only oriented devices present them with. 

The AEX-RC-HUB matrixes 12 audio sources, 4 via RCA local inputs and 8 decentralized (such as TV-led app audio or legacy analog audio or Toslink / Coaxial output digital devices such as CD changers), using Category wire with AC-AEX-T transmitter modules (available separately). It is compatible with all major third-party control systems and also can expand the audio capabilities of AVPro Edge switchers such as the AXION series. 

AC-MAX-24 was demonstrated by AVPro engineers and favorably received with much fanfare. A full matrix, it is designed with 20 analog input pairs, 2 AEX selectable analog/ digital inputs, and 2 Coaxial/Toslink digital inputs and is compatible with all multi-channel distribution amplifiers. Designed for third-party automation integration, the AC-MAX-24 was AVPro Edge’s analog hit of the Expo.

The AC-AEX-KIT was on display, a send/receive pair featuring the AC-AEX-T and companion receiver, perfect for use in educational, commercial, corporate and industrial environments where analog or digital point-to-point audio extension is required.