How many times have you thought "I'd like to be able to play my CD collection out on the balcony when I have guests over"? How about out by the pool? In the dining room for a little ambience while entertaining guests? You can. What's more, you can control it through your light switch with C-Bus™ Multi-Room Audio.

In another leap forward following their "every room, every home" approach to improving our home lifestyle, Clipsal® have produced the C-Bus™ Multi-Room Audio System with flexibility and ease of use firmly in mind.

Just what is Multi-Room Audio and how is the C-Bus™ version different to other technologies on the market? Multi-room audio is any system that allows you to play back a single audio source, such as a CD player or AM/FM tuner, from any location besides the main listening room. Quite simply, this is being able to listen to your music anywhere around your house without having to have extra CD players, tuners, etc. in every room where you want sound. More importantly, quality multi-room audio systems should give you the ability to control that source, so when you are sick of listening to Celine Dion (and let's face it, you need to change that the moment it starts playing), you can easily and quickly change tracks, volume or even CDs from whichever room you happen to be relaxing in – even if you are nowhere near the main equipment location. There are a number of multi-room audio systems on the market and Quark Automation uses different combinations of equipment, speakers and control methods to make this happen for you. Where the C-Bus™ Multi-Room Audio System excels is in its ability to be controlled via your C-Bus™ light switches and/or LCD touch panels, in addition to normal remote control interfaces.

Imagine your C-Bus™ equipped home dimming the lights in your entertainment areas, turning on water features, raising the BBQ lights and starting your favourite party music in all your entertainment areas – by pressing a single button on your light switch. It can be as simple as that with a fully-equipped C-Bus™ system. What's more, you don't have to have the same music source playing back in each area. Want Mozart in the sitting room and the Wiggles in the play area while you enjoy Led Zeppelin and a few beers with friends by the pool? The C-Bus™ system can give you all that and more. Like all C-Bus™ components, it is modular. This means that with the appropriate infrastructure, you can expand on the system – or even have it changed for you via software programming, at any time. Flexibility and convenience. That's really what it's all about.

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