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THE CASA NOVA MUSIC AND CINEMA CONTROLLER. A NEW KIND OF COMPONENT FOR THE DIGITAL AGE. CASA NOVA OFFERS THE ADVANTAGES OF THETA'S LEGENDATY QUALITY AND MASTERY IN DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING. Casa Nova's "open architecture" design is unique among music reproduction and cinema processing equipment, making personal optimization as easy as "plug and play." Casa Nova's amazing flexibility allows you to custom tailor your system.
Why Casa Nova Exists When we realized the inevitability of convergence of home entertainment media, we noted that the music was suffering in the onrush of new technological enthusiasms, optimism and hype. We listened to "home theater systems" that sounded awful. We listened to pronouncements from big manufacturers who said we shouldn't expect a video system to have a "good sound" for music reproduction (and suggested we needed separate systems for movies and music!). We envisioned a way to make excellence available without the forced compromises and maddening waste involved in redundant, inferior "Audio/Video" products. This became a major engineering project, resulting in the Casablanca. Casa Nova is a direct outgrowth of the Casablanca project, and offers many of its advantages, at a more comfortable price. Getting the Music…and ALL the Sound…Right We discovered that getting the music right enhances the experience of nearly every film we have enjoyed. Music communicates important emotional content in films. In tender scenes, peaceful visions, moments of joy or sorrow, the subtle musical textures that define the piping of a flute or trembling of a violin also serve to evoke the mood. Our musical orientation had us enthralled with those nuances for a long time. Then we realized that ALL the sound was important. When the action starts, if something explodes, you will jump up a lot higher if the blast is percussive and definite. Dull thuds just don't cut it. Space ships roaring to life, race car engines, and the excited crowd around you in a stadium should all sound distinctly different. They are a big part of the fun! It's easy to see why concerts need good sound. But so does the Superbowl, Le Mans, and the Olympics. Whether the impact is profoundly emotional or something more direct and physical, your visceral response is tied to the sound. You believe your ears as much as your eyes. The Science behind the Art Casa Nova is a realm apart from all other AV components. Theta is legendary for digital to analog conversion. Theta's faithful reconstruction of digital signals - the science behind the art - will bring you true-to-life excitement from movies, concerts, opera, sporting events and even MTV. You'll experience breathtaking soundtracks with stunning, audiophile quality realism that only theta can give you. Casa Nova's broadcast quality video switching is capable of preserving visual information with amazing fidelity. Our parts quality is uniformly exceptional. Casa Nova's internal shielding, high grade, multiple power supplies, and other parts make the Casa Nova a hefty piece. (to give you a crude measure of the difference, you average audio/video component weighs in at 8 or 10 lbs; even the expensive ones. A fully loaded Casa Nova weighs over 27 lbs.) Flexibility Casa Nova is a component for music lovers and a cinema buffs, offering video technology customized to your choices.
Volume Control Casa Nova's volume control is performed 100% in the analog domain! Digital volume control is simple to implement, but at a cost. It works by throwing away information; "bits" of resolution, which define the sound. Losing this information means that the quality of sound deteriorates; as you lower the volume level, the quality of sound becomes worse and worse. Casa Nova keeps all the resolution there is, even when you've turned the sound down to a whisper. Easy to Use Casa Nova can be operated by remote control or by buttons on its faceplate. Communication is done via its LCD display, or by a video display on a TV monitor. The optional RS 232 interface allows control via a Systems Integration device. Casa Nova is easy to use. Both the LCD front panel and the on-screen video display offer information, choices of various functions and selections of surround modes. Casa Nova accepts both analog and digital input signals. Signals entering by any of Casa Nova's six analog inputs are converted to digital, for DSP controlled surround sound processing. Despite Casa Nova's technological sophistication, we believe in making it as easy as possible for you to use. We think you'll enjoy the intuitive way the Casa Nova works. Casa Nova's uncluttered controls activate sub-menus when called upon. The "user interface" is based on simple logic. For example, when a function button is pressed, you can make changes within its menu(s), and press the same function button again, to store the changes and exit that function. (the same button that got you in gets you back out). Theta's foundation: Digital Done Right For the past 12 years theta's focus has been entirely on extracting listenable, enjoyable music from digitally encoded audio. Now we are building on the tremendous knowledge and insight we have gained, and are applying it to the home theater realm as well. Theta's digital algorithms make image direction in movies extremely realistic. Putting together perfectionist audio with perfectionist video, we set out to build a surround sound processor that is great for video, without making the usual disastrous compromises that leave music listeners disappointed. Standard / Optional and specifications Because there are so many ways of configuring your casa Nova, and as new options are being added all the time, we ask you to make sure you get the separate publication on options and specifications, available through your dealer. Important Available Features and Options (Standard) (Optional)
· RF inputs (for Dolby Digital from laser discs) · Rack mountable Dimensions are 19"W x 14.5"D x 4.5"H (483 x 369 x 115 mm). A "fully loaded" Casa Nova weighs 27.3 lbs. Click here for technical specifications...
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