Orban/CRL Heads to NAB Radio Show 2007 in Charlotte
Tempe, Arizona, September 12, 2007 — Circuit Research Labs, Inc. (OTCBB: CRLI.OB), parent company of Orban/CRL, a worldwide leader in audio processing for AM, FM, TV, and Internet broadcasting announces that Orban/CRL will be exhibiting at The National Association of Broadcasters Radio Show 2007 in Charlotte, NC September 26th-28th. Orban/CRL will be located in booth #230. Broadcasters worldwide attend the event as major product manufacturers display the latest equipment for the radio industry.
Featured products from Orban will include the new Optimod-AM 9300 and the new Version 2 of Optimod-FM/HD 8500. Orban's all-digital 9300 Optimod-AM audio processor can help broadcasters achieve the highest audio quality and coverage in monophonic AM shortwave, medium wave and long wave broadcasts. Optimod-AM delivers louder, cleaner, brighter, FM-like audio with an open, fatigue-free quality that attracts listeners and holds them. Because all processing is performed by high-speed mathematical calculations within Motorola DSP56367 digital signal processing chips, the processing has cleanliness, quality and stability over time and temperature that is unmatched by analog processors. Optimod 9300 is descended from the industry-standard 9100 and 9200 Optimod-AM audio processors.
Optimod-FM/HD 8500 V2's improvements exploit previously unused DSP power in the 8500. V2.0's new features include a smoother-sounding AGC, plus independently controllable equalizer, high frequency enhancer, and multiband compression signal paths for the 8500's FM analog and digital radio processing chains. These improvements add to the 8500's existing dual signal paths for analog and digital limiting and output. This dramatically improves the 8500's versatility by allowing users to fine-tune the analog and digital processing chains independently. This provides far more flexibility in adjusting the HD processing path to achieve various goals, such as minimizing audible artifacts in low bitrate codecs or making the digital channel sound bigger or more dramatic when an HD Radio receiver crossfades between analog and digital.
Orban/CRL Chairman, President, and CEO Jay Brentlinger, VP of New Product Development Greg Ogonowski, North American Sales Manager Kevin Clayborn, PC Product Manager John Schaab, and Website Manager Charlie Rich Jr. will all be on hand for demonstrations and Q & A.
Circuit Research Labs, Inc. Forward-Looking Statements
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About Circuit Research Labs, Inc.
Circuit Research Labs, Inc. is a manufacturer of high-quality digital and analog audio processing, transmission encoding, and noise reduction equipment. Circuit Research Labs, Inc. is in the market for radio, TV and Internet audio processing. As technology evolves, Circuit Research Labs continues to innovate with state-of-the-art audio processing products for DAB, DTV and streaming media. The Company purchased Orban® in May of 2000. Orban was founded in 1970 by Bob Orban, who is the world's foremost expert in transmission audio processing for broadcast. Orban leads the industry in the design and manufacture of audio processors for radio, television and Internet broadcasting. Recognized for its standard-setting Optimod® digital audio processors and the Opticodec® codecs, the Orban name has become synonymous with reliable, high performance products. Today, its versatile audio processing equipment and codecs are the products of choice in fast-paced production environments worldwide.
For more information contact David Rusch at phone +1 (480) 403-8300, fax +1 (480) 403-8301 or e-mail: drusch@orban.com. Information is also available at www.orban.com and www.orban-europe.com.