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on and contributing to get us to the moon and back again
was an amazing team eff ort, and that's really the fi rst pillar
of why we're here, because if you look around the room and
we think about Coastal Source it's really about the people, "
notes President Jeff Poggi, who joined that team last fall.
" Another piece of that is technology, " he continues.
" This 'small' rocket above us is a pretty amazing piece of
technology, and we've spent the past 15 years trying to
bring interesting technologies to the outdoor experience. "
The last piece of why they gathered at the Kennedy
Space Center had to do with the company's tagline, " Defy
the Elements, " Poggi adds.
" There's nothing more like defying the elements than
going into outer space. So I think we found the most wonderful
space to defi ne the key aspects of Coastal Source, "
he enthuses.
Coastal Source Chairman Harold Zimmermann and
D'Ascanio followed Poggi at the podium. D'Ascanio delighted
in explaining and highlighting the versatility of the
latest products.
" Our plug-and-play cabling system, which is second-tonone,
is more reliable, is higher performing, and is faster -
time is money and we're very sensitive to that, " he says.
" The future is our EVO outdoor lighting. Harold coined
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Coastal Source CEO Franco D'Ascanio stands by the Saturn
V that loomed above the company's dealer event. One
way the company demo'd its new Bollard 1000 Series was
building modules in the shape of a rocket.
the term that it is 'jewelry,' so we built some really nice
cases for it. The heart of the EVO system is the EVO
modules. The solid brass module is more powerful, so
EVO's brighter [than previous products], it has a wider
beam angle, and better optics than lamps and modules
that are much larger. "
Integrators can mix and match modules in both audio
and lighting products, as D'Ascanio demonstrated. Plus,
they can be daisy-chained for simple and scalable installation
despite being 8 ohms and not 70-volt.
It had been a long time coming for Coastal to reimagine
its standard-setting 10.0 Bollard Series, but its second-generation
Bollard 1000 Series appears to be worth
the wait.
" What we did is now the shape of the speaker is an
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oval front to back. It's still the same width as our 10.0
Bollard line, but the 1000 Series now adds about 33%
more cabinet volume, " explains Adam Domurad, a former
integrator who is now a sales & marketing specialist for
Coastal Source.
" So, we have more sound quality, we have better volume
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if you want. It's also a stronger speaker too, because on
the inside of the speaker we have a sealed conduit that
the drivers are connected to - the woofer is four 6.5-inch
woofers all up against that conduit - so we dissipate heat
that way and we add a lot of rigidity to the speaker, which
is always a good thing. " -Arlen Schweiger
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