Powerful rack-mountable network multi-zone amplifier allows users to enjoy music anywhere and everywhere throughout the house.

Denon Electronics has announced the new HEOS Drive network multi-room amplifier, the latest addition to the HEOS wireless multi-room sound system. The powerful four-zone, eight-channel multi-room amplifier covers all HEOS zones with a single 2U tall, rack mountable chassis—ideal for custom installers. The newest addition to the Denon HEOS Series is expected to be available within the next 3 months.

With similar functionality to both the HEOS Amp and HEOS Link, HEOS Drive gives coverage of all four HEOS zones in a single 2U (3.5-inch-tall) chassis. Powerful class-D amplification, included rack mount ears, active cooling, reliable wired Ethernet input and pass-through, and a compact size makes the HEOS Drive a good choice for a whole-home distributed audio system.

“HEOS Drive was specially created by the custom installer for the custom installer,” said Joe Salamanca from Australian Distributor, QualiFi. “The market has been asking for a single chassis, multi-zone, streaming amplifier for years. This is it!”

The HEOS Drive is part of the HEOS multi-room sound system that enables users to enjoy their favourite music anywhere and everywhere around the home. By using an existing home network and the HEOS app for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire, users can explore, browse, and play music from an existing music library, from online streaming music services, and from thousands of Internet radio stations. HEOS streaming music services currently include Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, Deezer with TIDAL on the way as well as others.

 Key Features

• Four HEOS zones
• Eight-channel Class-D Amplifier
• 70WPC (20Hz-20kHz, .05% THD)
• Dedicated preamplifier output for each zone (selectable as stereo zone or subwoofer)
• Third-party control compatible
• 4 x 12V trigger outputs
• Two fibre optic inputs, two digital coax inputs, and four analogue inputs (matrix switching)
• Four USB inputs
• Amplifier bridge capability
• Selectable stereo / mixed mono output
• Selectable high pass / low pass filters
• Four-way binding posts
• Two Ethernet inputs
• Actively cooled
• Rack ears Included
• 2U (3.5-inch) rack height (with feet removed)
• Dolby Digital decoding (downmix to 2.0 ch)