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Niles' lifetime speaker warranty keeps your house rockin'
Niles is best known around these parts for its home automation systems, but because everybody loves one-stop shopping convenience, the company makes speakers to round out your setup as well. And you can be sure that the tunes at your next house party will flow uninterrupted, thanks to the company's newly-announced limited lifetime warranty on all its passive speakers. Given the typical pricing on Niles gear, we're guessing those setups are pretty sprawling, so it's good that speakers in every nook and cranny of your abode are covered: the StageFront HT, Ceiling Mount and GeoRealistic models are all covered against defective materials or workmanship. Note that beverage-induced damages, however, are not explicitly covered.
Niles IntelliControl IC2 remote does it all with no screen
Although we're unabashed fans of super-complicated macro-and-touchscreen universal remotes, a lot of people just want to smack a button and have their home theater work without having to squint at tiny screens or worry about state-based macro operations. Niles Audio is hoping to to capitalize on that market with the IntelliControl IC2, an all-button RF remote that's optimized to control most home theater devices without the use of a screen. The included HT-MSU control unit / repeater has 8 IR / RS-232 outputs and connects to the IC2 via ZigBee, meaning the system can potentially be expanded further, although Niles hasn't announced such support yet. The company is expected to announce the IC2 at CEDIA in September, but if you're hoping to chuck your Harmony, you'd better start saving pennies: simplicity will cost you $999.
