Billed as ‘a quantum leap forward’ for the Galileo network platform, Meyer Sound has announced the Galileo Galaxy.

Galaxy is the first Meyer Sound loudspeaker processor to be fully networkable, with multiple units sharing 96kHz, 24-bit multichannel audio via an AVB network. Maximum input count has been increased from six to eight for easier implementation of 7.1 systems, and a new generation of FPGA-based processing with 96kHz floating-point resolution delivers increased dynamic range, a lower noise floor, and super-low latency of 0.6ms analogue in to analogue out.

Other features new to Galaxy include a delay matrix, easier integration with Crestron and other third-party controllers, a word clock input on the AES3 version, and improved equalisation tools.

‘Galaxy is a brand new platform that moves the proven Galileo concept to the forefront of digital loudspeaker processing,’ says Meyer Sound VP of Solutions & Strategy, John McMahon. ‘It stands alone in its field in terms of open-source networkability, pristine audio performance, and meticulous engineering of the filtering algorithms.’

The first three models in the new line – Galaxy 816, Galaxy 816-AES3 and Galaxy 408 – will ship Q3 2016.

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