Jünger Audio has appointed Group One and HHB Canada to handle its product lines in the US and Canada.

Jünger Audio and HHB staff

With broadcasters facing the new Calm audio loudness legislation, the appointments will increase availability of Jünger Audio’s Level Magic Loudness control solutions. These incorporate ATSC, ITU and EBU R128 recommendations on Loudness and have already been adopted by broadcasters such as Discovery Channel, MediaCorp, Canal+, Astro and RTL.

‘We feel confident that their expertise in the market will enable us to bring our product range to a much larger audience,’ says Jünger Audio MD, Peter Poers. ‘Both our new T*AP TV Audio Processor and Level Magic suite of products fulfil the requirements set by major broadcasters around the world for maintaining loudness consistency. This is an important issue for everyone involved in the broadcast industry.’

Group One operates through a network of independent sales representatives calling on nearly 1,500 different dealer and contractor accounts. The company currently employs 15 people with a main office in Farmingdale, NY, a warehouse and service facility in Las Vegas, and sales  and support personnel located in Minneapolis, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

Group One’s audio division currently distributes Blue Sky, DiGiCo, MC², RTW and XTA.

‘Jünger Audio has a very good reputation in the US for audio and manufacturing quality, and this fits in exactly with our other brands,’ company co-founder Jack Kelly says. ‘The Jünger Audio products, especially the new T*AP Processor, will be very well received in the US as they provide a clear solution to the requirements of the Calm Act without sacrificing audio quality or reliability. Our responsibility is to make more customers aware of Jünger Audio’s range, enable more opportunities for these customers to evaluate the products, and provide the level of customer care that will give confidence in Jünger Audio.’

As part of the UK-based HHB Group, HHB Canada is a leading independent supplier representing Cedar, iZotope, Que Audio, Solid State Logic, TSL and Universal Audio. HHB is also a major manufacturer of professional audio recording devices and recording media in its own right and these products, along with its distributed ranges, are made available to local customers such as CBC, Radio-Canada, CTV, TVA, TV Ontario, Rogers and Astral Television by the Canadian subsidiary.

‘Jünger Audio is renowned for the quality and transparency of its audio dynamics processing. We are very impressed with the modularity of the C8000 system, and how a broadcaster can process many streams of HD-SDI audio in a small modular system,’ says Dave Dysart, head of HHB Canada ‘We believe our broadcast clients will be very impressed with the Jünger Audio range of products. With HHB as the dedicated Canadian distributor, Canadian broadcasters will feel confident that they will receive professional sales and technical support from a local supplier.’

Dysart says that the loudness issue is also a concern for Canadian consumers and broadcasters, who are demanding scalable solutions that allows them to set the desired target audio level and then have the processing work seamlessly and in the background. ‘Jünger Audio’s Level Magic adaptive level control algorithm offers the ideal solution because it is designed to adjust level from any source without distorting the sound in any way,’ he adds. ‘The fact that these units are also very easy to operate is also a major advantage.’