Ingang Audio Co has been named new South Korea distributor for Optocore and associated brand, BroaMan.

Established in 2006 by President Joo Hong Chang and CEO Steve Kim, the Seoul-based company has built an extensive portfolio of pro audio brands, including Meyer Sound, Calrec, Countryman, Samson and Lectrosonics.

Both Chang and Technical Director, Eric Han had known Optocore and BroaMan for many years and the latter has received Optocore training. The company has also had established a strong relationship with Optocore Distribution Sales Manager Dawid Somló and the tech team during earlier project development.

‘Ingang had been talking with us for a long time,’ Somló says. ‘It is an excellent pro audio company with a good infrastructure, that is keen to develop its portfolio with our video transport systems and add them to audio projects.’

‘Having Optocore and BroaMan [in our portfolio] is like securing a backbone for our brands,’ says Ingang Audio Co Senior Marketing Manager, Jake Min. ‘We now have optical paths for sending and receiving audio/video/intercom and some control signals. Also it enables us to make an optical connection between loudspeaker, processor and console, replacing the existing cables.’

For BroaMan, Ingang Audio hopes to expand the brand’s treach beyond broadcast into theatre, although Min estimates that with the impact of Covid-19, that broadcast segment will lead the way, rather than live events.

To this end, the company already has a project lined up, with two sets of Optocore M12 OPT/BNC Madi switches being installed in a large broadcast hall, for splitting and sending Madi signals to several consoles for PA, broadcast and stage monitoring.

Meanwhile, the Ingang Audio showroom will include demo racks featuring Optocore Festival Box Petit, M12 and X6R, while pride of place for BroaMan will be the best-selling Mux22 series.

Summing up the impact of adding these new market-leading fibre-based brands to their portfolio, Jake Min foresees many advantages: ‘It means we will be able to send various signals via Optocore connection to far away distances using a light weight solution. Secondly, Optocore and BroaMan have reliable redundancy such as dual power as well as dual connection. And with a decentralised network they can support various network topologies.

‘In short, these are very experienced brands that we firmly believe in.’