Lab Gruppen LUCIA®
Localized Utility Compact Intelligent Amplification
What is LUCIA?
Designed with speed of install and flexibility in mind, the 2-channel LUCIA is an extremely compact and versatile Energy Star qualified Class D amplifier platform. Combining innovative low-impedance electronics with cutting-edge processing from the world of high-end broadcast audio, LUCIA delivers consistently great sound at any listening level.
LUCIA sits at the heart of almost any room or zone where high quality audio, ease of use and flexibility are requirements – providing industry-renowned amplification, innovative auto-configuring DSP, flexible input and routing control (M-models only) in one quiet-running device. It does all the hard work, providing better sounding results ‘out of the box’, preventing audible clipping - even when subject to demanding operating conditions (eg. overdriven). LUCIA always sounds great.
bringing great sound to everyday experiences.
At the heart of LUCIA™ (Localized Utility Compact Intelligent Amplification) is its ingenious DSP and advanced limiter design - ensuring great sounding results, no matter what and providing a more dynamic listening experience, and more satisfying environment to be in.
LUCIA is about simplicity. Removing the complications and compromises of traditional centralized audio systems, LUCIA brings truly exceptional sound quality, ease of use and flexibility to those everyday experiences where it matters most: restaurants and entertainment venues, retail spaces, corporate boardrooms and classrooms.
Who is LUCIA for?
Wherever high quality audio is mandated with local source and simple control, close to hand, LUCIA provides the perfect solution – in conjunction with good quality ceiling and surface-mount loudspeaker products (such as CMS Series from Tannoy Professional).
Restaurant/Entertainment: Multi-function/zoned restaurants and entertainment venues where high quality background and foreground music varies throughout certain hours of the day in defined areas (eg. bar/ lounge in evening), and local inputs and control are important.
Retail: High quality music is a vital aspect of modern fashion retail, with flexible audio control and local input for in-store promos (eg. DJ). LUCIA provides the perfect tool to provide impact for these types of retail/mall applications.
Corporate: Modern high-end boardrooms and other corporate presentation spaces such as dedicated training rooms, multimedia, video-conferencing and meeting suites.
Education: Multimedia equipped learning – classrooms, presentation rooms, and performance spaces. The audio node is integrated with interactive whiteboard teaching environment.
Great sounding results, quickly and easily
LUCIA has been designed and engineered with quick install and very easy setup in mind. Each unit comes supplied with a wall-mount bracket allowing for discreet on-wall location (such as behind video displays) but can also be located close to wherever it needs to be in the room – such as next to projector or integrated into a reception counter, podium & lectern or bar area. All connections are via Euroblock screw terminals (also RCA phono inputs shared with channel 1 and 2), and level setting is available on front-panel potentiometers. Advanced circuitry protects the amplifier and connected loudspeakers from potential damage caused by clipping, thermal overload, or extreme low line voltage.
The base models require no configuration whatsoever, with all DSP features fully automated (multi-band compressor, look-ahead limiter and load detection for optimized power output).
The versatile 4 x 4 Mix Matrix and comprehensive DSP features including Automatic Dynamic Loudness Contouring (ADLCTM), featured on the LUCIA 240/2 M and 120/2 M eliminate the need for external mixers and processors in many applications, saving time and money. A software wizard facilitates fast setup, while the advanced editor allows offline configuration of common presets that can be quickly downloaded to multiple units via USB.
Green credentials
Auto Load Sense (ALS)
Remote control
Great sound at any listening level
LUCIA delivers great sound under almost any conditions thanks to its powerful front-end DSP. All models feature advanced multi-band compression and look-ahead limiter design to ensure that there is never audible clipping. But the M (Matrix) models benefit from our proprietary Automatic Dynamic Loudness Contouring (ADLC) technology.
ADLC ensures a “fuller” and comfortable listening experience – especially at low perceived levels. Based on industry leading technology from TC Electronic, ADLC ensures that LUCIA makes the best of what comes into the system regardless of output gain (or “volume”). For normal SPL ranges, LUCIA applies adaptive ISO226 compensation. At the limits of a loudspeaker’s SPL capability, LUCIA extends its useable range, keeping distortion at bay.
This dynamic processing automatically “eases off” at higher SPL so that the system maintains a consistent full-bandwidth sound with full impact at all listening levels.
Low-Impedance Amplification
There are many advantages to Lo-Z audio systems compared to constant voltage ‘distributed systems’. LUCIA harnesses all of these to give you the best sounding solution in the most cost-efficient package.
- Better sound
- Delivers full performance potential of amplifier and loudspeakers
- Improved LF/bass performance
- Greater flexibility
- Local zone control and I/O
- Easily scalable with additional infrastructure
- Cost-efficient
- No need for long cable runs and conduit/trunking (required for 70 V / 100 V)
- Save cost on loudspeakers without transformers
Easy configuration
Thanks to the integrated DSP featuring multi-band compression and look-ahead limiting, all LUCIA models come ready optimized out of the box, making it easy to get great sounding results. For the LUCIA ‘Matrix’ models, a software configurator eases the process of commissioning each device in the system. All DSP parameters (including per-channel parametric EQ and high-pass filter) and routing can be controlled with ease using this powerful but easy-to-use application.
• Connection between laptop and LUCIA via USB
• Available for Windows and Mac
• Presets available for common loudspeakers including Tannoy’s CMS, CVS, DVS and OCV Series’
• Program multiple LUCIA in a single system
Input & Routing
LUCIA offers simple but effective I/O across the range. More flexible input and routing is possible on the advanced ‘Matrix’ models, with routing software-configured (connection by USB to laptop) or switchable by 3rd party wall panel control (via GPIO). For typical examples of routing possibilities and real-world applications,
- 2 balanced inputs (Euroblock/Phoenix connector) directly to 2 amplifier channels (‘base’ models).
- 4 balanced inputs with 4x4 Mix Matrix to 2 amplifier channels and processed line-level outputs (‘Matrix’ models).
- RCA unbalanced inputs for channel 1 and 2 shared with the balanced input connector – for more typical user input options (iPod, laptop, etc).
LUCIA 120/1-70
LUCIA 120/2
LUCIA 120/2M
LUCIA 240/1-70
LUCIA 240/2
LUCIA 240/2M
LUCIA 60/1-70
LUCIA 60/2