Modesto , CA.- Visitors at CES 2005 saw some exciting new products from Zapco, both in their traditional field of amplifiers, and in the new field (for Zapco) of car audio speakers. "Our partners in Italy (ESB) have been building High-End speakers for years and we felt the time was right to bring them to market under the Zapco name. "Says John Borges of Zapco Marketing, "And from the reaction they received from listeners in our CES cars, the Italian sound is going very popular. We were fortunate to have the engineers over from Italy to discuss their driver and crossover designs with dealers and installers"

Also on view was the new digitally controlled Reference DC series of amplifiers. "Everything about these amps is digitally controlled through an on-board processor". Says Zapco President Donald Wright, "The control offers huge benefits in both system setup and use today, and has unlimited possibilities for tomorrow. The processors are open-ended and can be updated at any time with software. We think this will be crucial as the industry becomes more dependant on factory integration, and amps need to be set up for specific vehicles". Mr. Wright continues, "I see a future where you hook a PC up to your Zapco amp, you pick your car, and ‘Enter'... you're tuned. That future starts today with our DC series amps."

"The DC amps were made possible by the re-birth of the Zapco DSP project." Says Mr. Borges, "The DSP6-SL is on the way. This unit is a 6 channel DSP with Multiple stereo, Analog, and Digital inputs, Crossovers, Equalization, and Time Delay. We think this is the platform that will most benefit both competitors and consumers in today's market." He continues, "But, like the processor in the DC amp series, this unit is software driven and can be modified at any time. This means your DSP need never become obsolete. As requirements change you can update with software. This will be a huge boon to the consumer."

All new products will be available for shipping in May .