LEA Professional, headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, and established in 2019, specializes in delivering top-tier amplifier technology to professional AV dealers and integrators. The company, led by seasoned industry professionals, emphasizes excellence in executive leadership, engineering, and channel development.
LEA Professional announced a distribution partnership with Snap One Australia, now part of ADI, to expand its reach in Australia and New Zealand. This partnership brings LEA’s advanced amplifiers and cloud-connected technologies to Snap One’s extensive integrator network.
This collaboration aligns with both companies’ goals of global expansion and delivering innovative solutions to integrators, providing enhanced offerings and increased accessibility to smart AV technologies for residential and commercial markets in the region.
LEA Professional announced its new distribution partnership with Victoria-based Snap One Australia, now part of ADI, showcasing the company’s ongoing global expansion efforts. This distribution relationship will bring LEA’s rich technology catalog, featuring industry-first advancements in intelligent IT solutions, best-in-class DSP, and smart power management, to customers in Australia and New Zealand.
As a leading manufacturer and distributor of smart living technology, Snap One empowers its network of professional integrators to deliver entertainment, connectivity, control, and security solutions to residential and commercial end customers worldwide. Expanding their portfolio with LEA Professional’s award-winning Network Connect series of professional amplifiers and companion Dante Connect series featuring Dante and AES67 connectivity supports Snap One’s continued commitment. These series enable integrators to utilize cloud-based remote control, monitoring, notifications, and more from any internet-enabled device, allowing them to stay connected anywhere in the world.
“Snap One is committed to providing more products and services, more shopping convenience, more local support and expertise, and more investment in innovation,” said Adam Merlino, Vice President and General Manager APAC, Snap One/ADI Global Distribution. “Adding LEA aligns with our business goals to provide customers with more enhanced offerings,” Merlino added.
LEA Professional’s smart amplifiers feature onboard 96kHz DSP, LEA Cloud connectivity, WebUI, third-party API control, real-time load monitoring, Lo-Z/70V/100V selectable by channel, Power Bridge technology, fault monitoring, high-efficiency power design, over 3,000 speaker tuning presets, and LEA’s advanced amplifier control software, SharkWare.
“Our partnership with Snap One opens up a significant opportunity for more customers worldwide to access our technology,” said Scott Robbins, VP of Sales at LEA Professional. “Australia and New Zealand remain top of mind, and we are excited to collaborate with a distributor that can help these customers access our technology.”
