Mike Teolis, President/Co-Founder of Colorbeam North America, speaks with me about his brilliant full-rage/flicker free dimming & lighting solution. We cover topics such as full range dimming from 0-100, flicker free dimming, color shift, RGB/RBG-W, circadian rhythm, residential & commercial lighting applications and solutions. All this and more, on this episode of AV Insider.
Salvatore Carraba, president of Salamander Designs, speaks with me about his made-in-America since day one, custom AV furniture (soft goods, and not so soft goods) company, and how its building fantastic custom made-to-order products in a short time frame. We cover built/made local processes, and how the first design is still implemented today (I have […]
Jack Sharkey, Content creation manager at KEF, speaks with me about their new LS50 Wireless speakers. LS50 Wireless is a complete and fully active music system designed for how high resolution music is now enjoyed. It delivers exceptional sound quality, once only achievable by putting together a system of high quality separate components. We also […]
Join the Crew: Katye McGregor Bennett, Corey Moss and Justin Watts as they welcome their guests: Vin Bruno – CEO at CEDIA Tim Sinnaeve – Director, Barco Residential Barry Sheldrick – Director of Sales at Meridian Audio Alison Maxson – Press and PR Specialist, Americas at Barco Yes, big news – Katye McGregor Bennett is back! Even bigger – […]
We broke all of our own records this year covering the CEDIA show in Dallas, TX last week. The annual HomeAV residential systems integration show set some records of its own – hear about our coverage and their record in today’s podcast!
Adrien Da Maia, GM of the US devision of DEVIALET, speaks with me about their ultra hi end wireless speakers, The Phantom. We cover their amplifiers, and talk about how these amps were incorporated into the phantom as well.
Matthew LaBruzzo, Director of Engineering, Artison USA, speaks with me about custom soundbars, and the last new backpack. Think AVR minus the tuner and the phono, in a slim 1″ chassis.
Stephen Mejias, VP of communications at Audioquest, speaks with me about higher cables, DACS, headphones, Low-z AC line conditioners, and everything In between for the HiFi personal audio, and CE side of audio.
Simon Tchedikian, CEO & co-founder of Sevenhugs, speaks with me about his two smart products, the huge one sleep monitoring and health device, and the newly to be launched smart remote, which controls all your smart connected devices so you don’t have to use all their apps.
Cassie Metzger, Director of marketing communications of QMotion (a Legrand company), speaks with me about integration of their shades will all types of control systems.
Mark Moody, Product manager at a Vantage Controls speaks with me about Adorne keypads via Vantage Controls, and adaptive dimming modules and universal dimmer/keypads.
I grabbed CEDIA CEO, Vin Bruno today for a quick pre-show podcast before the show opens on Thursday – live from Dallas, TX. I asked him to cite 3-reasons why you need to make the last-minute decision to attend CEDIA. And, his answer is all about education – so if you’re already attending, listen as […]
Jeff Curtis, CEO of Legrand’s LUXUL, speaks with me about the newly acquired company, his startup life background/experience, how this translates to where we can expect LUXUL to advance to, and so much more. Luxul has everything you need to stay connected in today’s world, and we got it all on this episode of AV […]
The Rosewater Energy Hub is the brainchild of it’s founder and CEO, Joe Piccirilli, and it’s made a lot of integrators a lot of money since it started shipping in April – and it’s given the homeowner peace of mind. The RoseWater Energy Hub is the first all-in-one residential and light commercial power solution integrating […]
Join the Crew: Host Katye McGregor Bennett (yes, you read that right!), Corey Moss and Justin Watts as they welcome their guests: Vincent Bruno – CEO at CEDIA Joey Kolchinsky – Founder, Managing Director at OneVision Resources Yes, for the first time in 2016, the host mic has been turned over to our CEDIA Crew member Katye McGregor Bennett to host this […]
Gary was joined on today’s podcast, via video, with Barco Residential’s Director, Tim Sinnaeve. Barco had what was rated as one of the best all-time theaters at CEDIA 2015 and Tim promises, with his partners Steinway Lyngdorf and Stewart Filmscreen, he will blow people away this year. Using their flagship 6P laser projection system, Barco […]
Vin Bruno, CEO of CEDIA, now almost one year in to his role with the custom electronic design installation association, and a similar time frame since he and I last chatted on AV Insider (Episode 56), takes some time out of his extremely busy day/night to speak with me about all the major accomplishments he […]
Gary had a videocast today with KanexPro’s Director of Product Marketing, Kash Khetia, today where he debuted their all-new 4K capable modular matrix – available in 8 x 8 or 16 x 16 configurations. The switcher is capable of switching up to 18Gbps and can handle HDMI 1080p, HDMI 2.0 4K@60Hz (chroma sample rate 4:2:0), […]
Gary Yacoubian, president and managing partner of SVS sound (most commonly known for their subwoofers), speaks with me about the SVSound revolution. We cover affordable speakers, to more premium, yet budget friendly option(s). We cover 2-channel, surround formats (ATMOS, AURO 3D, DTS:X), and how a new product (Launching soon – AV Insider exclusive content) solves […]
Mark Bishop, owner/president of Lyntec, speaks with me about lighting controls for the Pro AV world. We cover digital signage, live events, house of worship, and massive productions, and all controlled by Lyntec products (third party integration as well). LynTec is a leading manufacturer of innovative electrical power control solutions for professional audio, video, and […]
Jimmy Paschke, sales manager for resi products, talks with me about surge elimination, and the importance of clean power for AV, and electronics. Everyone lives in a world of dirty power, and is susceptible to power surges, which can result to major damages and loss. SurgeX has been around for 20 years, mainly in the […]
Miranda Grantham (National sales manager), and Zak Yarnel (West coast regional sale manager) of Metra Home Theater Group, speak with me about the most premium to modest home theater product solutions that Metra Home Theater Group has to offer for integrators, and home owners alike. We cover HDMI 2.0, and HDCP2.2 compatible products, and what […]
Randy Leasure, VP of business development, and Kevin Fielding, head of design and engineering, speak with me about Neil Young’s high resolution audio movement, Pono. Pono means righteous. It is a Hawaiian word, the one, the pureness. Pono is leading a revolution in music listening. Quality has now entered the listening space so that we can […]
Vincent Bruno (Vin), newly appointed CEO of CEDIA, speaks with Johnny Mota about his new role and his 31 year long career in the CI industry. They talk about what CEDIA is for installers, designers, members, and even homeowners. They discuss Vin’s plans for the next year at at CEDIA, where it’s headed, and what […]
Obviously, I had to talk to the holder of the biggest booth at CEDIA, CORE Brands (www.corebrands.com) – they’re spending more money than anyone else. So, Joe Lautner, CORE’s Director of Control, joined me to explain their strategy and where they are in the market now. They’ve made a lot of acquisitions over the past […]
AMX (www.amx.com) literally was only represented by a table inside the HARMAN booth and I suspect many, many integrators missed them. Too bad as they demo’d the makings of a totally-new control system interface – and it is impressive. I asked Adam Gershon, AMX’s Residential Product Manager, to join me on a podcast to explain […]
Tannoy’s Inside Sales Manager, Amy deBruyn, lives and breathes Tannoy – and she’s proud of her company. As you’ll learn in this podcast, Tannoy has a 70-some year history in HomeAV and what’s old is new again. Oh, and she and Eric Warren, also from Tannoy, and Amy make a great team – listen and […]
The control system market has changed a ton over the past 10-years. A segment of the market that was once dominated by just two big players – Crestron and AMX – is now over-crowded. And, new players Apple, Google, Amazon and others are flooding the entry-level of the market and solidly stealing the DIY’ers. And, […]
