Features
Home Acoustics and Wellness
Steve Haas, CEO and principal consultant of SH Acoustics, sees acoustical design as enhancing not only home theaters, but also the health of all...
Features
InterNetworking
Building a Robust Network
Leading integrators discuss the importance of a robust and secure network, why wired is still the way to go, and how education is key...
In the Field
Bridging the Gap Between Design and Tech
An architect’s unique concept home provides a challenging proving ground for AV and smart home integration.
From the Editor
How We Got Here
Whenever I get the opportunity to network with any industry pros — integrators, owners, marketers, product managers — I enjoy hearing their origin stories;...
In the Field
Tech Showcase: DIY Products
These DIY offerings can make life easier for integrators and their DIFM clients.
Business Book Club
Business Book Club: ‘Great Client Partner’ by Jared Belsky
How Soft Skills Are the True Currency in Client Relationships
Home Theater
Private Cinema Beauty, More Than Skin Deep
Addressing the issues that popular thinking brings to high-end home theaters.
Marketing
Email Marketing Secrets to Grow Your Business
Learn the basics of email marketing so you can effectively reach your customers.
Back to Business
Selling Beyond the Sale
Changing the game around client and partner interactions with Relationship Science techniques.
Behind the Business
The CEDIA Podcast: Surveillance
Highlights from our conversation with ETC’s Michael Cogbill.
Home Theater
The Surprise Home Theater
Transforming a playroom in a New York City apartment to a fully functioning home theater in one clandestine month — don’t tell the family!
Back to Business
Understanding What Architects Need from Tech Integration Firms
A primer for residential systems integrators.
Features
WiCT Wednesdays: Cindy Stevens
Cindy Stevens, senior director, publications, Consumer Technology Association, discusses her thoughts on CES 2020 trends like 5G and how i3 inspires the next generation...
CES
WiCT Wednesdays: Danielle Karr
Danielle Karr, architect & designer program manager and certified showroom program specialist at Control4, discusses focusing on the user experience and working with the...
From the Field
The CEDIA Designer Adds New Features
Software now includes Spanish language documentation, specifies soundbar products, and introduces a Project Progress feature.
Home Theater
Tech Showcase: AV Receivers 2019
What the latest crop of AV receivers is delivering to today’s home theaters.
InterNetworking
Connecting the Smart Home
The history of wireless standards, what’s next, and why you should care.
CES
WiCT Wednesdays: Petro Shimonishi
Petro Shimonishi, director of global marketing, URC, discusses her thoughts on data privacy and her passion for diversity in the industry. She will be...
From the Field
AVaaS: Selling Solutions as a Service
AVaaS is coming on strong in the commercial world — can resi be far behind?
Home Theater
Living the Ultra-High Life
Two new ultra-high-end services take the best parts of the commercial theater experience and bring them into the home.
Going Forward
Dante Comes Home
Long used in the commercial world, Audinate’s networking platform solves large-scale AV distribution challenges for residential installs.
Behind the Business
Companies to Watch 2020
Success stories from throughout 2019 point to big things for the industry in 2020.
In the Field
The CEDIA Podcast: Why We Teach What We Teach
A chat with Steve Rissi, CEDIA’s director of technical training.
Business Book Club
Business Book Club: ‘The Coaching Habit’ by Michael Bungay Stanier
Say less, ask more, and change the way you lead forever.
Theater Design
Immersive Sound: More Than a Numbers Game
The promise of immersive audio in private cinemas goes way beyond the number of channels used.
InterNetworking
Wi-Fi 6 — Are You Ready?
Prepare yourself by understanding the benefits Wi-Fi 6 offers and learning the nomenclature of compatible devices.
Audio
Review: Sennheiser SB01 AMBEO Soundbar
Find out why John started calling this soundbar the MOAB — Mother of All Bars.
Behind the Business
The Business Side of Josh.ai
Here is what you need to know if you want to add the innovative brand to your product offerings.
Features
Tech Showcase: Best of Show Winners at CEDIA Expo 2019
Here are the details on the products that most impressed our industry-expert judges.
Marketing
5 Local SEO Elements You Can’t Do Without
What you need to do if you want potential clients to find your company online.
Home Theater
The State of Surround Sound
The latest on formats and the challenges of installing and selling surround sound systems.
Business Book Club
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
Musings from a genius journalist.
From the Editor
Getting Out There
Forcing yourself to do things when it is so much easier not to do them.
Marketing
Googling for Dollars
Here are five essential Google My Business tips to generate more leads.
CEDIA Show
Mitchell Klein: Always Something New
A profile of the 2019 CEDIA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
Going Forward
The Sonos Solution
How the smart audio company works with the custom installation community to make the world sound better.
Back to Business
The Right Time for Resimercial
Cloud, IP, and strategic partnerships are helping residential integrators tackle light commercial AV.
Behind the Business
Building the Next Generation of Technicians
Tackling workforce development with the CEDIA Electronic Systems Integration Technician Training Program.
In the Field
Review: Russound MBX Streaming Audio System
Russound offers its own take on a streaming audio solution.
In the Field
Making the Automation Connection
What you need to know when you are looking to switch your automation partner, or add a new one.