Features
Rethinking Power Management for the Luxury Home
Clean power represents a strong entry point for integrators ready to broaden their expertise.
Luxury
News
StarPower Brings Loewe Technology’s stellar OLED TVs to the American Southwest
Starpower’s four retail showroom locations, including two in Dallas, one in Southlake, Texas, and one in Scottsdale, Arizona, will feature Loewe’s OLED TVs.
Features
Lifestyle Is Non-Negotiable for Luxury Clients
Why your marketing needs to move beyond specs and hyperbole and start speaking to their lifestyle language.
Behind the Business
It’s a Mad, madVR, World
How madVR Labs’ Envy Series became the industry’s luxury video processor of choice in less than five years.
Features
Taming the Rockies
A lush luxury home in the harsh climate of the Rocky Mountains relies on a URC control system integrated with a host of third-party...
Features
What Is the Value of Luxury?
A guide for the distinguished integrator, designer, and private cinema consultant to defining, delivering, and articulating value.
News
Loewe Accelerates U.S. Expansion With ProSource Alliance
Loewe gains access to ProSource’s network of independent retailers, integrators, and design professionals.
News
Case Study: Subterranean Luxury Home Theater
Torus Power, Elliston Systems & Design, and Paradise Theater team up to create an award-winning private cinema in Dallas, Texas.
Lighting & Shades
Crestron Introduces New Luxury Lighting Control Solutions
Latest additions include new Cameo keypads, dimmers, and switches, and metal finishes for Horizon keypads and dimmers.
Audio
B&W Introduces 801 Abbey Road Limited Edition Loudspeaker
Offered in a production run of 140 pairs, the 801 Abbey Road Limited Edition is a reference-quality loudspeaker based on the 801 D4 Signature.
Lighting & Shades
Lutron Introduces Aviena Toggle Keypad
Keypad is hand-finished in solid brass and features a weighted mechanical toggle switch.
News
HTA Reveals New Inspiration Gallery
Showcase of luxury home tech projects underscores the power of working with rigorously vetted, HTA Certified integration firms.
Audio
JBL Synthesis SMA Series Amplifiers Now Shipping
The SMA-4750 and SMA-8300 Class D multichannel DSP amplifiers cater to both high-power and high-channel-count systems.
Features
The Two Types of Luxury
You need to know which of the current perceptions of luxury your client is using.
Features
Invisible Luxury
This high-end home required entertainment everywhere, but demanded that it not take away from the interior aesthetics.
News
Sonance Adds Tyler Kungl as VP of Luxury Residential Sales
Kungl joins Sonance from Bosch Home Appliances.
News
Research: Luxury Audio Market to reach $4.3 Billion by 2028
New report from Futuresource Consulting shows the category entering a new phase of growth.
Events
L-Acoustics to Showcase Integrated Audio for the Home at ISE 2025
Exhibit will allow attendees to experience Soka, X4r, SB6r, and SB10r, as as the company’s HYRISS technology.
News
Case Study: Invisible Automation in a Mountain Estate
Utah’s Audio Wizards use the URC Total Control System to give this luxury homeowner providing top-tier functionality while maintaining the home’s aesthetic appeal.
Features
A Luxury Private Cinema State of Mind
A look at the top trends and technologies that are at play in today’s high-end home theaters.
Audio
Arendal Sound Launch Flagship 1528 Speaker Series
The biggest-ever speakers from Arendal Sound feature a custom carbon-graphene mid-range driver and a lithium magnesium tweeter.
Features
Only the Best
There is one thing that has not changed in this industry — and that is the wealthy’s need to have the very best.
News
Lutron and Meridian Host Austin Specifier Event
Exclusive event created a one-of-a-kind sensory experience and demonstrated the power of light, sound, and collaboration.
News
Harman Luxury Audio Names Calder as Director of Sales, Consumer Audio, North America
Will be responsible for planning, driving, and managing all aspects of the company’s sales efforts across the region.
News
Lamborghini’s New Revuelto to Feature Sonus faber Speakers
This is the first Lamborghini vehicle available to customize with Sonus faber’s automotive audio system.
Audio
AVID Debuts Acutus Dark Iron Luxury Turntable
Features a new motor system that sees the motor coupled to the main chassis.
News
Coming Soon: The madVR Labs Experience Center – Midwest, by Ascend
Will provide an opportunity to engage with a diverse selection of high-end brands in the same theater.
Features
The Scalable Path to Luxury Cinema
Even in the world of high-end theater design, there is room for good, better, best options.
Behind the Business
The $75 Million Spec Smart House
AHT Global works with a Miami-based builder to create mega-multi-million-dollar homes that have no owners…yet.
Audio
Sonus faber Suprema Loudspeaker System Provides a Feast for Eyes and Ears
Manufacturer celebrates 40th anniversary by providing the ultimate luxury product — with a price to match.
News
L-Acoustics Creates Team Dedicated to Home & Yacht Vertical
The new team, including new personnel appointments, includes product management, sales, and application support to strengthen the outreach into key markets.
Back to Business
Predicting the Year Ahead
Some industry trends and guidance to consider as 2023 comes to a close.
Features
Navigating the Private Cinema Evolution
A deep dive with Ryan Brown, maestro of private cinema design.
Audio
McIntosh Releases MQ112 Environmental Equalizer
Enables listeners to adjust audio signal levels by ±12 dB range at 8 key bands between 25 Hz and 10 kHz.
News
McIntosh Opens New House of Sound Experience Center
A multi-sensory townhouse that highlights the group’s brands and premium audio innovations.
Audio
Luxman Debuts New Flagship Integrated Amplifier
The L-509Z is the first to offer LIFES1.0 stages in both preamp and power amp and the first with LECUA-EX volume control.
News
The Cinema Connoisseur Issue 6 is Now Available
Includes a Cinema Sommelier movie review of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ and much more.
Audio
New Floorstanding Speaker Continues KEF’s Partnership With Lotus
The LS60 Wireless Lotus Edition is a versatile speaker that combines the latest technologies with excellent sound, inspired by Lotus heritage color — British...
Audio
Clarus Debuts Audiophile Phono and Power Cables
New cables isolate real-world noise and external factors that negatively impact music playback.
News
Trinnov Introduces Certification Program
Trinnov is rolling out separate, multi-level certification programs for pro audio, commercial cinema, and high-end/home theater.