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Taking Integration to a Whole New Level; Millson to Launch CinemaFrame at CEDIA Expo

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CinemaFrame photoWell-respected custom integrator Richard Millson, founder of Vancouver, BC-based Millson Technologies, has some 25-years of experience in high-end residential AV and automation systems installation. Many of these installations were in luxury high-rise condominium developments, trendy boutique hotels, and high-end homes. After literally tens of thousands of installations, Millson knew well the gaping holes in the market that manufacturers simply weren’t addressing.

So Richard created a new company, Millson Custom Solutions, to address these gaps. And the first product from MCS, four years in the making, is CinemaFrame – an amazing in-wall high-performance home theater solution.

See more on the remarkable CinemaFrame invisible home theater system… [Read more…] about Taking Integration to a Whole New Level; Millson to Launch CinemaFrame at CEDIA Expo

Your Company: Sell It? Take a Partner? Find an Investor?

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Capital Summit @ CEDIA Expo 2015 Announced

CEDIA Expo 2015 logoIntrepid Investment Bankers, LLC and Stiernberg Consulting have announced that they will once again partner to host a Capital Summit in conjunction with the CEDIA Expo taking place in Dallas next month from October 14-17. This is the second time the two companies – one a middle-market investment bank and the other an industry consulting firm – have held the event which offers attendees an expert panel sharing information on a variety of issues related to capital strategies.

See more on the agenda for the Summit, including who’s participating… [Read more…] about Your Company: Sell It? Take a Partner? Find an Investor?

CEDIA: Manufacturers Hop into the Driver’s Seat

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Vincent Bruno

CEDIA announced last week that it has hired Vincent Bruno to take over as CEDIA’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective next month. Bruno will leave his current position as Marketing Director for manufacturer Crestron Electronics, a position he’s held for seven years, to take the CEO role at the top trade association for integrators.

See more on this interesting development… [Read more…] about CEDIA: Manufacturers Hop into the Driver’s Seat

TiO Sponsors Expo Competition, to Give Away $5,000 System Each Day

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Graphic of yellow belt ninjaWireless multi-room automation system maker Turn It On (TiO), a division of Anuva Automation, announced this week that it will be sponsoring a fun competition at next month’s CEDIA Expo called the Ninja Time Trials. The Ninja Time Trials offer an opportunity for Expo attendees to compete against the clock and each other, with each day’s winner awarded a full TiO home automation system with a retail value of $5,000.

Learn more about how you can win a valuable TiO system… [Read more…] about TiO Sponsors Expo Competition, to Give Away $5,000 System Each Day

D&M Holdings Loses Its First Big Battle in Legal War with Sonos

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BREAKING NEWS

Sonos logoThe legal war between Sonos, Inc. and D&M Holdings, Inc. is really just getting started and already D&M Holdings has lost its first major battle – with U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews denying their motion to disqualify the attorneys representing Sonos. The matter, a patent infringement case filed by Sonos in late 2014 against D&M Holdings, Inc. dba The D+M Group, D&M Holdings U.S. Inc., and Denon Electronics (USA), LLC (D&M), is related to D&M’s HEOS line of wireless music systems.

See why the judge sided with Sonos in this particular matter… [Read more…] about D&M Holdings Loses Its First Big Battle in Legal War with Sonos

Dominique Rejoins Core Brands as National Sales Manager

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Nortek's Core Brands LogoWho says you can’t go home again? Core Brands announced this week that Jason Dominique has rejoined the company to take the role of National Sales Manager of the Security Channel. Dominique previously worked for Core Brands’ Proficient line from 2005 to 2013.

See more on Dominique and his return to Core Brands… [Read more…] about Dominique Rejoins Core Brands as National Sales Manager

B&W Re-engineers A Classic, Launches All-New 800 Series Diamond Line

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B&W 800 Series Diamond Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) announced Wednesday that it has completely re-engineered their top-of-the-line 800 Series Diamond loudspeaker line, a favorite of many discerning audiophiles. Changing your flagship product is an incredibly daunting (and risky) task – how do you improve on perfection? – but it’s all in a day’s work for a company that, since 1966,  has been in a “Quest for Perfection.”

See more on this dramatic new line of finely engineered loudspeakers… [Read more…] about B&W Re-engineers A Classic, Launches All-New 800 Series Diamond Line

Try as It Might, Toshiba Can’t Seem to Turn the Page

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Toshiba signOn Monday, Toshiba released their twice-delayed final financial data for the last fiscal year (ended March 2015) in what it undoubtedly hoped would be the first step to turning the page from a scandal-racked year. But forces out of their control conspire to keep them in the hot seat – with a regulatory agency threatening large fines and a major shareholder demanding the company sue its former executives.

It looks like Toshiba’s troubles will continue… [Read more…] about Try as It Might, Toshiba Can’t Seem to Turn the Page

Apple’s Big Event is Mostly Meh, With Some Evolutionary Goodies

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Apple iPhone 6sApple, Inc. held their regularly scheduled September event today to announce new products – this time to introduce: a minor new Watch update, a more significant new bigger iPad they call the iPad Pro, a new Apple TV with a revamped user interface, and finally the new interim smartphone update – the iPhone 6s & 6s Plus. Using lots of exciting & cool music, dramatic video segments, and massive colorful images on a huge screen – presenters worked hard to milk applause from the Apple friendly crowd. But for us, most of these “innovations” were “meh” – more evolutionary than revolutionary.

See our brief on the Apple update… [Read more…] about Apple’s Big Event is Mostly Meh, With Some Evolutionary Goodies

Details Set for Len Schneider Memorial Service

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We recently had the sad duty to report on the passing of our colleague and good friend Len Schneider, just last month. At the time of that report, we had no information on a service in his honor – although many of you contacted us to ask about one. Len’s family has now set the details for a service to be held in his memory in New Jersey on Saturday, October 3, 2015.

See all the details on this event…and make plans to attend… [Read more…] about Details Set for Len Schneider Memorial Service