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Bryston Launches Innovative ‘Trade-Up’ Program on Famous 4B Amplifier

June 22, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

Bryston 4B Cubed amplifier

Here’s a dilemma…imagine you make a product that is so good that it may be your peak achievement. It’s built solidly with great technology, sounds great, and works today…and for many years of tomorrows-to-come. Your engineers forgot to build in “planned obsolescence” where the product will “automatically” require upgrading a few years down the road. In fact, it’s built so well, you put an industry-leading 20-year warranty on it!

How do you get owners – who are, for the most part, blissfully enjoying this product for years and years – to upgrade to the latest version with even newer and better technology? It is a conundrum that Bryston faced…and has now solved…by offering an easy upgrade program for owners of their famous 4B amplifiers.

Learn all about Bryston’s 4B trade-in upgrade program…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Products, Promotions, Sales Tagged With: Bryston, Gary Dayton, trade-in, trade-up

Crestron’s Partnership Universe Expands Creating New Experiences for Users

May 28, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

Crestron HomeTime lifestyle image

Launches HomeTime Integrated Home Conferencing WFH Solution

No doubt about it, Crestron is on a roll. They have recently had a series of announcements – not of the ho-hum type, but of the more meaningful, perhaps industry-changing type. Now we learn about another new partnership being announced – Crestron is working with Logitech and Zoom to deliver HomeTime, an upgraded home video conferencing solution perfect for this strange new work-from-home (WFH) world in which we all find ourselves.

See more about Crestron HomeTime…

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, News, Products, Strategy, Technology Tagged With: Jeff Smith, John Clancy, Logitech, Scott Wharton, WFH, work from home, Zoom

And BAM! Just Like That, Savant Acquires GE Lighting to Become a Major Lighting Supplier

May 28, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Savant and GE Lighting logos

WSJ Says Deal Valued at Around $250M

On Wednesday, we learned that Savant Systems Inc. (Savant), has acquired the lighting business from none other than the mighty GE. Terms of the transaction were not released, but the Wall Street Journal reports that “the transaction valued the unit at around $250 million, according to a person familiar with the matter.” GE has been a major lighting provider for over a hundred years.

See more on this HUGE Savant & GE deal…

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Filed Under: Brands, Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy Tagged With: C by GE, GE, GE Lighting, J.C. Murphy, Robert Madonna, Savant, Savant Systems

Integrators Rejoice! Peace Chimes are Ringing – Crestron & Lutron are Working Together

May 26, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

Lutron and Crestron are now working together

OK…I don’t want to overstate this, but over the last few years, integration industry giants Crestron and Lutron have been…shall we say…a little competitive with each other. Maybe not directly so, but certainly there have been skirmishes over several lines of products. Over time, the two companies’ line extensions have been progressively encroaching more and more into each other’s territory.

Well, that’s over now, as Creston announced last week that it has forged “an alliance” with Lutron – integrating several of the lighting company’s products into the Crestron Home ecosystem. Dealers who sell both brands are undoubtedly rejoicing – Hallelujah! Peace has come!

Read more on the Crestron & Lutron alliance…

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Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Products Tagged With: Crestron, Crestron Electronics, Crestron Home, John Clancy, Lutron, Lutron Electronics, Michael Smith

SnapAV Launches New Remote Monitoring Platform Integrating the Best of OvrC, BakPak¹ & Ihiji

May 14, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

SnapAV announced today that it has engineered an all-new version of their popular OvrC remote monitoring and management system (RMM). This new version, launched in the wake of their acquisition of Control4 last year with its competitive Pakedge networking, as well as BakPak and Ihiji remote monitoring solutions, is said to combine the best of all of these systems.

SnapAV says OvrC is their ‘platform of the future.’ See more…

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Filed Under: Products Tagged With: Charlie Kindel, Control4, OvrC, remote management, remote monitoring, remote support, SnapAV

Sonos Hits Sour Note – Fiscal Q2 Sales Drop 17%, Losses Hit $52.3 Million

May 6, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

Photo of new Sonos Sub

CEO Says Direct-to-Consumer Sales Were Big, Launching Three New Models

Sonos Inc. announced Wednesday the results of their fiscal second quarter, a quarter that CEO Patrick Spence called “challenging.” The company saw a double-digit sales decline of 17% to $175.1 million from $210.2 million in the same quarter in 2019. Worse, net losses more than doubled to $52.3 million – 129% worse than the net loss of $22.8 million in Q2 last year.

Still, Spence sounded upbeat in a letter to investors and says he is “confident that the actions we are taking today will set us up for long-term success and the continued tremendous opportunity ahead.”

Learn more about the sour Sonos results in Q2…

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Products Tagged With: Sonos, Sonos Inc

Critically Needed to Protect Crews, The DaVinci Group Sets Up to Supply Dealers PPE

April 29, 2020 by Ted 1 Comment

The DaVinci Group now supplies PPE to dealers

The DaVinci Group (TDG), a specialty supplier of custom integration gear including architectural speakers, amplifiers and more, has taken extraordinary steps to offer their dealers responsibly sourced personal protection equipment (PPE), such that their work crews can safely continue to access job sites and clients’ homes fully protected. An example of creative thinking, TDG used their sourcing prowess to find a reliable resource for a range of PPE gear that is desperately needed by integrators…many of whom report a lack of local supply.

Learn more about this new The DaVinci Group PPE service…

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy Tagged With: personal protective equipment, PPE, The Davinci Group

Crestron Launches Handy System Configurator for Crestron Home Systems

April 29, 2020 by Ted 4 Comments

Screen shot of Crestron Home Configurator

Crestron Electronics has launched a handy new Configurator for their Creston Home system that gives integrators the ability to pre-configure systems in-house prior to deployment. This new configurator helps integrators efficiently setup and test their Crestron Home systems configuration and cuts deployment time dramatically.

See more on the new Crestron Home Configurator…

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, Products, Tech Trends Tagged With: Configurator, Crestron Home

Vizio Expands SmartCast TV Free Content Offerings with 30 New Streaming Channels

April 8, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Vizio logo

Vizio, Inc. announced this week that it has launched 30 new free streaming TV channels on its SmartCast Home screen. The new content spans the gamut from news and entertainment – to lifestyle and DIY.

See more on this new Vizio content…

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Filed Under: Products Tagged With: content, SmartCast TV

AudioControl Launches 3 New 70-Volt Commercial Amps with Dante Inside at ISE

February 16, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Audio Control logo

AudioControl, a specialty electronics supplier with growing influence in the residential custom integration channel, has recently expanded into the commercial space with their CM Series of products. At ISE last week, the company announced a significant expansion of that lineup with three new 70-volt amplifiers that feature Dante digital audio networking capability built-in.

See more on AudioControl’s new Dante amps

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Filed Under: Commercial, Manufacturers, News, Products, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: AudioControl, Dante, Integrated Systems Europe, ISE

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