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Proposals That Build Themselves – See the Game-Changing ‘AI Proposals’ From Portal

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AI Proposals by Portal

Automated Proposals Built Literally in Minutes Before Your Eyes

Portal executives Kirk Chisholm and Josh Willits recently gave me a sneak preview at a dramatic new feature they have developed for Portal users that is a potential game changer for those seeking to increase companywide efficiency by streamlining an essential but time-consuming process all integrators face – building compelling, complete, and accurate proposals. With Portal’s new AI Proposals, your proposals practically build themselves – literally in seconds on simple installations or in a minute or two on more sophisticated projects.

AI Proposals is a new use for artificial intelligence (AI) with real-world consequences that benefit integrators and their clients.

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It’s a Sonance Tsunami of Innovation at CEDIA Expo 2024

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Photo of a kitchen with Sonance Small Aperture Series speakers
Sonance says ‘Life is Better with Music’ as this couple dances to Small Aperture Speakers [Click to enlarge]

See Sonance at CEDIA Expo 2024 in Booth #3501

In a torrent of multiple releases from Sonance, it has unleashed a veritable tsunami of innovation covering several product categories and market segments. Scheduled to be shown at this week’s CEDIA Expo 2024 show in Denver will be a wide array of new products from Sonance and its entire family of brands, including James, IPORT, and TRUFIG. The company will also launch new modules for its Sonance Design Gallery – winner of the “Best New Software” award at last year’s CEDIA Expo 2023.

Also to be unveiled is a redesigned Sonance.com website and a fully functional my.Sonance.com platform with added configuration enhancements. Finally, the company will be demonstrating a new immersive music experience for attendees every 15 minutes. Like I said, it’s a Sonance tsunami of innovation.

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Hunter Douglas Keeps the Sun Outside & Taps It to Recharge Your Motorized Shades Inside

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Hunter Douglas, one of the leading manufacturers of custom window treatments like motorized shades, will show an interesting new Solar Charger Kit at the upcoming CEDIA Expo 2024 in Denver this week. Now, not only does Hunter Douglas keep the sun out of your home, but it now uses it to recharge your battery-powered motorized shades. Clever!

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Crestron Home OS Launches a Huge Update with 20 New Features & Integrations

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Crestron Home has been dramatically upgraded
A new Crestron Home OS display showing in-app branding

See Crestron in Booth #1901 at CEDIA Expo 2024 in Denver Next Week

Crestron Electronics, one of the industry’s leading providers of control solutions and more for the smart home and home automation channels announced this week a significant update of its popular Crestron Home OS4 system. This impressive update includes more than 20 new features, as well as new important integrations that offer integrators a mind-expanding opportunity to better design solutions for clients…not to mention drive greater scalability for both residential and commercial installations.

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Russound Raises Its Game with New Smarter-Design Models

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Russound Cinema Bar 3.0 with speaker grille removed
Cinema Bar 3.0 w/grille removed to show speaker configuration [Click to enlarge]

Earlier this summer, executives from Russound visited me to offer me (and Strata-gee readers) a pre-CEDIA Expo sneak peek at some newly redesigned models that are in many ways smarter. I say smarter because these new designs reflect input from integrators (as well as some industry trends) and have launched new sleeker (such as 1U models) and smaller footprint products (such as its popular mini-AVR models). The company is also previewing a new industrial design that I like a lot.

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New VP & New Product Shows AV-over-IP is Big at AVPro Global & AudioControl

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AVPro Global and AudioControl images

Two big announcements this month from the folks over at AVPro Global, one of the most kinetic entities in integration right now, show how important AV-over-IP is at the company. One announcement is the appointment of a new VP for the company, and the other is about the launch of a new AudioControl product that is really new – as in nothing like it ever existed in any form before now.

While big in commercial, AV-over-IP and Dante is still relatively new to many residential integrators. However, most think this category will grow in popularity on the residential side as more companies begin pushing their solutions.

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B&W Updates Premium Earbud Line with New True Wireless Pi6 & Pi8

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New Bowers & Wilkins Pi6 and Pi8 premium wireless earbuds
B&W Pi8 in Dove White [Click to enlarge]

Bowers & Wilkins (B&W), a premium U.K.-based maker of high-performance loudspeakers, earbuds, headphones, and more, announced today a significant update of its premium earbuds line with the launch of the all-new Pi6 and Pi8 models. The company notes that these new models were crafted by the same design and engineering teams who were responsible for creating the well-received Px7 S2e and Px8 headphone models.

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Cambridge Audio Launches Evo One Wireless Streaming Speaker

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Cambridge Audio Evo One

Cambridge Audio, the British specialty audio manufacturer and merchant of musically-inspired audio gear announced today the launch of the Evo One wireless streaming speaker that looks like it will be a formidable force in just about any home. Like Sonos on steroids, with 700 watts of power and no fewer than 14 speakers arrayed to provide room-filling sound – no matter what type of music you like…crank it up!

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Cambridge Audio Intros P100, Its First Over-Ear Wireless Headphones in Melomania Series

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Cambridge Audio P100

Cambridge Audio, the U.K.-based audio specialty maker and merchant of affordable premium-grade audio gear, introduced today its first-ever over-ear headphones in its award-winning Melomania wireless headphone series. The new Melomania P100 balances elegant design with spectacular sound quality…blending in mind-blowing battery life and a healthy dose of best-in-class technology.

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Another Analog Comeback: Meet the New Pentax 17 Analog Film Camera

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The new Pentax 17

Interesting news out of Japan as we learn that Ricoh, a large Japanese imaging company that owns the Pentax camera brand, is launching its first film camera under the Pentax brand in over 20 years. This new model, the Pentax 17, will launch first in overseas markets in June, and then in the domestic (Japan) market in July.

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