Custom Networking

• Zvox Expands TV-Audio System Selection
  By Joseph Palenchar - 09/21/2009
  Atlanta— Zvox went to the CEDIA Expo with four new single-chassis TV-audio systems, all designed to connect to a TV’s audio outputs to amplify TV output, widen the stereo stage, deliver deeper bass and provide virtual surround effects. The company showed the products off-site. All are designed to offer high-quality sound at affordable price points while simplifying setup and operati... More
• Classe Touts High-End Components For Hot Racks
  By Joseph Palenchar - 09/21/2009
  Atlanta— Classé Audio, the subsidiary of Bowers & Wilkins, arrived at the CEDIA Expo with its new Custom Theater (CT) series of four amplifiers and a new surround-sound preamp/processor. All are promoted as the only true high-end audio components suitable for installation in equipment racks or custom cabinetry because they hold up in hot, noisy environments that degrade performan... More
• Bowers & Wilkins Steps Up Custom Efforts
  By Joseph Palenchar - 09/21/2009
  ATLANTA— Bowers & Wilkins raised its profile in the custom-install market with a broad custom-speaker launch that reflects what a spokesman called “the most effort ever delivered by [our] engineers in terms of performance and application requirements.” The 12 speakers in the new CI 600 series, priced at up to $1,200/pair, and the six speakers in the CI 700 series, priced u... More
• Control4 Allies With More CE Brands
  By Joseph Palenchar - 09/21/2009
  Atlanta— Control4, the supplier of IP-based home-control systems, was in an expansive mood here at the CEDIA Expo, where it launched its next-generation operating system and announced that 16 companies — including major CE brands — have launched products that integrate with its systems. More
• Broad Integra Launch Adds 9.2 AVRs
  By Joseph Palenchar - 09/21/2009
  Atlanta— In unveiling four new A/V receivers (AVRs) and two preamp processors at the CEDIA Expo, Integra expanded its selection of audio components equipped with PC networking, Internet radio, Dolby ProLogic IIz, Audyssey MultEQ XT and embedded Imaging Science Foundation Certified Calibration Control (ISFccc) protocols. More
• Russound Honing Strategy For Powerline-Network Audio
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/26/2009
  Newmarket, N.H. — Russound is dropping plans for one powerline-network multi-room-audio system to concentrate on another powerline-network audio system that it contends offers more at a lower price. More
• Buzz Aldrin To Keynote CEDIA Event
  06/25/2009
  Indianapolis — Former Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin will deliver the keynote speech at the annual CEDIA membership breakfast on Friday, Sept. 11, during the 2009 CEDIA Expo. More
• NHT Turning The Lights Back Up
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/23/2009
  Benicia, Calif. — Home-speaker supplier NHT, which went on hiatus earlier this year to ponder its future, has returned to the market with an Internet-based business model that combines B to C and B to B marketing in an unusual way. More
• GP Acoustics Makes Personnel Shifts
  06/22/2009
  Marlboro, N.J. — Some names and responsibilities are changing at GP Acoustics U.S., the marketer of KEF, KEF Reference, Celestion and Musical Fidelity home-audio products. More
• Yamaha Revamps Wireless Multiroom System
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/19/2009
  Buena Park, Calif. — Yamaha significantly revamped its MusicCAST wireless multiroom-audio system and made it more affordable with the shipment of the MusicCAST2, which embraces new music sources such as PCs, iPods and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. More
• Harman Consumer Readies Launches
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/18/2009
  New York — The Harman Consumer Group is shipping several new audio products, HCG’s Chris Dragon told TWICE. More
• Wireless HDMI, BD HTiB On Way From Philips
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/15/2009
  New York— Philips plans fourth-quarter shipment of its first wireless-HD transmitter/receiver system and late-June shipments of its first Blu-ray-equipped home theater in a box (HTiB) system, which will retail for a suggested $599. The HTiB is from P&F, the Atlanta-based Funai Electric subsidiary that markets Philips-branded TVs and HTiBs in the U. More
• ADI To Carry Xanboo Security Products
  06/09/2009
  Melville, N.Y. — ADI, distributor of security and low-voltage products, has begun to carry Xanboo’s Security Enhanced line of products at its branches across North America. More
• Trane, Schlage Make Z-Wave Connection
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/09/2009
  Carmel, Ind. — Trane launched its first Z-Wave-equipped thermostat, which can be monitored and controlled from remote PCs and most Web-enabled cellphones. More
• Control4, Hughes Sign Deal
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/08/2009
  Salt Lake City — Control4’s 1,400 North American dealers will be able to sell Hughes Network’s satellite broadband service under an agreement signed by the two companies. More
• Focus Moves Forward With Wireless Multichannel Audio
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/08/2009
  Campbell, Calif. — Uncompressed multichannel wireless-audio technology developed by fabless semiconductor designer Focus Enhancements is a step closer to appearing in home-audio products. More
• Two Firms Debut Point-Source Speakers
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/04/2009
  New York — Speaker makers Morel and Cabasse are promoting the benefits of point-source speaker design in new models that they’ve launched separately More
• LaCie Introduces HD Media Player Pair
  06/03/2009
  Hillsboro, Ore. — LaCie introduced Wednesday a pair of wireless HD media players — the LaCinema Black Play and LaCinema Black Record — to enable playing large collections of digital multimedia files on HDTV sets. More
• Philips BD HTiB, Wireless HDMI, PMPs On Way
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/02/2009
  New York — Philips plans fourth-quarter shipment of its first wireless-HD transmitter/receiver system and late-June shipments of its first Blu-ray-equipped home theater in a box (HTiB) system, which will retail for a suggested $599. More
• Some A/V Dealers Renew 2-Channel Vows
  By Joseph Palenchar - 06/02/2009
  
  New York — Many retailers and installers have neglected performance-oriented stereo components in their frenzied pursuit of the home-theater and custom-installation markets. Some dealers have all but abandoned the two-channel component business. Then there are the A/V specialists and installers who renewed their two-channel vows in recent years. More
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