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AV Insider — Episode 85: Russound

Colin Clark, VP of Product development speaks with me about new 70V solutions from Russsound. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

AV Insider — Episode 85: Russound

AV Insider — Episode 84: Audioquest

Stephen Mejias, VP of communications at Audioquest, speaks with me about higher cables, DACS, headphones, Low-z AC line conditioners, and everything In between for the HiFi personal audio, and CE side of audio. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

AV Insider — Episode 84: Audioquest

AV Insider — Episode 83: Sevenhugs

Simon Tchedikian, CEO & co-founder of Sevenhugs, speaks with me about his two smart products, the huge one sleep monitoring and health device, and the newly to be launched smart remote, which controls all your smart connected devices so you don’t have to use all their apps. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

AV Insider — Episode 83: Sevenhugs

AV Insider — Episode 82: QMotion

Cassie Metzger, Director of marketing communications of QMotion (a Legrand company), speaks with me about integration of their shades will all types of control systems.  Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

AV Insider — Episode 82: QMotion

AV Insider — Episode 81: Josh.ai

Alex Capecelatro, CEO of Josh.ai speaks with me about the all voice control/AI automation company. (first time attendee at CEDIA).  Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

AV Insider — Episode 81: Josh.ai

AV Insider — Episode 80: Vantage Controls

Mark Moody, Product manager at a Vantage Controls speaks with me about Adorne keypads via Vantage Controls, and adaptive dimming modules and universal dimmer/keypads. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

AV Insider — Episode 80: Vantage Controls

AV Insider — Episode 79: Terra Speakers

James Banfield, President of Terra Speakers, speaks with me about custom, custom, custom everything at Terra.  Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

AV Insider — Episode 79: Terra Speakers

AV Power Up! – Episode 72: Part 2 – When Good Enough Isn’t: Quality and the Exceptional Experience

Make sure you listen to Part 1: Connecting Video, Collaboration and the Good Enough Proposition  The Crew returns for this Part 2 with their guests: Paul Zielie – Manager, Enterprise Solutions at Harman Jeremy Elsesser – COO/CIO Level 3 Audio Visual Vic Bhagat – Head of Technical Marketing at Logitech After listening to Part 1, […]

AV Power Up! – Episode 72:  Part 2 – When Good Enough Isn’t: Quality and the Exceptional Experience

AV Power Up! – Episode 72: Part 1 – Connecting Video, Collaboration and the Good Enough Proposition

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Deron Pinchback and Sandy Ciarlo as they welcome their guests: Paul Zielie – Manager, Enterprise Solutions at Harman Jeremy Elsesser – COO/CIO Level 3 Audio Visual Vic Bhagat – Head of Technical Marketing at Logitech In this Part 1 we focus mainly on the discussion of video conferencing and collaboration as this discussion continues to expand […]

AV Power Up! – Episode 72: Part 1 – Connecting Video, Collaboration and the Good Enough Proposition

Rants and rAVes — Episode 547: 3 Reason You Should Attend CEDIA from CEO Vin Bruno

I grabbed CEDIA CEO, Vin Bruno today for a quick pre-show podcast before the show opens on Thursday – live from Dallas, TX. I asked him to cite 3-reasons why you need to make the last-minute decision to attend CEDIA. And, his answer is all about education – so if you’re already attending, listen as […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 547: 3 Reason You Should Attend CEDIA from CEO Vin Bruno

AV Insider — Episode 78: Legrand’s LUXUL Keeps You Simply Connected

Jeff Curtis, CEO of Legrand’s LUXUL, speaks with me about the newly acquired company, his startup life background/experience, how this translates to where we can expect LUXUL to advance to, and so much more. Luxul has everything you need to stay connected in today’s world, and we got it all on this episode of AV […]

AV Insider — Episode 78: Legrand’s LUXUL Keeps You Simply Connected

Coffee With Millennial-Z — Episode 1: Mentorship In the AV Industry

Victoria Barela, 23 and Jeremy Jones, 26 both young entrepreneurs in the AV industry plan to educate their peers within this rapid expanding field and those who are eager to learn about this growing industry.  Throughout this podcast both individuals plan to combine like minds of newcomers and professionals within the AV world to help […]

Coffee With Millennial-Z — Episode 1: Mentorship In the AV Industry

Selling AV Episode 36: What You Want Doesn’t Matter

Sometimes as AV salespeople and AV businesses we get hung up on what we want to sell our clients.  Many times however, that may not align with what the client wants to buy.  Listen to this week’s selling AV to hear the difference. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Selling AV Episode 36: What You Want Doesn’t Matter

AV Power Up! – Episode 71: Welcome to the Sound Bar

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Justin Watts and Deron Pinchback as they welcome their guests: Eric Larsen – Director of Marketing at TEAC/TASCAM Keith Charley – Sr. Software Manager at Sony Interactive Entertainment The Crew opens The Sound Bar (after business hours) to talk with their guests, first to find out all about Keith Charley, from the very beginning when […]

AV Power Up! – Episode 71: Welcome to the Sound Bar

Good AV Episode 9: Making AV Good for the Brain

Have you ever struggled to convince a client that “Yes, acoustics in this meeting room actually DO impact outcomes of meetings?” Well, this month our guest, consultant and expert, Andrea Sullivan of BrainStrength Systems, lends us some scientific brain data to support that argument! From optimizing AV for best learning environments to understanding that designing […]

Good AV Episode 9: Making AV Good for the Brain

Rants and rAVes — Episode 546: RoseWater Energy Wants to Make You a TON of Money

The Rosewater Energy Hub is the brainchild of it’s founder and CEO, Joe Piccirilli, and it’s made a lot of integrators a lot of money since it started shipping in April – and it’s given the homeowner peace of mind. The RoseWater Energy Hub is the first all-in-one residential and light commercial power solution integrating […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 546: RoseWater Energy Wants to Make You a TON of Money

AV Power Up! – Episode 70: What’s to Talk About this Week? That’s Right – #CEDIA16

Join the Crew: Host Katye McGregor Bennett (yes, you read that right!), Corey Moss and Justin Watts as they welcome their guests: Vincent Bruno – CEO at CEDIA Joey Kolchinsky – Founder, Managing Director at OneVision Resources Yes, for the first time in 2016, the host mic has been turned over to our CEDIA Crew member Katye McGregor Bennett to host this […]

AV Power Up! – Episode 70: What’s to Talk About this Week? That’s Right – #CEDIA16

Rants and rAVes — Episode 545: Barco’s CEDIA 2016 Theater will be a Must-See

Gary was joined on today’s podcast, via video, with Barco Residential’s Director, Tim Sinnaeve. Barco had what was rated as one of the best all-time theaters at CEDIA 2015 and Tim promises, with his partners Steinway Lyngdorf and Stewart Filmscreen, he will blow people away this year. Using their flagship 6P laser projection system, Barco […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 545: Barco’s CEDIA 2016 Theater will be a Must-See

AV Insider — Episode 77: A CEDIA 2016 Primer With Vin Bruno

Vin Bruno, CEO of CEDIA, now almost one year in to his role with the custom electronic design installation association, and a similar time frame since he and I last chatted on AV Insider (Episode 56), takes some time out of his extremely busy day/night to speak with me about all the major accomplishments he […]

AV Insider — Episode 77: A CEDIA 2016 Primer With Vin Bruno

AV Glue Episode 7: AptoVision

If you are interested in AV over IP and don’t know AptoVision you need to. Their technology could become the “Intel inside” equivalent of AVoIP and if it does, will the Crestron and Extron switching business go the way of Blockbuster video? We talk about all this and more so tune in to listen! Podcast: […]

AV Glue Episode 7: AptoVision

Rants and rAVes — Episode 544: KanexPro Makes CEDIA Debut on rAVe RADIO

Gary had a videocast today with KanexPro’s Director of Product Marketing, Kash Khetia, today where he debuted their all-new 4K capable modular matrix – available in 8 x 8 or 16 x 16 configurations. The switcher is capable of switching up to 18Gbps and can handle HDMI 1080p, HDMI 2.0 4K@60Hz (chroma sample rate 4:2:0), […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 544:  KanexPro Makes CEDIA Debut on rAVe RADIO

Rants and rAVes — Episode 543: We Shot a Video in Australia Yesterday that Already has Almost 4000 Views in a little over 24 hours!

Would you like to know what video Gary shot at the Integrate show in Australia that has already garnered nearly 4000 views in under two days? Or, would you like to see all 400+ of the new product launch videos we shot in Sydney, Australia, at the region’s largest ProAV and HomeAV trade show? I’ll […]

Rants and rAVes — Episode 543: We Shot a Video in Australia Yesterday that Already has Almost 4000 Views in a little over 24 hours!

Rants and rAVes — Episode 542: LG Stole the Show Today at Integrate 2016

Want to know what LG did and their booth to blow everyone away? Listen to Gary’s podcast and he’ll tell you exactly what impressed him the most! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes — Episode 542: LG Stole the Show Today at Integrate 2016

Rants and rAVes — Episode 541: The Digital Signage Money

There have been acquisitions lately specifically related to digital signage market. Are you up-to-date on what’s going on in that market and where the money is? If not or if you’re interested, listen to Gary’s podcast today. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes — Episode 541: The Digital Signage Money

Rants and rAVes — Episode 540: Why Beating Our Clients to a Chasm Matters

In today’s podcast, Gary talks about chasm theory but, more specifically, he talks about a new blog on our website that matters if you’re an integrator! Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes — Episode 540: Why Beating Our Clients to a Chasm Matters

AV Power Up! – Episode 69: Part 2 – Powering It Up (Again) With the techXchange

So did you happen to “catch” Part 1?  Well if so, you’re ready for Part 2 as the Crew welcome back their guests: Alesia Hendley – AV Tech/Operator/Berry Center at Cypress Fairbanks ISD (in Houston, TX) Sal Biondio – IT Executive Support Services at Prudential Financial (and former AV guy) Jeremy Caldera – AV industry […]

AV Power Up! – Episode 69:  Part 2 – Powering It Up (Again) With the techXchange

AV Power Up! – Episode 69: Part 1 – Catch This!

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Deron Pinchback, Joey D’Angelo and Sandy Ciarlo as they welcome their guests: Alesia Hendley – AV Tech/Operator/Berry Center at Cypress Fairbanks ISD (in Houston, TX) Sal Biondio – IT Executive Support Services at Prudential Financial (and former AV guy) Jeremy Caldera – AV industry pro, whereabouts unknown for now On this part 1 we begin with a new segment […]

AV Power Up! – Episode 69: Part 1 – Catch This!

The Floating Point: Episode 5: Pigs, Parks, and Open Architecture

It’s the 5th episode of the Floating Point and Chris Tatton (@Chris_Tatton) is playing hooky. Host Hope Roth (@BeerAndPie) holds down the fort from an undisclosed location. We still managed to keep producer Corey Moss (@Cbmoss) on mute the entire time, shattering our own world record for consecutive Corey Mute Minutes, Katy Ledecky-style  Jake Corlett […]

The Floating Point: Episode 5: Pigs, Parks, and Open Architecture

Selling AV Episode 35: Be Present

As sales people it’s typically hard for us to deliver bad news or say “I don’t know”.  However when uncomfortable situations arise, it’s better to be present than to wait for the perfect answer.  Find out why in this week’s Selling AV. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Selling AV Episode 35:  Be Present

AV Power Up! – Episode 68: When the Mission is Quality, and It’s Job One

Join the Crew: Corey Moss, Justin Watts, Deron Pinchback, Joey D’Angelo and Sandy Ciarlo as they welcome their guests: Mario Maltese – Executive Director at The Association for Quality in Audio Visual Technology, Inc. (AQAV) @AQAV_AV9000 Bill Nattress – Director of Channel Strategy-Paging at Biamp Systems @Biamp We talk nothing but quality in AV on this episode, and with this there are four guarantees: We […]

AV Power Up! – Episode 68: When the Mission is Quality, and It’s Job One

Tech Chaos Episode 15: Listen Up with Scott Boekweg

Scott Boekweg, Product Manager at Listen Technologies, joins host Christa Bender (@AVChrista) to discuss ListenWiFi and ListenIR applications. Scott talks about the difference in audio applications between Europe and the United States. Scott explains why he likes being involved in innovative technology and how he became interested in technology. Scott and Christa also talk about […]

Tech Chaos Episode 15: Listen Up with Scott Boekweg

Rants and rAVes — Episode 539: No Lee, Cables Aren’t Actually Commodities

In response to Lee Distad’s blog today, I offer this… Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Rants and rAVes — Episode 539: No Lee, Cables Aren’t Actually Commodities