A 30-to-60-minute roundtable discussion on issues surrounding new and emerging tech and how it relates to the CEDIA channel (primarily residential applications of “smart home” devices and networks).
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Building a Stronger Business with Professional Certification | 397
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In this podcast Amanda Wildman, co-founder and co-owner of TruMedia moderates a panel with Pete Trauth of Nirvana Entertainment, Matt Manalis of Experience One and Paul Skelton of CEDIA about the importance of having certifications and hiring certified employees. This discussions get deep into why certifications matter and how they can help your bu…
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AI and the Smart Home | a ISE 2024 Stage Talk | 397
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In this podcast Rich Green, founder and owner of Rich Green Design moderates a panel of industry heavyweights Alex Capecelatro, Co-Founder and CEO of Josh.ai, James Chen, Managing Director of Kordz, and J.B. Fowler, VP of Integrator Solutions at Domotz about AI and the home. They talk about what's happening now and where it might go in the very nea…
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A Chat With Lutron, How Did They Start and What Are They up To | 396
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Ben Bard, VP of Luxury Residential at Lutron. We talk about Lutron's history and what they're about. We also get into their product lines, new releases and what to expect at the 2024 CEDIA Expo in Denver CO. Lutron was gracious eno…
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Neuroinclusive Design | a 2024 ISE Stage Talk | 395
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Amanda Wildman, founder of TruMedia, Pete Trauth, founder of Nirvana Home Entertainment, and Matt Manalis, managing director of Experience One about being aware of the opportunities to design for different types of people. This was…
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Let's Talk About Lighting Design Part 1 | 393
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Andy Bull, Director of Design at Lighting Audio Video Projects, David Warfel, Founding Designer from Light Can Help You, and Gordon Petrie, Co-Founder of Eclipse Lighting Design about lighting design, pet peeves, and what it's like…
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A Manufactures Perspective of RP22 | The Immersive Audio Design Recommended Practice | 392
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Michael Hedges, Technical Director of the Monitor Audio Group and Nick Fichte, Business Development Director Home and Yacht of L-Acoustics about why they have embraced the Immersive Audio Design Recommended Practice and how they ar…
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Stuff is Cheap, People are Expensive: ISE 2024 Stage Talk | 391
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Leslie Shiner, owner of the Shiner Group, Rich Green, owner of Rich Green Design, and Jon Rehwaldt, Director of Curriculum at CEDIA about stuff and people. We get into employee retention, new generational issues, staffing, using AI…
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Morgan Scarboro, Vice President of MultiState and Darren Reaman, Director of Government Affairs at CEDIA about how the latest legislative sessions have affected Tax and business policies that may affect you. We also talk about othe…
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Navigating AI Threats in the AV Industry | 389
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast hosts a panel at the 2024 Integrated Systems Europe Show (aka ISE) with Rich Green, Owner of Rich Green Design, Jeff Sonnnleitner, Cyber Security teacher and subject matter expert, and Giles Sutton, Sr. VP of Product & Business Development at…
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2024 Chicago Tech & Business Summit with RP22 Workshop | 386
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Bill Ekstrand and Alex Mondragon of Barrett's Technology Solutions, Carl Horne of AV Design & Sales and Hank Alexander of Oasys Residential Technology Group about what they saw, experienced and learned at the Chicago Tech & Busines…
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Immersive Audio Design Work Shops [RP22) | 385
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Owen Maddock, Owner of Cinema Works and Tom Dellicompagni, Director of Dellicompagni about their experience attending an Immersive Audio Design Recommended Practice [RP22] workshop and why everyone should do the same. The Immersive…
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A Discussion About the 2024 CEDIA Awards [384]
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Owen Maddock, Owner of Cinemaworks, Ben Goff, Technical Director of Cinema Lusso, Mike Chorney, President of La Scala Media, and Eddie Shapiro, Founder and CEO of SmartTouch USA about the 2024 CEDIA awards program. We discuss what …
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Giles Sutton Sr. VP of Product & Business Development at CEDIA, and Jonathan Toomey, Director of Conference Strategy at CEDIA about CEDIA Tech Summits and how they are changing. Link to CEDIA Tech Summits: https://cedia.org/connect…
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2026 NEC Code & Gov't Affairs Update | 382
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Michael Cogbill, Founder of Rev2 Consulting, Daren Reaman, Director of Government Affairs at CEDIA and Ken Erdmann, Director of Technical Education Programs at CEDIA about the latest NEC code updates that are coming up that will af…
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Manojkumar Soni of AV4U, Rich Green of Rich Green Designs, Amanda Wildman of TruMedia, Pete Trauth of Nirvana Home Entartainment, and Peter Aylett of Officina Acustica about all of their their experiences at the this years ISE show…
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology and Standards at CEDIA and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Rich Green of, Creator of Rich Green Design, J.B. Fowler, Chief Product Officer of Domotz, Simon Brown, Partner of Positive Momentum, and Matt Manalis, Managing Director of Experience One about their experiences at the ISE show on …
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In this podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. DIrector of Technology and Stanards talks with Daryl Friedman, CEO of CEDIA, David Labuskes, CEO of AVIXIA, and Mike Blackman, Managing Director of ISE about the history of ISE and where it's going.By Walt Zerbe
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Of Technology and Host of the CEDIA podcast talks with Rich Green of Rich Green Design, Leslie Shiner of The Shiner Group, Kris Hogg of Samsung and Amanda Wildman of TruMedia about their experiences at the ISE show on Day 2.By Walt Zerbe
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In this episode, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards talks with Rich Green of Rich Green Design, Mike of Smart Live AV, Pete Trauth of Nirvana Home Entertainment, and Paul Skelton of CEDIA about what they did and saw during the first day of the ISE show in Barcelona Spain.By Walt Zerbe
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*corrected audio issue In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Michael Heiss, of M Heiss Consulting and author/contributor for Residential Tech Today and Hidden Wires about some press events we attended focusing on video displays.By Walt Zerbe
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*corrected audio issue In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Stuart Tickle, Managing Director and Owner of AWE Distributon and new CEDIA Board Member about his experience and perspective as a distributor catering to our industry of the 2024 CES show. A few links/notes: https://www.bluetooth.com/aurac…
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In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Rob Sabin, Editor and Chief of Projector Central and Jim Hunter, founder of ncent about what we saw at the show today. We cover what's happening with consumer video projectors, power products, some things in Eureka Park, media management and a whole bunch of othe…
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BMS Control for HVAC Systems & the Complexities of Successful Integration | 375
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In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Chris Thorne, Director of Imperium Build Systems in the UK. Chris and I have a discussion on the complexities of HVAC control, the way control systems interact with the components of these systems, the user interfaces, sensors, interior designers and when you may…
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Neuroinclusive Design: What it is and why do we need it? | 374
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In this episode, Walt Zerbe Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA Talks with Pete Trauth, Owner and principle of Nirvana Home Entertainment, Sam Fruzzetti, Lead Tech at Nivrana Home Entertainment, Rae Ridgway, Professor on the Geology Faculty at Glendale Community College, Avonna Nichol, student at Glendale Community Collage and Lytzy Tro…
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with Michael Don Ham, President and Co-Founder of RePure and Peter Dyroff, President and Co-Founder of the Pure Tech Alliance about the state of Wellness in our industry. We dive into the opportunity to offer air and water quality to our customers. We talk about how t…
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with Wallace, Wally and Warren as they went around the 75th Audio Engineering Society Convention where they attended seminars, paper presentations, toured the trade show floor and reported on general trends in audio. As mentioned, here's a link to the RP22 Immersive A…
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with Michael & Haily Daly of Wired by MJD, Stuart Robertson of Sound Living and CEDIA's Paul Skelton and David Meyer about what happened at the Australian Tech Summit.By Walt Zerbe
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with a marvelous crew of integrators, manufactures and distributors about their experience at the Toronto Tech SummitBy Walt Zerbe
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4DSOUND Sound | A New Dimension in Immersive Audio | 369
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In this Podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with Poul Holleman of 4D Sound and Peter Aylett of Officina Acustica about what 4D sound is. Peter attended a live electronic music event where Max Cooper was performing live through 4D sound system which brought prompted a discussion with Poul at 4D Sound. Links htt…
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and the host of the CEDIA Podcast has a discussion with a giant cast of international integrators, manufactures and distributors about third and final day of the CEDIA Expo. https://cedia.net/advocacy/rp22 https://cedia.net/advocacy/workforce-development/jobseekers https://…
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In this podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and the host of the CEDIA Podcast has a discussion with Leslie Shiner, owner of the ShinerGroup, Pete Trauth, CEO of Nirvana Home Entertainment, Caleb Fetter, President and Managing Partner of Residential Media Systems (RMS), and Daryl Friedman, CEO and President of CEDIA a…
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In this Podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with Michael Hedges, Technical Director and Michael Johnson, Global Marketing Director of Monitor Audio about their company, products and industry support. Monitor Audio has been a long-time CEDIA member and supporter and graciously decided to sponsor the CEDIA Podca…
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A View From a Music Creative | A Look Into Reality [364]
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In this Podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA talks with Geoff Meads, owner, and creator of PrestoAV and half of a musical dual called Tennessee Twin about the realities of music streaming and royalties today. We also touch on production, formats, purchasing vs. streaming and other things. We also discuss which servic…
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The Crossover Between CI and Pro AV [363]
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In this podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards moderates a panel with Nick Pidgeon of Visulation Limited and Jack Cornish of Tateside at the 2023 ISE show. We talk about the crossover between the commercial, residential and ProAV markets. Spoiler.....there isn't much talk about technology!…
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Smart Homes for Sustainable and Independent Living [362]
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In this podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards moderates a panel at the 2023 ISE show that talks about an opportunity that's big for our industry and ripe for opportunity. I have a discussion with Paul Doyle who is an assistive technology consultant and clinical technologist and Alan Burns, who is a renewable energy and smart h…
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Top Five Business Opportunities for 2023 [361]
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In this podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards moderates a panel at the 2023 ISE show that talks about business oportunities for 2023. You may be surprised that it's not just about new things to do, we have a decent discussion on looking at your business as a whole and making some changes within. Joining me are Rich Green, Owne…
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Building a Better Business with CEDIA Certification [360]
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In this Podcast, Mandy Beckner, VP of Education and Training at CEDIA moderates a panel of CEDIA volunteers and certification holders about the importance and benefit of being CEDIA Certified. Included in the discussion are: Amanda Wildman, Owner of TruMedia (USA), Mike Ranpura, Director of SmartLife AV (UK), Pete Trauth, Owner of Nirvana Home Ente…
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Recession Ready: Leaning Into the Downturn 359
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In this podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards talked with Leslie Shiner, finance and management consultant and owner of The Shiner Group and Henry Clifford, CEO of Livewire during a recent CEDIA webinar titled, "Recession Ready: Leaning Into the Downturn. This discussion was so good it merited rebroadcasting as a webinar. Link…
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Home Acoustics Alliance [HAA] Training [358]
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In this podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards Attended a HAA training in Las Vegas. This podcast goes over what happened at the training, and how important it is to know these fundamentals if you are designing spaces that have audio in them! On a side note, this training supports the up and coming CEDIA/CTA Immersive Audio Des…
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2023 NAB Show Update with Michael Heiss [357]
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In this podcast, Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards talks with Micahel Heiss, CEDIA Fellow, long tome CEDIA volunteer, and AV industry veteran about the 2023 NAB show he attended.By Walt Zerbe
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Together For Cinema Update v3 [356.3]
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In this Podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and host for the CEDIA podcast talks with Ian Morrish, Founder of Together For Cinema, Steven Nevison, Director of Intutive Homes, Michael Johnson, Global Marketing Director of Monitor Audio Group, and Stuart Tickle, Managing Director of AWE-Europe about Together For Cinema…
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In this Podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and host for the CEDIA podcast talks with Garrett Farnam of Josh.ai, Ray Altman of WAC and Aspire, Chris Gilray of Phoenix Marketing Group, and Steven Brawner of Pro Audio Georgia about their experience at the Atlanta Tech Summit.…
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Capturing Olympics Audio & Preserving the Art [2023_354]
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In this Podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and host for the CEDIA podcast talks with Nuno Duarte from Olympic Broadcasting Services and Ben Goff, Technical Director of Cinema Lusso about capturing audio for the Olympics and preserving the art. Whilst most talk about consumer entertainment spaces revolves around movi…
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Objective vs Subjective | How Applying Standards can yield Exceptional Experiences [2023_353]
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In this Podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and host for the CEDIA podcast talks with Peter Aylett, Partner at Officina Acustica, Roberto Gamba, International Business Development Director for Custom Installation at Sonus Faber and Adam Pels, Owner of Bespoke Cinemas about the role applying technical standards to a d…
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Is the Connected Home Actually Smart ISE Stage Talk [2023_352]
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In this Podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and host for the CEDIA podcast talks with Rich Green of Rech Green Design and Christiaan Beukes of Sphere Custom and Jesus Delg, a guest to the stage and someone we met last year at the ISE show who is taking a deeper look into human interaction with technology. In this tal…
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AI, The Metaverse and the Revenge of Analog ISE Stage Talk [2023_351]
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In this Podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and host for the CEDIA podcast talks with Rich Green of Rech Green Design and Christiaan Beukes of Sphere Custom about how generative AI tools will streamline business and about how your clients will be drawn to the Metaverse like moths to a flame. But Real Reality is what …
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In this Podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and host for the CEDIA podcast talks with Christiaan Beukes of Sphere Custom, Ben Goff of Cinema Lusso, Jesus Delg (newcomer to the industry!), Peter Aylett of Officina Acustica, Dave Pedigo of Trinnov, and Manojkumar Soni of AV4U about their experiences during the second d…
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In this Podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and host for the CEDIA podcast talks with Pete Trauth of Nirvana Home Entertainment, Rich Green of Rich Green Design, Geoff Meads of Presto Web Design and Rob Sabin of Projector Central about their experiences during the second day of the Integrated Systems Europe Show.…
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In this Podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and host for the CEDIA podcast talks with Hassen Ahouiek of Habi, Bart Devos of Barco, Pete Trauth of Nirvana Home Entertainment, Scott McMurray of Epitome Living, and David Meyer of CEDIA about their experiences during the second day of the Integrated Systems Europe Show.…
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In this Podcast Walt Zerbe, Sr. Director of Technology & Standards at CEDIA and host for the CEDIA podcast talks with Christiaan Beukes of Sphere Custom, Ben Goff of Cinema Lusso, Hassan Ahouiek of Habi, Peter Aylett of Officina Acustica, Rich Green of Rich Green Design and Steven Rissi of CEDIA about their experiences at the opening day of the Int…
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