Burkhardt: 9 Takeaways from CEDIA Expo 2011

Next year we want Jeremy to stay in his own booth and stop his disruptive tactics and intimidation.
There are professionals that do the investigations and reporting.
I know Julie Jacobson-and you are No Julie Jacobson.

Rich, what happened at CEDIA this year with Jeremy?

As you will see in my other comment on Jeremy’s post on the other article, he must have ran all of the alarm guys over to Current Audio’s booth haha.

I think the take away from this show is manufacturers need to not show stuff they will never ship.

I went to your booth too Jeremy!

Practice what you preach.  Your light is just about burned out.  Cant come soon enough.

Speaker-crap has been passed by and made so irrelevant by all the other Chinese “re-badgers”.  You can only get by for so long before people realize they are paying a fortune for “off-the-shelf” stuff colored yellow.

I agree with most which is why all dealers must check out Current Audio and no I don’t work for them, but if I could summarize their model it would be “by integrators for integrators” and sums up most of Jeremy’s top 9 takeaways!

The above article has nothing to do with any brand.  Just cold hard facts.  Competition will help you grow, evolve and succeed.  Don’t buy products that don’t make you a better brand or that you can’t make great sound and value with.

Current Audio is another me too copy. nothing different in product representation or technology. Rich and Shawn just inhale too much of their own smoke. any one that knows them knows that. for integrators by integrators? you mean products that could never sell purchased by a former integrator who has no experience in manufacturing and selling to integrators who copies someone elses design?. now they jump onto Control4 for a ride because they couldn’t make it on their own.

the only reason they claim exclusive to integrators is because no one else is buying it. it is not better product or margin with very limited sku’s. and now some how that a former installers gave them money to buy-in means something to my business? get real!

Hey, BS have you ever tried them and compared the differences.
Why do you have that anger toward us. You should be happy for us. We are not done yet.
We have 100 SKUs and that many more slated.
What brand do you use now?
If you would like, I will send you a pair for your true honest evaluation. I will even help you install them and explain the features and benefits to you and your staff.

Jeremy- thanks for the nuggets- much gratitude.

Thanks for the offer Rich, but I have tried them. My biggest concern with your technology and sound improvement claims is when I asked your executive staff what the airspace needed for volume displacement was to reach the ideal frequency response. when the response was I don’t know what your asking I knew what to expect. Taking from your comments, I know manufactures, and your no manufacture.  I have no anger towards you. just your claims. Speakercraft is one of the brands I use. How many years did you and Shawn install Speakercraft? I’ve been around long enough to hear all the bragging and stories form AES. Funny now that speakercraft is your competition how much they suck.

Well BS if your happy with the Craft good then keep using them. Our ceiling speakers are of an open baffle design. You need at least a 4’x4’ drywall to get full frequency response in free air.
One of our Mantras is “Believe Your Ears” Do an A/B comparison then you will know.
I think if you ask JB the same question he too could not give you an answer to your original question.
You claim we are a “me too” company. Our 18 patents say otherwise. There are companies that have been in business 20 years and dont have 1 patent.
I would be happy to show you all the differences in our line compared to what you are presently using.  We know speakers At AES we installed over 6000 production homes a year plus custom,casinos, military. We know the problems and quality and try to make a difference for you the installer and the buyer and bring back some of the fun to our industry.
Speakers are in my blood. My great great uncle invented the paper cone speaker as we know it today. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1013377301240&set=a.1013376581222.2001756.1429268477&type=1&theater;
I still challenge you to a Sound Off with our speakers.
Thanks for your comments.

I have both products and will install and let you know.

I am starting to like you BS.
We should do lunch after your test

I’m a skeptic not cynical. I will leave it up to my peers and someone who has the time, energy and technical documentation to post why you need to know the cubic volume before you can accurately provide the frequency response. How can you measure or market a 35Hz response without knowing the displacement?

I know this, the driver has an ideal requirement to perform at its best. Not sure if just putting them side by side is fair if that is not what its tuned for.

any input??