HTSA Names Top Vendors: Sonance, Lutron, Sony Nab Top Honors
Jeff Zemanek of Lutron is HTSA's Man of the Year; other honorees include Sonance, Sony, Sharp, Savant, Panamax, Golden Ear
The Home Technology Specialists of America named its top vendors for 2011 during the buying group's 15th annual fall meeting. Absent the former executive director Richard Glikes, board members Brian Hudkins of Gramophone (Timonium, Md.) and Jon Robbins of HiFi House (Broomall, Pa.) took the mic to announce the winners.
They are:



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They are:

Custom Vendor of Year: Sonance
(Pictured: HTSA's Jon Robbins -- standing on chair -- and Sonance's Jason Sloan)
Vendor of Year: Sony
(Pictured: Sony's Jeff Elden, John Lin)
Man of the Year: Jeff Zemanek, Lutron
(Pictured: HTSA's Brian Hudkins, Zemanek, Jon Robbins)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Most Supportive: Integra
(Pictured: Integrator Tony Hazapis of Hippo's and Integra's Keith Haas)
Technology Innovation Award: Panamax/Furman Blue Bolt
(Pictured: Panamax/Furman's Jimmy Paschke and Dave Keller)
Custom Product of Year: Savant Smart Touch
(Pictured: Savant's Chuck Parrelli, right)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Video Product of the Year: Sharp Elite PRO70X5FD
(Pictured: Sharp's Michael Gleason and Tom Evans)
Audio Product of Year: Golden Ear TritonTwo
(Pictured: Golden Ear's Sandy Gross with integrator David Young, The Sound Room)Spotlight on Lighting Control
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