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Spotlight on Lighting Control

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

By Julie Jacobson, October 14, 2011

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:

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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RELATED: HTSA Forges Ahead Without Glikes; Biz Up for Audio, Control, Networking
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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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RELATED: HTSA Forges Ahead Without Glikes; Biz Up for Audio, Control, Networking
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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)

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About the Author

Julie Jacobson, Editor-at-large, CE Pro

Julie Jacobson is co-founder of EH Publishing and currently spends most of her time writing for CE Pro, mostly in the areas of home automation, networked A/V and the business of home systems integration. She majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and has never taken a journalism class in her life. Julie is a washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player with the scars to prove it. Follow her on Twitter @juliejacobson.