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paulcunningham (Posted on 05/25/12, 12:25 PM)
If anyone with some influence is reading, a parallel “virtual” show at the same time would be very helpful for dealers that can’t afford to send a crew of people away for a few days. If some or all booths had a webcam to…
Andrew Southern (Posted on 05/25/12, 11:01 AM)
Honestly, I’m not sure where the hate of Bose comes in. They aren’t the best sounding devices, but neither are in-ceiling speakers just by their very nature. There are always trade offs, ya’ know. They sound…
Happy Go Lucky (Posted on 05/25/12, 07:20 AM)
Okay, don’t jump on me for saying this but take a look at these key points… Integrators want vendors to hold the line on pricing - Bose is sold only at MSRP. Integrators want a vendor to take stuff back when a project…
Rebel66 (Posted on 05/24/12, 10:55 PM)
This comes hardly as a surprise. From Nortek’s point of view this is the only logical step.
uhhh...yea (Posted on 05/24/12, 06:06 PM)
........YAWN…..........“industry’s most important technology brands?....ummm…no.
oprahthehutt. (Posted on 05/24/12, 05:05 PM)
Why pay for Cedia or CES, all this stuff is at Home depot for less $$$.
CEDIA GUY (Posted on 05/24/12, 02:58 PM)
I guess the die was cast and Jeremy was just taking orders. With the dust still settling on the departure of SpeakerCraft president Jeremy Burkhardt, Nortek has announced that SpeakerCraft, along with Proficient and Panamax/Furman,…
Wayne Caswell, mHealthTalk (Posted on 05/24/12, 01:09 PM)
Julie, Thanks for publicly calling out ABI on their outrageous forecast. When I saw their press release last week, I responded to tell the analyst of my concern, and I posted that response as a comment to the blog article I wrote last…
AV Industry (Posted on 05/24/12, 11:15 AM)
Nowhere in the press release is it stated that the brands are joing the AVC Group as the sensationalized headline portrays…
Do (Posted on 05/24/12, 09:54 AM)
130 is a median number not an average wich means half of the 100 are over 130 installations are half are under.
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