Four companies — AudioControl, Wolf Cinema, James and Vutec — combined for $196,000 home theater demo at the massive CES 2017 event, but other home theaters were noticeably missing.

These six awesome demos from Meyer Sound, AudioControl, Barco, Stewart Filmscreen, RBH, and Phase Tech got the 'fun' seal of approval at CEDIA 2016.

While the CEDIA spotlight has officially begun, we haven't forgotten about everything else happening in the industry. This week, Valens responds to reader questions, AudioControl finds new partners in loudspeaker brands and Savant and Apple release a

Adding more speakers to a room can confuse the human brain, so manufacturers discuss the best way to acoustically treat a home theater for object-based surround sound.

The multi-room audio platform now features climate, lighting, remote access and more.

Manufacturers debate how healthy or unhealthy it is for the market to have multiple competing object-based technologies on the market, from Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and Auro 3D.