Samsung Electronics presented its Smart Modular Home, an AI-enabled residential model designed for modular architecture, at IFA 2025 in Berlin. The concept int...
IMP is set to showcase a powerful mix of audio and smart home solutions at EI Live! 2025, with new products from JBL, Trivum and Vimar featured on Stand 61. Th...
madVR Labs has announced next-generation Envy Extreme MK3 and Core MK2 Video Processors and has also unveils plans for major new software release.
madVR Lab...
Procella Audio is debuting a series of new products at CEDIA Expo 2025, reinforcing its position as a specialist in professional-grade home cinema audio. The b...
Leon is bringing a strong design message to CEDIA Expo 2025, encouraging integrators to ‘leave nothing unfinished’ by considering how technology can be seamles...
Acoustic Energy has launched the AE307², the final addition to its redesigned 300 Series loudspeaker range. Designed as a versatile LCR (Left-Centre-Right) mod...
Fracarro, a leading Italian manufacturer of AV signal reception, distribution and active security systems, is set to exhibit at EI Live! 2025, the UK's premier...
Smart Home and AV expert Homeplay created this attractive immersive home cinema space that delivers pure escapism thanks to professional quality audio from L-A...
Steinway Lyngdorf, the Danish audio brand known for innovation in digital amplification and room correction, is proud to announce that SL Audio A/S (parent com...
Monitor Audio has announced an expansion to the Creator Series with the introduction of three new In-Wall large speakers, alongside a versatile range of on-wal...
Daniel J Sait is a seasoned media leader and journalist who shapes the editorial vision of Essential Install as its Editor‑in‑Chief and serves as European Editorial Director at All Things Media News, the specialist publisher behind Essential Install, Electrical Contracting News and Data Centre and Networking News. In these roles, he combines deep editorial insight with a strategic understanding of the smart home, luxury AV and home cinema sectors, guiding coverage that informs, inspires and connects professional installers and integrators across the UK and Europe.
With an extensive portfolio that spans trade and mainstream technology coverage, Daniel’s work appears regularly in Essential Install and has featured across wider platforms including key trade and consumer titles, reflecting his commitment to elevating industry discourse while spotlighting innovation, best practice and emerging trends.
Under his editorial leadership, Essential Install has continued to expand its reach and influence, delivering targeted news, product insights, event coverage and thought leadership that supports the professional community responsible for bringing cutting‑edge AV, automation and luxury living technology into homes and commercial spaces. Daniel’s direction emphasises clarity, relevance and trade‑first reporting, helping integrators stay ahead in a rapidly evolving market.
A respected voice within the AV and smart home ecosystem, he actively engages with industry events and major trade shows, shaping conversations around technology adoption, installer education and business growth. His editorial stewardship reinforces Essential Install’s mission to serve as the definitive source of industry news and insight for integrators, manufacturers, distributors and allied professionals.
Daniel brings both strategic editorial leadership and a journalist’s eye for detail to every issue of Essential Install, ensuring the publication remains essential reading for the trade.
Before launching Essential Install in 2009, Daniel spent over two decades in the trenches of AV and Hi-Fi trade press editing titles such as Television Magazine, Custom Installer and Inside Hi-Fi.
