Lyngdorf Audio announces a new software update for the company’s smallest digital amplifier, TDAI-1120.
The update is available for every TDAI-1120 owner fr...
Find out who won at the returning Smart Building Awards.
Back for 2022, the Smart Building Awards returned with an evening packed full of fun, food, a few d...
Sonos has expanded its home cinema portfolio with the Sub Mini, a new subwoofer that delivers bold bass for smaller-sized rooms.
Sonos is exhibiting at EI ...
HARMAN Luxury – the group behind the quintet of classic brands that comprise ARCAM, JBL Synthesis, Lexicon, Mark Levinson, and Revel – is bringing an incredibl...
Register for the show here.
Kaltech has developed the world’s first product line utilising photocatalytic technology and in 2020, Kaltech dominated Jap...
Perlisten Audio introduces the first in-wall speaker to achieve Dominus specification for the largest private theatre projects. See them on the Karma AV Stand ...
This impressive project was created by Seymour AV Design under extreme time constraints and with access to site issues. A home cinema and other exciting AV exp...
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.
