The manufacturer says its HDMI 7 + 2 eARC card brings to
StormAudio’s immersive audio preamp/processor’s compatibility with all HDMI
devices, fast switchin...
On EI’s recent trip to Dynaudio HQ, which incidentally you can read about here and here, an unexpected discovery was a programme Dynaudio calls Unheard which g...
Headed up by Steve Itoje as company Managing Director,
Link It Solutions Ltd is an well-established install company which also calls
on the talents of Bisi...
Lithe Audio has gained lots of plaudits of late with its no-nonsense approach to connected quality audio, picking up a distribution deal with Invision UK to bo...
Executed by ZettaComm, a privately-owned technology integration company located in San Mateo, California about 20 miles south of San Francisco, this ELAN autom...
SnapAV,
manufacturer of AV, surveillance, networking and remote management products,
and Control4 Corporation, provider of smart home solutions, have announced...
Everyone’s favourite west-country cable wizards have struck again with the Epic USB (£400), a hand-built high-performance cable engineered to provide an increa...
This Luxury Cinema is the handy work of The Pyramid Group and is shortlisted for a CEDIA Award this year. Company MD, Nic Black, gives EI the tour.
T...
ARC Genesis, Anthem and Paradigm showcased at Pulse Cinemas
The team from Paradigm/Anthem, including new Managing
Director John Bagby, flew into Pulse HQ t...
EI bumped into Paul Kasler, Director at The Pleasure Home, whilst out and about the other day and as you do we started looking at some images from recent proje...
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