Bolstering its on-line presence alongside the recent substantial investment in Trade Counters across the UK, Alltrade has unveiled its latest generation websit...
Matt Cain’s Nortek Security & Control (NSC) systemincludes control by ELAN, audio by SpeakerCraft, Sunfire and power conditioning by Panamax.
Regarded ...
Our resident CI focused review, Richard Stevenson, sets his
sights on the Roon Nucleus+ music server
Roon is a software-based music service that merg...
AWE has been appointed as an authorised distributor of Sony Home Cinema Projectors and professional Blu-ray Disc Players. AWE says its customers can now benefi...
ELAN Brings Total Control to Chinese Villa With A Meaty 700 Lighting Loads And 150 Motorised Window Shades.
A Mandarin language interface also offers...
Prominent Norwegian audiophile
Brand Hegel Music Systems is targeting installers with new modular high-current
Class-AB mono-block amplifiers.
Norwegian au...
Ever since
it launched into the CI space, Focal has been promising some outside speakers
and so here they are with the shape of some additions to the 100 Serie...
Savant has
introduced an array of new professional integrator-quality architectural light
strips, giving integrators new solutions that are compatible with Sav...
Focal continues to increase its presence within the CI and home theatre markets by joining the cloud-based design software platform, The CEDIA Designer (TCD). ...
EI speaks exclusively with Miguel Soto, highly-experienced AV professional and freshly appointed new business development manager of Pulse Cinemas Limited...
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.
