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A new study issued by Futuresource Consulting indicates that 60% of all home audio shipments across the USA, Western Europe and Japan will feature networking connectivity by 2014.
The overhauled facility features Spitfire SL 16-8 loudspeakers installed for LCR duties, accompanied by Spitfire SL subs for LFE and C1 SL for side and rear channels to deliver a 7.1 configuration.
Part of OmniMount’s ActionMount series, the PLAY20, PLAY20X and PLAY40 are said to redefine full motion by offering users ‘an unconventional way to get off the sofa and interactive with their TVs’.
The appearance followed an eventful period for the manufacturer, which has seen it move to a new manufacturing/distribution facility in Hertfordshire and introduce a two-year warranty on all new products.
With styling and performance to complement the recently launched twenty series speakers, the twenty.C allows home theatre enthusiasts to share in the benefits of PMC’s latest drive units and ATL innovations.
Suppliers and installers joined forces to create a cut-price entertainment masterpiece for a children's hospice in Scotland, which included kit from JVC, Current Audio, Lutron and Pioneer.
Originally established in 1995, T&T Automation has gradually progressed from an initial base in voice and data engineering to enjoy a formidable presence in the UK and North American residential installation sectors. Managing director Tony Harper tells David Davies about the evolution of the company and the nature of its current workload.
Among the topics covered in the second part of our roundtable discussion on lighting control are: the problems around controlling LED, and what's being done to resolve them; drivers of future growth in the marketplace; and one area in which this 'grown-up' part of the CI portfolio (as it was described in part one) is still somewhat immature. Paddy Baker reports.
