The Integrators Voice – Where the custom installation industry speaks

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Are You Ignoring the Most Important Number in Your Business?

2026-10-3153:38

Send us Fan Mail Sign up for our weekly newsletter - https://linkly.link/2gPF0 A single number can change how you run your integration business. When the UK smart home integration market comes in at 2.2 billion, the obvious question is not just “is that big?” but “how was it measured, and what should I do with it?” Stuart Burgess is joined by Ryan Bardach, CEDIA’s Director of Research, and Eric Voyer from the Farnsworth Group to unpack the UK survey methodology, why CEDIA built an in-house r...

Two-Sub Waveforming and Trinnov AI Changes The Game

2026-09-2901:11:54

Send us Fan Mail Sign up for our weekly newsletter - https://linkly.link/2gPF0 Two subwoofers. No rear array. No 16-sub demo room. Just a realistic setup that can still tackle the bass problem most rooms never solve: long, muddy low-frequency decay that smears everything above it. We sit down with David from Trinnov to break down what changed in waveforming, why the time domain matters as much as frequency response, and how the new two-sub waveforming variant can make meaningful bass control ...

Beyond the Gear: Why Integrators Need to Change Their Strategy

2026-09-1258:40

Send us Fan Mail Sign up for our weekly newsletter - https://linkly.link/2gPF0 Your client says the projector is dead, the Wi‑Fi is flaky, and the “smart” TV box keeps acting up. We’ve both been there, so we get specific about what actually fixes problems and what actually delivers value in a real home cinema or media room, not just on paper. From a media wall built around a 77-inch TV to the design trap of mounting screens too high, we talk through the practical choices that keep a room comf...

The Subscription Chaos: Why Your Clients Can't Watch the Big Game

2026-08-2159:15

Send us Fan Mail Sign up for our weekly newsletter - https://linkly.link/2gPF0 Sports you grew up watching are quietly disappearing behind paywalls and that same subscription chaos is now landing on our doorstep as integrators. When a client asks why a “simple” game or show won’t play in their new media room, the answer often isn’t the display or the AVR, it’s the shifting mix of apps, tiers, ads, and missing features that change month to month. So we zoom out and talk honestly about what thi...

Thousands Spent, Everything Removed: Here's Why

2026-07-2901:26:14

Send us Fan Mail Sign up for our weekly newsletter - https://linkly.link/2gPF0 A “smart home” that costs a fortune should not end with the client ripping everything out and going back to basic light switches, but that’s exactly the kind of story we unpack here. Simon Gregory and I start with what we’ve been seeing on the road: real demos, real training, and the small details that separate a slick home cinema experience from a frustrating one that constantly needs rescuing. We share takeaways...

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The Integrators Voice – Where the custom installation industry speaks