The 2012 CEDIA EXPO officially kicked off yesterday morning, with (left to right) vice
chair Larry Pexton, and CEDIA Fellows Ken Erdmann and Jeremy Glowacki cutting the
ceremonial ribbon at the Indianapolis Convention Center main hall. This year’s CEDIA
features 457 exhibiting companies, 92 exhibitors, and has 71 countries represented.
by Lindsey Adler
Navigating the exhibit hall at the Indiana
Convention Center Wednesday afternoon
was almost like jostling for position in the final
lap of the Indy 500.
“The show has been phenomenal for us,”
and the kiosks that sign up new dealers have
been full since 9 a.m., says Mark Fukuda,
president of WAVE Electronics (Booth 1713),
a distribution company that just went national
[see story on page 3].
Chris Bundy, director of product market-
ing for Atlona (Booth 5443) was particularly
jazzed about rep activity at the show. “We’ve
been really interested in how reps are mak-
ing everybody’s booth go round,” he says.
“I think if it weren’t for the reps, this show
wouldn’t be as amazing as it is.”
Since 1998, CEDIA EXPO has been the
platform for new product introductions from
D-Tools (Booth 4554), and 2012 has already
reaffirmed this commitment, according to Tim
Bigoness, VP sales and marketing, D-Tools.
“This year so far we had a great launch event.
Many integrators and partners have been
here. The attendance has been great. And
this continues to be the show where we are
going to showcase our new releases.”
Many show attendees cited especially
strong attendance at the education sessions.
Matt D. Scott, president, Omega Audio Video,
CEDIA Kicks Off With Smashing Success
Several companies are launching active and
passive soundbars, high-performance in-
room speakers, AirPlay speakers, and other
tabletop speaker systems during EXPO this
week. Here are the details on these speaker
introductions:
Artison (Booth 3845) will replace its cur-
rent passive three-channel soundbar with
three new models designed for TVs with
thinner displays. The soundbars compris-
ing the Studio series are 2.25-inches-deep
and positioned as offering both aesthetics
and performance. They are the Studio 39,
Studio 46, and Studio 55.
Current Audio’s (Booth 5167) first two
active soundbars are the SB65 with 6.5-
inch wireless subwoofer and the SB8 with
8-inch wireless subwoofer. The later adds
stereo Bluetooth for streaming music from
portable devices. Additional details were
unavailable.
GoldenEar’s (SR16) first soundbar is
the passive, three-channel SuperCinema
3D Array. The company’s highest pow-
ered active sub, the ForceField 5, ships
in December. The soundbar measures 49
inches wide by 4.75 inches tall by 2.5
inches deep. It’s designed to minimize
interaural crosstalk in the 150Hz-2,000Hz
range to improve front-stage width and
depth beyond what three separate-but-
closely-spaced speakers can deliver, the
company says.
KEF (Booth 1312) is launching its first
powered speakers with USB connection
to PCs, Apple iOS devices, and Android
devices to play back their music. The
$799-suggested X300A two-way speaker
pair is said to perform as well as profes-
sional studio monitors, thanks to bi-ampli-
fication, use of Class AB audiophile-grade
amps, 96kHz/24-bit USB input, and KEF’s
proprietary Uni-Q driver array.
Martin Logan’s (SR9) Motion 15 bookshelf
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Multiroom
Audio Products
Feature Wireless
Technologies
The latest developments in multiroom
audio and video products at CEDIA EXPO
include a range of traditional audio and
video matrix switchers, multizone audio
amplifiers, and hardwired multiroom-
audio systems. But also on the show floor
are video switchers that use HDBaseT
technology to send HDMI video over
long distances, wireless multiroom audio
systems from several companies, and
multiroom audio servers that integrate
with AirPlay technology.
Altona’s (Booth 5443) new high-
speed HDMI 4x4 matrix switcher, the
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