Residential Tech Talks

Residential Tech Talks


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Episode 204: Dirac Dives Into Their Room Correction Technology as it Enters a New Era
August 05, 2025

Dirac has been making a push, recently, to get their room correction technology out into the market and improving more consumers' audio experience in a more streamlined and simpler way. Ahead of the official launch of the Dirac ART tech in Marantz and Onk

Episode 203: Audio Industry Veteran Rob Jones on Bringing Magnetar to North America
July 29, 2025

Leaning on his engineering expertise and audio industry savviness is nothing new to Rob Jonesnor is launching brands into the CEDIA channel. This go, Jones is helping lead the charge for Magnetar Audio as the brand enters the North American market. In th

Episode 202: Emerald Expo’s Jason McGraw Talks on CEDIA Expo, Trade Show Evolution, and More
July 22, 2025

Chopping it up with Jason McGraw is a favorite pastime of ours for many reason, not the least of which is his love and passion for the custom integration and technology industries. He's been in this space—on the trade show side—for many years, and his exp

Episode 201: Exploring the Evolution of Oasys, the CI Channel, and More with Hank Alexander
July 15, 2025

A little over three years since the rebranding of his groupand just a few weeks post the third-annual Oasys Summitwe sat down with Hank Alexander, director of Oasys Residential Technology Group. We dive into the progress his team has made over that time

Episode 200: Kaleidescape Chats About New Product, Design Excellence, and More
July 01, 2025

Tayloe Stansbury was just your average home entertainment consumer when he first met the Kaleidescape team. Their mission and commitmentand productultimately won him over to the point that he became Chairman and CEO of the company. We sat down with Stan

Episode 199: Azione Unlimited's Message of Controlling What You Can Control
June 24, 2025

Azione Unlimited Executive Director Patrick McCarthy is just about half-a-year into his new role, but the messages he's imparting onto the members of the group sound like someone who's been at the helm for half-a-decade. Having served in the shadows on an

Episode 198: Looking Back at 10 Years of Josh.ai
June 17, 2025

CEO Alex Capecelatro has steered the ship for Josh.ai since the company launched 10 years ago this year. In that time, Josh has evolved from a piece of forward-thinking software into a full-blown home automation platform. We sat down with Alex to reflect

Episode 197: AVPro Global CEO On RTI Acquisition and More
June 10, 2025

Fresh off the news that his family-run company had agreed to acquire RTI Control, AVPro Global Holdings Founder and CEO Jeff Murray sat down with us to talk about the deal and so much more. We get into the company's 10-year history, how they've grown so f

Episode 196: Lessons in Life and Integration from Premiere SAV's Ann Johnson
June 03, 2025

Every integrator has a unique backstory for how they got into the business. But once they've made the decision to jump into this industry, they tend to face the same challenges and obstacles as their peers. That's why it's always enlightening to sit down

Episode 195: Sony's New CI Lead Shares Outlook for the Brand and the AV Industry
May 27, 2025

It had only been a few weeks since Kathleen Thomas took over as the head of custom integration for Sony when we sat down for this interview, but having spent many years preparing for this moment, and with the support of the team around her, she's clearly