BEST IN SHOW @ CEDIA EXPO 2025, with Special Guest John Sciacca

While most of us try to save a few hundred bucks on a new TV or a surround sound rig, some folks are spending over a million dollars on home theater systems. CEDIA Expo is where the top brands in audio, video, home automation and home theater equipment gather to display their latest gear to the custom installers who build these luxury home theater and home automation systems for their customers. It's a playground full of A/V toys and we were there to see and hear it all. Join us and special guest John Sciacca as we highlight this year’s “Best in Show” winners across multiple categories—and call out a few products that didn’t quite live up to the hype. Note: We learned after the show (and after recording this podcast) that the Lumagen/NextLevel Acoustics/Trinnov demo in Sound Room 11 discussed 43 minutes in actually did not use WaveForming, It did use the Trinnov Optimizer for room correction, with some manual tweaking for optimal bass response by Adam Pelz of Bespoke Cinemas (nice job, Adam!). You can find out why in our detailed coverage here: https://www.ecoustics.com/news/best-h... Jump ahead: 01:25 - John's CEDIA Take-aways 03:15 - Infrasonic subwoofers 04:20 - Paul Hales, Theory Audio 11:44 - Video Walls 15:54 - Quantum Media Systems MicroLED 21:57 - madVR 25:15 - Alchimia Invisible TV 28:18 - Epson Projectors 31:31 - Seymour Excellence Screen 33:15 - Skyworth CE100 36:02 - Samsung The Frame? 37:54 - Canvas Hi-Fi Frame 39:09 - $1.3M Home Theater (Ascendo/Storm) 40:34 - $180K Home Theater (Lumagen/Next Level Acoustics) 42:36 - $20K SVS Home Theater 44:30 - Trinnov Waveforming 45:25 - JBL Synthesis 48:39 - Theory Audio Design 51:34 - Steinway Lyngdorf Soundbar 53:13 - Bluesound Pulse Cinema Soundbar 54:17 - Bluesound PowerNode 56:40 - Theory iC6 Outdoor Speaker 57:00 - Klipsch Courtyard 59:00 - TCL Z100 FlexConnect 01:01:54 - Closing Thoughts 01:04:33 - Samsung Micro RGB Panel: John Sciacca, Partner at Custom Theater and Audio Chris Boylan, eCoustics Editor-at-Large Robert Silva, eCoustics Sr. News Correspondent Brian Mitchell, eCoustics Founder and Host Don't forget to check our website for daily updates on the latest electronics, news, recommendations on high-end audio, home theater, headphones, TVs, and more at https://www.ecoustics.com #bestinshow #cedia2025