25 episodes
The Essential Install Podcast Essential Install
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The Essential Install Podcast is hosted by David Kitchener, the Publishing Director of Essential Install Magazine, and aims to educate, inform and help installers to do their job.
David will be talking to industry people from industry associations, custom install companies and distributors with a view to finding out what they can offer the industry, where they see the industry going in these challenging times, and to discuss specific topics with them like home cinema, calibration and programming.
We would love to hear your feedback on the podcast - please email david@essentialinstall.com with any comments, topics you'd like to hear covered or suggestions for any future guests.
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The International Women’s Day Podcast
David Kitchener talks to four successful women in the AV industry, to celebrate International women’s day.
“Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women's equality. Collectively we can all embrace equality”.
So, celebrating women's achievements and increasing visibility, while calling out inequality, is key. -
Smart Lighting with Rako Controls
With this podcast we are concentrating on lighting, as we are joined by the award winning Rako Controls the UK’s leading smart lighting controls manufacturer, who recently picked up awards at the Smart Building awards for the “Best Lighting control” and to add to that Rako won the “Best Hardware” category award at the recent CEDIA EMEA awards, for their modular WK-MOD and RK-MOD keypads.
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Power Management with GUDE Systems
To the AV integrator, power is everything.
The connection of a system to the mains fires up all sorts of solutions, from lighting and HAVAC through to cinema and music. But how much attention do we actually give to the power source?
All it takes is a spike in power or power cut and all of the integrators hard-earned work requires service visits and, at worst, swapping out of kit. So, to discuss this important topic we are joined by Philipp Gude of GUDE Systems. -
Mark Reynolds, Jason Girardier & John Niebel on Snap One
This podcast focuses on Snap One. This is a culmination of SnapAV and Control4 rebranding as Snap One just over a year ago. The rebranding and general marketing for a company the size of Snap One is a mammoth task: hear how they are achieving this and where Snap One are now.
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Invision UK's 20th Anniversary
The Essential Install team talk to Invision UK about their 20th anniversary, and their House Party to celebrate the fact on the 13th and 14th July 2022. Hear the brands that will be on show during the event. Listen and book your FREE tickets on the Invision website.
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John Buchanan on Meridian Audio & DbM
David Kitchener and Daniel Sait discuss redefining how you experience sound, with John Buchanan the CEO of Meridian Audio and DbM.