Orro Expands Connections for Third-Party Lighting, Plugs, and Switches

Orro Lutron

Orro, maker of a professional-grade Smart Living System, has expanded its third-party lighting control capabilities, including connections to more connected switches, dimmers, plugs, outlets, and lighting systems. By detecting motion, sound and light, with its built-in sensors, Orro responds with the perfect amount of light, while learning and adapting lighting based on homeowners’ habits and […]

RTT Podcast #88: Ken Johnson on His Premiere SAV Joint Venture

Ken Johnson Podcast

On Episode #88 of the Residential Tech Talks podcast, Ken Johnson joins us from Chicago, where he is owner and president of Premiere Systems, a home integration firm of 65 employees serving both the Chicago, IL and Naples, FL markets. Premiere Systems and Bozeman-Montana-based SAV Digital Environments earlier this month completed their acquisition of Xssentials […]

Audyssey Unveils New Individually Calibrated Microphones for Use with MultEQ-X

Audyssey ACM1-X microphone

Audyssey has unveiled the new ACM1-X calibrated microphone as a companion accessory to its recently announced MultEQ-X room-correction software. The microphone enables measurements to be corrected to a near-perfect match to those of a “type 1” reference microphone. Each Audyssey ACM1-X microphone is individually measured at Audyssey’s laboratory in Los Angeles, CA. Once calibrated, a serial number is assigned, […]