Maybe you could say we’re in the calm before the storm with a good portion of the technology integration market packing its bags to spend a week in Las Vegas for InfoComm 2026.
InfoComm should generate a lot of product announcements and other news before the market begins to gear up for the CEDIA Expo to end the summer in Denver this upcoming September. For the time being, however, the home audio market continues to produce news, and if you are an Apple fan, the Worldwide Developer’s Conference delivered some news.
With that as the backdrop for this week’s KMB Comm Tech Week in Review, we will look at items from Apple, Shure and Zoom, Denon, SVS, Spotify, and rock’s new star Anika Nilles. These news items come from LinkedIn, AVNirvana.com, eCoustics, AVNation, and YouTube.
KMB Comm Home Technology Week in Review
The first item in our weekly look back comes from AVNirvana. The website reports that SVS has officially introduced auto EQ (equalization) for its RIEvolution Series of subwoofers.
AVNirvana says in the post the feature is available in the SVS Subwoofer Control App, and through the option, users can fine-tune bass performance in home spaces without manual tuning or specialty calibration tools.
With the home audio market thriving through the renewed interest in physical media, eCoustics’ review of the Denon DP-500BT turntable comes at a perfect time.
According to the story, the DP-500BT is a best-of-both-worlds solution. The belt-driven, semi-automatic turntable is easy to setup; it produces high levels of sound quality given its price point, and it offers Bluetooth for modern listening flexibility.
MSRP for the Denon DP-500BT is $899.
Wrapping up the KMB Comm tour of home audio news this week is a post from LinkedIn that cites a Bloomberg story.
LinkedIn via Bloomberg says that Spotify is looking to expand the way it supports music fans. The story states that Spotify is investigating whether to offer live concert videos and early ticket access to shows.
Bloomberg and LinkedIn point out that Spotify wants leverage live events to diversify its revenues, while looking to challenge competitors such as YouTube for live show users.
Commercial AV and Global News
Shifting gears from the residential technology integration market and into the commercial AV industry, comes a story from AVNation.
The website posted a story on Shure and Zoom expanding their partnership with new IntelliMix Room Kits and IntelliMix Foundation System for Zoom Rooms solutions.
AVNation says the IntelliMix Foundation System is designed for settings such as lecture halls, boardrooms and hybrid classrooms. The preconfigured IntelliMix Room Kits, the story continues, were developed to simplify installation in meeting spaces of all sizes.
The story notes the systems are also designed to support the growing presence of human and AI technologies during conference calls.
Returning to the LinkedIn website, the social media service picked up another story from Bloomberg, this time focusing on Apple.
The post says that with Apple preparing to show its AI strategy at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, the company’s actions will be a test for Apple’s new leadership and updated Siri digital assistant.
LinkedIn and Bloomberg add that given how well Apple has performed on Wall Street and if it can fix its AI issues, its stock could perform even better.
Circling back to live music to close the KMB Comm Tech Week in Review out, the legendary band Rush, kicked off its “50-Something” tour on June 7 in Los Angeles with their new drummer Anika Nilles.
Nilles is filling big shoes taking the place of one of rock music’s greatest drummers—Neil Peart who passed back in 2020—but based on the positive reactions she has received from fans, rock music has a new star.
The tour which will have the hall-of-fame band on the road until 2027 includes American stops in Chicago, New York, and Boston. Other cities the band will hit include its hometown of Toronto, as well as Montreal, and international locations including Rio De Janeiro, Paris, Cologne, London, Milan, and Oslo.
To learn more about Anika Nilles, check out this recently released interview with the German drummer from the music educator Rick Beato that covers her background and current touring drumkit.
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