April 2024 | Volume 32 | No. 3 CONTENTS DEPARTMENTS 6 NEAT-O! Golf entertainment complex decked out with technology. 8 INDUSTRY PULSE TNT Awards Announced Azione's Glikes Departs Daily Operations Legrand's Selldorff Retires ISE Breaks Attendance Records 44 COVER STORY CE PROFILE: Big-Time Scorers 44 Led by Neal and Dawn Check, Michigan-based SoundCheck drives appointed Experience Center. By Arlen Schweiger sales as a top sports simulation dealer and a thoroughly well22 p dive 50 The People's Choices CE Pro's 14th annual Quest for Quality Awards once again tap into integrators' opinions to recognize superior service by industry suppliers. By Arlen Schweiger W R VIEW POINTS FROM THE EDITOR 4 Where suppliers fall short By Arlen Schweiger Solutions Abound for Integrators to Embrace Health & Wellness Tech Still slow to catch on in the CEDIA channel, manufacturers set foundations for dealers to diff erentiate their portfolios covering many pillars of the category. By Arlen Schweiger HDMI CORNER 20 One cable to rule them all By DPL Labs FIELD TEST 61 AudioQuest's PQ-707 power conditioner By Robert Archer 16 NETWORKING+ HOME CONTROL AI-Driven URC Virtual Assistant Released CEDIA Expo/CIX Announce Connectivity Pavilion Access Networks Expands into Commercial Security Corner 20 LIGHTING Lutron Maestro Dual Controls Savant's GE Lighting New Fixtures 58 CHANNEL CEDIA Summits Announced One Firefl y, Lutron Enhance Dealer Program Hunter Douglas CIP Marks 5 Years 64 BY THE NUMBERS Immersive AV Solutions 50 2 | CE Pro April 2024 COVER CREDIT: Photo courtesy of SoundCheck and CreativeX/stock.adobe.com cepro.com 12 WELLSCAPES Integrator Leverages Tunable Lighting Outdoors 14 AUDIO+VIDEO Origin Goes Commercial with PRO Lines madVR, Ascend Open Experience Center OSD Intros Multiroom Streamer Q T U E S T S F 2 O Q R 2 U A L I Y D A 4 A COURTESY OF SOUNDCHECK COURTESY OF DRAPER AT HOMEhttp://www.cepro.com