Wow! What a dynamite training seminar! Hands on with the RNET CAV6.6 system, including wiring hookup and in-depth programming practice. Very valuable for my top tech and my audio sales manager. Can’t thank you all enough. Keep me posted on additional training.

—Dana Hurlbut, Central Security

      I recently attended the class in Las Vegas. I have been distributing Russound products with Worthington Distribution for the last three years. I learned several things.... I also liked the way class members worked in helping dealers and installers learn from real-life installs.
      Great class! I am going to recommend the class to all of my Russound installers.

—J. J. Henderson, Worthington Distribution

      I do not understand how you can be in the custom insallation world and not continue your education to stay ahead of your competition. Remember that customers are always thinking “What’s next?”, and if you cannot answer that, then you just lost a sale.

—Wil Vitela, Home Theater Tech

      I just wanted to say thank you.... It's great for your installer to get a full picture of what your full product range can do.

—Dean Schinnerer, Lang Creek Log Homes

      The Russound 2007 Road Show is definitely a 4-star—make it a 5-star—event. I have been to several technical and sales trainings and this is top on the list. The Road Show provides detailed information on components and systems, techniques for design and functionality, and most importantly, how to make it all work.
      Making it all work requires more than an educated person standing in front of an audience with a PowerPoint. How about all of the above and educated people circulating as each attendee is connecting all of their components into a controller? Yes, I actually wired up a system from interconnects to punching down CAT-5 on a keypad. Now, this is training!
      After I used the punch-down tool to connect my RNET keypads, I wired up my speakers and voila! I had a working system. This is all fine, but then I wanted to do the things that dealers do, like customize source names, customize zones and all the fancy bells and whistles that most manufacturers just tell you that they are capable of without actually teaching you. Each station not only had all the gear so I could do a full installation, but came with a laptop fully loaded with PC Power Tool software.
      I went ahead and programmed my RNET system and what do ya know, IT WORKED! Just like they said it would. I have taken so many classes, got all fired up excited and went to do whatever it was that I had learned—and sat there, reviewing my notes, thinking “Now, how was it that THEY did that?” This time I did it, and I remember how I did it, and I know that I can make it work again when I need to. As a rep, we try to give our dealers the most value, and having hands-on experience is incredibly valuable for me to help my dealers and distributors in the field.
      Not only did I learn and actually program RNET, I was able to program and install the CAA, ST2, and ComPoint. We even got first-hand experience as to what happens when you use the wrong power supply when installing ComPoint. Again, it’s one thing for someone to tell you what happens but it’s another thing when you actually smell what happens! That is first-hand experience that will never be able to be duplicated by a conversation or PowerPoint.
      This is the training that will close the sale... why would anyone want to sell anything else?

—Shanell Mora, Sales Rep, ANSR