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XSCACE has exhibited at the major residential and commercial AV trade shows since 2024, across Europe, North America and India. This page is the running record: which shows, what was shown, and what the trade press made of it.
Trade show presence matters differently from consumer coverage. A review sells one speaker to one household. A stand at CEDIA Expo or ISE is seen by the distributors, integrators and specifiers who decide which brands get written into dozens of projects at once — so the audience is small, and each person in it is worth a great deal more.
| Show | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Smart Expo | 2026 | India |
| CEDIA Expo | 2025 | North America |
| Smart Expo | 2025 | India |
| Architectural Digest Show | 2025 | North America |
| CEDIA Expo | 2024 | North America |
| ISE — Integrated Systems Europe | 2024 | Barcelona, Europe |
The award: Ghost, Best New In-Ceiling Speaker
At CEDIA Expo 2024, the XSCACE Ghost won Best New In-Ceiling Speaker in rAVe’s Best of CEDIA Expo Awards. The distinction worth drawing is who gave it: rAVe [PUBS] is the AV industry trade publication covering the show floor, and the award is voted by its editorial team. It is not a self-nominated or paid-entry honour.
The Ghost was introduced on camera as a slim in-ceiling and in-wall speaker with a built-in subwoofer — the combination that made it unusual on a show floor where in-ceiling models are normally specified alongside a separate sub.
The full account is in XSCACE Ghost Wins Best New In-Ceiling Speaker at CEDIA Expo 2024.
ISE 2024, Barcelona
rAVe framed XSCACE’s category position in a single line at ISE 2024: a specialist in hidden, tiny, or ultra-thin speakers. Two video segments came out of the show. The Bonsai was introduced on camera as a tiny speaker that can fill a room, shown alongside the ultra-slim QuadCane array — the first look European integrators had at either product ahead of wider distribution.
CEDIA Expo 2024
CEDIA Expo is the largest annual gathering of the residential AV and smart home integration industry in North America. rAVe covered the XSCACE stand in three separate segments, one per product: the Bonsai as a slim array speaker with a built-in crossover, the Ghost as a slim in-ceiling and in-wall speaker with a built-in sub, and the QuadCane.
Five independent video segments across two continents in one calendar year is a different signal from a single appearance. One stand can be bought. Five editorial segments means the trade press judged the products newsworthy on their own merits.
Both shows are covered in detail in XSCACE at CEDIA and ISE 2024: Full Trade Show Coverage.
Since 2024
XSCACE has continued to exhibit as distribution has expanded into India, the UAE, the UK and Europe, Thailand and the Philippines:
- Smart Expo 2026 — India. The most recent appearance.
- CEDIA Expo 2025 — North America. A second consecutive year on the CEDIA floor.
- Smart Expo 2025 — India.
- Architectural Digest Show 2025 — North America. A design and architecture audience rather than an AV trade one, which suits a product category whose buyer is often the architect rather than the integrator.
Why an architectural speaker brand exhibits at all
Architectural audio is specified, not bought off a shelf. The person choosing the speaker is usually an integrator, an architect or an interior designer working to a drawing, months before anything is installed. They cannot evaluate a 12mm-deep speaker from a photograph — the entire proposition is how little of it there is, and that only lands in the hand.
That is why the same products appear at both AV shows and design shows. CEDIA and ISE reach the integrator who will install it; the Architectural Digest Show reaches the architect who decides whether there is a speaker in the specification at all.
If you are specifying a system rather than browsing, the floorplan sound simulation does the coverage prediction, room modes and bill of quantities from a traced plan, and the case studies show finished rooms.