AVI-SPL vs. CDW

We've gone through a few other A/V support organizations over the years. Our growth and needs have greatly changed. Prior A/V partners proved to be severely lacking in capability. It felt like playing whack a mole with snuffing out issue after issue rather than addressing the root cause of issues. Since working with AVI SPL, the number of issues we've faced have dropped immensely

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CDW is a good solutions provider that has many offerings a client can choose from. CDW is well suited for solutions that require research and design, and providing the on-site implementation for the client. Hardware and software are also offered from CDW, but costlier, than if dealing with the hardware/software vendor directly.

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• The desk mics are a game changer. They can be moved closer to the presenter so that there is never a missed word!
• The camera quality is great! It's important to us to look professional to others outside of the company and this technology helps with that.
• The quick response time on technical issues. Yes, there is always a wait time to have a tech come out. But it also goes to show they stay busy because they are in high demand! Every tech from the installation to software issues that have came to the office are very informative about the software and incredibly nice, which is appreciated more than you know.

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• Website is very convenient and easily navigated.
• Quotes are always competitive.
• The range of products and services that they provide is outstanding.

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• The wait time for the components has been very long.
• Some of the components agreed upon in the original contract have been discontinued so parts are changing.
• Because of parts being discontinued, we will now have a controller that is no longer removable from the wall.

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• High staff turnover.
• Small organizations are treated as second-class citizens.
• Seems to have an agenda based on what their vendors are offering them for incentives.

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Although we've done a lot of business with AVI-SPL, the last few projects have been very bumpy and project completion schedules have been missed by a few months, causing some disruption in our ability to use the spaces as planned. This factors into getting lot of complaints from the intended end users. AVI-SPL is still one of the few large A/V subcontractors in our region that is capable of doing a multi-million A/V installation project. With limited choice we tend to go back to them given their familiarity with our organization. UPDATE: Having completed the ACC Rio Grande Campus renovation, my opinions of AVI-SPL have improved. They finished the project strong with the support of new PM that did a great job of picking up where we left off and carrying the project through to 100% completion to the Owner's satisfaction.

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They had us replace the PC three times stating that the PSU was not strong enough to power the USB bus. The last PC had a 1500w PSU. The USB devices kept not working because they had too many USB devices connected. We had to hire another company to come out and fix this mistake as well. They redesigned the solution to get the features that we requested from the beginning and something that would work correctly

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AVI-SPL always availability. I have no issue

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No issue at my end.

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They have a customer support portal, which can be helpful at times, but it is limited in what you can see or do. Their internal support platform is a very high-end system, but it appears that they have not implemented it well, so data to the customer portal side is incomplete. Reports are difficult to get from the internal system, and more often have to be built manually by the account team. They cannot provide me an inventory of what they have installed, nor an inventory by ticket of what has been RMA'd and replaced. Their data management is inconsistent. we struggle to get the correct ticket information sometimes.

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SPL-AVI covers all the questions when asked. Excellent demo on how to use the system in our community.

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We were not at all satisfied. We had to hire another company to go behind them to get it to work

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AVI-SPL is a professional integrator in the Audio Video industry. They have always been the top choice in my book! The people that work for the company will be friendly and knowledgeable. The AVI-SPL employees that come to work on your project are professional and respectful of the environment they are working in

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CDW is a top-tier partner with most reputable tech companies. This aids in getting the best prices available.

All is good

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The system was not scalable with the hardware they ordered

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I would consider inside sales as a professional service. My experience with AVI-SPL and Amanda Laraia has been second to none.

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• We have seen a reduction in ticket volume in spaces recently updated by AVI-SPL.
• While hard to quantify, AVI-SPL's multi-vendor support affords us peace of mind; we know that they can assist us with issues, regardless of the failure point.
• Internal subjective feedback shows a positive view of the spaces AVI-SPL has integrated for us.

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