Why are these men smiling? Because they work for Wadia, whose iTransport is a hot item right now. That's John Schaffer on the left and Martin Cooper, who you will see more of in an upcoming SoundStage! V movie. [www.wadia.com]

Another future star of a SoundStage! V movie is Raphael Triomphe, project manager for the new Focal Utopia speakers. He stands next to the massive Utopia EM ($180,000 per pair).

Paul Barton of PSB is supremely content with his new Imagine speaker series, which debuted at CEDIA 2008. You can view a SoundStage! V movie on the Imagine series here. [www.psbspeakers.com]

Vince Bruzzese of Totem Acoustics modeled with his speakers in a new white finish, which worked well in the pastel-colored Totem display.

This company specializes in entertainment memorabilia, which is displayed and framed as sports memorabilia is. If you need a signed poster for the movie Wall Street -- or Terminator -- it's here.

We weren't quite sure what the people at Krell were thinking when they decided on this bamboo hut display...

...but we liked the Sonance sound garden, where the company displayed prototype omnidirectional speakers -- those hanging cones and spheres along with the big white donut in the center.