TWICE - July 16, 2007

The Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA) buying group has added Synergy Audio Video of Orange, Calif., as its 60th member. The store, owned by Steve Gorton, a former salesperson for Leigh Adams and Ken Cranes, was started in 1996 when Gorton "figured out the only way I was going to make real money was to provide all of the product as well as the integration.

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