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Large-Scale Tech Integration Meets Concierge-Level Service

After the owner of a rebuilt multimillion-dollar home in the Royal Palm community in Boca Raton, Fla. conducted what he described to TYM Home Theaters and Smart Homes President Matt Montgomery as a “scholarly level of research” on home integration and networking technology, he tasked the Utah-based integrator with that technology’s execution.  The home includes a USAI lighting system that…

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Smart Home

A Luxury Smart Home Automated by Crestron

Wyckoff, N.J.-based technology integration firm Restrepo Innovations was called upon by a local builder to “upsmart” a $1.5 million renovated home situated in the town of Ridgewood, N.J., an affluent haven for daily commuters to New York City. The property was being readied by the contractor as a spec home, and selected Restrepo principal Mike Restrepo and his team to…

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home theater

A Budget-Minded Home Theater

The most important aspect of this budget-minded theater, executed by Canadian integrator Acoustic Interiors, is what you can’t see in the finished product.  A great deal of work went into keeping sound inside this room. The client felt it was key to spend a fair portion of an admittedly modest product on sound isolation, so the team at Acoustic Interiors,…

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Sounding Off On Home Theaters 

By Randy Blanchard, Director of Audio Products, Vanco No matter how lush the seating, how enveloping the screen, how beautiful the LED stars twinkling in the ceiling are, though, you’re only seeing a small fraction of the experience.  A picture may be worth a thousand words, but when it comes to home theaters, audio is more important than video. Are…

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