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f you build it, they will come, arriving by appointment or just walking in to savor the experience of a custom installation. For established...

Many residential systems contractors have been around long enough to have tediously tamped speaker wire under a baseboard to connect up a secondary pair...

Audiophiles have played a crucial role in the history of audio equipment design. One obvious example is evident in the advent of transistorized power...

Because the custom electronics industry places such strong emphasis on education, it was only a question of when training programs would be established outside...

The next significant residential lighting design trend is an innovative combination of technology and ecology, providing great visual impact and giving designers more ecologically...

A basic home theater system often requires the integration of a half dozen A/V products, along with their requisite set of remote controls. And,...

Bob Gullo has nothing to hide, but some of his custom designs and installations are a different story. Gullo is president of Electronics Design...

For average folks, just the thought of a "whole-house integration" might seem daunting. They might not know where to begin. But for a custom...

Naples, Florida, is considered one of the hottest spots in the country in which to live. New homeowners moving to the area expect all...

That rumbling sound you hear isn’t one of your trucks coming back from an installation job. It’s the sound of an entire industry in...

When Bruce Garipay founded Automated Homes in Phoenix, Arizona five years ago, he thought of the area as a "small town." After all, he...

When the product engineers at SpeakerCraft decided to come out with a line of in-ceiling speakers for the home, they acknowledged that their technology...

For manufacturers, keeping up with technology is as important as keeping up with the Joneses on the home front. And for touchscreen panel suppliers,...

HAI has introduced two new programs designed to promote its home automation product line in new home developments. The Builder Partner Program will offer...

The Philips Pronto and Marantz RC5000 learning remote controls are now compatible with Crestron home automation and networking solutions.

Peerless Industries has released new mounting brackets for LCD TVs, including a flat/tilting wall mount and an articulated wall arm. Designed to flush-mount an...

These days, the words "music storage" conjure up the image of a college student, high on Napster and low on funds, sitting in front...

Smart is preparing to ship an enhanced line of wiring products under the GE-Smart brand. The GE-Smart Digital DataCenter product line provides a central...

As California residents truly learn the meaning of what it is to be "in the black," companies in the residential systems market nationwide are...

Toledo, OH--Owens Corning and Theo Kalomirakis Enterprises (TKE), a subsidiary of Theo Kalomirakis Theaters, have formed a strategic alliance that will lead to the...

San Clemente, CA--Responding to dealer requests for a way to make Sonance's Navigator keypad programming faster and easier, the company has created the "Way...

Morrisville, NC--Home Director Inc., the spin-off of IBM's Home Network Solutions unit, recently acquired Digital Interiors Inc., a San Jose, California, custom integration firm....

Albuquerque, NM--Hillwood, a Fort Worth, Texas, home developer, has chosen Smart Systems Technologies to outfit the residences of the 2,500-acre Heritage community in north...