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Focusing on the Extra Details That Can Take Installations Over the Top

Imagine having a ledger book and inputting all relevant data about a purchase. Instead of sliding that ledger onto your bookshelf, you make it public and give a tiny piece of it to hundreds of others.

Home Theater

Our Industry’s Lack of Set-It-and-Forget-It Equipment, Provides a Prime Opportunity for Remote Quality Assurance and Monitoring

Features

Integrating Voice into a Robust Smart Home Installation

From the Field

Grow Your Business by Combining Your Technical Aptitude with Emotional Intelligence

From the Editor

Nobody Enjoys Dealing with Mysterious System Hiccups That Require a Device Reboot or Sometimes an Entire Network Reset to Repair

Technology

ELAN Control, SpeakerCraft and Sunfire Audio, and Panamax Power Protection Simplify Residential Life with Fully Integrated Multi-Room AV, Lighting, Climate, and Security Systems

Marketing Measures

Why not create the best possible image now for your professional network audience?

Technology

Tym Smart Homes & Home Theaters Installs Luxul Network Solutions for Improved Speed and Reliability for 4K Video Distribution System and Wi-Fi

Features

Company Is Forging Partnerships At A Rapid Rate

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Delivering Audio Control in Queens, NY, Rare Car Collection Garage

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The Unique Pathways to Success Among Small-Business Owners in CI

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Home Theater

Company Also Provides Dealers and Distributors with Free Shipping in Continental U.S.

Features

Future Home Integration Provides AV and Environmental Control Programming for High-End RV in Sanford, FL

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From the Editor

Will the Category Continue to Grow or Will the Novelty Wear Off?

Features

With the Growth of New Technologies and Efforts to Target the Wider Market, the Projector Category is as Promising as Ever

Features

Just Add Power’s 3G Ultra HD Over IP Platform Adds Latest Video Distribution Capabilities to Australian Luxury Apartment

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InterNetworking

International CES Presented Exciting Opportunities in This Burgeoning Tech Category

Features

Finding Equipment Racks to Meet the Changing AV and Smart Home Technology Needs

Marketing

10 Lessons I’ve Learned in Life That Were Meant to Be Shared

Features

Understanding Which is Which and How to Engage When Issues In Business Arise

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Home Theater

Home Theater and Accessory Technology Now Available Through the Authorized Integrators Network Group

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Marketing

Enrichment Training Sessions will Take Place in April and June

Home Theater

Avoiding the Pitfalls of System Failure From Firmware Updates

Theater Design

Great Theater Design Requires the Contribution and Coordination of Many Trades

From the Editor

When My Oldest Daughter Told Me That 'Everyone' in the Sixth Grade was Talking About the Netflix’s Series, I Gave Her the Green Light to Start Watching Season 1

Features

7,000-Square-Foot Florida Home Features Multi-Purpose Entertainment Room

Features

Audio Brands Tailor Subwoofer Designs to Changing Demands of Homeowners

Behind the Business

Three Brothers Combine Talents to Lead Inspired Technology and Communications in Easton, MA

Marketing

In SmartOFFICE, the Designer or Salesperson can Create a Digital Proposal and with a Simple Link to Email to Prospective Customers

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Management

ProjX360 can Manage Every Aspect of a Project from the Sales Process to Creating Proposals and Ordering Products

News

Just launched this week, AV Junction is an online marketplace for AV talent where freelancers and integration firms can connect with one another to complete work. We caught up with founder and CEO Paul Weatherhead to learn more about this novel platform.

Marketing

James Loudspeaker has appointed Sapphire Marketing as their independent sales representatives for the residential AV market in New England

Features

Manufacturers Reflect on Their Most Effective Product Launches of the Year

Management

Moving Beyond the Break-Fix Service Model to RMR-Focused Maintenance Plans

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Features

Buying groups want more members and dealers want more information about buying groups, so we’re bringing it all together and helping make it easier for dealers to decide on if they should join a buying group and if so, which one?

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Features

If you’re like most businesses, there are probably a lot of aspects of your work that could benefit from more streamlined management. The good news is that there’s never been a better time to start using the plethora of software tools available to run your smart home business smarter.

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InterNetworking

While every home should certainly have a robust wireless backbone, it will always be preferable to hard wire fixed intelligent electronic devices in the home.

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Back to Business

When it comes to closing out a project, a detailed scope-of-work statement is one of the most important documents you can have in your arsenal.

From the Editor

This year’s Azione Unlimited fall meeting in Austin was another upbeat affair, but there were moments in the short time that I was there that made me feel a kid at the dinner table, being forced to eat his vegetables.

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In the Field

Does this sound familiar? The client wants simplicity but asks you for solutions that you know will provide the opposite result. If you argue, you might lose the job, so maybe you relent.

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Features

While everyone on your team matters, the person most responsible for ensuring that a proposal becomes a living, breathing (and reliably operating) system, delivered on time and on or below budget to a fully satisfied client, is the project manager. What are some qualities of a successful project manager, and just how big of a workload should they have?

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Home Theater

Dialog clarity is perhaps the most important performance aspect for audio systems, and compromised quality is a very bad thing. But how does it happen?

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From the Field

CEDIA 2017 felt busier and more crowded than prior years. It wasn’t the crowds, however, that stood out the most for me. It was the renewed embrace of the channel by exhibiting manufacturers.

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Going Forward

RTI’s now-shipping new programming platform combines time-saving automation with the complete freedom to design custom control experiences that RTI hopes will set dealers apart from the competition.