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Learning to Ask Customer the Right Questions
You clean the place up to magazine-cover standards. You asked all of your employees to wear clean company shirts and made sure that everything...
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How to Correctly Perform Acoustic Verifications and Calibrations
You finished installing the latest multichannel audio system, you have configured it all and have even checked that all the signals are going where...
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Cabling According to BICSI
In an effort to address the continually growing residential market, the Building Industry Consulting Service International, Inc.--more popularly referred to as BICSI--has come out...
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Learning to Refocus and Grow Your Real Business
Things have picked up for a lot of custom installation companies in the past few months. If companies were already busy, they are now...
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Company Cultures Reflect Personality and Strategy
When Todd Rosencrans was busy immersing himself in the music culture of the early 1980s, it never occurred to him that he was building...
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Finding Out What’s New in the Hard Drive Video Storage Category
Due to the larger bandwidth required to store a video signal, there has always been somewhat of an inequity when video and audio storage...
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Exploring the New Multichannel Matrix
Once upon a time, life was simple and all signals were analog. Pre-recorded music sources had, at most, two channels. Remember the analog LP...
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Pulte Homes Picks Leviton
Little Neck, NY--Pulte Homes, the nation's largest homebuilder, has committed to making structured wiring a standard feature in its new homes and has signed...
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Getting Back to Business at CES
After the unsettling events of last September and the obvious effect they have had on many segments of our economy, it is not unfair...
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Finding Management Tools for Custom Installation Firms
It's hard to imagine how businesses in the olden days survived without the convenience of integrated computer systems to track inventory, customer orders, accounting...
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What You Should and Shouldn’t Buy Through Distribution
What happened to specialty distribution? Ten years ago distribution companies were a rarity. Today, virtually every rep company has a distribution arm.
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Quieter Comdex and Western Cable Shows Still Showed Cool Gear
In taking our annual look at Comdex and the Western Cable Show, it is important to look beyond the difficult challenges facing the technology...
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The Internet’s Next Product Wave
The networking revolution is about to enter a new phase within the Internet Age. If you thought this business wave had washed on past...
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New Book Outlines Common-Sense Measures for Custom Installation Business Success
Book Review-Management in a Bottle: How to Start and Effectively Manage your Custom Audio/Video Installation Company by J. Paul Fida Published in 2001 by...
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The Business of Acoustics
It's easy to wow clients with today's home theater equipment. The fact that most customers are able to see, hear and touch gear prior...
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Custom Installers Capitalize on Unforeseen Home Networking Opportunities
Confusion and frustration brought on by the introduction of new gadgets, technologies and lifestyles can be downright overwhelming A/V installation customers and has led...
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Len Wallis Audio Named CEDIA’s Dealer of the Year
Australia's Len Wallis Audio Takes Home CEDIA's Top Dealer Honor CEDIA's increased international presence was never more apparent than on the night of September...
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Vantage Wins CEDIA Prize for Wireless Technology Innovation
The continuing challenge of installing new technology into old homes may be old hat for most custom installers, but it isn't stopping residential systems...
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Electronic Design Group Wins CEDIA Level 5 Award for CAT System Design
Chili Davis was part of three World Series winning teams over his 19-year Major League Baseball career with the Giants, Angels, Twins, Royals and...
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TAG to Distribute Audioplex
The Advantage Group (TAG) has been selected by Audioplex Technology to nationally distribute their line of products. By virtue of this association, the alliance...
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Touchbridge Promises Unlimited Home Networking Capabilities
Preparing for a CEDIA product launch is an exciting project for every residential systems industry professional, especially if the company they are representing is...
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Bjorn’s Audio-Video Showcases 10.2 in San Antonio
They are playing more than the Yellow Rose of Texas in San Antonio these days. What some call the future of home audio is...
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How to Shift Away from a Profit Margin Business Model
You know that the cost of labor is killing you, and it makes you mad. So mad, that you start to resent your workers...
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Conducting an Initial Listening Test and Configuring the Home Theater System
After planning and designing your client's home theater and assembling your tools, it's time to delve into the first steps of the calibration process:...
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Internet Home Alliance Launches Pilot Program
Nearly a year after its inception, the Internet Home Alliance has made the leap from market research to market penetration with its recently launched...
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B&W Speakers Turn 35
Britain's B&W Loudspeakers' celebrated its 35th anniversary. In honor of the event, the company has debuted an upgraded product line. B&W has unveiled the...
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HAVi Publishes Spec. Version 1.1
A new research study, released by Cahners In-Stat Group, in conjunction with industry publications Broadband Week and CED, compares and contrasts the perceptions of...
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CEDIA EXPO 2001 Will Offer Diverse Programs and Product Offerings
CEDIA EXPO 2001, to be held September 5-9, in Indianapolis, Indiana, promises to be this year's hot spot for custom electronics integrators, designers and...
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Culture Shock
When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was officially launched on January 1, 1994, the governments of the three countries involved--Canada, Mexico and...
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Home Networking Market Surges
According to Cahners In-Stat Group research, which was released in April, the in-home networking equipment market showed strong growth in 2000, jumping by 97...
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Xbox to Feature Dolby Encoder
According to Dolby Laboratories, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft will feature the new Dolby Interactive Content Encoder, technology that dynamically encodes multi-channel...
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EDGE Sets Goals for Market
In a meeting held recently in Dallas, members of the EDGE Distributors Group assembled for a three-day session to solidify marketing plans for the...
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Panja Streamlines Personnel
In an effort to streamline its operations, Panja Inc. has reduced its workforce by approximately 10 percent, resulting in the elimination of 47 jobs...
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DVD Conference Returns
DVD Entertainment 2001 Conference & Technology Showcase, produced by the International Recording Media Association (IRMA) and United Entertainment Media's Medialine magazine returns to Universal...
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DirecTV to Provide Broadband
Hughes Electronics recently announced that its operating businesses, DirecTV Inc. and Hughes Network Systems, will launch a new high-speed satellite Internet service "Powered by...
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School Teaches Systems Integ.
Arlington, VA -- Montgomery College's Gudelsky Institute for Technical Education in Rockville, Maryland, will be the first school in the D.C. area to offer...
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PS2 Game Released in 5.1
San Francisco, CA--According to Dolby Laboratories, the first PlayStation 2 game to be released with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is "The Bouncer," developed by...
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Salt Lake City Firms Unite to Realize Common Goals
It really had never crossed the minds of either one of them. But there they were, two well-respected high-end residential A/V business owners, both...
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CES Highlights Home Networking
To highlight the convergence of technology in the home, the 2001 International CES will showcase smart appliances and the consumer benefits of interconnectivity through...
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DirecTV Retains NCAA Deal
New york, NY--CBS Sports and DirecTV Inc. have agreed to a one-year extension of the agreement allowing DirecTV to offer out-of-market broadcasts, supplemental to...
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We Will Thrive and Prosper
Three Big Reasons Why Our Industry Will Bounce Back Quickly The CEDIA University Resource Guide I don’t know about you, but I have had...
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