Integration Guides

The go-it-alone strategy hardly ever helps anyone.

Beyond bright children’s swings, barbecue grills, and perfectly clipped hedges, the uses of the traditional residential backyard has been undergoing a transformation that reflects...

Louis Gordon, President Soundworks, Armonk, NY What is your most requested outdoor AV product? How do you fill this brief? Speakers. Madison fielding Planter...

The relationship between interior designers and custom integrators has been one of cautious collaboration.

From its infancy, residential distributed audio has sought to do one thing very well: seamlessly deliver high quality audio content to as many spaces...

Modern tastes have been skewing toward minimalism for some time now, with everything from the industrial design of everyday products to the interior design...

Jim Beaumont, Founding Partner HomeTech Europe, London, UK What game-change solutions have you encountered in hidden electronics in the field? As of late, there...

As a new year approaches, custom integration distributors AVAD and PowerHouse Alliance are answering trends and the expanding needs of CI professionals by providing...

Projection-based home theaters are still a staple of the residential integration market, even as development of flat-panel screens continues apace.

Ram Ragulan, President The Astrum Group, Ridgewood, NJ What are your key considerations when recommending a projection screen for you clients? To keep up...

In the early days of wireless audio, initial excitement about the inherent and implied possibilities of such systems was often tempered by their limitations.

Jaimey Sapp, Owner Northern Technology Solutions, Anchorage, Alaska What are some factors that you take into consideration when designing and installing a wireless audio...

The impact of mobile devices on the dedicated touchpanel and remote control market cannot be over stated.

As the literal spine holding up AV products, mounts, lifts, and enclosures are an essential step in completing clean, professional integration projects.

For the home entertainment enthusiast, there are no areas within their dwelling that couldn’t benefit from a bit of sound and video.

In a world of flat-panel TVs and touchscreens, projectors and projection screens have retained their cache as premium components within the custom integration channel.

With the rapid adoption and stability improvements of WLAN and Wi-Fi, wireless audio has become a crystal-clear proposition for custom integrators seeking to outfit...

Integrated systems, as developed and honed in the residential integration channel, have evolved into beautiful, desirable commodities.

With consumers’ muscle memory currently dictated by swipes and slides on tiny touchscreens, integration-grade product manufacturers, without much hesitation or resistance, have chosen to...

Thin, as a form factor, has defined the industrial design of many products that are central to custom integration.

The dawn of the app is now a full, bright day in the sun—a day that seems to get longer by the month.

First impressions are nearly always visual.