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LED Accent Lighting Gone Wild in Multi-purpose Theater Room
The team at Ohio-based Audio Video Interiors made sure that this elegant open-floor great room itself was the center of attention. The artistic LED lighting on the ceiling and framing the centerpiece
The New Home Theater PC – Part 1
I think it's pretty safe to say that the traditional Home Theater PC is dead... at least it's dead insofar as it has completely failed to reach the mass market in an accessible and easy-to-use way.
JBL Vintage Speaker Restoration Done Right by Simply Speakers
There is an old axiom I love to live by, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Just because your speakers are old, doesn’t mean they can’t still perform as good and sometimes better than the models…
2009 $500 Receiver Comparison Guide
In a continuing effort to demystify your receiver choices, we come to a price point that is probably one of the most popular - around $500. In this comparison, we'll be looking at receivers from…
2009 $750 Receiver Comparison Guide
In this comparison article we look at receivers around the $750 price point. We have offerings from Yamaha and Harman Kardon at $649, Pioneer at $699, and Denon, Marantz, and Sherwood Newcastle at…
2009 Entry Level Receivers Comparison Guide
In a budget receiver, you are looking for the most bang for your buck. What you will need to focus on is what you actually need. Many of the receivers are limited in their compatibility and…
Converting a Storage Space into Home Theater
Unless you can build your home theater from scratch, it’s likely that you’ll have to jump a few hurdles to get a room into shape. Often, it’s a choice of the lesser of two evils. The owners of this…
Audio Troubleshooting 101: Getting Your A/V System Working Again
Audio Video Troubleshooting 101: Get your AV System Working Again fix the noise, hum or lack of audio.
2009 Home of the Year is all Hollywood
Electronic House's 2009 Home of the Year sits among the Hollywood Hills, where the stars shine as brightly inside the homes as they do in the night sky. We’re familiar with some of the A-list…
How IR Repeater Systems Work
An IR repeater system takes Infrared (IR) light coming from your remote controller and converts it to an electrical signal that can be easily distributed over electrical wiring to one or more IR…