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How To Wire Speakers For Your Home Audio System
Wiring speakers for Home Audio is straight forward. Before we start, let's make sure we're on the same page about speakers, wire and amps. Stereo Pair - you have two speakers, one for each channel left and right Dual Voice Coil (DVC) - a single speaker that creates a...
What Is Audio Downmixing
If you're using Video Distribution and Home Audio in tandem, and you want to play the TV through the Audio Speakers in ceiling, you'll likely need Audio Downmixing.Audio Downmixing is the process of converting a multi channel signal, into a stereo signal, or taking...
What Is Video Distribution, and do you need it?
Video Distribution is a popular method for sending your favorite shows to TVs throughout your home. We're going to look at three things: What Is Video Distribution? What does Video Distribution Cost? And most importantly, do you need Video Distribution? Video...
This Is The Best Wireless Outdoor Speaker – Magna Oasis
Magna Oasis High-End Outdoor Bluetooth Speaker – The Best Wireless Outdoor Speaker that’s also Luxury Patio Furniture. How much does Magna Oasis cost?
Our List of the Best New Smart Home Tech at CEDIA Expo 2023 (Updating)
(UPDATED Nov 10, 2023) NOTE ... We will keep updating this page everytime we post new content. Greg and Brad Montgomery covered CEDIA Expo 23 in Denver, Colorado exlcusivley for all of you. This page aggregates their cool finds. A lot of new, exciting technology on...
Have you seen Barbie’s Dream Home Theater design?
How we created this fantasy home theater design inspired by the Barbie movie.We created a Barbie movie inspired home theater design to celebrate the movie. Director Greta Gerwig’s Barbie popular film has now crossed the coveted 1 billion mark at the global box office....
How To Design A Smart Home, why the design method matters
The #1 Reason your Smart Home will succeed, or fail, is the method used to design the tech for your home.The average home owner today spends 5-10% of the home's available budget on technology, and often between 15-20%. Now to be clear, we're talking about All The...
Brad Montgomery Joins Judge’s Panel for Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® Mark of Excellence Awards, CES 2023
Montgomery joins a panel of esteemed industry professionals to judge custom smart home technology products for the Mark of Excellence Awards with winners to be announced at CES 2023. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, JANUARY 2023] For the fifth year, Brad...
7 Tips To Find the Perfect Smart Home Dealer
It's never perfect, but it can be a great experience.Clients who come through our Design Service, or spend time inside of The Smart Home Club, regularly ask 'How Do You Find The Right Smart Home Dealer?' It's never perfect for you or your Dealer, but there are some...
Does Your Smart Home Require A Dealer | Tym
Recently I was working a Parade Home in the Salt Lake City market. I had been talking to a guest about Smart Home solutions when he asked me, ‘Do I have to use a Dealer for my Smart Home System?’ It’s a question we get asked a lot, and it’s totally understandable....
Which Security System Is Best for Your Smart Home | Tym
With any Smart Home system, Control4, Savant, or Crestron, you have a lot of integrated parts. There is video distribution, audio distribution, automated shades, lighting control, and more. You have this fantastic system in your home, and now you want to finish it off...
Should You Buy Video Distribution | Tym
As streaming services like Netflix and Hulu become increasingly popular, and cord-cutting becomes the new norm, the question begs do you really need video distribution? I love video distribution and believe it offers tremendous value in the right applications, but the...
How Much Does A Media Rack Cost | Tym
Most people think of a Media Rack as a metal black shelf or cage that houses IT and Smart Home equipment. So it’s not surprising people are usually surprised when they see the price of a Media Rack. Like so many things, there’s much that goes into a Media...
Audio Zones Vs Rooms | Tym
When you’re looking at Audio equipment you’ll hear the terms ‘Audio Zone’ and ‘Audio Rooms’ a lot. Sometimes even interchangeably, although that’s not totally accurate. It’s a simple thing but really helps to understand so you can design your audio system the way you...
