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Using a Speaker Selector Switch for Whole Home Audio
I’ve written much about whole-home audio distribution, but one of the easiest and least complicated ways you can get audio throughout a home is through the use of a speaker selector switch. These...
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iOn Capacitance Switches – Waving to Turn on the Lights
So we came across this really cool idea. What if you replaced your light switches with super-sensitive capacitance sensors that let you wave your hand to turn on the lights? And what if those new...
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RedMere Active HDMI Cables
I could go on and and about the failings of HDMI in the custom installation market. Every time I speak with an installer I hear the same stories about HDMI failures, cables coming out of the backs of...
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Using Dual HDMI Outputs
Using dual HDMI outputs is now possible on more and more AV receivers. Some products are simply doubling the HDMI output and allowing you to run another parallel output to a different room. These...
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Are Dual HDMI Outputs on My Receiver Needed?
There has been an increase in the amount of products coming to market with dual HDMI outputs. Mostly, these are AV receivers and select Blu-ray players that seek to distribute video to second zones or...
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Outdoor Audio Wiring for Speakers
I’ve seen a lot of outdoor audio wiring for speakers where the audio wiring is what I’d call…well, I’d just call it sloppy. Leave a pair of speaker cables out in the room and, after while, you’ll...
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Whole Home Audio Amps and Power
It’s not uncommon to want to distribute audio throughout your home, but how do you do it? There are several ways to look at whole home audio amps and power requirements: Using a single product...
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Optimizing Wireless Streaming Home Theater Components
It occurred to me the other day that I didn’t have to settle anymore for mediocre wireless streaming in my home. And by “home” I mean the home theater where I consistently stream Netflix, Spotify, and...
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Wiring for Whole House Distributed Audio
I’ve got a brother-in-law who’s building a house. He was asking me about many different things having to do with wiring up the home, but one question in particular had to do with integrating a whole...
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Netgear Click Switch Gigabit Ethernet Switches
If you run any kind of wired network in your home you’re going to run into a situation at some point where a switch is going to be very handy. A switch lets you take, for example, a high speed Internet...
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