 Filed Under: Installer Profiles $$$ Traditional Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008, 7:49 PM ET — By Krissy Rushing
Shannon McGinnis is one of the few people who has found that his hobby/avocation is also his vocation. In 1997, he started his Custom Electronics Design and Installation company as a one-person operation; it has grown to include three additional installers at present. Home Technology Systems, Inc., currently provides Wichita, Kansas, and the surrounding areas with a single-source solution for all custom home and small business electronics needs and desires, including home theater, systems integration, lighting control, structured cabling, multiroom audio, and security. Filed Under: Pro Interiors $$$ Installer Profiles Posted Wed Nov 12, 2008, 3:47 PM ET — By Krissy Rushing
A kid who went from racing go-karts at age 7, to becoming the first Rookie of the Year to take home the Shootout victory at the 70-lap Budweiser Shootout, to scoring the highest-points finish ever for a NASCAR rookie in 2006, Denny Hamlin, age 27, is loving life. And with that success has come the means to enjoy his home in a way that suits his ultra-fast-paced lifestyle. For Hamlin, that means technology. Filed Under: $$$ Installer Profiles Staff Picks Posted Tue Feb 5, 2008, 5:07 PM ET — By Steve Guttenberg
Kipnis' outer limits theater, or what $6 million will buy. When it comes to home theaters, I thought I'd seen it all. But nothing's come close to this. First, I'm going to try to describe the sheer magnitude of Jeremy Kipnis' theater. His Stewart Snowmatte laboratory-grade screen is the biggest I've ever seen in a home, and in the back of the theater, there's a Sony ultra-high-resolution (4,096-by-2,160) SRX-S110 digital projector. I'm looking everywhere, jotting down questions, and Kipnis sounds almost giddy talking about his theater's capabilities. He refers to his baby, the Kipnis Studio Standard (KSS), as "The Greatest Show on Earth." And from the looks of it, he may be right. Filed Under: $$$ Contemporary Pro Interiors Installer Profiles Posted Fri Dec 21, 2007, 3:04 PM ET — By Darryl Wilkinson
Trying to build the perfect home theater isn't easy, but it sure is worth it. After 42 years in the business, ListenUp's Steven Weiner is still learning how to put together the perfect home theater—and the more he learns, the more he sees how much more there is to know. But don't hold that against him. So far, he's spent nearly half a million dollars building the ultimate demo room as part of his mission to find out. Filed Under: Installer Profiles Posted Wed Aug 29, 2007, 1:54 AM ET — By Rebecca Day
When it comes to changing technology, Florida's Audio Video Lifestyles proves that it pays to think ahead. The rule of thumb at Audio Video Lifestyles in Jacksonville, Florida, is to run conduit to every projector location when prewiring a home theater. After all, you never know what's coming down the pike. The strategy sure came in handy in this eight-seat screening room. Filed Under: Installer Profiles Posted Tue Aug 28, 2007, 4:57 PM ET — By Nancy Klosek
How designers work hand in hand with integrators for the ultimate home. theater aestheticThe tug of war between interior design and technology is a battle dating back to the earliest days of TV. Even in the 1950s, tubes and tulle didn't mix easily. Fast-forward 50 years. While TV technology has evolved exponentially in that time, and flat panels may have revolutionized the "look o' the box," striking a balance between aesthetics and performance still isn't easy. Filed Under: Installer Profiles Posted Tue Aug 28, 2007, 4:48 PM ET — By Nancy Klosek
How three system designers fixed three demonic projects. Working in challenging environments is nothing new for Shimek's Audio, a business more than 60 years old, with outposts in Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska. "We do installations in climates of–50 degrees Fahrenheit," says Jon Sandberg, manager at the Fairbanks location. "We have plasma installs that have survived 7.9-scale earthquakes." But, if you want to know what a really daunting environment is, try 183 unlabeled wires, many of which led to nowhere—a situation in a theater install gone wrong that Sandberg's team stepped into. 1
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