Free Guides for Smart Homes, Networks, Theaters and Shading
Written by the people who design and install these systems in Metro Detroit. Each one reads in about ten minutes and tells you what to decide, and when, before the walls close.
The Outdoor Audio Guide
Everything worth knowing before you design a backyard sound system. The five speaker types and when each is right, zone design, weatherproofing for Michigan, and how projects get scoped from a stereo pair up through full multi-zone.
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The $80,000 Kitchen That Nobody Can See
A homeowner’s guide to designing kitchen lighting while it is still a drawing. The four layers every room needs, what tunable fixtures change, and the questions to ask your designer, builder and electrician.
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Your Smart Home Installer Is Gone. Now What?
Why installers go quiet, what a takeover actually involves, what you need to gather, what stays and what goes, and the four questions to ask before you switch.
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Acoustics and Room Design Guide
Acoustics and soundproofing are construction-phase decisions. This guide covers what has to be settled before drywall, why it matters, and what each level of investment delivers.
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Motorized Shading Done Right
Written for homeowners, designers and builders. Who decides what, what an integrated shade does through the day, why Lutron, and when to wire versus go battery.
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The Smart Home at a Glance
The starting point for anyone planning a smart home: the eight systems, what one scene actually does, what Metro Detroit homes invest, and how we work.
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Why Faster Internet Doesn't Fix Your Wi-Fi
Why the gigabit upgrade changed nothing, the firehose and sprinkler problem, when mesh is right, and the eight things that separate a wired network from a wireless one.
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Crestron Home: The System You Thought You Were Getting
Living with an older Crestron system, or inherited one with the house? Most of the hardware stays. One processor swap changes how it feels to live with.
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Control4 vs Crestron
We install both. The honest differences in design, music, voice, video distribution and cost, the decision at a glance, and the questions that separate a recommendation from a sales pitch.
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If you would rather see numbers first, both calculators take about two minutes and give you a realistic range for your project.
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