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Impressive New Sonance Cinema In-Wall Subwoofers
06/22/2010 – 11:19 am | No Comment
Impressive New Sonance Cinema In-Wall Subwoofers

The all new Sonance Cinema In-Wall 12-500 and 10-250 Subwoofers are high performance, component systems that match the Sonance Cinema LCR and Surround speakers in visual esthetics and acoustic performance.
Both the SUB10-250 and SUB12-500 systems …

Acoustic Advantages of In-wall Speakers: Who Would Have Guessed?
06/22/2010 – 10:17 am | One Comment
Acoustic Advantages of In-wall Speakers: Who Would Have Guessed?

One of the most often overlooked benefits of in-wall speakers is that the in-wall mounting takes the guess work out of the speaker voicing (so called baffle step) by giving very predictable low frequency behavior …

D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for May 2010
05/20/2010 – 8:17 am | No Comment
D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for May 2010

D-Tools MVP manufacturers realize the importance of bringing you their product information and have chosen to support the D-Tools user community by joining the program and making their product data directly available through D-Tools SI …

HDMI Cabling: Getting Back to the Basics
05/20/2010 – 8:15 am | No Comment
HDMI Cabling: Getting Back to the Basics

Hello D-Tools Community!
Over the last few months, we have gone over some of the various aspects of cable construction. Connector tolerances, shielding, connection types, overmolding, and cable construction are just part of what goes into …

How to Place your L-C-R Speakers
05/18/2010 – 2:37 pm | No Comment
How to Place your L-C-R Speakers

© 2010 Steve Feinstein, Atlantic Technology
Today’s question: How do I place my front channel speakers (the L-C-R’s) for the best sound?
What are the rules? Can I break them?
Good questions all, and we’ll give you some …

SurgeX and D-Tools Form Partnership
05/03/2010 – 9:44 am | No Comment
SurgeX and D-Tools Form Partnership

SurgeX joins D-Tools MVP Program Partnership to offer current System Integrator users their detailed product information free of charge.

CONCORD, CA. APRIL 29, 2010 — D-Tools, Inc., the worldwide leader in
system integration software, today …

Overmold Issues
04/23/2010 – 7:54 am | No Comment
Overmold Issues

Hello D-Tools Members,
Last month we discussed connector tolerances as one of the main causes of the dreaded “cable falling out of the socket” syndrome. For this month, we will continue our discussion on the factors …

D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for April 2010
04/22/2010 – 12:19 pm | 2 Comments
D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) News for April 2010

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D-Tools MVP manufacturers realize the importance of bringing you their product information and have chosen to support the D-Tools user community by joining the program and making their product data directly available through D-Tools SI …

D-Tools “PROJECT: Success” Contest Update- Deadline Extended!!
04/22/2010 – 10:11 am | No Comment
D-Tools “PROJECT: Success” Contest Update- Deadline Extended!!

Contest Update: We have received many great stories from D-Tools Users around the globe and we want to read more! The deadline extended to June 1st! Submit your entries TODAY!

Contest Details:
All entries …

Residential Systems Poll: What Impact Will the iPad Have on Your Business?
04/22/2010 – 10:04 am | No Comment
Residential Systems Poll: What Impact Will the iPad Have on Your Business?

Our friends at Residential Systems have news they’d like to share with you, the D-Tools Blog and Newsletter community.
Poll: What impact will the iPad have on your business?? Participate in Residential System’s Poll by clicking …

D-Tools MVP Partner, Atlona, Featured in Dealerscope
04/22/2010 – 9:41 am | No Comment
D-Tools MVP Partner, Atlona, Featured in Dealerscope

This year marks my tenth year working in the Audio Video industry, and as I become more polished with age, I begin to reflect. There have been many changes in the past decade, the most …

Beating the Heat for Fun and Profit…A brief tutorial from Active Thermal Management
04/22/2010 – 9:37 am | No Comment
Beating the Heat for Fun and Profit…A brief tutorial from Active Thermal Management

You got the Smith job. Rack-  or shelf-mounted components in a cabinet; a satellite receiver, Blue-Ray player, a surround-sound processor/receiver, and an amp driving speakers in other parts of the house. The whole thing gets …