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 …

Hello D-Tools followers,
I hope you have been enjoying the series on cable construction 101. Hopefully, you are not using this to help with insomnia and are getting a better take of the complexities, requirements, expectations, …

BitWise Control released their Project Editor Software last week. This is important to D-Tools subscribers because it moves their BC4X1 out of being an IR to IP connectivity device to being an automation controller with …

Surround Speakers- Explained.
© 2010 Steve Feinstein, Atlantic Technology
The surround speakers in a home theater system play an extremely important role: they convey the three-dimensional sound effects (like the sonar pings in a submarine’s hull, the …

New Sound for St. Callistus.
St. Callistus Catholic Church had a sound problem.  In fact, they had a large and obnoxious sound problem.   In a perfect storm of dramatic architecture, very live acoustics, and poor system …

CONCORD, CA. MARCH, 2010 — D-Tools, Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software, today announced that AudioControl has renewed their D-Tools Manufacturer Vantage Point (MVP) program Partnership. AudioControl is a U.S. based designer and …

Hello D-Tools Newsletter Subscribers and welcome to another edition of HDMI Cable Constriction 101 from Kordz USA !
Last month we went over the five basic methods of contact termination. If you missed this article, you …

Why MDF Is Ideal for Speaker Enclosures and Baffles
© 2010 Steve Feinstein, Atlantic Technology
There are a lot of different materials used to make speaker enclosures and baffles. Although most people don’t think about it, the …

Integrating the iPod
Buzz Delano
Delano Associates
There are over 220 million iPods out there, just waiting for an electronic systems contractor to spec them into a system and make some money. The iPod economy is huge and …

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 …

We would like to welcome Kordz Director of US Operations, Michael Schaller to the D-Tools Newsletter Community! He will be contributing a series of articles, providing his insight about HDMI Cabling for D-Tools Newsletter subscribers.
Kordz Gen …

Cooling the (almost) impossible enclosure
A “how-to” Article from Active Thermal Management
The trusted name in thermal management…
By Frank Federman, CEO
The installer will, more often than he would like, run into a home theater installation in …