| e theater system combines the highest professional | | | | theater, sound produced by retail components will |
| grade equipment with a custom configuration built | | | | never completely blend with its environment because |
| according to the specific dynamics of an individual | | | | the fine tuning necessary to eliminate muffling, reverb, |
| home. While less expensive retail equipment offers a | | | | and acoustical dead spots simple does not exist at this |
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| investment for full enjoyment and satisfaction. | | | | theater system with any number and combination of |
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| components can actually surpass the quality of public | | | | custom-designed home theater system can do this. |
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| automation, architecture, design, and lighting installs it | | | | identical facilities with identical equipment. While the |
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| Texas possess such a knowledge base and the | | | | apparent by the long lines and large crowds that |
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| expectations of the homeowner. | | | | professionally installed home theater system. Engineers |
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| exactly match acoustics with the size and | | | | such as ceiling height, wall and ceiling material build, and |
| configuration of a room’s interior architecture. | | | | even the angles and positions of corners and large |
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| chances of producing a level of sound that rivals | | | | adjust. Few rooms in modern homes are windowless, |
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| home theater systems are engineered for mass | | | | effects requires not only commercial grade lighting |
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| their best design work or top-grade components in | | | | techniques available only through a team trained in |
| mass-produced equipment. While skillful self-installations | | | | configuring this form of technology. |
| can on occasions produce a close equivalent to public | | | | |