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Mar 10

Considerations for distributed audio in commercial installations

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You see them everywhere; retail stores, coffee shops, bars and restaurants and more. Up on or near the ceiling, commercial loud playing background music. Sometimes you can hear them clearly, but many times they’re turned down to the point of being inaudible or there are large gaps in their coverage so they’re audible up close though they effectively disappear just a few steps away.... Read More »

Feb 25

Important considerations for your 70-volt speaker + sub install

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As our AC.SUB is an excellent choice for such 70-volt installations, we thought you should know why 70-volt subs are more complex than you might think. There are few downsides to a 70-volt audio system when you’re talking about installing lots of speakers, particularly using long wiring runs. But there is one issue of concern when you’re talking about high performance (or high... Read More »

Feb 19

Tips for ensuring the longevity of all weather speakers

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We make our speaker systems as ruggedly durable as we possibly can, which is why they’re rated IP65 for all-climate use. Still, there are several tips we’d like to offer to help any outdoor speaker survive the rigors of all-climate use.   Do not place outdoor speakers where they’ll be fully or partially submerged in water. That also means you need to consider snow melt in... Read More »

Sep 09

3 tips for in-wall and in-ceiling speaker installations

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It's not always as simple as it may seem... In many cases installers may not really understand such subtleties as speaker positioning in custom (or even not so custom) install applications. So we’d like to offer some guidelines that you may or may not be aware of. Should you know all this stuff, just consider this a refresher. We also want to remind you that the entire Terra CA series is... Read More »

Dec 09

3 tips for outdoor loudspeaker placement and installation

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A few years ago nearly every residential outdoor speaker was installed under the eaves of the house. This not only was a convenient place to install, it protected them for the weather to some extent. As many of these speakers were merely weather resistant as opposed to weatherproof, locating them this way substantially extended their life span. There are, though, downsides to such a location not... Read More »