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Sep 06

Should you be installing surge suppressors? Absolutely.

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When installing a surge suppressor on outdoor speaker wires, the goal isn’t to absorb a full-on direct lightning strike. It’s for the much more common situation where lightning strikes the earth nearby. Actually, the claim is that strikes up to a quarter mile away can induce high enough voltages in outdoor wires to cause serious damage to electronics. This induced current courses through... Read More »

Feb 29

CE Pro shot James' Bozak inspired tattoo while at ISE!

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While at ISE, the fine folks at CE Pro shot James' Bozak inspired tattoo: "Terra Speakers principal James Banfield stopped by the Custom Home stand to show off his tattoo, while hinting at some new collaborations between Terra and Leon Speakers. 'On my arm is a speaker magnetizer from the 1950’s. Originally it was used by Rudy Bozak in the old days when Bozak was in CT. We used it for... 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 »

Sep 02

Introducing LED RGB color and dimming to the Lighting and Sound Bollard

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Dimmable RGB color LED lamps now available Brunswick, ME – Terra’s popular American made LS.32 lighting and sound bollard has been upgraded with the addition of dimmable RGB color LED lamps utilizing professional DMX digital control. The original, non-dimmable warm white LED lamps are still available as a lower cost option as well. "We’re proud of this one-of-a-kind lighting and sound... Read More »

May 28

The Terra AC.SUB: What’s in the box?

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Although we haven’t had the opportunity to delve into all the outdoor subs on the market we can pretty much assure you that there’s significant differences between the Terra AC.SUB and most others. For one thing, lots of the outdoor subs we’ve seen use a bandpass design with a tube extending above ground to “let the sound out." These tubes are covered with a screen of some sort and... Read More »