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Outdoor Living

Add to your home's living space by bring your audio and video entertainment outdoors.
Outdoor living is in vogue. Many homeowners are investing in outdoor spaces to enjoy year-round outdoor living. These spaces are just as much a part of house as a family room or kitchen, which makes them natural places to enjoy music and video.

Imagine filling the patio or backyard with music for summertime cookouts, watching sports on a high-definition flat panel while lounging in the pool or inviting the neighbors over for outdoor movie night on the 100" outdoor home theater screen in the backyard. Image enjoying your music while gardening in the spring, raking leaves in autumn or roasting marshmallows over the patio fire pit on a winter's evening. It's not only possible, it's probably more affordable than you think.

Outdoor entertainment options have come a long way in the last few years. Gone are the days of dragging out a portable audio system for occasional entertaining. Today's installed outdoor entertainment products deliver the same sound and video quality you expect indoors and are designed to be used year-round on patios, decks, pool areas and other outdoor retreats.

Outdoor Speakers

Inspired by home theater designs, newer outdoor speaker packages offer small satellite speakers that can be optimally placed for stereo imaging and enveloping sound. Some are designed to look like outdoor lighting fixtures, while others offer more traditional rectangular designs. To round out the sound, unobtrusive subwoofers complete the package by adding solid bass frequencies. You can also chose among other discrete designs, like faux rocks, tree stumps, planters and other landscape themes that let speakers blend into your outdoor décor. Simply connect outdoor speakers to a wireless multi-room music system, a full-fledged custom multi-room A/V solution or simply to the "Zone 2" output of your existing home theater or A/V receiver.

Outdoor Video

A growing category of products, outdoor video brings movies and TV shows to your patio or poolside. Specially designed outdoor flat-panel sets pack high-definition video into a weather resistant case that's perfect for covered spaces like bars, screened-in porches and gazebos. For movie watching, outdoor projectors and screens can be incorporated into fully functioning patio furniture. The options are endless.

Whether you're a city dweller with only a small outdoor area or you have a large backyard retreat, spruce up your outdoor space with audio and video entertainment.

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The rise in flat-panel television sales and the increasing affordability of projection television have brought big-screen HDTV to millions of homes. But many of those households are missing out on the other half of the home theater experience. To complete your home theater systems, you need to complement your investment in video with an investment in audio. Why?

Surround for Movies: Today's movies have surround sound encoded into their soundtracks. The purpose of surround sound is similar to that of a big picture. By dominating the senses, it suspends disbelief and pulls you more deeply into a cinematic story. This can make movies scarier, funnier, or more moving.

Surround for Television: Like movies, high-def TV programs often have surround sound encoded into their soundtracks. With primetime dramas, surround works the same way as in movies, pulling you into the story. With sporting events, it puts you in the heart of the crowd. With late-night talk shows and Saturday Night Live, it gives you the same immersive feel as being in the studio audience.

Surround for Music: High-resolution audio formats such as Super Audio CD (SACD) and DVD-Audio (DVD-A) require a high-quality audio system to sound their best. Concert videos delivered via Blu-ray, DVD, or HDTV broadcasting may have high-quality soundtracks encoded in Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital, or other formats that would benefit from a good system.

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Release Date:  March 15, 2010

Atlanta Audio Consultants has been in the custom electronics business in Atlanta since 1997.  Atlanta Audio specialize in Custom Home Theaters, Whole House Music, Lighting Control Systems, Surveillance Systems and Security Cameras, and Home Automation technologies. We specialize in design, sales, and installation solutions for residential homes and businesses.   Atlanta Audio has been delivering outstanding professional service to the Atlanta community and offers simple solutions for customers to integrate technology with their lifestyles.

Home theater today is a revolution. At its best it provides an experience that transcends the cinema experience, making it something more accessible, more personal and more fun. The total home theater experience combines audio, video, lighting, shades, AV gear and temperature control with one multi-function remote control.

With today’s busy lifestyle it’s nice to be able to come home and relax in your own media room or custom home theater. Movies, sports, home videos come alive on our crisp High Definition (HDTV) screens. Amazing detail in today's projectors would make you feel that you have traveled around the world with Discovery Channel while you were comfortable and relaxed in your home theater seating.

What makes up a good home theater? You can walk into a big box retailer and pick up a projector, receiver, speakers, projector mount, speaker wires, and a screen. But you want to make sure that what you selected is not over-sized or undersized for your specific environment. This is where most of the inexperienced installers make mistakes that end up costing the home theater owner or produce less then desired results.

Start with the theater screen. Ask yourself the following questions: where it would be located, what size should it be, how far from the screen you will be seating. These are important decisions. A wrong decision can have your neck tired by the end of the movie or give you a headache from rapid eye movement. It is important that you size your screen to the type of watching you will do as well as the overall size of your room.

Projector is the most costly component of your system; while the price has dropped significantly it is important that you pick the right one for your theater. Key aspects of choosing a projector tie back to your home theater room. There are few considerations: How big the image projector needs to project, where it will be located in relationship to the screen, how bright it needs to be, and definition / clarity capability. The projectors that have the largest screen at shortest distance tend to cost more and produce far more superior results. Bright projectors compensate for the distance with brightness but tend to run hot and the replacement bulbs are expensive. Our advice is simple, buy only as much projector as you need for your home theater. You will save some cash, and will still have the best performance in your custom home setting.

Sound is an essential part of the home theater experience. Movie directors spend countless hours in sound mixing studios to ensure that in addition to what you see on the screen you have a sense of presence. May it be birds singing from rear channel right, footsteps from rear channel left, helicopter flying from front to back of the room, or as simple as high definition sound of football flying overhead. It takes professional design and calculation to make sure that speakers are placed properly, tuned to the right channel, and optimized to deliver just the right amount of sound. We start with speaker selection, it allows us to blend your home theater with your design, and tells us how much air we have to move in the room in order to deliver movie theater experience. Once speakers are selected we test, calibrate and adjust them to resonate with your home structure.

Receiver (also called amplifier) becomes a centerpiece of your system. We build systems ranging from one receiver to several ones (room size and air movement calculations). What we look for in receivers is frequency response, vendor reputation, reviews, and expansion abilities. If all checks out to your liking, the last thing to check is the ease of use.

Finally, tie it all together with a one touch remote control. Selecting the right remote control will be one of the things that make the biggest difference in your enjoyment of your system. Ease of use using in controlling your home theater components is one of the biggest things that people overlook in designing their home theater systems. Selecting a remote control that has the ability to control the home theater, whole house audio, lighting, HVAC, and security to name a few will be a purchase that you are sure to appreciate.

There are many other aspects of building a great home theater: Seating, Soundproofing, Source DVD, Gaming Systems and much more. Let us help you select the right components and you will be glad you did.

Selecting a home theater installation company is like selecting a home builder; the theater will be with you for as long as you own your home. We take pride in our work and will make your home theater building project fun, rewarding, and on budget.

Atlanta Audio Consultants is an authorized dealer for most of the industry’s top dealers in quality and value. We find components that work particularly well together. We can place and install speakers, projectors and the like in a way that provides the highest performance and flexibility. The result is that, no matter what your budget, you can be assured that you're getting the very best value.

If you are considering a home theater or media room for your current residence, or for a new home you are planning, we would be happy to provide a no obligation consultation to show you how Atlanta Audio Consultants can help you create a high performance theater in your home.

For additional information about home theater, please click here for our home theater FAQs.

Release Date:  September 21, 2009

ATLANTA AUDIO CONSULTANTS, LLC ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH CHIEF MANUFACTURING

Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Audio Consultants, a design and installation provider of home theater and audio video technologies with over 20 years of experience in the Atlanta home theater market announced today its partnership with Chief Manufacturing.

Atlanta Audio is proud to add to Chief Manufacturing to its list of trusted partnerships offering high quality mounting solutions for projectors, monitors, and flat panel TVs for home theater and commercial applications.

About Chief Manufacturing
Chief Manufacturing is a division of Milestone AV Technologies, a Duchossois Group Company. Chief has more than 30 years of proven product and service excellence in the Audio Visual industry, providing top quality mounting solutions for projectors, monitors, and flat panel TVs. Committed to responding to industry needs in Commercial, Residential and Workstation/IT markets, Chief is dedicated to producing solutions that packed with form, function, and flexibility.

Chief designs state-of-the-art mounting solutions that complement the technology they support. With hundreds product awards and patented designs, Chief is recognized as an industry leader, delivering products that are top quality, easy to install, and end-user friendly.

About Milestone AV Technologies

Milestone AV Technologies, a Duchossois Group Company, is a leading designer, marketer and distributor of branded audio visual mounting equipment and display solutions for flat panel displays, projectors, AV furniture, and speakers to both the consumer and the commercial markets.

Our innovative products, sold principally under the Chief and Sanus brand names, are sold through numerous channels, including Pro AV dealers, regional home theater dealers, consumer electronics retailers, mass merchants and original equipment manufacturers. The Company currently serves a broad base of over 4,500 global customers with a US headquarters just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

About Atlanta Audio Consultants
Atlanta Audio Consultants specializes in Custom Home Theater Design & Installation, Whole House Music, Lighting Control, Home Communications and Home Automation Systems.   Atlanta Audio has been in business since 1997 and has been delivering outstanding service to the Atlanta community ever since.

NEWS RELEASE

Contact:  Cheryl Ampel/Atlanta Audio Consultants, LLC
Cheryl@atlantaaudio.com
770-977-9110

Release Date:  September 14, 2009

ATLANTA AUDIO CONSULTANTS, LLC MEETS WITH YAMAHA EXECUTIVES TO DISCUSS CUSTOM HOME THEATER MARKET IN US

Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Audio Consultants, a design and installation provider of custom home theater and audio video technologies with over 20 years of experience in the Atlanta home theater market met today with Hironori Oshima and Tsunenori Sano, senior executives of Yamaha's AV Products Division in Japan, to discuss the custom home theater installation business in the United States.

Atlanta Audio is proud to be selected by Yamaha as one of its trusted dealer partners in the US.  "We are delighted to be able to give insight to Yamaha's executives about the custom home theater installation market in the United States", says Phillip Ampel, owner of Atlanta Audio Consultants.

About Yamaha

Yamaha Electronics Corporation (YEC), USA, based in Buena Park, California, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation of America. YEC offers industry-leading home theater components and systems, featuring A/V receivers, amplifiers, DVD/CD players, speakers, minisystems, home-theater-in-a-box (HTiB) pre-matched systems and the company's exclusive Digital Sound Projectors (single component surround sound solutions), as well as A/V & IT convergence products.

About Atlanta Audio Consultants

Atlanta Audio Consultants specializes in Custom Home Theater Design & Installation, Whole House Music, Lighting Control, Home Communications and Home Automation Systems.   Atlanta Audio has been in business since 1997 and has been delivering outstanding service to the Atlanta community ever since.

Release Date:  September 8, 2009

ATLANTA AUDIO CONSULTANTS, LLC ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH LIBERTY CABLE

Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Audio Consultants, a design and installation provider of home theater and audio video technologies with over 20 years of experience in the Atlanta home theater market announced today its partnership with Liberty Wire & Cable.

Atlanta Audio is proud to add to Liberty Wire & Cable to its list of trusted partnerships offering high performance cables, connectors, plates, and panels for home theater and audio video systems.

About Liberty Wire & Cable
Liberty Wire and Cable is one of the most respected names in the AV products industry.  Liberty can supply every AV install need from Bulk wire to Connectors to Plates and panels.  Our newly expanded electronics offering gives the installer a true one stop shopping experience.  Liberty has it all!  Service, Selection, Value!  Liberty AV Solutions.

About Atlanta Audio Consultants
Atlanta Audio Consultants specializes in Custom Home Theater Design & Installation, Whole House Music, Lighting Control, Home Communications and Home Automation Systems.   Atlanta Audio has been in business since 1997 and has been delivering outstanding service to the Atlanta community ever since.

RadioRA is a home dimming system that can be installed in any home, new or existing, without rewiring.  Simply replace existing switches with RadioRA Dimmers and add Master Controls to any convenient location to create one-touch lighting control of your entire home.

A RadioRA Home Dimming system give you convenient, one-touch control of all your home lighting.  With RadioRA, lights can be turned on and off from anywhere, including your car!  Touch the Car Visor Control's "Home" button as you're approaching your house to turn on interior and exterior lights, safely lighting a paht into and through your home.

Lutron light controls save energy. Compared to standard light switches, Lutron light controls save energy, while creating inviting, comfortable spaces at home - making light greener and better.

Use Lutron's interactive dimmer calculator to see how much you can save with Lutron dimmers.

Please visit Atlanta Audio at our showhouse to see a live demo of Lutron's RadioRA lighting control system and the many options of dimmers available.

Come visit our showhouse and see the Yamaha RX-Z11 experience!