I am pleased to announce that Digital Projection is our go to front projection provider and have just installed in our showroom three exciting models.

M-VISION 1080P-260 Designed for rooms with ambient light.  This projector is optimized for maximum lumens, and is well suited for multi purpose media rooms / conference rooms / sports bars.  Don’t like to sit in the dark?  This is the projector for you.

M-VISION CINE-LED This M-Vision projector operates with a revolutionary solid state, LED illumination system which typically provides an operational life of 60,000 + hours with no significant lumen degradation.  Excellent Contrast / Deep Color Saturation / Enhanced Reliability / Environmentally Friendly !  With this many bullet points, how can you go wrong?  Definitely the projector that has me the most excited.

TITAN 1080P-250 The Titan series from DP consists of a range of 3-chip DLP projectors that can offer a variety of brightness levels,  flexible installation applications, and are for the theater enthusiast that will accept nothing short of top of the line.

We have already sold and installed several DP projectors in various applications and the reviews from both my installation staff and clients has been 100% positive.  Now we are pleased to invite you to our showroom to see them for yourself.  I know you won’t be disappointed!

See you soon!

Eric

You should be able to enjoy your music and movies with the finest audio and video equipment, but don’t sacrifice your hearing by listening at damaging levels.  Our inner ears contain microscopic hairs that vibrate along with our ear drums so that we can translate frequencies within the air pressure in to sound.

Normal conversation in a quiet room is registered at around 50 decibels.  A decibel is a unit of measurement used to indicate how loud a sound is.  Exposure to decibel levels above 80 for long periods of time could be permanently harmful to your hearing.  Look at the bigger picture; stereos and home theaters are our least concerns (unless you listen to them at maximum volume).  Most men like to use power tools, and those power tools can be LOUD.  A typical lawnmower is 90 decibels, and a chainsaw is about 110 decibels.  Protect your ears from that and you’ll spend more time enjoying your audio system.

Here are 5 tips from the House Ear Institute to help prevent further or permanent hearing loss:

1. Monitor your exposure time to sounds over 85 dB and take periodic 15-minute “quiet” breaks. Although the maximum time to safely be exposed to 85 dB is 8 hours, the maximum time to safely be exposed to 100 dB is only 15 minutes. See pie-chart for more information.
2. Avoid hazardous sound environments. If you have to raise your voice to be heard, you are in a potentially hazardous environment for your hearing. This includes loud music performances, operating power tools and driving with the windows down at high speeds.
3. Whenever you can’t get away from an extreme sound environment, wear hearing protection, such as foam, silicone or pre-molded earplugs, earmuffs or custom earplugs. Look for products with noise-reduction ratings (NRR) of at least 9dB. Most products provide a NRR of 22dB or greater. To hear music and conversation clearly, look for high fidelity hearing protection. They will reduce all sound frequencies equally, and can often make listening to music more enjoyable than without any protection. Shooter’s plugs combined with earmuffs should be used for hunting and target practice. All can be found over the counter at your local drugstore or sporting goods shop.
4. Move away from on-stage monitors or amplifiers.  Position yourself so you are not directly in front of the speaker while performing or listening. Musicians should avoid practicing at performance levels when possible.
5. If you suspect hearing loss or notice sudden changes in your hearing or have ear pain, see an otolaryngologist (ENT) or otologist. Also, have your hearing tested by a licensed audiologist. Common hearing tests include the pure tone threshold test, the otoacoustic emissions (“OAE”) test, speech audiometry and the Hearing in Noise Test (“HINT”), which was developed by HEI scientists to assess how well you can hear speech in real world situations, where background noise is present.

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Keep your ears healthy and you’ll enjoy your music for many years to come!

David Privitera

Some of my clients have recently asked about new products and upgrades for their home theaters and whole house audio / video systems.  A light bulb went off in my head, because I just finished a large scale commercial project using a multi-window video processor.  A multi-window video processor displays multiple sources on your TV simultaneously.

Are you constantly flipping between 2, 3, or even 4 different events during football, baseball, or racing season?  We offer a great video solution that will transform your big screen TV or home theater projector into a sports bar.  That means you can see all of your favorite games on the same screen at the same time!  You can also configure the processor to display different sized windows based on which source you want to watch.  Packages start around $3,995.

Click here to download or read the flyer…

Cheers!

David Privitera

ARE FINALLY HERE AND ON DISPLAY !!

Imagine your favorite recipe that you’ve been familiar with for years.  Now picture this: you change one or two ingredients, and then… POW! you’ve just improved the flavor 10-fold!  It’s not that your previous recipe was bad, but now the experience is much different.  That is the experience I witnessed today with the new 800-Diamond series loudspeakers!

I don’t want to discount the performance of any previous B&W loudspeaker over the years by any means, because I own a previous series (CDM-9NT, about 8 years old) that still sound amazing.  But the fact that the engineers at Bowers & Wilkins can improve on the previous premium 800-series with such a breathtaking new offering presents a statement that sets the benchmark once again, reminding us that they define the list of the absolute finest loudspeaker manufacturers in the world [and maybe even the universe!].

I want to share this experience, so I encourage all of you to listen to the new 800-Diamond series for yourselves.  Even if you are satisfied with your existing speakers, I encourage you to listen to the new 800-Diamond series.  And if you already own speakers from Bowers & Wilkins, you will grin with a cocky satisfaction that you own legendary speakers.  It will shock you how amazing these new speakers really are.

For more information on the new 800-Diamond series, click the following link:
http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/display.aspx?infid=4621

David Privitera

Latest Happenings at GHT for March 4, 2010.  New vendors added to GHT from Sonos, Touchstone Lifts, Audioquest, and Digital Projection.

Hope you have all made it alright through the brutal cold spell and snow of recent weeks.  Just wanted to check in and fill you in on happenings here at GHT.

SONOS

Got music in your computer that you would love to easily pipe into your stereo system, or around the whole house?  This is the most user friendly, and very cost effective way to get music from your iTunes, Rhapsody, Pandora, Sirius, etc from point A to B.  You must stop by to check this out!

CUDDLEBAGS

This is not your typical beanbag from the 70′s.  With bags that are perfect for videogaming kids, to bags large enough for a family of four, these are perfect for extra seating in your theater or kids playrooms.

VIP CINEMA SEATING

We are pleased to be partnering with this fantasitic seating company.  Need new theater seats?  We took delivery of 4 new styles this week and are super impressed with the build quality.  Come in and check them out, they look and feel great.  Made in the USA and built to last!

TOUCHSTONE LIFTS

Everyone has a flat panel television these days, so the way to set yours apart from the crowd is to dress it up nicely.  This is not your typical A/V furniture.  Great for the living room / den, or fully finished on all sides for the end of the bed in your master suite.

AUDIOQUEST

We finally have a full service interconnect / cableing provider. With a wide range of products to fit any budget, I challenge you to compare the difference of audioquest with what you currenty have in your system.  Fantastic HDMI, audio cables, power cords, speaker cables and more.

DIGITAL PROJECTION

Front projection specialists!  With their North American headquarters located just up the road in Kennesaw, and their award winning lineup of projectors, we are absolutely thrilled to be doing business with Digital Projection.  They have the best range of special application projectors around.  High Brightness projectors for well lit media rooms.  LED projectors that will never need a lamp changed.  3D reference projectors.

INTEGRA

We welcome back to our mix Integra electronics.  They are a leader in the A/V receiver market.  Need a convenient HDMI jack on the front panel? Got it.  Ready for 9.2 surround sound?  Integra is.  If you feel the need to upgrade your receiver, this is THE brand to choose.

We hope 2010 is treating you well so far, and look forward to seeing you soon!

Georgia Home Theater Staff