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By Clay Hankins, the CEO of The Audio Guy, LLC located in the Dallas and Ft. Worth, TX metro and serving the Dallas Home Theater, Media Room and surrounding DFW area a/v markets. This is the 3rd article written in a series that addresses why we choose the manufacturers we do. Many times in my blog, I...
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Earlier this year, I wrote a blog in which I laid out some goals for The Audio Guy for this year and one of those goals was to develop an area on our website dedicated to environmentally friendly, or “green”, products and services. I have been watching manufacturers develop more and more...
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Audio Guy is proud to annouce that is we have just added Pioneer Elite to our list of manufacturers. If you have a request for a Pioneer Elite product please feel free to contact us with your questions or requests. To learn more about the Pioneer products please click here: http://www.pioneerelectronics...
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We can probably all agree that 2008 was full of challenges and that 2009 will probably bring a lot more. So, with that in mind, I’d like to let you know what we have in store to help you answer the challenges that lay ahead. With the tough economic conditions that we are in right now, businesses...
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By Clay Hankins Last week, during the usual pre-holiday scramble we go through to meet deadlines to finish work so families can gather and enjoy their new media room equipment; I sat down late one evening after a long day, put on the new bluray dvd of the latest concert of my favorite band, Rush, and...
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In my last blog, If you must go digital , I quoted Snell Vice President Bob Graffy saying, “We’re not in the audio business; we’re in the goose bump business.” Assuming he didn’t mean that his job is to turn down the air-conditioning, he was referring to taking the act of...
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By Clay Hankins Occasionally, I enjoy writing about some of the projects we’ve done in the Dallas home theater market. In this blog, I’d like to write about a project that included one of my favorite new toys, the Sooloos music system. I got a call from a general contractor that I work with...
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By Clay Hankins So we’ve all heard the question plasma or lcd, right? That ‘s so yesterday. What about OLED, laser, LED DLP????? Well, we certainly know that electronics age in dog years, times 700 or so. And that makes your 3 year old TV, oh, about 150. The good news is, that manufacturers...
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By Clay Hankins Bail out, stock plummet, economic woes….what does that have to do with home theater? Lower prices, that’s what. The Audio Guy has decided try to help the Dallas area economy by lowering prices on some of our home theater packages. We’re starting by lowering the price...
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By Clay Hankins In part 1, I addressed what your expectations should be when you hire your custom home theater expert . Here, I will address what your expectations should be once you’ve hired your expert. First, your home theater expert should be able to listen to you. Imagine going to your doctor...
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By Clay Hankins You’ve decided to take the plunge and call your local custom home theater expert because it’s time to change that spare room into your new media room. Today I’m going to write about the process that should take place, and what you should expect through the bidding process...
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By Clay Hankins We often get asked if we have a preference on the products we recommend. Well, the short answer to that is no. If we represent a product, we already like it. However, unlike traditional retail stores that can only carry so many brands, custom home theater stores can offer a larger variety...
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By Clay Hankins So you’ve decided to take the plunge and either upgrade your existing system, or maybe the entire electronics world is new to you and now you have to decide whom to hire to do the work. The first question you should ask is "what do I want the most out of my experience? Is it...
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Welcome to my first blog. So the question is, "what do I write about?" Good question. What indeed? Well, I guess I should probably start with a little bio about me, a subject I am an expert on. First, my name is Clay. I am in my late 30's, 46 to be exact, but who's counting? Certainly...