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An Ohio couple keeps the good times rolling with awesome but affordable whole-house music and home-theater systems.
By Lisa Montgomery
Photography by Santa Fabio
Whether it's movies or music that Tom and Becky Cable crave, their home is ready for it--and for just about anything else. While their 4,500-square-foot villa was being constructed, the homeowners, who had lived with a basic whole-house music system in their previous home, contacted Jamiesons' Audio/Video of Toledo, Ohio, to design and install systems that would keep them well entertained without having to pull out an instruction manual or take out a second mortgage. "What we were really lacking in our previous home was convenience, choice, and variety," Tom explains. "In this home, we wanted to be sure that we'd be able to enjoy a wide assortment of music and be able to listen to different things in different rooms." See this slide show
EQUIPMENT LIST
Home-theater system
Sony VPL-HS51 LCD HD projector
Stewart 110-inch Luxus Deluxe Screenwall projection screen
Sony DVD/CD/SACD player
Sony DVP-NC555ES Hi-fi VCR
Motorola DCT6400 high-definition cable box/DVR
Yamaha RX-V1500 A/V receiver
Niles SI-245 power amp
Home Theater Master MX-850 remote control
Klipsch RF-35 front speaker
Klipsch RS-35 surface-mounted rear speaker
Klipsch RC-35 center speakers
Paradigm PS-1000 subwoofers (2)
Niles VCS-100R volume controls (2)
Niles MP6 flush-mounted speakers
Niles CM-6.5si flush-mounted speakers

Whole-house entertainment system
Sony 40-inch BRAVIA high-definition LCD TV
Niles ZR-4630 multizone, multisource receiver
Sony SCD-2000ES five-disc CD changer
Sony 50-inch LCD rear-projection HDTV
Paradigm PDR-10v3 subwoofer
Home Theater Master MX-850 remote control
Niles keypads and in-ceiling speakers

Contact:
Electronics design and installation by
Jamiesons' Audio/Video
Toledo, Ohio
www.jamiesonsaudiovideo.com


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