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MMC training seminars: installers build the home cinema from scratch

During Integrated Systems America and New York High End Show in New York – October 31, 2012 in MMC showroom, where premium brands presented their equipment – TRIAD, Procella Audio, Screen Research, Wolf Cinema, PRO Audio Technology, Lutron, Atlona, KEF, Progressive Audio and others – a series of training seminars for installers – MMC partners. The event gathered over 40 representatives of installation business from New York and other regions.

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The event was opened with the seminar about the novelties of NUVO brand, which are part of a new series of branded wireless multi-room solutions that are preparing for release in the near future. It includes multiple music players and controllers capable of streaming audio in multi-room installations both over a wired network and a dual-band wireless connection, as well as playing music via Bluetooth from your smartphone.

American manufacturer Atlona offers a range of solutions for switching the HDMI signal and transmitting it over long distances. In multi-room installations with long cable lengths it is not possible to transmit the signal through a standard HDMI-interface, the maximum cable length without amplifiers is 15 meters.

HDBaseT technology can help in such a situation by converting the HDMI signal and transmitting it over a single twisted pair of 5e/6/7 categories. At the same time, using the most advanced “seventh category”, the signal can be transmitted up to 100 meters in FullHD 1080p resolution and with a sound stream in lossless formats. Also, this technology allows you to transmit and control commands, both IR and RS-232, which greatly simplifies the switching.

TRIAD launched DesignerSeries line of in-wall speakers. It uses diffuse source technology – an entire wall panel concealed under a layer of plaster or wallpaper. This principle is used for traditional acoustic musical instruments, the body of which emits sound waves.

Concert acoustics

The Designer Series loudspeakers consist of an enclosure, a special honeycomb front panel with a cellulose coating on which the finishing material is applied a layer no thicker than 2 mm is recommended , and the vibrations of this panel create the so-called “exciter” exciter . It is recommended to use these speakers together with a subwoofer and a crossover that will redirect the signal below 120 Hz to the subwoofer. Triad has special in-wall models for this purpose, like the InWall SlimSub/4.

The second part of the series was devoted to a unique “acoustic shell” technology, developed by MMC specialists on the basis of many years of experience in installing high quality home cinema equipment.

The essence of this technology is a modular design, which can be located in the home cinema room and will radically improve its acoustic properties. Thus the given cover also allows to place in it high quality acoustics, connecting wires and air ducts of ventilation system. The result is a cinema hall with the highest quality sound, which can not only compete with the best commercial cinemas in this regard, but even surpass them!

Presentation devoted to the nuances of getting the highest quality image wrapped up the working program. The speaker dwelled on the quality criteria according to the ISF international certification organization, as well as on the aspects of application and adjustment of video equipment, which cardinally affect the quality of video image. Specifically, the correct configuration in the installation of Wolf Cinema projectors, Screen Research screens, Panamorph anamorphic lenses, Lumagen video processors and SpectraCal calibration systems.

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  1. Anthony Pearson

    Can you provide more information about the MMC training seminars? Specifically, what skills do the installers learn? Is it focused on the technical aspects of building a home cinema from scratch? And are there any prerequisites or qualifications required to attend the seminars?

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