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Post 46 made on Wednesday December 23, 2015 at 14:21
Fins
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On December 21, 2015 at 13:04, sirroundsound said...
For the sake of just showing the house, why wouldn't you consider just putting in some sort of receiver and connect the Kitchen (or other popular room) and let it play FM (or your choice of source).
No one walking through a new home cares if they can turn music on and off in various rooms, it will be enough that something nice is playing in 1 room and they understand that the house was wired for an entertainment system.
Once they actually have a buyer, they should then be sending them your way.

You just don't know what interest level the buyer will have until they are in front of you discussing their needs.

Most buyers don't care if the oven in the kitchen has a self cleaning feature either. But the smell of a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies in the oven when they walk through sure helps move a house. Same goes for some pleasent background music through the house as they look around. So while what we do won't up the price, it can move the house faster
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Post 47 made on Wednesday December 23, 2015 at 14:21
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Over the last couple years when I was at Speakerlab (r.i.p.) the majority of our clients just went with Sonos.

Pre-wires, once the mainstay of our business were few and far between.
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Post 48 made on Thursday December 24, 2015 at 01:18
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On December 23, 2015 at 14:21, Mr. Stanley said...
Over the last couple years when I was at Speakerlab (r.i.p.) the majority of our clients just went with Sonos.

Pre-wires, once the mainstay of our business were few and far between.

???
Then how did you connect the speakers to the SONOS system? Or are you saying they just sold a bunch of PLAY 3's & 5's to everyone.

Hmmm....
Post 49 made on Thursday December 24, 2015 at 11:18
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On December 24, 2015 at 01:18, Brad Humphrey said...
???
Then how did you connect the speakers to the SONOS system? Or are you saying they just sold a bunch of PLAY 3's & 5's to everyone.

Hmmm....

We didn't Connect amps, as we did Playbars, Subs, Play 5's threes & ones. 8>(

We would usually at least get a room with decent a decent two channel system, but the days of pulling structured wiring everywhere and speakers in every nook and cranny went way. SONOS changed our business in a big way. It is VERY popular up here.

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Post 50 made on Thursday December 24, 2015 at 11:54
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4 Sonos Play 1s and a Boost. Call it a day for the Fkhead builder.
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Post 51 made on Thursday December 24, 2015 at 13:52
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On December 23, 2015 at 14:21, Fins said...
Most buyers don't care if the oven in the kitchen has a self cleaning feature either. But the smell of a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies in the oven when they walk through sure helps move a house. Same goes for some pleasant background music through the house as they look around. So while what we do won't up the price, it can move the house faster

Casey, cookies in the house makes it feel 'homy'; it has nothing to do with the kitchen.
Audio can be the same; it's not about speakers in the ceilings -- it's about making a building 'feel' more cozy.
Post 52 made on Thursday December 24, 2015 at 15:27
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Having done a stint as a real estate agent, there were some rules for showing a home:


1. A dab of vanilla on a light bulb (off and cool at that moment) will certainly help with the nice aromas.

2. All lights on and curtains/blinds open t allow natural light as well.

3. All the sellers family pictures OFF the walls.

4. Soft music in as many rooms as possible.

5. Kitchen counters cleared, cabinets organized and more empty than not.

6. CLEAN!
Post 53 made on Monday January 16, 2017 at 13:12
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I'll plus one on the chromecast audio. While you're tied to a phone to control, it's not tied to a single one. The home app comes up on all my devices when playing. I have one hooked into my episode mini in the living room with three inwalls and a wireless sub. No need for a separate audio only system. Same in the bedroom. I can group both to play synced. I can play different sources to each. And I can add more CA's to the mix with any auto sensing amp I choose. Could tuck a small amp and CA in a wall wired up to in ceiling/wall speakers anywhere. Much more convenient than a Sonos connect amp, and a bit cheaper to boot. Or if you're doing a central location with a multichannel amp, setting up eight CA's with the amp takes up a lot less space. Just recommend not using a multiple input USB charger as there seems to be issues. Use a separate USB charger for each CA.

Can only imagine the app becoming more mature as time goes on. A nice widget would be joke for someone to have a house tablet with the widget as the main screen. Or even a wall mounted wireless charging option for one in case your phone is elsewhere.

My only issue is the lack of an aux in as there is no way to listen to broadcast FM for sports since most sorts are not allowed on the Internet based radio stations.
Post 54 made on Wednesday January 18, 2017 at 23:15
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On December 18, 2015 at 11:43, 3PedalMINI said...
Walk, how at this price point can you even roll a truck?

Your time spent dealing with this would be far better productive if you used the time to clean the truck, follow up on small service calls or cold calling designers or educating builders about the necessity of wiring.

The reason this builder and TN is so behind the time is because no builder knows about this (and most are hillbillies- I can say this because I have family in TN and my uncle is a "builder" in tri-cities... The builders can only do so much, it is our job as a community to educate all the trades about us and what we really do. This is also important otherwise the security guys will start slugging AV and any of the crap that ADI sells. (I'm dealing with an uneducated builder right now that forced me todo an emergency prewire due to the security guys wiring the place. He is now having me do the 3 other new homes that are going up! Hopefully this builder learned his lesson, but you shouldn't feel bad for him. The only way he will truely learn is by financial hard ache at the end of it

Who is your uncle? I live in the tri cities.
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