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How to design an easy-to-use music system that sounds and looks great
Jim Richardson is the managing editor for home audio/video and pro audio learning content on Crutchfield.com.
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A well-planned home has a variety of spaces, fixtures, and interconnected systems to keep its occupants comfortable and happy. Architects and designers work wonders with lighting, climate systems, appliances, furniture, and fabric. They create the perfect settings for relaxing, engaging with family, entertaining guests, and many other activities.
But there's one element even the best designers frequently neglect or underestimate: sound.
Living room with in-ceiling speakers
Imagine music flowing through your rooms like light from the windows or cool air from the vents. That's what it feels like when the speakers are built into your walls or ceilings. If built-in speakers aren't for you, you can use compact, self-powered wireless speakers that easily fit on a bookshelf, table top, or kitchen counter.
A few years ago, the only way to get a sophisticated multi-room audio system with a touchscreen remote control was to hire a professional installer and pay dearly for custom programming. Now you have options that are surprisingly affordable and easy to install. And today's systems are extraordinarily easy to use, too — because the remote control is the smartphone or tablet you're already familiar with. Tap to select and start the music. Tap some more to pause or change the tune. Adjust the volume without leaving your seat.
Free Sonos Controller apps for Android™ smartphone or tablet, iPhone®, iPad®, PC or MAC let you wirelessly control your music and rooms.
Your music can come from an Internet service like Pandora Internet radio or Spotify®, or from a computer or hard drive that's attached to your home network. You don't have to comb through stacks of CDs to find the tunes you want or settle for what's on the radio. It's easy to play one song in the family room and another in your bedroom. Or play the same music throughout the house.
With this sort of user- and décor-friendliness, today's multi-room systems provide a seamless experience of whatever sound fits the space and mood you're in. Ready to plan the perfect system for your home? Here's some food for thought.
Wired, wireless, or a bit of both?
If you're building a new house (or thoroughly renovating an old one), you have the perfect opportunity to conceal speakers and wires in your walls and ceilings. It can be done surgically in an existing home, but it's not easy work for a do-it-yourselfer. For details, see our in-wall wiring guide.
A wireless system is an obvious choice for an existing home, but may also be the best platform for a new home. Sonos is the trendsetting market leader, but challengers are emerging. The parent company of NAD and PSB recently introduced the Bluesound audiophile-grade wireless system. For a small-scale system, Apple's AirPlay® technology may be a good option. It's built into many receivers and powered speakers.
For a large home, especially one in which you want to conceal the gear as much as possible, consider a hybrid system that includes a mix of wireless components and concealed wiring for in-wall or ceiling speakers. All of the hardware can be hidden away in a utility room or equipment closet, yet you still can enjoy the convenience of the touchscreen remote control app and the music service options provided by a wireless system.
Wireless systems
Today's wireless systems are popular for good reason. Installation and setup takes minutes. They don't have to involve a bulky and complicated home theater receiver. You can easily carry a wireless speaker from one room to the next. And you can take the entire system with you when you move.
Video: See how a Sonos system fits into a typical home
You'll need some or all of the following wireless system components:
- A network bridge or access point to connect the system to your home network and your high-speed Internet service.
- Self-powered wireless speakers.
- Wireless amplifier modules.
- A wireless music source module that connects to your home theater or home stereo system.
- Some type of remote control
Your choice of components for a given room depends on the size and layout of the room and the kind of listening you'll do in that room. Are you looking for quiet background music, raucous party tunes, or high fidelity?
Hybrid systems that include both wireless and wired components
A common misconception about the Sonos wireless system is that you must have Sonos hardware in every room. And that notion can be a deal-killer if ceiling speakers are all you can get away with in the dining room and the formal living room. Fortunately, it's not the case.
The solution is to locate one or more Sonos CONNECT:AMP modules in your utility room and run speaker wires from there to the ceiling speakers in the dining room and the living room.
Your system might also include several other Sonos components that are located elsewhere. For instance, you might have a PLAYBAR and a Sonos SUB for TV sound and music in the family room. You could put PLAY:5 or PLAY:3 powered speakers in bedrooms and any other spaces in which the hardware fits nicely.
Now let's turn our attention to your outdoor zone. Say you need several weatherproof speakers to evenly distribute sound about the pool and patio areas. You'll play the same music through all of your outdoor speakers, so you only need one Sonos component for this zone. But outdoor speakers require a lot of power, so you don't want to rely on a single 2-channel amplifier.
In this scenario, you might pair a non-powered CONNECT module with a multi-channel amplifier. Place them in the utility room along with the CONNECT:AMP modules serving the living and dining rooms. Get an equipment rack or cabinet to keep things organized in the utility room.
Are high volume and sound quality important to you?
The Bluesound Vault can copy your CDs in a high-resolution format, without involving your computer. It stores 1 terabyte of music files — room for about 2,000 CDs in the lossless FLAC format.
For low-volume background sound, small, low-cost speakers will suffice. Here are some tips for zones in which you want high volume and/or high fidelity sound:
- Put two Sonos PLAY:5 powered speakers in one room. Configure them in stereo mode, and add a Sonos SUB for deep bass impact.
- Use a Sonos CONNECT module as a music source in your home theater or stereo system.
- Bluesound – a wireless system designed with audiophiles in mind.
- In a hybrid or wired system, choose high-end speakers. Just make sure you meet their power requirements.
- If you plan to play music files stored on a computer or networked storage device, use "lossless" files (even if you have to re-rip your favorite CDs). If you're playing Internet radio stations or online music services, look for stations and service options that provide the highest possible quality.
Wired systems
A well-planned wired system that goes in during construction or renovation can add significant value to your home. Wireless systems are becoming far more popular, but some people find a traditional wired system with in-wall controls easier to live with than a system that involves a home network and a smartphone or tablet.
Installation of a wired system can be daunting for a do-it-yourselfer. Most people will want an electrician or an audio/video installer to do the pre-wiring and installation. Crutchfield's A/V Design Group can help you plan your system.
70-volt systems for commercial buildings
Wired systems are also good for commercial applications, such as a dentist's office or a coffee shop. A traditional stereo system is good in a very small office or shop, where there are only a few sets of speakers.
In a larger commercial building, a 70-volt system is usually the most cost-effective, practical, and safest solution. There are several reasons why 70-volt systems make sense for most commercial installations:
- One amp can drive many speakers without using a complex wiring scheme.
- It's easy to set different volume levels in different listening areas.
- You use lighter, less expensive speaker wire and much less wire overall.
- Easy system expansion — just add more speakers to an existing chain.
Every commercial audio distribution system should be custom-designed to fit the intended spaces and uses, so you'll want to consult with a system designer. Your system designer will help you determine several things:
- How many independent zones of sound make sense for your purposes.
- Which amplifiers you'll need to achieve the volume you desire in each space.
- How many speakers you'll need in each room.
- What types of speakers are best for each room or outdoor area, and whether you want them recessed in the ceilings or mounted to brackets on the walls.
- How and where to connect music sources, microphones, volume controls, and other components.
For help choosing the right gear for a commercial installation, contact a system designer at 1.800.315.2758. Your designer can prepare a free system proposal that inlcudes a list of items for each room, as well as a link to a pre-filled shopping cart for easy ordering. To learn more about commercial audio, read our guide to 70-volt systems.
What type of system is best for you?
Below we'll explore the pros and cons of two types of wired systems. First, we'll look at setups that use the multi-zone outputs of a home theater receiver. Then we'll discuss separate music-only systems.
Home theater receiver with multi-zone capability
Audio for two rooms using "A" and "B" speaker outputs.
Most modern receivers have speaker outputs for an second room. Many connect to a home network for access to Internet music sources. Remote control apps for smartphones and tablets are becoming much more commonplace. These features make a simple receiver-based system a satisfactory solution in some situations. But there are many drawbacks to this approach:
- With some receivers, you can't play all of your surround channels in your main room while playing stereo music in another.
- There may be some restrictions on which music sources you can play in the second room.
- If the receiver doesn't have a "party mode" and you play the same music simultaneously in the main and remote rooms, the sound may be out of sync.
- Routing the speaker wires from the remote room to the home theater room can lock you into a room layout. If you decide to reconfigure the home theater room, what will you do with the wires for the second room?
Separate multi-room system for music only
If you're planning a system that will serve more than one additional zone, and you expect to use it a lot, we recommend keeping the home theater system separate from the multi-room music system. It's simpler and safer.
There are at least four different ways to build a foundation for your wired music-only system:
- A multi-channel power amplifier with wall-mounted volume controls in each room or zone.
- A multi-zone receiver with wall mounted keypads for remote control of your music sources.
- A multi-zone hub that routes music signals to powered keypads.
- With a speaker selector or impedance-matching volume controls, several pairs of speakers can be hooked up to a two-channel amp. Be careful, though, as most speaker selectors are meant to be used only with an amp capable of driving a low-impedance speaker load.
Regardless of the approach you take, you'll also need one or more music sources, such as a stereo receiver, a CD changer, or an iPod. And, of course, you'll need in-wall or ceiling speakers for each room or music zone.
Systems with simple wall-mounted volume controls require speaker wiring only. Systems with keypads also require CAT-5 wiring and infrared "flashers" to relay remote control commands to your music source components. Some keypads have a screen that displays "metadata" (album, artist, and song information).
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What music sources are best for your system?
Multi-zone control with a Marantz receiver's remote app.
Playing the music files stored on your computer is a good option for many systems, but there are a few drawbacks. The computer must be turned on, of course. And if you have a large library, your computer's hard drive might not hold all your music (particularly if you import CDs in a lossless format). Consider storing your music library on a high-capacity networked hard drive (also known as a NAS drive). You can leave it turned on, so your tunes are always instantly available.
The Bluesound system includes a component called a Vault that rips your CDs in a hi-resolution format and stores the files on a built-in drive. This takes your computer (and all the associated hassles) completely out of the equation. Unlike Sonos, the Bluesound system is fully compatible with audiophile 24-bit music files. However, your home network may not have enough bandwidth to play multiple streams of 24-bit music.
With some systems, you may be able to play the files stored on your smartphone or tablet. If you want to do this in a receiver-based system, make sure the receiver can play your phone or tablet music in the second zone. Many receivers play only analog sources through the second zone outputs.
When choosing a wireless system or a receiver, make sure it's compatible with your favorite music streaming services.
Next steps
Jot down some notes about which rooms you want music in, as well as what kind of sound and what kind of speakers you want in each one. Think about whether you want to simultaneously play different music in different rooms. Consider whether you want to use a wireless device such as a smartphone or tablet as your system controller. Continue your research by reading more Crutchfield articles about multi-room audio.
How much will it cost?
Per-room costs can vary from a few hundred to $1,000 or more. Here are some examples:
Apartment dweller's 3-room AirPlay system | |
AirPlay receiver for the living room | $500 |
Pair of bookshelf speakers | $250 |
AirPlay speaker for master bedroom | $600 |
AirPlay speaker for guest bedroom | $400 |
Total | $1750 |
6-room wireless system | |
Network Bridge | $50 |
6 wireless powered speakers ($400 each) | $2,400 |
Total | $2,450 |
6-room hybrid system | |
6 wireless amplified music source components | $3,000 |
6 in-wall volume controls ($100 each) | $600 |
6 pairs of ceiling speakers ($200 a pair) | $1,200 |
In-wall wire | $500 |
Equipment rack | $200 |
Total | $5,500 |
To get some expert advice and a free system proposal for your home, call our A/V Design Group at 1-800-555-9407. Our Audio/Video Designers can help you put together the ideal system — from planning the wire runs to picking out speakers. Plus, our tech support specialists can help you through your installation step-by-step.
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While I'm happy to hear this (and it's also old news). What exactly are the drawbacks off server side decorations in wayland. It's not entirely clear what the issues (aliasing issues? why? can this be fixed in wayland?).
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Martin Gräßlin, the well known maintainer of KDE's KWin window manager, has shared that when ported to Wayland the KDE window manager will be using server-side decorations. It's commonly represented that Wayland requires client-side decorations, but this isn't entirely the case...
While I'm happy to hear this (and it's also old news). What exactly are the drawbacks off server side decorations in wayland. It's not entirely clear what the issues (aliasing issues? why? can this be fixed in wayland?).
The only reason window decorations were pushed outside of Weston (remember, Wayland is a display protocol backend that doesn't care how you use it) I think was for simplicity.
I do strongly agree with this, that Kwin should manage window decorations. I am always of the impression an application should, at least by default, be blind to its execution environment, and know as little as possible - a gui app should know the size of its window, and whether it has focus, and that is it (if window = 0x0, you are minimized, or some such). The rest can almost always be managed by the window manager, and for things like launcher integration / external binding those should be managed by dedicated separate APIs.
I think the main fear with server side decorations is it requires more inter process communication, as the server side decoration would have to be sized up against the window as it's being resized, the server would have to resize the decoration surface as well. Not only would this increase IPC,
And don't quote me on this, but I would also think that it would require the application to tell the server more about its surface, such as the window is resizable, or closable, so that the server (or separate decoration program, however it's implemented), so that it would know not to draw a close button on the decoration, or maximize button, or make the borders not re sizable.
This being said, there would have to be a protocol to tell applications not to draw their titlebars for kwin to do this...
Finally someone talking some sense. I felt like I was the last sane person on the planet after local Wayland fanboys here tried to argue over and over again that CSD were superior.
I know it was done for simplicity, but what makes client so much simpler in the context of the wayland protocol? My understanding is that there's an elegance to it as the windows can be drawn as a single texture.
So from the article it says drawing windows as a simple texture in Weston allows you to have no aliasing when rotating the windows, etc. Why can't this be the case with server side windows? Or is it just trickier?
Generally, applications wouldn't know anything about the theme anyway; most of that is handled by the tool-kit (Qt, in this case). There are exceptions, of course, but most developers don't care to mess with that. You could probably achieve the same thing the KDE guys are doing with CSD, but I guess they've found it to be (or, believe it to be, at least) simpler to have the compositor handle it instead.
Edit: That's true for themes, anyway; tool-kits don't handle decorations (yet?), so I guess that also factors in. I still don't understand why nobody will write simple library whose sole purpose is drawing window-decorations into a buffer provided by the tool-kit for the window. Simply tell the tool-kit how big your decorations are, and the extra space can be created when making the buffer, then the library writes to that buffer (or it's own buffer, and hands it to the tool-kit to merge), and boom! Decorations.
Alternatively, the library tells the tool-kit how big the decorations are, provides images/textures and tells it where they go, and the tool-kit does the drawing itself. Same result.
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Yeah, kudos to Gräßlin for talking some sense that doesn't blindly follow the hype du jour.
Indeed, there could be a library included with Wayland with basic decoration support or providing an basic api to do them(but giving room to decisions to the other programs more concerned about how the decoration should be). Toolkits would use it to do the client side decorations and probably compositors too, when they want to do server side. And the compositor could likely set a parameter to get the library to do the decoration server side or client side(or put client side on and off simply). In case the app doesn't provide decoration, it could do a default fallback one. And thus we have decorations for all apps and compositors any way they want. It would be like simply switching the theme and would be an easy option to turn CSD on and off. And an application should optionally override the compositor, if the author so wants.(not 100% sure if that's a good idea though)
Of course I'm not a windowing system developer, so I don't know what could be "broken" this way.
try to use 'wobbly windows' in kwin or compiz ~ you'll see just how terrible server-side decorations can be (the decoration / window won't line up properly and you have noticable lines/gaps between top of the window decoration and window, looks like absolute shite :\. Maybe all of this stuff is solvable, but for many years it has just continued to look more or less - absolutely wretched, to be candid. ~ so i guess the answer is that it is indeed 'trickier' to solve these issues, when you are working with 2 textures, rather than just one.
Personally, i think if they (not kwin developer, but other developers) can get CSD right. (by right, i mean better than windows), i would much prefer to leave server-side decorations behind. afaik, server-side has more overhead too (aside from also never looking quite right... although i am not an expert on WM) but does have the odd advantage too. But since, i don't use kwin this news doesn't exactly affect me (although kwin is pretty good), but i am definitely hoping for a decent CSD implementation in some compositing WM/DE, instead of server-side decorations. (that is if/when nvidia-driver can be used with Wayland...whenever that happens!..lol)


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Building upon our F2FS file-system benchmarks from earlier in this week is a large comparison of four of the leading Linux file-systems at the moment: Btrfs, EXT4, XFS, and F2FS. With the four Linux kernel file-systems, each was benchmarked on the Linux 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10-rc1 kernels. The results from this large file-system comparison when backed by a solid-state drive are now published on Phoronix.
The next set of benchmarks better have btrfs told to compress with lzo, otherwise you're not really testing btrfs in a way that would be used real world.
For btrfs, are you turning off COW for database file(s) for the database-driven tests?
It would be interesting to get an idea of what that hardware can do under NTFS or OSX, for comparison. For example, btrfs looks pretty bad compared to ext4, but i wonder if it's competitive with what you'd see on other OS's. In other words, is btrfs really struggling, or is ext4 just really good?
With ZFS finally being declared stable on linux, it should really be included in these benchmarks. It is an excellent comparison for btrfs, since they are both COW, modern filesystems, which can lead to performance penalties compared to conventional filesystems like ext4 or XFS.
Michael, in 3.10, btrfs has gained skinny metadata support. It'd be interesting to benchmark btrfs with that feature turned on (needs btrfstune).
If you choose your filesystem based on a bunch of artificial benchmarks that show how "fast" it is, you are an idiot!
Choose a filesystem based on requirements and testing. If you have only the requirement for it go really fast, then sure, these could inform your decision, but you should still test with your own workloads. This is however a very specialized subset of people (pros doing video editing, photoshop artists, CERN etc.) that need outrageous speed when editing or during experiments. For long term storage these people will still be using one of the "slow" filesystems that actually protect their data.
Everyone else should pick the filesystem with the best data integrity and resiliance. You will likely never notice loss of "speed" what with continuous improvements in hardware, caching and prefetch of data.


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Previous | Assault on the Leaf Village! | ||
Episode | Naruto: Shippūden #158 (Watch Online) | ||
Next | Pain vs. Kakashi | ||
Arc | Invasion of Pain Arc | ||
Manga | Chapter #420, Chapter #421, Chapter #422 | ||
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Japanese | April 29, 2010 | ||
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Power to Believe (信じる力, Shinjiru Chikara) is episode 158 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.
As the Six Paths of Pain and Konan try to determine Naruto's location, Danzō tells Homura and Koharu of Pain's arrival. They confront Tsunade on the matter, trying to make her change her mind about Naruto. She becomes furious at them and tells them that they lack the power to believe, unlike Hiruzen and Chiyo. With Tsunade telling the two elders to believe in Naruto's strength and the next generation, Homura and Koharu eventually left the room. Shizune arrives and informs Tsunade of Pain's chakra receivers. Tsunade makes her way to the roof of the Hokage Residence. Meanwhile, Kōsuke, the messenger toad, prepares to return to Mount Myōboku to inform Fukasaku about Pain's invasion, but is killed by Danzō, the latter claiming that the Nine-Tailed Fox was no longer a problem. Tsunade summons Katsuyu and tells it to attach itself to the villagers. The Deva Path tries to attack Iruka, but he is saved by Kakashi, who confronts the Deva Path by himself.


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The Spas-12 is a dirty shotgun in MW2. Pump-action with a surprisingly far range. First shotgun unlocked in the game.
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Straily, 24, has been just as good -- including in his last start against the Angels. The right-hander has allowed three runs over his last 20 1/3 innings and is 5-1 with a 2.80 ERA and .208 average against in his last 10 starts.
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Left-handed reliever Scott Downs hasn't allowed a run in in 29 consecutive games, one shy of trying Francisco Rodriguez's franchise record. Downs' streak also is one shy of tying White Sox righty Jesse Crain for the AL's longest streak this season.
• Closer Ernesto Frieri is 48-for-53 in save situations in his career, with his 91 percent save conversation rate the highest in Angels history among relievers with at least 45 saves.
A's: Hot and cold
While Yoenis Cespedes (.417) and Coco Crisp (.294) each have four-game hitting streaks, fellow outfielder Seth Smith is struggling mightily. Smith is hitless in his last 22 at-bats, one shy of the longest barren streak of his career.
• Left-hander Brett Anderson, rehabbing a stress fracture in his right foot, tossed 40 pitches in a bullpen session on Wednesday. If there are no setbacks, Anderson's return likely will come in mid-August at the earliest.
• Wednesday's victory over the Astros improved Oakland to 59-42, its best start since a 60-41 mark in 1992.
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• The Angels have won three of the last four against the A's, but they've lost 11 of the last 15 matchups in Oakland.
• The Angels have dropped seven of their last 11.
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"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face," wrote Eleanor Roosevelt in her 1960 book You Learn by Living. "You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Those are words to live by for many of us, including print service providers who would like to add the profits that come with being able to provide expert lamination service, but fear lamination is too hard—or too costly—to master.
Print finishing and lamination is one of the most profitable portions of an entire printing project, said Tony Caruso, NJ-based Eastern regional sales manager for Madison, WI-based Advanced Greig Laminators, better known as AGL Inc. "But there's a lot of fear and uncertainty because of the finishing," he added. "If you don't have the right tools for the job, all the time and money invested in creating that graphic is in the dumpster."
The biggest challenge Caruso confronts in his job, he said, is educating print providers to the opportunities in lamination, as well as demonstrating best practices, tips, tricks and techniques to obtain optimal results.
"You can do it well, do it exceptionally profitably, and expand your offerings to current and prospective customers, along the way capturing new projects you never had the opportunity to capture before," he said.
Chuck McGettrick, North American sales manager for Charleston, SC-based manufacturer Marabu North America, believes the failure of many shops to take up lamination is based upon lack of knowledge. "A lot of times, people have heard horror stories," said McGettrick, like Caruso suggesting fear may be behind the reluctance to get aboard the lamination profit initiative. "Many times, when people see [lamination] machines at trade shows, they're not running. We run our machine at every trade show...It's an education thing. It's having the knowledge that this product and process can work for their application."
As McGettrick said, when trepidation isn't a factor, it is often simple lack of understanding that prevents shop owners from seeing the value lamination offers. "It's an overlooked step," agreed Caruso. "The most simple way of looking at lamination and finishing is it's a method of protecting and enhancing your images, and providing customers with a variety of finishes and textures. It's like a clear coat on paint. If you were to paint a vehicle or put a graphic on it, the final step would be to put on a protective coating. If you were to finish your wood floors, the final step would be to put a coat of urethane on it. Lamination is the final step in protecting and enhancing wide-format graphics."
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One major recent development at AGL has been the company's simplification of its product names. The entire line of laminates is encompassed by the name Cover-Rite. Behind that name are suffixes that denote individual Cover-Rite products. For instance, the name Cover-Rite P3G stands for polyester laminate (P) 3-mils. thick (3) bearing a gloss finish (G), Caruso said.
One very new product garnering rave reviews is AGL's Cover-Rite V4.75T, a vinyl (V) 4.75-mils. thick (4.75) and featuring a textured finish (T).
Cover-Rite V4.75T is a pressure sensitive, eco-friendly material with semi-gloss textured finish excellent for floor graphics, and UL listed for slip resistance. Its textured finish gives it a fingerprint and scuff resistance perfect for high-traffic areas, such as point-of-purchase, wall graphics and banner stands.
"Feedback's been overwhelming," Caruso said. "It's becoming incredibly popular. We've had this product out now for about six months, and it's quickly becoming one of our most popular brands. It's extremely versatile, and ideal for displays and exhibits where the exhibition hall requires an environmentally-friendly solution, which more and more halls do. "
With the new and simplified naming system, matching Cover-Rite laminate products with AGL Inc.'s Print-Smart media products now becomes much easier, Caruso said. For instance, a material called Print-Smart V4.4MWF (a 4.4 mil. thick vinyl white matte floor) can be matched with Cover-Rite V4.75T.
"What's extremely important to a lot of shop owners is having a match component solution," he said. "A printable media with a matched overlaminate is important for their customers and end users who seek warranty coverage. Now you have a UL-approved media for slip resistance, coupled with Cover-Rite V4.75T, also approved for slip resistance, for a complete end-to-end solution."
The new names help customers match laminates and media. "Lots of times, a shop will pick up a competitor's catalog, read a 10-word description of a product, and try to figure out if it's right for them," Caruso said. "Our solution simplifies the names so they can better understand what they're purchasing."
If the need exists, AGL Inc.'s team of field representatives is available to visit clients and play consultative roles in their businesses. The reps work one-on-one, person-to-person, in each shop, discussing specific applications. "Because this is a business that's driven by specific applications, it's important to know and understand what the specific applications are," Caruso said.
At Marabu North America, the StarLam 1600R Liquid Laminator is the newest product gaining wide acceptance, McGettrick said. Introduced in 2008, the machine is 84 inches wide, with a maximum coating width of 64 inches. It coats substrates from vinyl to canvas, takes ClearStar ClearShield water-base coatings, has a self-contained wash trough for easy clean up and a laminate recirculating system that saves on waste. It ships ready to use, he added.
"The operation is extremely intuitive," McGettrick added. "It can be used by a single operator, and is suitable for storefront shops or high-production settings.
"We install these machines and train on the machines, so [operators] are comfortable running them. The laminate will provide UV protection, chemical resistance, abrasion resistance, and do it all while remaining flexible."
For some shops, acquisition of the StarLam 1600R Liquid Laminator can mean up to 50 percent savings on lamination, and provide a profit center the shop wouldn't otherwise enjoy. "Many times they buy this solution for a particular job, such as wall coverings, fleet graphics or vehicle wraps projects," McGettrick said. "And they find they can use it throughout their business."
North Haven, CT-based Quality Media & Laminating Solutions, Inc., a 20-year-old major distributor of mounting and laminating supplies, is another leader in the field. The company's product line continues to evolve with changes in the market, said senior sales and marketing manager Frank Corey. "A number of our larger clients have expanded into laser-type printers that have fuser oils, and many laminates don't stick to fuser oils," he said. "We have our Digi Guard line of thermal laminates that will adhere to fuser oils and surmount that problem."
Over the past couple years, he adds, his company has also noticed expanded use of cast laminates, a high-performance product frequently used in vehicle graphics and higher-end, long-term outdoor signs. "Our Premium Cast Laminate meets the highest specifications," Corey said.
Yet another area that has experienced growth is the thermal lamination of UV-curable polyester media, he added. "Because the media and the laminate are both polyester-based, they stick well," Corey said.
"Some of the applications include encapsulated trade show panels, encapsulated backlit films, and point-of-purchase signage. The UV printers that you can use these materials on include the EFI VUTEk PressVU, HP, Durst Rho, and Oce. Our Hard Guard and Digi Guard lines both work in those applications."
Those considering an entry-level option in lamination may want to investigate the Prisma Series of cold or heat-activated laminators from Remington Laminations Inc. of Grapevine, TX. Used primarily by smaller sign shops seeking a cost-effective solution, the Prisma Series machines use a standard three-inch core material and are available in sizes that can accommodate 55- and 65-inch-wide prints, said Remington account executive David Cowart.
Remington also recently added a Motocross Graphic Kit laminating film called Remy Glossy 12. "It's a very thick vinyl laminate that may be used either indoors or outdoors," Cowart said, adding the film's thickness and rigidity make it ideal for Motocross or off-road racing decals that go on bikes, ATVs and jet skis, as well as any application calling for a high-gloss, thick laminating film.
Daige Inc. sells mainly to the sign industry. "The type of media they print on they need cold pressure-sensitive [lamination]," said president Ike Harris. "We have a niche in which we provide an affordable cold laminator. It has the features found on a more expensive cold laminator, but costs thousands less."
The product Harris refers to is the Daige Solo, so named because it is designed for a one-person operation. Albertson, NY-based Daige brought out the Solo about 18 months ago, investing it with a heavy-duty motor, silicone-covered nip rollers and an automatic takeup for the liner.
"It's used by any sign maker with an inkjet printer, and also by people in the graphics industry who want to mount prints to boards," Harris said.
In sum, whether or not a shop embraces finishing and lamination as a service comes down to how interested they are in reaping all potential profits, Caruso said. "There are many shops who do not laminate, and could be leaving money on the table, because they're not offering their customers and clients a way of enhancing their graphics," he said.


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The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks currently manages 25 state parks across the state and The Prairie Spirit Trail . Most provide utility and primitive camping, and access to reservoirs, trails and wildlife areas. A few are preserved natural areas, allowing visitors to enjoy unspoiled wild Kansas. Many parks host annual events such as concerts, festivals, and competitions. Whatever your outdoor interest — hiking, camping, wildlife observation, fishing, bike riding, horseback riding, hunting, or just plain relaxing, a Kansas state park has what you're looking for. If you've never been to a Kansas state park, use this guide to find the nearest one. If you haven't visited a state park recently, look again — there's more than meets the eye.


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EDITOR'S CHOICE -- SCOTT SUTTELL Care for a healthy dose of plastic? Swallow some Lake Erie waterBy SCOTT SUTTELL 1:49 pm, April 10, 2013
"When people swim in Lake Erie, they're frolicking not just among perch and walleye but a vast, inanimate presence of garbage."
Forbes.com calls attention to "It's All About Who," which it calls "a wonderful new book" by Mort Mandel, former CEO of electronics and auto parts distributor Premier Industrial Corp. in Cleveland.
A Zillow Inc. study shows home prices "are climbing too fast relative to buyer incomes, signaling that property values may fall in some U.S. cities once mortgage rates rise and reduce affordability," according to this story from Bloomberg. You also can follow me on Twitter for more news about business and Northeast Ohio. PRINTED FROM: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20130410/BLOGS03/130419971/1009/www.fvaohio.org&template=printart |