Visit our King of Prussia showroom and meet Amy. Her specialty is taking clients on an audio visual journey that wows our visitors and guests.

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<p><span>We are always fascinated by the moment when clients experience groundbreaking music and entertainment. Not because the material is new, but because the elevated experience is cutting edge.&nbsp; Most of us here at Stone Glidden are performers and musicians, so audience feedback is important to us. It fuels us in a way.&nbsp; Whether it is one on one or a group, watching sensory magic washing over the audience is a big reason why we do what we do.</span></p>
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<p><span>If you visit the Stone Glidden audio-visual experience showroom in King of Prussia, you are likely to be greeted by Amy O&rsquo;Deay.&nbsp; Amy is a client experience professional.&nbsp; While Amy is amazingly proficient at the technical ins and outs of high-end engineered a/v systems, her specialty is taking clients on an audio visual journey that wows our visitors and guests.</span></p>
<p><span>Amy relates impactful elements clients respond to, &ldquo;Musically, I love to play the song &lsquo;Washing Machine&rsquo; by Amy Lavere on one of our two channel systems.&nbsp; Really cool different song than what you hear on the radio.&nbsp; The audio engineering and production is stellar and sets a very good sound stage.&nbsp; Ms. Lavere&rsquo;s vocal delivery is very entertaining.&nbsp; Played on a great system with amazing speakers, this song really makes an impact.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span>Visually, Amy O&rsquo;Deay definitely has a method to her magic.&nbsp; &ldquo;It&rsquo;s about creating a perfectly customized space. If someone wants a unique space in their home that resonates with a wow factor, I can do that.&nbsp; My goal is to make AV and home automation dreams a reality.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span>Maybe Amy&rsquo;s personal passion for horses and her rescued thoroughbred, whose show name happens to be from the movie featuring her favorite video clips to play clients (Ready Player One), drives Amy to create adrenaline-packed experiences.</span></p>
<p><span>Amy&rsquo;s end-to-end knowledge of audio and video product lines combined with a desire to create memorable entertainment experiences for clients delivers over and over in our showroom.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><a href="https://vsto4-staging.avbmarketing.com/contacts" target="_blank">Call, make an appointment</a>, visit, and prepare to be amazed.</p>
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The Aha Moment: Magic Behind The Movie

A minimalist solution offering maximum audio and visual quality, the soundbar offers great sound and design.

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<p>Over the past 33 years, Stone Glidden has helped thousands of clients enhance their lives through technology, often riding the wave of latest and greatest. Today we&rsquo;ll revisit a mainstay of AV solutions &hellip; the soundbar, and highlight how it&rsquo;s evolved into a highly effective solution for modern homes. The truth is standard TV Audio tends to be lacking. While the visual quality in today's TV market has evolved beautifully, audio has not kept up. Enter the enhanced functionality of Soundbars.</p>
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<p>Many, many times spaces is at an absolute premium. One of our trademarks is sleek elegant, design in a way that complements the space. We have had many a meeting in our King of Prussia showroom focused on wisely utilizing a listening and/or viewing area. Often times a minimalist approach with maximum audio and visual quality wins the day.</p>
<p>As the choices in mounting options for TVs grow, so do the challenges in speaker placement. Thin, lightweight displays can be mounted above the mantle, above a slim console, or on an open wall. So, where do you place the speakers? While in-walls offer an elegant solution, installing them is not always feasible. Enter the soundbar and its versatile installation and feature options.<br />Many leading audio manufacturers offer a soundbar solution, an all-in-one speaker system that delivers high-quality audio without requiring the space of a home theater receiver and surround sound speaker system. Mounted or placed below your display, they offer exceptional sound and stunning design. A remarkable improvement to your TV&rsquo;s speakers, the soundbar features a center channel and often a full LCR (left, center, and right channels) experience. Some are designed to be paired with surround speakers and a subwoofer while others replicate full surround sound.<br />While they&rsquo;re not exactly new to the marketplace, many of their features are. Connectivity, control and quality are prevalent across today&rsquo;s models, offering conveniences such as music streaming, wireless connectivity, simple IR learning for integrated control through your current remote and even Alexa-integrated voice control!</p>
<p>Speaking of which&hellip;Denon &ldquo;unleashes dramatic sound&rdquo; with their&nbsp;<a href="https://usa.denon.com/us/product/hometheater/soundbars" rel="noopener" title="Heos Soundbar" target="_blank">HEOS soundbar</a>&nbsp;solutions. Their HomeCinema package delivers true wide range high fidelity audio with its soundbar, Wi-Fi speaker, and subwoofer. The HEOS Bar &ldquo;breaks the sound barriers&rdquo; by delivering exceptional performance while retaining the elegance of a slimline soundbar. This brilliant Bar doubles as an audio streaming solution with the added advantage of, yep, Amazon Alexa voice control.</p>
<p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sonos.com/en-us/shop/playbar.html#features" rel="noopener" title="Sonos Playbar" target="_blank">Sonos Playbar</a>&nbsp;is another great example. It features Trueplay software that measures the room and fine tunes the sound to fit and fill the space. Playbar is a versatile unit that makes games, movies, sports and music come alive!</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.sonance.com/home-theater/soundbar/soundbar" rel="noopener" title="Sonance" target="_blank">Sonance</a>&nbsp;offers its soundbar with an exclusive, patent-pending adjustable-width design that perfectly matches your 50&rdquo;-80&rdquo; display. Sonance&rsquo;s minimalist, industrial design complements any d&eacute;cor, and paired with Sonance surround speakers and subwoofer, the sound is sweet perfection.</p>
<h3><strong>The Proof Is in the Pudding</strong></h3>
<p>Listen and compare, that's the ticket. Give us a ring at (610) 270-2850 or drop us a line<a href="https://vsto4-staging.avbmarketing.com/contacts" target="_blank">&nbsp;Here</a>. Check out the functionality and audio quality for yourself in our King of Prussia showroom.</p>
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The Soundbar. An Aesthetically Bundled Audio Solution

Stone Glidden and Cinamatech theater design create mind blowing sight and sound

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<h2><span>Designed for mind-blowing sight and sound</span></h2>
<p>Our recently redesigned showroom theater at Stone Glidden is dropping jaws.&nbsp; When we set out to create an experiential theater in our King of Prussia showroom we opted to partner with the premier theater design firm in the US &hellip;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mycinematech.com/" target="_blank">Cinematech</a>.</p>
<p>Based in Dallas, Texas, Cinematech designs fabricates and installs acoustically correct theater spaces designed to provide the perfect environment for home cinema, complete with the finest home cinema seating available.</p>
<p>Cinematech worked with us to redesign an older theater space at our KOP showroom into a state of the art cinema, beautifully appointed with stretch fabric wall coverings, concealed acoustic treatments, tiered seating, and a fiber optic ceiling, all optimized to provide a perfect environment for a state of the art theater system&nbsp;we installed.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Digital renderings and final photos shown</p>
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<p>Our collaboration with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sony.com/electronics/blu-ray-disc-players/ubp-x800" target="_blank">Sony</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://revelspeakers.com/productdetail/~/product/gem_2.html" target="_blank">Revel</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.integrahometheater.com/Products/model.php?m=DRX-R1&amp;class=Receiver&amp;source=prodClass" target="_blank">Integra</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.audiocontrol.com/home-audio/theater-amplifiers/savoy-g3/" target="_blank">Audio Control</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.jlaudio.com/home-audio-powered-subwoofers" target="_blank">JL Audio</a>&nbsp;make this space come to life.&nbsp; We would like to share with you the digital renderings of the design along with finished photos of the space, so you can see for yourself how Cinematech&rsquo;s design came to life. Better yet, come see it for yourself!</p>
<p><img alt="11Final Stone Glidden Theater Room Left Side Front view web" height="280" src="https://stoneglidden.com/images/blog_images/gallaries/2/11Final_Stone_Glidden_Theater_Room_Left_Side_Front_view_web.jpg" width="411" /><img alt="Digital Rendering side angle" height="281" src="https://stoneglidden.com/images/blog_images/gallaries/2/Digital-Rendering-side-angle.jpg" width="374" /></p>
<p>For all of you propeller heads out there, here&rsquo;s how we designed and assembled mind blowing sight and sound.</p>
<p>Our first decision was to use groundbreaking technology that would produce breathtaking sound quality.&nbsp; We found that with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dolby.com/us/en/brands/dolby-atmos.html" target="_blank">Dolby Atmos</a>.&nbsp; Dolby Atmos goes beyond traditional surround sound.&nbsp; By increasing the number of speakers, accurately selecting their locations, and selecting equipment capable of processing Dolby Atmos, we can deliver a powerfully moving entertainment experience.&nbsp; Rather than being constrained to channels, sounds are precisely placed in three-dimensional space. That is to say, rather than just moving sound from speaker to speaker, Dolby Atmos can utilize a combination of speakers to place and move sound from one area of the room to another.&nbsp; The result is a very real, life-like audio experience.</p>
<p>We chose a combination of Revel speakers to deliver unforgettable sound through thirteen speakers, including four ceiling speakers and two subwoofers. Time and time again we find Revel to outpace much of the competition.&nbsp; The upfront array is comprised of Revel Gem2 speakers, very clean and crisp sounding loud-speakers that maintain high integrity even at increased volumes.</p>
<p>The sound is driven by a combination of an AudioControl Savoy G3 seven channel amplifier and an Integra DRX-R1 A/V Receiver. The Savoy G3 delivers pristine audio performance and the DRX-R1 combines accurate, noise-free signal processing with high-current power for dynamic speaker control. The result is pure, rich and authentic sound.</p>
<p>The entire room is Acoustically Treated by Cinematech.&nbsp; Sound diffusers and sound absorption panels surround the entire room creating a rich, full sound devoid of echo. The Cinematech Star ceiling features fiber optic lighting embedded into fiberglass panels to enhance overhead sound.</p>
<p>Luxurious seating is also furnished by Cinematech.&nbsp; High quality electric motorized ACT I Valentino chairs make it exceptionally easy to watch the creatively backlit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.screeninnovations.com/materials/black-diamond/" target="_blank">Screen Innovations Black Diamond</a>&nbsp;screen. The 114&rdquo; Black Diamond screen is the world&rsquo;s first ambient light rejecting screen.&nbsp; The theater does not need to be pitch dark to enjoy, the Black Diamond is brilliant in a fully lit room.&nbsp; It is truly amazing.</p>
<p>All of the entertainment content is delivered in 4k via one of three delivery systems.&nbsp; First,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tivo.com/" target="_blank">TIVO Bolt Vox</a>, which can search for content across a multitude of platforms including, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon, Vudu, and Plex.&nbsp; Also, a Sony UPB-X800 blu-ray player delivers our 4k content from a traditional disk. However, the most intriguing delivery system we employ is&nbsp;<a href="http://www.kaleidescape.com/" target="_blank">Kaleidescape</a>.</p>
<p>Kaleidescape brings together all of our movies in a stunning library making it beautifully simple to access and enjoy.&nbsp; Even more impressive is the breadth of 4k content available from the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kaleidescape.com/systems/movie-players-servers/#strato" target="_blank">Kaleidescape Store</a>.&nbsp; For playback and storage, we employ a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kaleidescape.com/systems/movie-players-servers/#strato" target="_blank">Kaleidescape Strato</a>&nbsp;4k Ultra HD high-dynamic-range movie player.&nbsp; Strato plays movies in true 4k Ultra HD at up to 60 frames per second and comes with up to 10TB of storage capable of storing up to 180 4k Ultra HD Movies.&nbsp; Strato supports lossless audio formats including Dolby Atmos.&nbsp;</p>
<p>So here is how it goes.&nbsp; You purchase 4k movies from Kaleidescape and you download them to your Strato player.&nbsp; These downloads are from original masters making these movies look even better than blu-ray. The Strato also has an amazing upconverting chip. So even when you purchase standard HD movies they look much closer to 4k than you could imagine.</p>
<p>All of these elements combine to create remarkable entertainment experiences. The audio and visual pieces come together to heighten the senses and ensnare the mind. The redesigned theater at Stone Glidden is a must experience. Please contact us to schedule a time for you to be amazed.&nbsp;</p>
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