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There all a lot of flat panel TV’s out there, chances are you already have one. Is it showing you the best quality picture that it can? You may be connected with cabling that is holding back the picture and or sound quality. Look at the connection panel on the back of your TV. If you have HDMI ports (High Definition Multimedia Port) on the TV, but there is no cable plugged into them, your picture quality can be improved immensely! The television service providers (Bell, Rogers, Shaw etc.) all have the ability for their boxes to be connected with HDMI cables. By using HDMI the signal from your source device is transmitted to the television digitally, as opposed to analog, thus it is free from interference from radio and electromagnetic interference that can degrade the picture quality. This digital signal can be transmitted at a higher resolution than an analog signal and the result is a significant improvement in picture AND sound quality.

This isn’t the end of the digital television evolution however! You may have heard that some of the content on TV is being recorded (and broadcasted) in 4K, also known as Ultra High Definition. UHD television WILL be coming to your television in the near future. Rogers has announced that UHD, currently available only in select major distribution areas, will be coming to all regions by the end of 2016. Other service providers have not announced a delivery time line, but the competition will force them to integrate UHD broadcasting. UHD will require a new set top box and a television capable of showing you the increased picture quality. UHD televisions are available now and it will also require an HDMI cable capable of carrying this better picture.

The HDMI cables that we use at Wired 1 are specified to meet or exceed the UHD specification and will work perfectly with your existing HD television and you will be ready for the new Ultra High Definition migration when it’s available in your area.

Get ready for the future today! Contact Wired 1 Consulting for all your home and commercial electronics needs! (506)470-7510

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Did you know that Wired 1 Consulting is an authorized reseller for most of the electronics that you need? With knowledgeable expertise that Atlantic Canada has relied on for over 35 years Wired 1 Consulting will assess your requirements and get you the electronics that you will love, and at competitive prices! We take the confusion OUT of the equation and we know how it works. If you need it installed Wired 1 Consulting’s experts are the best in the business!

Bose, Samsung, Panasonic, LG, NAD, Pioneer, Harmony, SpeakerCraft, Definitive Technology, Harman Kardon, DENON, Marantz, Boston Acoustics and many, many more! Before you decide on that new gear check with us!

Call (506) 470-7510

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At Wired 1 we are getting a number of new homes and room additions ready for a lifetime of entertainment. In ceiling speakers are the ultimate solution for people that want great audio but don’t want dust collecting speaker boxes and unsightly wires all over the room.

SpeakerCraft Profile in-ceiling speakers being installed

These are the new AIM Profile series from SpeakerCraft. Already the world leader in architectural speakers, these new AIM Profile speakers have all the performance and an elegant flush, clean look when installed. No unsightly bulges and plastic rings around the speaker. Like all AIM series speakers the Profile series can be “aimed” at your listening position for the perfect audio presentation – they hold the patent on this technology.

AIM Profile speaker installed in the ceiling

SpeakerCraft speaker systems are available exclusively from Wired 1 Consulting and offer a lifetime warranty.

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When I first started working in the home electronics business one of the most amazing products that I sold was made by a company called NAD, NAD stands for New Acoustic Dimension. The company came about from the research of a group of audio professionals who were disgruntled with both the lousy sound quality of most of the offerings from the Japanese manufacturers and the ridiculously high price (but great sound quality) of the current “audiophile” makers. They enlisted the expertise of a noted designer, Bjorn Erik Edvardsen. The amplifier he designed, the NAD 3020, went on to be the best selling and highly reviewed audio component in audio history!

Fast forward to today… NAD continues the tradition and pedigree of the 3020 with the D3020. Like it’s ancestor, the D3020 is a very simplistic design but delivers exceptional performance and incorporated digital inputs and Bluetooth connectivity, it even has a subwoofer output should you want to beef up the bottom end!

If you are searching for an amplifier to get you into the digital age and don’t have a lot of space to spare, but, you still want an amplifier that sounds like MUSIC the NAD D3020 just might be right for you.

The entire line up from NAD is available from Wired 1 Consulting. Contact us today!

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If you have gone to the expense of having distributed audio in your home the volume controls may be letting you down. Most volume controls are very poorly designed and are seldom capable of handling the power from a larger distributed audio amplifier without causing insertion loss and added distortion. If you have (or want to have) a really rocking sound in your remote rooms check out these bad boys from SpeakerCraft.

120 w/ch VC120 volume control

Able to handle the output of amplifiers with up to 120 watts per channel without distortion and with a quality look and feel, it’s an easy upgrade to your system.

The picture shows the capacitor network on the back of the control with one already inserted in the wall.

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Wired 1 Consulting  would like to propose a toast to all our valued clientele for your on-going support and patronage.

Here’s hoping that the New Year brings you health, happiness, and the joy of family and friends.

Happy New Year Everyone! May 2016 be your best year ever!

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On a recent trip to London, UK (my first trip to England) I tried to find a digital fibre optic switcher for my stepdad. The local equivalent to Radioshack, Maplins, had a mechanical switcher that we purchased and found it would not work, twice! I thought the first one was merely  defective, so went back and exchanged with the same result.
I knew that London had a fairly healthy audiophile community from reading trade magazines over the years and my telephone search took me to Grahams HiFi. They knew exactly what I was looking for and said they could have a powered, remote operated switch for me in a couple of days. We got a call the next day to tell me it had arrived.
A short cab ride later and a search down a hidden alley, we arrived at Grahams. I had no doubt that this switch would work as I noticed the CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association) on the front door.
As we entered the showroom we were greeted by an array of Bowers and Wilkins speakers and Naim electronics!

Even a Linn Sondek LP12, one of my favourite turntables, yup, a vinyl record turntable!
There was also a multi monitor work station where an employee was designing an automated control system for a design build!
Just like New Brunswick, sometimes the best is harder to find, but well worth the search!
When you are ready for a system that performs above and beyond what you can get from the highly visible, mass market retailers, Wired 1 Consulting is here for you.

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If you have, or you are about to have, a new “Smart” TV in your home, chances are pretty good that you are going to want to take advantage of the streaming internet services that are integrated into the set. Services like Netflix, YouTube, etc. Almost all “Smart” TV’s have the ability to connect to your existing Wi-Fi (wireless internet) in your home.

Wi-Fi is a convenient way to check your email or send a text message from your tablet or phone, it, unfortunately, is not good for great picture and sound quality on a TV. When the picture is small, image quality can be severely compromised and you will still see a pretty good image, but blow that same picture up to 40, 50, 60+ inches and the same image looks pretty bad, in some cases, unwatchable! All “Smart” TV’s have the ability to have a direct, wired connection to the internet and if you are fortunate enough to have your internet router box in the same location as your TV then it’s easy to simply connect a cable to the back of the TV. For the vast majority of our clients this is not the case. The router is in another room, or even on another floor of the home, so, you are forced to connect to the Wi-Fi network because you would have to drill through floors, or run unsightly wires across the room… – WRONG!

A solution exists called Powerline that uses your home’s electrical system to connect at one end with a wire to your router. The other end is plugged into a wall power outlet at the TV. This end can have either a single or a multiple output connector port that allows you to use a wire to connect directly to your “Smart” TV and, or, other devices that may require a better connection to the internet, such as a gaming console like PlayStation or Xbox. The results are dramatic! Because the Powerline system is designed to give you the same speed and quality as a direct connection to your router there are no more grainy pictures and “spinning balls” on your TV set! Now you have a great way to extend your network simply by adding another module in another location where you want better speed access to the internet, maybe that bedroom TV or the kid’s playroom.

It makes a GREAT gift that will keep on giving!

Contact Wired 1 today for all your electronics solutions! (506) 470-7510

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You have a new audio video system. You paid a lot of money for it! Updating your electronics is as important as changing the oil in your car. I don’t mean buying new devices, I mean keeping the devices that you have up to date.
Today’s televisions and peripheral source devices all contain some type of computer saystem and just like your home computer they need to be periodically updated, usually over the internet. These updates do many things for you. In some cases it’s simply the addition of new features and functions to your device but in a lot of cases these updates are critical to your device continuing to work!
I had a client call me up the other day and told me that his TV was losing its picture. It would just turn black. He owns a beautiful, top of the line surround sound system with a gorgeous 70″ screen. I went to his home and checked all the connections. Everything was connected correctly, but the TV picture was still cutting out. I then checked the individual units for software and firmware updates. I discovered that one of his devices was not connecting to his network due to a defective network cable and so it was unable to get updates. A new cable was installed and viola, there was an update available. Downloaded the update, the problem was solved and the client even mentioned that the picture on his TV looked better! Usually cable and satellite boxes are kept up to date by the service provider automatically, you never even know that it has been updated, but on a lot of electronics you have to actually “hunt” for the update. You can usually find the update check in the settings area of the on screen menu of the device, you may have to RTFM (read the fine manual), or you can give Wired 1 a call and we do it for you and show you how. (506)470-7510

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