Thomas C. Walter

It's almost -- but not quite -- as believable as life , says Thomas C. Walter , national sales manager for Sound Advance Systems.

The more money spent , the more real the sound becomes.Walter notes that a professional stadium sound system might cost $8 per seat , a typical church system $75 per seat.Sound systems for live theater and musical performance centers start at $300 a seat and escalate rapidly.

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To decide what should be in a home theater , Walter asks a customer , Where are you going to put your wow?.In other words , are you an audiophile or do you simply want to hear the music.But even with a simple home installation you can't just stick a speaker on the wall and expect satisfactory results.

Five surfaces in the typical home theater room have wires , he says , plus higher-than-usual power feeds and more outlets.Expect home theater systems to run from $65 to $650 per square foot over and above normal hard costs.

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Location , location , location is critical to a home theater room , Walter adds.Wherever possible , isolate it from the rest of the house.Don't put it near bedrooms , he cautions , and recounts the sad tale of a parent driven crazy by sounds coming from a too-close theater.

Remember that glass is hostile to a home theater , both as a harsh reflective sound surface and as a light source.And don't place the theater in rooms facing south or west.You don't run out of light , Walter warns , you run out of dark..Indeed , making rooms dark enough to watch home theater can be a challenge.

Because so many owners already have televisions , Fields doesn't include one in package prices.

Sound Advance National Director of Sales and Marketing Thomas C. Walter has announced that two new sales rep organizations will represent the Santa Ana, California loudspeaker manufacturer within Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Lousiana effective as of August 1, 2000.

PB Bowers Inc. will service low-voltage contracting accounts within the territory, while Total Marketing develops opportunities within AV and residential markets.

It's almost -- but not quite -- as believable as life , says Thomas C. Walter , national sales manager for Sound Advance Systems.The more money spent , the more real the sound becomes.Walter notes that a professional stadium sound system might cost $8 per seat , a typical church system $75 per seat.Sound systems for live theater and musical performance centers start at $300 a seat and escalate rapidly.