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WEL COME Welcome to our first issue of Entertaining Environments, the same name that represents our group of specialist audio-visual resellers, custom electronic installers, builders, electricians, security professionals, interior designers, architects and complementary others.

I founded Entertaining Environments (or EE, as we fondly call it) in 2013 after 20+ years in the AV industry. It was born as much of necessity for independent small business as it was for the many frustrated consumers who are tired of ill-equipped and inexperienced mainstream chain stores incapable of providing the service and expertise to deliver contemporary residential technologies.

In our lives today we rely on ‘being connected’, and this ranges from our work place to our social interaction and pleasure in our daily lives. From simple hi-fi systems that stream music from around the world to fully-integrated smart homes that control our power usage, monitor our health and keep us comfortable and entertained, we enjoy our technology — and are frustrated when it’s just not right.

There are many barriers to technology’s ability to provide all that it might promise, and these are often more about the implementation and application than they are about the products themselves. That’s

where EE and our members step in. With existing extensive experience, our members maintain their professional standards through continuing technical education; we understand yesterday’s and today’s products, and are developing those into the future.

The diversity of our members across trades guarantees qualified expertise to enable the consumer to get the best possible solution installed in a competitive, timely and professional manner — and we also know it’s a fact that it costs less to get it done right the first time. Whether it’s a flat-panel install, a home cinema, wholehouse AV or simply audio around the pool, our members can design, plan, consult, install, commission, and even build your project from concept to completion.

At the end of the day our promise lives in our name — Entertaining Environments — the delivery of which is your guarantee of satisfaction. Look for our badge of quality.

IN THIS ISSUE 04 NEWS 06 DESIGN TRENDS

08 KNOW YOUR NETWORK!

10 SMART HOMES SAVE ENERGY, SAVE MONEY!

14 SMART ART FOR WALL AND SCREEN

18 CALL THAT A HI-FI? THIS IS A HI-FI…

22 MOVIES ON THE BIG SCREEN

26 REFRESHMENT BREAK

28 BUSH LIVING: CINEMA INCLUDED! Rob Sanders Entertaining Environments www.e-e.com.au

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30 MEMBER LISTING AND CONTACTS

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BACK TO BOOM TIMES IN AV

WEARABLE TECH

IT’S A BUZZWORD CATEGORY — ‘wearable tech’ is grabbing attention around the world, at the forefront of the recent 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and the subject of a whole conference in Europe.

The tech itself ranges from currently available smart watches 1 and, of course, Google Glass, through to specialised devices such as Moticon 2 , awarded ‘Wearable Tech of the Year’ for its worldfirst “fully integrated sensor insole”. The German-based company is promoting the insole’s ability to analyse and record foot pressure distribution while in use, charting such variables as acceleration and leg strain, and so allowing sports athletes and coaches to improve performance and avoid injuries.

Also in the sports space, the Fitbit one 3 is already finding success as a personal training accessory, measuring steps taken, distance travelled and energy used during the day, then going on to measure your sleep quality at night and assist in improving your sleep patterns – all synced to your smartphone for instant analysis.

Feeling furtive? The Kapture 4 was one of several Kickstarter-funded devices on show at CES this year — it is worn like a watch on the wrist, but has no screen, instead recording audio continuously or on demand, and crucially it always preserves the last 60 seconds, like an aircraft’s blackbox recorder. Hear something controversial?

Just press the button to keep the evidence or, via its phone tethering, share the recording via email or social networks.

Another wearable unit, the Kiwi Move (short for Kinetic Wearables, it’s nothing

to do with New Zealand) might have smart-home applications, responding to body gestures and then communicating pre-determined instructions via the internet to any IP-connected device. Hear a song you like? Draw a musical note in the air and the Kiwi can sample the music, send it to a server for identification and purchase the song direct to your iTunes account. Such wearable technologies promise to develop strong connections with that other big area of development, the “internet of things”.

At the recent Wearable Technologies Europe Conference, Isabel Pedersen, Canada Research Chair in Digital Life, Media & Culture, suggested that current development from carryables (like smartphones) to wearables put us on a technological path which might lead to ‘implantables’. While ethical issues with implantables would be significant, she notes public enthusiasm thanks to their regular appearance in pop culture and movies like ‘Terminator’, ‘Iron Man’ and ‘Elysium’.

Many of the tech majors are experimenting with wearable tech, but Sony perhaps takes the gong for the most unlikely concept — a computerised wig.

“The usage of a wig has several advantages that, compared to known wearable computing devices, include a significantly improved user comfort”, says the US Patent Application filed by Sony’s Tokyo office. “The processing unit and the communication interface are arranged in the wig and are at least partly covered in order to be visually hidden during use.”

Will it take off, or fall off? The world will decide…

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WE ARE ON THE VERGE of another tech boom in AV, according to Jerry Del Colliano, writing for hometheaterreview. com in California. He sees a combination of new technologies and economic recovery driving a revived market in both audio-visual and integrated home technologies, with consumers able to reap greater advantages by living connected lives.

Whereas he brands 3D as a no-hoper, “a failure of a technology in the 1950s, and even more of a stinker in modern times”, Del Colliano points to Ultra HD televisions and projection as “real, even if it’s not ready yet… It needs a broadcast standard. It needs a Blu-ray standard. It needs support from the gaming community. It needs servers that work with more than one brand of UHD TV.” But, he says, “it could make today’s TVs look like a joke even to the mainstream consumer.

Ultra HD could be that dramatic. It could be amazing.”

He also credits high-res audio as a driver for new hi-fi sales, focusing mainly on downloads from sites such as HDTracks.com, and castigating Apple, which “should be ashamed of itself for not leading in the HD music space”.

Premium car audio offers a way to reach new audiophiles, he suggests, while the US housing recovery will drive AV systems, home automation, HVAC control, lighting control, and more. Full article: www.hometheaterreview.com

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INTEREST-FREE ON LINE

ENTERTAINING ENVIRONMENTS HAS become the first CE reseller in Australia to offer online interest-free* at its online checkout, adding to the existing multiple online payment options.

While a handful of competitors purport to provide this service, those are only submitting a form, and do not complete an automated online process. The EE offering is a complete online solution, linked to its shopping cart and the finance provider, completing the checkout process and making shopping for the customer’s favourite products with interest free simpler than ever.

Adding to the simplicity, the customer can also choose to have the product delivered to their door, or to collect it from the rapidly growing EE membership located throughout Australia — a “Click and Collect” service.

When selecting EE’s click-and-collect service, the customer will immediately receive a phone call from the EE member from whom they have chosen to collect. It is one thing to buy a new television or hi-fi system, quite another having a professional offer a competitive and expert installation service to meet your bespoke requirements — this is how EE ensures the customer maximises their purchase.

The click-and-collect service is available for all methods of purchase, not just interest free online. When selecting the interest free online payment method, purchasers can choose a threeor six-month period and be approved for up to $6000 online. In-store interest-free at EE members provides for terms up to 36 months and a $25,000 interest free credit line. Customers can also visit www.e-e.com.au and apply for pre-approval up to the same $25,000 limit.

TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE Entertaining Environments’ members represent the most technically competent and educated integrators in the country, EE has established a strategic relationship with global home technology industry authority CEDIA. CEDIA, the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association, is the leading global authority in the multi-billiondollar home technology industry.

CEDIA represents some 3500 member companies worldwide and serves more than 22,000 industry professionals that manufacture, design, and integrate goods and services for the connected home.

Built upon a strong volunteer foundation, CEDIA provides access to industryleading education, certification and research, and also drives consumer awareness. CEDIA serves as the go-to home technology source for consumers and professionals alike.

Entertaining Environments’ members benefit from the relationship by maintaining our self-imposed standards through continuing and improving education programs provided by CEDIA. Leveraging education curricula, white papers and established best practices of CEDIA, combined with EE’s mandatory development programs, will meet consumer’s expectations of the highest professional standards from EE. “As a long-time member and former board director of CEDIA I’m an avid advocate of the association,” said Rob Sanders, Founder of Entertaining Environments. “I couldn’t imagine building our group, the standards we and our customers deserve and expect, without the cooperation of this leading global body.”

In view of the formal relationship, existing Entertaining Environments and CEDIA members will access a range of reciprocal rights, including discounts on their membership.

PURE AUDIO FROM BLU-RAY

AFTER YEARS OF LARGELY ignoring Blu-ray’s potential to deliver higher-than-CD quality music, major and minor labels are now lining up to provide stereo and surround versions of new and remastered recordings. Universal, Warner Music and Sony are all producing Blu-ray editions of popular albums, most of them adhering to a standard defined by a collaboration between Universal and more esoteric labels including 2L, MSM, Decca and Stockfisch.

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Under the name of ‘Pure Audio’, this “worldwide directive” sets standards for playback of music Blu-rays with or without an attached screen in operation, and uses the coloured keys on a remote to switch between stereo and different multichannel versions. An additional technology called mShuttle can allow networked Blu-ray players to deliver portable copies of the songs to networked computers for loading onto portable devices.

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aking your way through the world of colour and design can at times seem a daunting task.

Sometimes the fear of making a mistake is greater than the will to change.

With that in mind, one of the most common questions I am asked is “How can I incorporate the latest trends into my home without completely redesigning everything?”

Let’s explore that further and firstly look at some of the top trends in 2014…

RETRO RENEWAL Bright colours are back, with a nod to the 1970s and ’80s in the form of high energy colours such as citrus yellow, bright orange and lime green. These can be combined with white, pastels or light neutrals.

Materials are a mix of artificial and manmade, including glass and Perspex with diagonal stripes and geometric patterns.

Colour blocking is definitely on trend.

PASSIONATE PINK Various tones of pink are the star performers here, from soft, pale pink to raspberry and fuchsia.

This trend includes lilac and purple, influenced by Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2014 ‘Radiant Orchid’, and works well with white and natural accents or black and grey for greater impact. Bird and butterfly motifs are popular with handicrafts still very much in demand, such as crochet, knitting and embroidery.

design trends Now, let’s get started. Focus on one room at a time and collect some images and colours that you like. This can be in the form of magazine articles, paint samples, natural objects such as flowers etc. This is to help you develop your own colour palette. As this is a seasonal update, don’t forget to take into account your existing wall and floor colours and window treatments.

New cushion or doona covers are a great way to economically update a space, and most department stores will stock the latest colours and fabrics. Another option is to introduce a rug into your space, or some artwork, incorporating your preferred colour palette. You could try sourcing this from local artists in

Karen Molloy runs KM Colour Designs, an interior design firm based in NSW and an Affiliate Member of Entertaining Environments.

Contact: 0418 272 595

Blue and white are making a huge comeback this year — think of the Mediterranean sea and nautical themes

Bright colours are back, with a nod to the 1970s and ’80s in the form of high energy colours such as citrus yellow, bright orange and lime green, combined with white, pastels or light neutrals

NEW NOSTALGIA This takes classic items of the past and incorporates them into the Now. Restore and repair is the key theme, with patinas and worn looks also very popular. Pieces are revitalised by the use of contemporary fabrics and materials. Colours are slightly faded, similar to baby blue, pink and soft grey combined with warm brown and copper and brass elements.

BOLD’N’BLUE Blue and white are making a huge comeback this year — think of the Mediterranean sea and nautical themes. This can be combined with sea stripes, florals or geometric patterns, or all three! Pantone’s ‘Dazzling Blue’ is a great example.

BACK TO NATURE Influenced by natural materials and sustainability, this trend is about textures in the form of hand-crafted pieces, timber and stone based on the colours of the earth. Different shades of soft blues and greens, combined with white and sand colours. Plenty of floral motifs and botanical images.

your area, or better still get the family involved and find out who the budding artists are in your family – you may be pleasantly surprised! There are also a number of great vintage and charity stores around now stocking lots of retro pieces which may add a new lease of life to your space.

Remember, this is intended to give your home a quick facelift, not a major makeover, so be bold and experiment!

The ‘new nostalgia’ look takes classic items of the past and incorporates them into the ‘Now’. Restore and repair is the key theme, with patinas and worn looks also very popular

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s more and more devices become connected to each other and to the Internet, the humble home network is becoming ever more important. Yet it’s one of those technologies that we seldom think about until something goes wrong. So let’s look at why the network is so important — and those side effects that can occur when things do go wrong.

Tech talking

Not so long ago, each emerging technology had its own proprietary method of communicating with other devices. Indeed this remains largely true for modern devices, but they do share a common thread — they all talk over the same network. In years gone by, each device would have required its own dedicated cable for communication.

Now these have all replaced by a single network where many devices coexist.

This has become the heart of many homes — but without much care being taken to ensure it operates correctly.

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The correct address

Each device or node on a network has a unique address. This is known as an IP Address and there are two methods of allocating this value to a device.

The first method is via Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, commonly referred to as DHCP. As the name suggests, this method of allocation is dynamic — the address can and does change over time. It is popular in most homes because it usually requires zero interaction from the user — you simply plug the device in and the DHCP server allocates an IP Address. It just works.

The second method of IP Address allocation is known as static allocation.

As the name says, the IP Address is static — it doesn’t change over time. But giving a device a static IP Address requires action from the user.

I can imagine most of you are reading this and thinking that if dynamic allocation requires zero effort, why ever bother with static?

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network. Simply put, if one device needs to be able to find another device, it is often the only way you can achieve this.

A few examples of when static addresses may be necessary: •• you have one or more security cameras that you wish to view remotely over the Internet; •• you have a printer connected to a PC that you want to be able to print to from other devices; or •• you have a home automation system that needs to talk to a receiver/Blu-ray player/alarm/sprinkler system etc.

Take the example of a home automation system that wants to control a Blu-ray player. The automation system will be configured to talk to the currentlyassigned IP Address of the player.

But if this is set to ‘dynamic’, then at some point in the future the IP Address will change, and the system will no longer function as expected. Often this type of problem will only become evident after a power outage.

So as you can see, it’s important to correctly allocate the right type of IP Address to each device.

In most home networks the role of the DHCP Server (the device handing

networking HOME ON THE IP RANGE If you are allocating static IP Addresses to some equipment, I highly recommend sticking to a given range.

For example, on a home network in the 192.168.0.x range: 192.168.0.1: Router 192.168.0.2 – 192.168.0.100: Network infrastructure (Wireless Access Points, Printers, Switches etc) 192.168.0.101 – 192.168.0.200: Dynamic allocation (DHCP range) 192.168.0.201 – 192.168.0.254: Specialised equipment (such as Home Automation devices, Alarm panels etc) By sticking to a range in this way, we can ensure that when we statically assign an IP Address it won’t conflict with one given out via DHCP.

out IP Addresses) is fulfilled by the Router. That said, many other devices can act as a DHCP Server, and indeed it is critical you ensure that only one DHCP Server is enabled on the entire local network — otherwise two devices can end up with the same IP Address.

In that situation, sometimes both devices will receive data and only one will work, or sometimes neither will work. Often wireless access points will ship with a DHCP Server feature enabled, so it’s important to check the settings after installing a new one.

Wi-Fi and wireless

Another important aspect of a home network is Wi-Fi, or Wireless access.

Most portable devices now support one or more forms of Wi-Fi access, so it’s important to understand the limitations of such systems.

Wi-Fi is a very convenient technology; however it is never a substitute for a wired system. While Wi-Fi is continually getting faster, there are also more people than ever using Wi-Fi for more tasks in their home. There is only so much bandwidth to go around, so the more neighbours you have utilising Wi-Fi, the slower your devices will be. It’s also important to understand

that just because your Wi-Fi is working fantastically the day it’s set up, there’s no guarantee it will still be that way tomorrow! Wi-Fi is essentially a living entity, and you have no control over what your neighbours do.

There are many flavours of Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac to name a few).

Each one operates on a different given frequency range and provides a theoretical maximum bandwidth. I say ‘theoretical’ because the real world is full of objects such as walls and furniture that slow things down.

How much money you spend on your Wi-Fi router will determine which features are available. And these features can be important. For example, at the lower end of the scale you may purchase a router capable of speaking 802.11a/b/g/n. In theory this means it’ll talk to all the latest gear at high speed by utilising 802.11n. However, if a single powered-on device in your home is talking the older 802.11g then all devices must slow down to this speed so everyone can understand. It’s like giving a speech to a room full of adults and then a young child being added to the crowd. If you want everyone to understand you’d need to moderate the words you use and possibly even how fast you speak. At the cheaper end of the scale, Wi-Fi works the same way.

The latest and greatest Wi-Fi standard to hit the markets is 802.11ac.

This has been designed primarily with HD video streaming in mind. To compare their theoretical values, 802.11n provides aggregate bandwidth of 450 megabits per second, whereas 802.11ac provides 1300.

A word of caution, though, when purchasing a modern Wi-Fi router or

Each device or node on a network has a unique IP Address, and there are two methods of allocating this value to a device — either static or dynamic.

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Access Point — beware the marketing hype. In an effort to appear superior to competing models, manufacturers will often label a product with something slightly misleading, such as ‘AC1750’.

Coming across such a model number you would be forgiven for assuming this means it’s an 802.11ac device capable of providing an aggregate bandwidth of 1750 megabits per second. The reality is somewhat less underwhelming, likely meaning the device is capable of sending three 150Mbps streams in the 802.11a/b/g/n space (450Mbps) and three 433Mbps in the 802.11ac network (1300Mbps). The total rounds out to 1750, yes, but not how you might have thought. Buyer beware.

So Wi-Fi is a wonderful technology that provides convenience and functionality to enrich our lives, but we need to understand that it has limitations.

Network bandwidth is much like a water pipe — you can only fit so many litres of water per second down the pipe. As technology improves, that pipe gets larger in diameter, but can also be affected by outside influences, many of which are beyond our control.

Author: Matt Crump, My Device Pty Ltd, a member of Entertaining Environments. Matt has a degree in computer science and more than 15 years real-world programming experience.

He regularly teaches IP networking classes both locally and internationally.

Matt is a CEDIA Certified Instructor.

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witch the lights off when you go to bed! Turn off the TV if you’re not using it — have you seen the power bill?” With ever-rising electricity prices, everyone is thinking about power usage. We compare last year’s usage to this year’s usage and wonder how to cut power use still further. We buy appliances basing our decisions as much on their energy use as their ability to do the task at hand. Then we forget — until the next bill arrives.

But a smart home never forgets. The electronics that govern a smart home are in the unique position of being able to monitor multiple systems at once, to identify unusual power use, to provide far more detailed feedback on where you’re using power, and when. Ongoing and immediate knowledge of your power use makes it far easier to change any bad habits.

Smart homes can do far more than monitor your power.

By setting up seasonal timers and sensors for temperature and rain they can open and close louvres, vents and windows to allow more passive forms of climate control than slamming up the air-con or cranking up the heat. They can turn off lighting circuits when nobody is there, and be integrated with solar-power grids, or with rainwater tank sensors and irrigation networks, optimising water usage as well as power.

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Entertainment with efficiency

The pictures here show an impressive home for which the owners chose Ultimation, a member of Entertaining Environments, to undertake full installation and integration of all systems, including entertainment, security and lighting.

“The client wanted the very latest solutions,” Ultimation’s Jarrod Silverlock tells us. “They wanted high-definition video distribution to the eight screens around the home, which includes a full dedicated home cinema, with 14 zones of multi-room audio.”

Such large-scale electronics may seem to sit with a certain irony within what was to be termed an ‘eco-home’. But that’s where the smart home savings start. The ability to schedule and control everything in harmony brought benefits from careful integration of all automation, lighting control, security, access control, intercom, CCTV and the extensive entertainment gear.

Equally important was energy management.

“This was at the forefront of our client’s mind,” says Jarrod. “With the architectural environmental resources being implemented into this home, like rainwater tanks, solar, natural ventilation — our role was to provide efficient and seamless systems without compromising on the luxury living lifestyle.”

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smart homes

ENERGY MANAGEMENT “To achieve the energy management and power monitoring, we used Switch Automation [main screen below] to monitor power, display graphical usage and do monthly comparisons,” says Ultimation’s Jarrod Silverlock.

“There’s scheduling enabled for heating and cooling, lighting, even the towel heaters. During peak periods, power consumption was quickly reduced by 25%.” Further reductions will be likely as the owners adapt to this detailed feedback on energy and water usage.

AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT “By using the main AV control system in conjunction with power relays, we were able to turn off standby power in non-essential AV gear when the alarm system is armed to ‘away mode’. This reduced power consumption by another 3%.”

LIGHTING CONTROL “Utilising C-Bus lighting control dimmers, relays and Pierlite 11-watt LED downlights, we were able to dramatically reduce the owners’ lighting power consumption by 30%”, says Jarrod, “and still have full dimming and mood lighting control to deliver them the ultimate smartly-controlled ambient environment.”

FEEDBACK SCREEN The 15-inch touch-screen system is in a central area of the home as a simple-to-use interface to control all of the home’s systems. The owners can control their lights, lighting scenes, schedules, motorised blinds, the security system and access control systems, cameras and power monitoring reporting, and control of heating and cooling on a per zone basis, including under-floor heating.

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To contribute further to the environment, a 5kW solar system was installed, with power generated from this being monitored on the central touch screen. There are 100,000-litre rainwater storage tanks under the driveway, also monitored via remote sensors. Solar water heating, underfloor heating, pool heating and spa heating are also monitored and scheduled. Motorised blinds and windows are scheduled to open and close to prevent overheating from sunlight in summer and to allow passive heating in winter.

Further savings in power came from LED lighting being installed for every light fixture, even the aquarium.

Keeping the design intact

ABOVE: There’s music and HD entertainment throughout the home, including this impressive dedicated home cinema.

With a modern stylish interior design and furnishings, all the electronics systems were to have minimal impact on the aesthetics of the home. It’s a sign of the quality of Ultimation’s work that the home looks even more spectacular with all the electronics in place.

“This was a clear requirement from the initial introduction,” says Jarrod. “This client’s home was to be an architectural masterpiece that required no compromise on quality or performance, and we know how to achieve that kind of discretion in installation. It’s all part of a truly smart home.”

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smart homes If you think “smart homes” are just about lighting and audio-visual gear, think again.

Energy management has become an essential part of most smart homes. In this installation, the systems linked

by Entertaining Environments member Ultimation include all the following in addition to extensive entertainment systems: •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••

Irrigation; Rainwater tank; Electrical & lighting installation; Motorised curtains; Motorised windows; Pond pumps; Water features; Under-floor heating; Air-conditioning systems; Gate controls; Towel rail heaters; and Garage roller door.

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A Chuck Elliot design mounted on Diasec by Gallery 360 in Western Australia. Diasec is “the mount of choice for many of the world’s top photographers”

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very home needs art, but there are smarter ways to adorn your walls than simply buying by the yard from your local picture framer.

This is especially true for your own digital images, which can today be mounted in myriad ways, framed or unframed, thanks to the rise of new and innovative printing technologies.

Miranda Smith is owner and Director at the prestigious Gallery 360 in Western Australia, and part of her job is to discover and develop the latest techniques.

“We have become a complete art solutions provider,” Miranda tells us.

New technologies are changing the ways we can enjoy art (and our own pictures) in the home.

“We’re always looking at new techniques to expand our mounting, framing and art consulting services, both for homes and for businesses. We also have in-house designers who can work with a client’s interior designers to get just the right effect for any environment in which an image is to be used.”

The Gallery — which has mounted original works for exhibitions around the world as well as in Australia — offered to demonstrate a selection of their processes, and after consultation we settled on four technologies that were best suited to the images we had selected.

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DIASEC: Diasec is a process which creates a durable bond between a print and high-quality acrylic glass backed with aluminium. The result is around 7mm thick, and the results are impressively bright, with images leaping forward, their colours vibrant and clear.

The face-mounting Diasec process does away with traditional frame edges while creating a seal that protects the image against UV light, chemical impurities in the air and, to a certain extent, against weather conditions.

“This is the mount of choice for many of the world’s top photographers

smart art ALUMINIUM PRINT: - Printed on aluminium - UV film coating - High-gloss finish - Aluminium sub-frame for ‘floating’ effect

WHITE-COATED ALUMINIUM: - Printed on white-coated aluminium using a large flat-bed printer - Matt finish - Aluminium sub-frame for ‘floating’ effect

DIASEC PRINT: - Printed using the Diasec process - Durable bond between a print and high-quality acrylic glass, backed with aluminium - High-gloss finish - Aluminium sub-frame for ‘floating’ effect CANVAS PRINT: - Printed on canvas - Matt textured finish - Double-strung for hanging

including Thomas Demand and Andreas Grusky, who like to use it for large images that can then float off the wall without a frame,” says Miranda. “The Diasec is mounted on an aluminium subframe which allows the image to ‘float’ off the wall.”

ALUMINIUM: The second of our test images was mounted by Gallery 360 to ultra-slim aluminium, the surface protected with super high-gloss UV film. The result is as thin as the metal plate used, and leaves the image shining with a gloss finish. Again this mounting method employs an aluminium subframe for hanging, and this allows the image to ‘float’ off the wall.

WHITE-COATED ALUMINIUM: Our third image emerged from the latest generation of large flat-bed printers which are able to print onto almost any flat surface. Here the image was printed directly onto a white-coated aluminium surface, which Miranda says is the most popular of the current trends. The result is almost as thin as the aluminium print, but yields a matt image which will avoid any issues with reflectivity from the glossier finishes.

“The quality of these printed images improves all the time,” says Miranda, “and the ability to use these images outdoors for a few years makes this method popular for outdoor living areas and courtyards.”

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CANVAS: We had some discussion on how to mount the last image, not because Miranda was short of options — quite the opposite.

“I’m thinking wood,” she said, “but it’s possible to print onto almost anything.

Shall I send you one on carpet?”

In the end we went with perhaps the most popular mounting process of all, a print made onto stretched canvas.

“Canvas has been used as an artist’s medium for 600 years,” says Miranda.

“And for today’s digital prints, it brings that unique texture, the ‘painterly’ quality, which is why I think it continues to be popular.”

Canvas is also very low on reflection and so can be used safely in positions

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opposite natural or artificial light. It’s a much thicker option, with the canvas wrapping 20mm around the sides (remember to allow edges to your image for this), but the final effect is indeed an arty one. The pigment inks used in the printing process operated by Gallery 360 will last “for many decades”.

The next big thing

Even as our images were being run through the system at Gallery 360, Miranda was expressing excitement at the next big thing.

“We’ve been testing Epson’s latest large-format printer coming, the F6000 — it will be able to print on a great many surfaces, including fabric. But not like the latex printing onto fabric that the industry currently uses — those generally

Art on your TV It has long been recognised that flatscreen televisions provide a potential space for displaying art. When they’re not on, they present a big grey square to the world — why not replace that with something more beautiful? And instead of one single permanent choice of art or image, you could have a display that changes at your whim. This concept became quite common for a while in smaller electronic picture frames, but the market for those was undercut by the use of ugly frames and low-resolution panels; they never delivered on their promise.

last only a few years, even less. The new results should last much longer with this sublimation method.”

The new Epson printing uses special inks onto paper, which emerge looking “faded and washed out, all pastels,” says Miranda. But the subsequent heat press

achieves “what is basically a transfer process, with the final images popping out looking bright and rich”.

There’s always something new in the age-old world of art framing and mounting — Gallery 360’s website has more ideas: www.Gallery360.com.au

The resolution issue is also relevant to displaying images on your TV. Movies may look great at the “full-HD” resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, but even compact cameras and smartphones today take pictures at much higher resolution than the 2-megapixels of a TV screen.

Images are not shown at their best.

Further, most televisions do quite badly at displaying still pictures, especially off a network, where they can be ‘downressed’ still further before display.

But the arrival and early success of 4K resolution (Ultra HD) presents a new opportunity. Still images can look thrilling on a 4K television. Indeed at

present this is some of the only true 4K content available to show on these TVs! The new screen technology of OLED also brings new merits, including the blackest of on-screen blacks and the consequent “infinite” contrast ratio. LG has been early to promote the concept, showing a series of 55-inch ‘Gallery’ televisions at IFA in Berlin and more recently at CES in Las Vegas.

Another concept comes from Melbourne start-up StillReel, which aims to offer an art ‘subscription’ service delivering the latest high-definition art, both static and video, on any connected device, from TVs to tablets, residential 4K television to corporate foyer.

“We are looking to provide consumer and corporate access to an online digital art gallery through a subscription service,” Stillreel’s Nick Darcy-Fox tells us. “We think it works best on a Smart TV, and 4K promises to offer the best devices for large-screen display.”

Fees would be comparable to music or subscription sites, and would include the ability to select art from a gallery of global digital artists and create a ‘favourites’ list to stream and play, loop individual videos, or view a still on any connected device.

Other sites with digital art services include Seditionart.com, offering limited edition artworks exclusively created in digital media, amd Artkick, which offers an app for iOS and Android devices.

The new breeds of Ultra HD and OLED televisions offer new opportunities for art display

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system. And there’s another trend — more people are realising the real value offered by high-end hi-fi systems.

“These systems deliver the ultimate in audio quality... they need to be heard to be believed,” says Rob Sanders of Entertaining Environments. Rob was responsible for the

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installation of the system pictured here, which uses amplification from Canadian high-end audio company Moon, together with unique architectural speakers from Wisdom Audio in Nevada, USA. These tall modular speakers use a rare planar-magnetic speaker technology capable of portraying the tinest details of 18-19

music, so that you hear every nuance of a musician’s performance and every element placed in the mix by the recording engineer.

“You want to know how the music sounded when it was made in the original recording studio?,” asks Rob. “A system like this one brings that amazing revelation to your home.”

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“The client here favours digital files over CDs,” says Rob. “There is a CD player in the system, but he uses his iMac as his main source of music. Moon has just the hi-fi product for this — a box called the 180 MiND [it stands for Moon intelligent Network Device]. This small unit networks via Ethernet or WiFi to stream music from the computer or the internet.

Or if people store all their files centrally, the MiND can play from shared storage on the network.”

Even more usefully, the music can be controlled from either the computer or an iPad. “The iPad control makes this a thoroughly modern front-end that drives a genuinely high-end hi-fi. The results — the music — it’s just glorious.”

Choosing the right hi-fi for you

If you’ve ever entered an old-fashioned hi-fi shop and been bewildered by the equipment on show, you’ll know how hard it can be to choose a whole hi-fi system from scratch.

“This is one of the biggest advantages of dealing with an organisation like Entertaining Environments,” says Rob Sanders. “You get to talk one-on-one with an experienced professional who understands both the electronics and the way it interacts with your home.

They’ll ask what you’re after, what kind of music you like, and where you want it — you might want to have casual music playing in many areas of the home but also keep one area for something special like this.”

The first step

“Just call us!”, says Rob, “or start at the Entertaining Environments website [www.e-e.com.au] to find someone near you. They can recommend equipment or work around something you already own and ensure the ultimate results. A proper hi-fi system professionally installed will simply blow you away.”

ABOVE: the Moon 180 MiND streamer atop the Moon 750 D CD transport and DAC; Moon 740 P preamplifier; Moon 860A power amp and Wisdom STS subwoofer; Wisdom SC-1 System Controller and ExactPower SP15A power conditioner. [Images: Tony Rabbitte]

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elevisions are getting bigger, while bigscreen projectors are becoming more affordable.

But integrating these large entertainment areas into your home requires careful consideration if they are not to compromise or interfere with the established style of your home.

This is where a meeting of minds between your interior designer and an experienced systems installer can reap enormous rewards. Your installer knows the equipment, and understands what wiring will be required, how it can be most easily controlled, clever ways in which it can be hidden. Your designer can ensure it integrates within your home aesthetic as part of your living environment, and without a giant blankscreen eyesore during the day.

bring With so many ways to ent bigscreen entertainm ed to your home, we ask ments Entertaining Environ udio to member Len Wallis A f their showcase just a few o tions. home cinema installa

“With the growth of home theatre rooms,” Len Wallis tells us, “the full gamut of styling and décor can be experienced, from minimal to opulent, from proscenium stage grandeur to everything-in-the-walls-and-concealed.

There have been so many of these special rooms done in the past ten years or more that a very wide variety of approaches have been taken — these usually reflect the taste and style of the owners, but also incorporate technical solutions that only those in the profession are fully across. They deliver the goods, both as functional places and as statements of style.”

Create a dedicated room, integrate screens into your main living spaces — the choice is yours, and the joys of truly immersive bigscreen entertainment await...

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MAIN IMAGE: If your home has the space, a dedicated theatre room allows full control of acoustics, vision and sound.

This is an eight-seater cinema, and an excellent example of various companies and individuals working together to deliver a spectacular result for the home owner. This project won Len Wallis Audio a CEDIA 2013 Award.

ABOVE: This room has been made ideal for entertaining and parties, with a theatre ‘alcove’ at one end delivering bigscreen entertainment and excellent sound. The theatre is integrated into the long room with many stylish touches, including a ‘star’-lit ceiling inset and minimal visible equipment on show, so keeping the home’s design intact and impressive.

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ABOVE AND RIGHT: This dedicated cinema is owned by a big fan of the golden age of cinema, and is ornately crafted in the style of cinemas of old, yet thoroughly modern in Len Wallis Audio’s installation of the equipment producing the pictures and sound.

This one is a real gem!

RIGHT: An example of technology being completely hidden when not in use, to maintain the rural feel of this home in the country, a retreat from city crowds, complete with log fire and all-around rural views.

On command the TV pops up from under the floor, and in-ceiling speakers provide the soundtrack for a good evening’s viewing.

BELOW: The owners of this beautiful home wanted their sunroom/reading room available for general living by day, but it can be curtained off for TV or movie viewing, with all the required electronics fully concealed behind a fabric-covered false wall. It’s a triumph in terms of integrating the latest technology with traditional furnishings.

All images with thanks to Len Wallis Audio. Len Wallis Audio is a member of Entertaining Environments.

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t takes up to 2700 litres of water to make a standard case of beer, not to mention the fertilisers and pesticides used in growing the raw ingredients, and the energy, packaging and transport for the production process. But don’t let that put you off your pint — there are ways to reduce the environmental impact of your next round. Opt for independent craft beers rather than the mass-produced brews that come with a hefty carbon stain. Favour breweries closer to where you live, preferably working out of small factories that employ locals, keeping running costs to a minimum and incorporating energy-efficient practices. The grain growers supplying these breweries should be selected just as carefully, as they tend the soil where the ingredients are grown.

With all these factors considered, then there’s the allimportant taste test. We put in the hard work to test a few of the best and most popular crafties, as well as a few newbies.

Barossa Valley Organic Ale

From a valley more renowned for wine than beer comes one of the only big, bold, organic pale ales in the country.

Although it costs a few quid, it’s worth every penny, not only because it’s organic, but for its delicious spicy flavour. $3.99 (330ml) bottle, $70.99 case of 24. www.bvbeer.com.au

Mountain Goat Organic Steam Ale This very aromatic ale is what we might describe as a bit of a ladies’ beer, with its peachy, floral, musky tones. The ‘organic’ label is no idle boast – you can take a free tour of its eco-friendly brewery in Melbourne. $3.99 (330ml) bottle, $70.99 case of 24. www.goatbeer.com.au

Cascade Pale Ale

Although this Tassie beer is less ‘craft’ than ‘premium’, it comes from Australia’s oldest brewery, known for its ecocredentials. Don’t expect a typical pale ale – it’s more a traditional lager style, making it flavoursome yet very light. $3.85 (330ml) bottle, $44.99 case of 16. www.cascadebreweryco.com.au

Endeavour Growers Bright Ale This comes from Sydney brewers originally producing wine, so there’s a big emphasis on quality produce and processes. It’s a bright ale made from carefully-selected all-Australian barley and hops. This very light, delicate brew has a slight lime taste. $3.99 for a 330ml bottle, $33.99 for a case of 12. www.endeavourbeer.com

Two Metre Tall Derwent Aromatic Spelt Ale This is known as a soured mash ale, and is perhaps not to everyone’s taste — it is almost like a thick, fermented cider, and is designed to age in the bottle. It hails from the birthplace of the Australian hop industry, near the Derwent River in Tasmania, and the spelt grain is grown on the same farm where the beer is brewed. Sustainability is central to the organic growing philosophy – waste husks from brewing are fed to the cattle to produce ‘beer-fed’ beef. $11 for a 500ml bottle. www.2mt.com.au

Pikes Oakbank Sparkling Ale Englishman Henry Pike bottled his first beer in the Adelaide Hills in 1878 after arriving aboard the HMS Oakland.

Reintroduced more than 130 years later, Oakbank beer is malty and slightly more bitter and heavier than many modern sparkling ales. During our office taste test, words such as “wholesome” and “full-bodied” were bandied around, yet “it’s still light and spritzy, as though winged angels are dancing on your tongue” (we’d tested a few by then).

However, it’s not brewed in Oakbank. $3.65 (330ml) bottle, $68.99 case of 24. www.pikeswines.com.au/oakbank-beer

Coopers Extra Strong Vintage Ale Here’s a beer to slowly savour, with a rich, smooth, honey taste. The Coopers brewery in Adelaide is powered by a co-generation plant, waste heat harnessed to produce steam used later in the brewing process. Water use is also kept to a minimum – the water comes from an closely monitored underground aquifer that is desalinated by reverse osmosis. $4.99 (330ml) bottle, $80.99 case of 24, www.coopers.com.au

WORDS BY Caitlin Howlett, Green Living PHOTOGRAPHY BY Louise Lister

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here are two ways to design a home — build it for your own needs, or build it for someone else.

In this case the owners always intended to sell this Queensland property when it was completed — so the house was designed with the sole purpose of resale. They sought to achieve a superior result throughout, one that matched the high-end nature of the property — its spectacular views and lush bushland location. Open-plan outdoor living was the central theme.

But when the sun goes down and the evening draws on, it’s time for entertainment. And few things impress potential purchasers as much as a stylish dedicated home cinema.

To achieve their goal, the owners brought in Entertaining Environments member Look & Listen, who describe themselves as an “innovative lifestyle specialist”.

“We are dedicated to providing our clients with intuitive solutions that satisfy the unique needs and desires of each project,” Look & Listen’s Craig Samson tells us. “Our skills are based around integrated control of the electronic and mechanical systems in your home or office, but that’s quite a mouthful, and can make it sound too technical! It’s more about offering the expert advice that will enable a client to achieve exactly what they want, along with the education and post installation service to ensure it all works smoothly.”

Craig is also a qualified sound engineer, so you can be sure that the audio and AV systems will be able to operate at their absolute best. For this home, the Look & Listen

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team created an intimate three-seater home cinema within a relatively small room (24 square metres). This was a space in which the main design had already been finalised.

“That can make a theatre design challenging,” notes Craig. “The room had already been designed prior to us being commissioned, and the client’s requirement was that we were to work with the slated ceiling and achieve discreet aesthetics.

That meant we couldn’t design extra cabinetry to house the equipment, so we achieved this final result by minimising visual obstructions and housing the equipment outside the theatre in a dedicated equipment room.”

The right stuff

The selected equipment was of a high standard, including Runco projection and an intuitive control system for the theatre which also integrates with the main systems overseeing the whole home’s ‘smart’ systems.

Meanwhile Craig’s audio wisdom came into play in ensuring superb sound to accompany the bigscreen images.

“Not only did we ‘treat’ the room acoustically, we did it to achieve an aesthetic balance as well as the best audio result,” says Craig. “The acoustic panels at the first and second reflection points and the back of the theatre were placed to ensure they achieved symmetrical alignment with the lighting — without compromising the acoustic benefit. Given the budgetary constraints, we achieved the desired outcome for the client who is extremely happy with the result.”

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38-40 Halifax Street

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The cabling network and the overall design for this must be meticulously developed prior to commencing work otherwise by the time you realise that you have left something out it is too late.

(The walls are up and painted.)

Even if you’ve got the installation covered, we can prepare you for success with the right system design down to the finest detail. Call now for a free consultation.

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