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2 days ago
3 min

Building your dream modern smart home!? What cabling infrastructures should you consider?

Modern technology plays an ever-increasing role in our homes. "What cabling infrastructures should I consider?" is a common question.

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Micarta Team

May 4
3 min

External Audio: Considerations

External audio requires its own set of considerations for several reasons. This post will help you understand all that is required

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Micarta Team

Apr 28
1 min

LFE Tactile Transducers for Cinema

Low frequency effects (LFE for short) give that wow factor when watching a movie in your home cinema or media room.

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Micarta Team

Oct 31, 2019
4 min

Home Cinema Acoustics: A Simplified Guide

The most important thing you can do is to ensure the room you are in has been built and acoustically treated properly.

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Micarta Team

Oct 1, 2019
5 min

The Home Network for a modern Smart Home

The home network is the backbone of any truly connected smart home of today. Getting this designed correctly has never been so important.

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Micarta Team

Sep 12, 2019
4 min

How to choose the Best smart lighting system?

As you can imagine, this is a difficult question to answer as the best smart lighting system really does depend on the context of your build

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