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Experience Smart Home Automation in Every Room

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Elevate Your Living Spaces with Innovative Solutions Across Your Property

How can smart home automation impact daily living across your Dallas, TX property? Smart solutions throughout your home can offer comfort, convenience, and more for you and your whole family - and all at just the press of a button!

But how can these innovative technologies elevate the various areas of your home? And how can DeVance Electronic Lifestyle help bring this ideal home environment to life for you? Keep reading below to find out more.

INCREASE SAFETY, WELLNESS & BEAUTY WITH SMART LIGHTING

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ONE TOUCH CREATES THE IDEAL LIGHTING FOR EVERY EVENT

There was a time when our lights remained one hue, either soft or bright white. We walked into a room and flipped a switch, and the space illuminated, providing safety and enabling a 24/7 lifestyle. Today, it can do so much more.

Smart lighting has transformed how we brighten our homes in Dallas, TX. It sets the mood for every event, provides peace of mind when we’re away, and creates a healthier environment. And it’s all controlled with one touch on a high-resolution touchscreen, keypad, or mobile device. 

Let’s explore this changing world and how the latest technology brings beauty, elegance, and ease of living.

Luxury Audio Enhances Your Home Soundscape

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High-End Speakers & One-Touch Control Deliver a Top-Quality Performance

Once you experience your favorite music through high-fidelity speakers, there is simply no returning to a “standard” home audio setup. Luxury audio transforms your home media, letting you hear the music as the artist had initially intended and right in your own living room.

But how can you make the most of your high-end audio setup? An upgraded soundscape can liven up any gathering and enhance your everyday lifestyle at home. Keep reading below to find out more about these high-fidelity audio solutions and how our team at DeVance Electronic Lifestyle can help make them a reality throughout your Dallas, TX, property. 

Enhancing Daily Operations with Easy-to-Use Technology

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Increase Company Performance with a Commercial Audio-Visual Installation

In today’s competitive and rapidly changing commercial environment, AV integration plays a critical role in a company’s success. Whether you’re looking to extend your brand awareness, enhance that all-important first impression, or create a better work environment for your staff, a professional commercial audio-visual installation provides the comprehensive technology to help you reach your goals and increase your company’s performance. 

As one of the most experienced audio-visual integrators serving Dallas, TX, DeVance Electronic Lifestyle specializes in custom designing, installing, and supporting AV systems. Let’s explore a few of the most popular solutions. 

One-Touch Lighting Control Transforms Your Day-to-Day Routine

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Shape Your Day Around Your Seamless Lighting Control

The right lighting can dramatically change the mood and atmosphere of any given space. And with smart lighting control, you can manage every lighting fixture with ease! Did you know that one-touch lighting control can reshape how you go about your day? The simplicity of this innovative setup creates an effortless daily lifestyle for you and your family.

From morning to evening, you can experience the luxurious benefits of smart lighting control across your Dallas, TX property. Want to find out more? Keep reading below.

Creating the Ultimate Private Cinema Through Strategic Design

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Defining a Custom Home Theater Installation

Are you considering the ultimate entertainment space for your home in Dallas, TX? If so, your thoughts have undoubtedly turned to the designated home theater. It’s a room that offers the best in immersive audio and lifelike images, a place that transcends time and carries you away to unknown lands, encapsulating you in other people’s lives.

Accepting the reality happening on screen requires brilliant, true-to-life images that occupy your field of vision and high-performance audio that engulfs the viewer. At DeVance Electronic Lifestyle, we create home theaters that transcend the quality of your local multiplex. 

Of course, we know that not everyone is looking for the big screen experience. Some of our clients prefer a media room with a hidden 4K HDR TV and speakers, where tiered recliners give way to plush sections. A custom home theater installation is just that—customized for your unique needs, dreams, and desires.

Let’s see how it’s done.

Top Reasons to Work with a Home Automation Company

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Ensure that Your Smart Technology Installation Runs Smoothly

Creating the smart home of your dreams isn’t out of reach. However, approaching the task alone can feel overwhelming or like you don’t have the resources to see it through. When you work with a trusted home automation company like DeVance Electronic Lifestyle, you can rest assured that every last component of your installations runs smoothly and efficiently.

So what does working with our integrators entail? What are the top reasons to team up with DeVance Electronic Lifestyle for your Dallas, TX home’s upcoming projects? Keep reading below to learn more.

Let Upgraded Commercial AV Transform Your Work Environment

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From the Lobby to the Boardroom, High-End AV Makes All the Difference

Create a collaborative and informative work environment with upgraded commercial AV across your entire Dallas, TX building. High-performance audio video components are not only beneficial in the boardroom for video conferencing and presentations but also throughout your business in communal areas.

In this blog, we’ll dive into the benefits of a professional commercial AV installation for your whole building and how these various integrations can promote productivity throughout the workday. Find out more about these innovative solutions by reading below!

Enjoy High-Fidelity Music Throughout Your Home

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A Whole-Home Audio Installation Offers Corner-to-Corner High-Performance Sound

Audio defines our days, yet how often do we take it for granted? We turn on our playlist or the morning news when we wake; tune into audiobooks, podcasts, video conferences, and more of our favorite music during the day; and relax with our favorite series or a great movie by day’s end. There’s rarely a moment that sound does not influence our moods, the environment, or the information that affects our daily decisions. It’s a powerful medium.

How do you listen to this powerful form of communication? Many people's audio sources are smartphones, computers, TVs, stereo systems, and other digital devices. Their Bluetooth speaker accompanies them to the backyard and kitchen. The kids can be seen with headphones on as they wander through the house. 

Today’s technology offers a better method for embracing the power of sound. A whole-home audio installation provides richly detailed sound throughout your home and outdoor areas, controlled from an intuitive touchscreen. With one touch, you choose the audio source, the room, or your entire home, and enjoy. 

Let’s explore the makings of whole-home audio and how it enhances your everyday living in Dallas, TX.

The Benefits and Features of a High-Quality Sound System

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Enjoy the Immersive Experience of High-Performance Audio

Numerous studies have shown that music can lower stress-related hormones, lift our moods, and even ease pain. William Shakespeare understood this over 400 years ago, saying, "Music can raze out the written troubles of the brain.” It can bring us joy or sadness, motivation or relaxation, and transport us back in time. It’s a powerful medium. 

In light of its capabilities, we owe it to ourselves to experience it as the creator intended, hearing every note, detail, and beat. To accomplish that, you need a high-quality sound system for your Dallas, TX, home—a system that transforms your listening experience.

Bring Beauty and Perfect Illumination to Your Home

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Create the Perfect Amount of Daylight and Electric Light with Smart Lighting Control

Lighting plays a significant role in a home’s design. In fact, some designers consider it the most important feature. Sunlight streaming through windows, under-cabinet lighting that leaves a soft glow, and architectural lighting illuminating a home’s best features in washes of light can almost leave you breathless.

Yet, how often do we experience our home's lighting at its best? Our days get busy, our nights busier, and before we know it, a day's gone by, and while our lights helped us perform the tasks at hand, they fell far short of leaving us with a sense of wonder. 

Today’s home automation system changes that. Now, your daylight and electric light are controlled with one touch or automated to respond to life's daily activities. Filtered sunlight finds its way through translucent fabrics, lights take on the soft glow of a setting sun, and lights the color of golden candlelight set the stage for dinner.

Let’s explore how the latest lighting control makes managing our home’s lights effortless, enjoyable, and breathtaking.

How Can Luxury Speakers Transform Your Daily Audio Experience?

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Bring Music & Media to Life Throughout Your Home

Our home media can impact every part of our day. Whether you’re enhancing an everyday moment or taking a party to a new level with music, your home AV should meet your needs for any occasion!

Upgrading your Dallas, TX, home’s soundscape can transform how you experience your entertainment entirely. Let DeVance Electronic Lifestyle bring luxury speakers from high-end brands to your property today, and learn more about this solution’s many benefits by reading on.

Upgrade Your Outdoor Audio Video with Solutions from High-End Brands

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Experience Unparalleled AV in Your Backyard All Year Long!

Who says your best entertainment can only be found within your Dallas, TX home’s four walls? Your interiors aren’t the only living spaces that deserve high-end audio-video performance. But upgrading your outdoor audio-video system shouldn’t be something done with standard products. You need high-end solutions from trusted brands in the industry for your backyard setup.

Outdoor speakers and TV displays meant to endure the elements and wear-and-tear of nature are best for your upgrade. Keep reading below to see which top-tier products from leading brands we recommend for your outdoor space!

3 Ways Smart Lighting Can Save You Money

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Learn How Dimmers, Sensors, and Timers Help Lower Energy Use

How many times do the lights get left on in your house? Unfortunately, it happens more often than you know, costing you additional money on your utility bill. But pairing a smart lighting control system with dimmers, sensors, and timers throughout your home is an easy way to cut back on unnecessary energy use. 

Not only is smart lighting a money saver, but it is also a daily convenience you will enjoy in your home. Many clients say they didn't know they needed smart lighting, but they'd never go back once installed. We'd love to help you experience smart lighting and see if you love it as much as they do.

Continue reading to learn how dimmers, sensors, and timers work with smart lighting to save energy in your Dallas, TX, home.

The Ultimate Surround Sound Experience for Your Home Theater

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Create the Immersive Cinematic Experience with the Latest Home Theater Systems

Thanks to advances in home audio and video technology, the increase in on-demand video streaming, and movie servers like Kaleidescape, custom home theater systems are more popular than ever. These entertainment spaces bring the immersive cinematic experience to homes in Dallas, TX, and nationwide. 

Where do your thoughts turn when you envision your private cinema? For many people, the picture that pops into their mind is the brilliant life-like images on the large wall-size movie screen. And, while this is certainly top of the list in essential home theater elements, it's the audio, the immersive surround sound, that takes you into the scene depicted on the screen. 

Let’s explore the makings of the ultimate cinematic experience and how the audio sets the stage.

The Definition of High-End Audio and the Brands that Deliver

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Bring High-Fidelity Sound to Your Home Via Whole-Home Audio Systems and Designated Listening Rooms

High-end audio means different things to different people. To the audiophile, it may translate to a designated listening room with custom acoustic treatments and premier tower landscape speakers. Other clients enjoy the whole-home audio system that utilizes strategically installed and carefully calibrated nearly invisible in-wall and in-ceiling speakers to deliver high-fidelity sound to every room in their home. 

Both immersive audio experiences require the equipment delivering commanding power and clarity. At DeVance Electronic Lifestyle, we partner with industry leaders in home automation and audio-visual technology to bring our clients the best high-end audio solutions. 

Let’s explore a few of these brands and how they’re transforming how homes in Dallas, TX, experience sound.

Why Choose a Custom Home Theater?

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Make Your Entertainment Space Uniquely Yours!

Where and how you watch your movies and shows in your home always impacts how the media makes you feel overall. You don’t want to watch favorites on a low-quality screen with audio you can barely hear! Your home media deserves a dedicated space that can provide stunning audiovisuals, luxurious seating, and an overall atmosphere that caters to your viewing needs. 

Set your home entertainment apart from the standard. A custom home theater design and setup ensures that every time you press play, you’ll feel transported entirely. Check out why a custom home theater is a must for your Dallas, TX entertainment space. Keep reading below for more.

A Whole Home Lighting System Gets You Ready for the Holidays!

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Make the Most of Hosting & Spending Time with Loved Ones

The holidays are upon us! And the season for long-awaited gatherings and reuniting with loved ones is also quickly approaching. Is your home ready to host? Even if the dinner parties are small or casual, you still want to create the ultimate cozy and welcoming atmosphere for every guest.

Your whole home lighting system has a significant role to play in setting the mood across your entire Dallas, TX, property. With elegant fixtures and innovative features, your lighting system can transform the holiday season at just the press of a button. Find out how your upgraded home lighting can create a festive home environment for every occasion by reading on below!

Meetings Are More Effective with High-End Commercial AV

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Keep Participants Actively Engaged during Every Business Meeting

How productive are your company meetings? Do you find that your AV technology has frequent problems, resulting in delays and ineffective gatherings? When your commercial audio-video systems aren’t up to par, your teams will suffer the consequences.

Upgrade your company’s commercial AV system, and watch as its advanced solutions and reliable features enhance every meeting, presentation, and video conference call. Keep reading below to learn how these innovative commercial technologies can completely transform your business in Dallas, TX!

How Multi-Room Music Brings More Enjoyment to Your Life

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Revitalize Every Room with Whole-Home Audio

Music has a way of livening up even the most ordinary and mundane moments - from regular tasks to even sitting and relaxing in any living space. When you can experience your music and media when you want and how you want, it changes everything.

Now, what if you could listen to your music during special occasions and even the ordinary events in your life . . . but play it anywhere in your house? With a whole-home audio system, you enhance every moment - big or small. So what are the benefits of this sound solution, and how can you make the most of it? Keep reading below to find out more!

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