A/V Cables
In most cases, Sierra Integrated Systems creates our own cables tailor-made for your system. We also carry audio and video cables from Liberty and Perfect Path. We feel it’s very important to connect your audio and video components with high quality cables. Superior quality audio video combinations interconnect for audiophiles and videophiles who demand maximum performance and flawless fidelity to the original signal.
Convenient Cable Solutions
Every cable acts as an antenna. With all the radio transmissions in the air, you don’t want the cable to become an antenna and introduce noise into your system. If you are running speaker cables a long distance, you also want to make sure you have a large enough gauge to carry the signal effectively. Connections at each end need to be tight and secure. We can demonstrate the difference a good cable can make in our listening rooms.
HDMI Cables
Nothing has shown the impact of cables more than the introduction of HDMI for video. We’ve had clients use an inexpensive HDMI cable brand for a long TV run and see all kinds of signal problems due to inferior construction and design. When the cable was replaced with a high quality HDMI cable, the problems went away and the picture looked great!
Power
Another important thing to consider is the power coming into your home. Here, you need to be concerned about two points: protecting your gear from external surge events, and cleaning the power as it fluctuates in both voltage and signal noise. Sierra Integrated Systems carries power products from Furman Sound, Richard Gray’s Power Company, Exact Power and APC that can do both.
They will protect from sudden surges like lightning strikes or shorted power lines that can instantly destroy systems. There are units that incorporate UPS (uninterruptible power supply) technology so that a sudden loss of power doesn’t cause failure of projector lamps that need to cool down before they shut off and keep phone systems operating when the power goes off.
Power Conditioning
Power conditioning can make a big difference in performance if your power company supplies dirty power. This happens in metro areas or at the end of a run. Sierra Integrated Systems has lots of power conditioner choices for you to improve your system’s performance. Remember, all of your components are designed on test benches with great clean power. The power you get from your wall socket is almost certainly not as regulated or clean!
