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Home Theater: Industry insiders tell us that Lance
Crabbe's Design Systems Ltd. does the best home theater installations.
Pretty high praise for a guy who's never even had a showroom in his 18 years
of business. But then, it's not Crabbe's style to stock a hundred TVs a
la Circuit City. "We work with our clients the way an interior designer
would," says Crabbe. "We ask what they want out of a system, then
we find the components that will do the job. It's safe to say that there
isn't any piece of audio-video equipment we can't get." In houses and
condos, with and without custom cabinetry, Crabbe has installed systems
from $5,000 to $15,000, to extravagant set-ups at $100,000 and up. But Crabbe
says his strongest suit, next to design, is service. "The way we see
it, we're married to every installation we do." You may need to ask
about a waiting list, however. When we reached him, Crabbe was booked through
the spring. If you're serious about your movies, though, you'll probably
want to wait.
©HONOLULU MAGAZINE - March, 1998, "BEST OF
HONOLULU" issue.
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Lance Crabbe (center), of Design Systems Ltd.,
receiving the Excellence Award for the "Best Documented"
System in the Nation from Lutron executives. This award was
for the Lighting Control System that Design Systems completed in
2005 for a house on Kaneohe Bay, and one of twelve presented during the
annual Excellence Awards Event at CEDIA EXPO
2005. To learn more about this award, please visit
the Lutron web site. This link will open a new window
in your browser. To return to the Design Systems Ltd. site, simply
close the new window.
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