Deciding what song to play should be the only challenge when enjoying music throughout your home. With a multi-room music system, it’s easy to access all your sources—media library, streaming service, turntable—from one centralized control interface.

What makes multi-room music stand out is its reliability. With a professional installation in your Dallas, Texas home, the sound is evenly spread out throughout your space. You also get consistent control of all your technology; everything can be managed from the same user interface or app, so you don't have to learn multiple platforms.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there’s only one way to listen to your favorite music. Below we take a look at three unique audio design options for your home.

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As you prepare to renovate your Southlake, Texas home or begin construction on a new one, what details are most important to you? So far you’ve likely decided on which architectural style you prefer and the way you’d like to design your interior spaces. Usually lost in all the commotion is a comprehensive plan for your technology. You could bring it all together with a smart home automation system that makes your home more beautiful and efficient. Below we’ll take a look at some of the biggest perks of building a smart home.

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1.  Make the Technology in Your Home More Efficient

The primary reason to invest in smart home automation is efficiency. Placing control of all your technology under one system makes it easier to manage it. From the same touchpad or tablet, you can adjust your lights, music, and thermostat. A unified front also lets your technology work hand-in-hand. For example, in the case of a fire, your security system communicates with your lighting. Once the alarm goes off, the lights turn on to guide the way to the nearest exit.

2. Reduce the Equipment Clutter in Your Home

Even if your primary focus is aesthetics, smart home automation can be a great design partner. By centralizing control of your technology, you can reduce some of the clutter in your home. With smart lighting, switches and dimmers can be taken off the wall. Through your audio video system, you can place all your source components –including Blu-rays and media servers—in a dedicated AV closet instead of keeping the equipment in each room.

3.  Eliminate Energy Waste With Smart Control

There are a variety of ways smart control ensures your energy doesn’t go to waste. For most homes, air conditioning and heating represent the brunt of energy expenses. Your smart home is built to take the load off your HVAC system. Shades close automatically during the hottest times of the day to help cool down the house. You can also set different temperature presets for certain times. So when you’re away from home, the thermostat goes up to use up less energy.

Needless clutter, broken signals, and uneven audio are just a few of the problems usually associated with a home theater system. Designing your own system on the fly using equipment found off the shelf can end terribly. Video signals need the right cabling, speakers need to be expertly laid out, and a professional needs to ensure that all components are compatible. On the whole, there needs to be a comprehensive plan in place to create an immersive entertainment space in your Westlake, Texas home. 

1.Prepare a Comprehensive Plan

If you learn one thing in this blog, make it this: it’s all about the planning. Whether you’re installing a fire alarm or a home audio system, the best results will come if you lay out every possible detail in advance. Come up with an answer to these questions before getting started:

• Do I want to use a television or screen?
• Will I be transmitting HD or 4K content?
• How many people will my theater seat?
• What kind of stylistic theme do I want to have?

In future blogs, we'll go in depth into some of those questions to help you understand how your answer can impact your home theater installation.

2.Invest in the Best Equipment

Developments in smart technology have changed the way we interact with our homes. Whether you’re investing in full automation or smart lighting, it’s all about creating intuitive solutions that make your space more beautiful and efficient. Since it’s one of the easiest to install and it involves technology we use every day, home lighting control is usually one of the first smart systems embraced by homeowners. In this blog, we'll take a look at some of the ways it helps you upgrade from the traditional wall switches cluttering up your Southlake, Texas home.

Dedicated Touchpad: Instead of dealing with a handful of switches on the walls, all of your fixtures can be accessed from a user interface on a dedicated touchpad. At the press of a button, choose the room you want to manage and which fixtures you'd like to adjust. You can either turn lights on and off or change their intensity. With a Vantage system, you can adjust lights from 0-100% to find the setting you like best.

Mobile App: If you already have a smart device that you’re comfortable with, you can use that instead of a touchpad. The same interface found on your touchpad can be used on a smartphone or tablet. The mobile app also comes with one huge perk: remote access.

You can access your home lighting control system even when you’re away. Notice that you left a light on when you left the house? You can turn it off using your phone no matter where you are.

Sensors: Occupancy sensors have been used in commercial lighting for years, but are just recently transitioning to the residential market. If your home lighting control system realizes that a room has been unoccupied for an extended period, all the lights can automatically turn off.
Daylight sensors are also used. These types of sensors work by ‘stabilizing’ the amount of light in a room. Once natural light reaches a certain threshold, your lights will dim or shut off to avoid using artificial light when it’s not necessary.

When looking to create the right atmosphere in your outdoor spaces –the pool, patio, or backyard—a big part of it is having quality entertainment for friends and family. Whether it’s inside or outside, a get-together can get stale without the right music to set the ambiance. With such great weather in the Colleyville, Texas area, we know you’re going to want to invite people over to enjoy some fresh air. Below we’ll take a look at some of the equipment you should include in your audio video system to create quality outdoor entertainment. 

Sonance Speakers

Outdoor music has always been popular since it’s a relatively easy way to boost the atmosphere in your home. Many people bring out wireless speakers or boom boxes when people arrive. But these make-shift solutions can post a few problems. The quality of these products is not usually the best, and since you're only bringing one source of audio, it will be limited to only a small space. 

The solution is an audio video system installation that places weather-proof speakers throughout your outdoor area. This way you get high-fidelity, uniform sound from your pool to your patio. For outdoor speakers, we recommend the Sonance Sonarray series, which resembles landscape lighting fixtures to better blend into your foliage. 

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