Whole-House Audio:

Multi-room audio is one of the hottest and most enjoyable trends in home technology today. Jazz in the kitchen, pop in the kids' room, and rock on the deck during a BBQ will bring your house to life.

These are the advantages of a whole house audio system. To build such a system you need to understand what is going on behind the scenes.

All multi-room audio systems require source devices. These devices are typically a CD Changer, FM Radio, XM Radio, Ipod, or other music device.

A simple audio system allows you to adjust the volume of one device in the room you are in. For example, a single-source audio system may have a CD Changer attached to it. From each room, you would be able to adjust volume, but not skip to the next track or disk.

Your House offers a variety of volume controls and keypads, including the UNO-S2 from Russound (see right).

Control audio and video in any room with an in-wall keypad like the UNO-S2 from Russound

Russound CAV6.6 multi-room A/V controller

clean design and simple layout, and is available in multiple colors: white, almond, bone, brown, and black. It has a 12 character display, programmable favorites, volume control and source control buttons for pause, play, stop and change disks.

More advanced systems will allow you to change sources. You could have the CD Changer playing in the kitchen and the XM radio playing in the bedroom.

Our systems allow you to actually control the source devices you are listening to. From each room you are able to skip to the next song, change channels, or perform other activities as if the source device was in the room with you.

When combined with an automation system your music will be taken to the next level. We can program the system to play a certain CD when you wake up in the morning, and another selection while you are making breakfast.

When a family member arrives home, music of their choice can automatically come on in the kitchen, their bedroom, or other room.

Do you work at home? Have you found the right balance between enjoying your music and not letting it interfere with phone calls? With our system you can play the music as loud as you want, but when the phone rings the music will automatically mute. When you hang up the phone, the music starts playing again, all without touching a button.