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The Ultimate Smart Home Tour
Take a full tour of this remarkable smart home where design, craftsmanship, and technology come together in perfect balance. Featuring Control4 automation, DMF lighting, Lutron shades, JBL Synthesis audio, and a fully connected outdoor living space, this home shows what’s possible with true integration.
Transitional Style Smart Home with Modern Interior
A smart home is more than just a set of gadgets—it’s a way to elevate your lifestyle with convenience, security, and entertainment at your fingertips. Join us for a tour of our latest Smart Home, where we’ve seamlessly integrated technology to enrich every aspect of daily living. Watch now!
Ultimate Luxury Unveiled: Exquisite Smart Home & Home Entertainment Tour
Scott Newnam, the CEO of Audio Advice, takes us on a tour of a luxurious smart home that is equipped with state of the art automation and entertainment technology. In our video, we tour the basement, which is an entertainment mecca, complete with a Full Swing golf simulator, JBL Synthesis High Performance Home Theater, Custom Home Gym, and much more.
Best Bluetooth Speakers For Outdoor Entertaining
There's a Bluetooth speaker for almost any scenario — but finding the best portable Bluetooth speaker for outdoor use can be tricky. The best ones are portable, dependable, have a longer-lasting battery, and can withstand heat and colder weather — all without sacrificing great sound. To help you check these boxes, we’ve rounded up our favorite Bluetooth speakers for any outdoor occasion you attend or host.
How to Set Up Intercom Anywhere In The Control4 App
We are super excited to announce Control4 has combined Intercom Anywhere with the Control4 OS3 app for the iPhone. This enhancement to the Control4 app greatly improves your Intercom experience. No longer do you have to jump apps to use your intercom; it is all managed from one easy-to-use interface.
High-Performance Home Lighting Showcase | Everyday Upgrades w/ DMF Lighting
In this showcase, we illustrate the result of changing out traditional builder-grade canned lights with high-performance DMF fixtures. We will show you before photos as we go along so you can see how much better the light is just by implementing good design techniques in terms of color temperature, intensity levels, and using aimable lights. In new homes, we are able to make it even better because we can design multiple lighting layers and set locations versus just replacing the current fixtures.
Luxury Smart Home Tour | Whole-House Audio, Smart Lighting, High-End Outdoor Entertainment
This incredible modern home is decked out with the most advanced smart home technology. The homeowner wanted full home automation across both properties on their site, an open great room to be the family hub for immersive gaming, and the full Dolby Atmos home theater experience. Watch the showcase to discover the features & products used to bring their dream home to life.
Stunning Luxury Smart Home and Lighting Showcase
This stunning luxury smart home is equipped with the most advanced smart home and lighting technology. The home has numerous elements related to high-performance lighting which helps to create the ideal ambiance and aesthetics. Watch our Audio Advice Smart Home customer showcase to discover the high-performance craftsmanship.
Luxury Modern Smart Home
This incredible modern home is decked out with the most advanced smart home technology. The home utilizes the Audio Advice Control4 Signature Series system for home automation, Lutron lighting & motorized shades throughout. One of our favorite aspects of this project is the use of high intensity LED lighting that illuminates the texture on the 2 story stone wall and the motorized television lift that brings the television up through the floor in the Yoga room.
Home Theater Lighting Best Practices
While many times lighting is overlooked till the last minute, hopefully, this guide will inspire some ideas you had not thought about and help you add some great finishing touches to your dream home theater room.
Sonos Update Problem and the Solution
What you need to know about the latest Sonos Update and how it affects your current Sonos System.
Control4 Neeo remote vs. SR-260 remote
Control4 Neeo Remote vs SR260 Remote: the pros and cons of both Control4 remotes to help you make the best decision.
Which Smart Home System is Best? (Control4 vs. Crestron vs. Savant)
Currently, there are three main players in this market — Control4, Crestron, and Savant. Each of these systems is capable of fully automating and controlling security systems, lighting, whole house music, thermostats, televisions, cameras, and more. Let’s walk through each of the major questions we get and compare the different capabilities of each of the big three.
LED Light Buying Tips
Electronic lighting control has become very prevalent in luxury homes over the past few years because it makes it easy to turn all the lights on or off, and to set scenes used throughout the house. When designed really well, lighting control reduces wall clutter and dramatically improves the experience in a home.
Lighting Control & Design: Pathway Lighting
A well-designed lighting control system focuses not only on the aesthetics of the home but how you use your home as well. Start by thinking through your daily routine and the areas you walk between most frequently, particularly in the dark.
Not only does pathway lighting look great, but it’s incredibly convenient, conserves energy, and helps ensure the safety of you, your family, and your guests.
How Does Lighting Control Impact the Design of a Home?
The goal of designers and architects is to design beautiful homes for their clients — inside and out. Well-planned lighting can play a major role in achieving the look that these professionals and the homeowners are looking for.
Whether it’s highlighting certain detail or accents in the home, or simply providing the right ambiance, good lighting is important.
