The term distributed audio refers to music - available throughout the home. The basic form of distributed audio is turning up the stereo loud enough to hear it out on the deck. That got a bit tedious after around age 19, and the next step is obvious - speakers in the other room. 

They should sound great, but not be obtrusive. In wall and in ceiling speakers probably fit the bill, and the right one for your application can be perfectly defined with a little information. What level of performance is needed? What are the mounting options? How large is the room and what materials are in it? What front end electronics drive them, and how are they wired? All these questions need to be addressed.

Once we've defined the speakers, controlling the volume and the source becomes as important as the music. The simplest way of controlling speakers in a second room is with a wall mounted volume control. Add a second or third zone and that still works, but  limitations become apparent. You can’t change source, and you can’t change the master volume. As well each set of speakers is only adjustable by running into that room to fiddle with the volume control. 

Expand our room requirements and we now need something more sophisticated. How about a remote control which allows us to turn up the master amp’s volume, and select a new source too? Very cool. But… you really need a remote in each room, and you are still turning all of the speakers up and down no matter what. We need an actual multi-room system. They offer individual amplifers for each room, giving higher performance sound than using one amp with resistors for a bunch of speakers. These systems also offer control options just not possible in a single amplifier situation. Wall mounted control surfaces, digital feed back to show us the radio station we are listening to, and where the one we want to hear - is. Song lists from our CD, iPod, Satellite radio, or hard drive storage device and the ability to have the kid listen to DJ Jazzy Jazz, while you listen to the Eagles.  

What level of performance and control is right for you? Well the best of course! To determine the best for you, we need to sit down and ask you some questions. We can provide any level of performance and sophistication. If you don’t know what options exist we can show you the gambit and make recommendations based on the way you live life.  Music is the soundtrack to your life, and music in the home used to be the exclusive pervue of kings.