Hampstead house - The begining

We have been very busy planning and preparing five (!) installations. This is one of them, undergoing first phase of installation. Whole house audio, TV based media room and projector based conema room with Kef THX Ci series speakers, motorised drop down screen and Epson projector.

Kef Ci series speakers and sub woofers

Slot in the ceiling for motorised screen.

Cables ready for termination!

Screen in place!

Large living room ready for ceiling speakers.

CEDIA Awards Winner - Case study Essential Install

Our winning Media room was featured on Essential Install's web site. 

Read all about it in this Case Study.

https://essentialinstall.com/case-studies/small-and-mighty-media-room-wins-cedia-award/

CEDIA EMEA Awards 2019 - Winners!

It's been a while since we posted, but it's been very busy with 6 different projects going in parallel! However, we managed to take a day off for CEDIA AWARDS ceremony and it turned out that we were one of the winners! We won Best Media Room Level I award (rooms up to £20.000) for out Kensington Green project.

Chislehurst install part two

Second phase of installation is underway - 8 Kinetik speakers with speaker hoods are in place; Penn-elcom rack is assembled and positioned inside a dedicated (ventilated) cupboard; Lutron Home QS system is wired and working; Ethernet patch panel is wired and ready to connect to Home Network. Next phase - games room! 

 LED Lighting details on kitchen skylights

 Kinetic speakers in place...

 24 circuits of Lutron Home QS lighting

AV rack is in place

Hammersmith project

Our small Hammersmith install is now almost done. Whole house network with Unify AC Pro WiFi access points & Switch. Dahua CCTV system and telephone system. Video distribution using HDAnywhere HDMI over Cat6 extenders, Kinetik IR control and Bose satellite speakers. Everything is rounded with extensive LED lighting scheme.

Chislehurst AV Installation

Our Chislehurst project is coming along nicely! TV / Game room with Samsung 78" TV plus two more Samsung TVs; Sonos multiroom audio; Kef and Kinetik speakers w Denon AV Amp; Sky Q; Home network and Wi Fi with Lutron lighting & CCTV. More pictures soon.

Rental property Wi Fi

We were asked to provide temporary Wi Fi solution at high end rental property with minimum of drilling involved - using existing Cat6 cable throughout the apartment. With everything terminated in kitchen utility cupboard, all rooms have wired and wireless access to ultra fast internet / wireless thanks to Virgin Media, with speed clocking at 383mbps!!! Four Unifi AC Pro Lite access points were used, together with Unify cloud controller, PoE troughswitch and Netgear 24 port switch.

Oxford barn - more progress

There has been a lot of progress in the past month. Three (of four) Lutron panels are completed, all AV / Network wiring is done too, speaker cavities in the cinema are ready and racks are assembled. Soon we start work on patchbay termination.

LED lighting is tested.

#Lutron enclosure No.3 - lighting circuits in main rack room

Kensington High Street - completed!

After more than a year, all building work is completed and we are in with our gear! Total of four Sony screens (2 x 55" 4K and 2 x 40" HD) mounted with combination of Future Automation and Sanus brackets. Living room TV is helped with Sonos Playbar, sitting in a custom Leon Tonecase.
Sonos Preamp is pumping music to living room via 6 Nakymatone invisible speakers and into the kitchen via 4 Kef Ci200QS speakers, all powered by Sonance 12ch power amp. Full home network and WiFi courtesy of Cisco / Unifi, delivering close to 180 mbps (!) on wireless - using Virgin Media broadband. Happy customers!
Sources include Virgin TiVo V6, Freeview, Hot Bird sat, Panasonic Bluray and Apple TV. Full network monitoring using Domotz Pro hardware.

Kitchen dining with Sony 55" TV

Living Room with another Sony 55" 4K TV with custom Leon bracket & Sonos Playbar

40" TV On Sanus bracket in master bedroom - with two HDAnywhere XTD extenders.

*Virgin V6 box and Hot Bird sat box are placed in the rack room

Network Rack - featuring Domotz Network monitoring.

Kensigton Green Media Room pt.2

We just completed installation of bespoke AV Wall unit housing 65" Samsung TV, various AV components and enough storage for 2,000+ CD & BluRay discs. TV is mounted on pull out and swivel bracket to allow viewing from various positions in this open plan one bed apartment.

Future Automation PS60 bracket in action.

Kef Ci4100QL & Kef Ci4100QB speakers mounted under the TV

Rack one with Denon AV amp, Innuos Zenith music server, Sonos Connect and 

Kef CASA500 subwoofer DSP amplifier

Now you see it...

...now you don't!

Oxford Barn - progress

Cinema back wall structure is now ready for acoustic treatment and 

back surround speakers & sub woofer.

 Rack room / house hub is going to be located in a samll comms room behind projection screen.

Two (of four) Lutron QS lighting panels with Lutron curtain power supplies at the back.

Kensington Green media room

We finally moved in and started second fix on this media room. Led downlights and strips are all in place as well as small Kef Ci100QR surround speakers. A number of Nest smoke detectors and thermostats were also installed. Next week will see our bespoke AV Wall being installed and filled in with juicy AV equipment!

LED strip lighting in action!

Kef Ci100QR speakers

Speakers in place. Slightly bigger than downlights.

Home Cinema Choice - we are in again!

Our last year's CEDIA EMEA winning cinema room is finally on the pages of 

Home Cinema Choice June 2017 issue! On sale at all good news agents.

Notting Hill - project completed!

Our small Notting Hill project was completed today. Whole house network, Wi-Fi and TV distribution - comprising 2 Ubiquity Unifi AC Pro access points and Cloud Controller, NetGear PoE switch, Virgin Media V6 TV box, HDAnywhere XTND HDMI over Cat6 2K extender, Apple TV, 49"  Samsung TV and Samsung soundbar - both on Sanus Black swivel bracket.

 TV is mounted on full-motion Sanus bracket, allowing extend, tilt and swivel actions with ease.

 When not in use, TV can be pushed against the wall.

Apple TV, HDAnywhere receiver and all power supplies are mounted at the back of TV

Small network rack with patchbay, switch, Unifi Cloud Controller, Virgin V6 box, Virgin router and HDAnywhere XTND transmitter.

Unifi AC Pro on the ceiling.