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Friday 27 October 2017

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.

Tuesday 5 September 2017

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!

Saturday 24 June 2017

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.


Wednesday 31 May 2017

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.


Monday 29 May 2017

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.





Friday 5 May 2017

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.

Tuesday 25 April 2017

Oxford barn - progress

Most of the Sonance invisible speakers are installed, last few to go in master bath & dressing room. Compartments for 5 in-wall Sonance sub woofers are also prepared. Master bed wall recess for 50" TV and soundbar with custom length fabric cover.





Monday 17 April 2017

Temporary Wi-Fi with no Category wiring!

We were asked to provide a temporary whole-house-Wi-Fi-solution at five storey high end rental property. There were no data infrastructure at all in the house and no drilling was allowed!
We opted for mesh installation using 3 x Devolo Ethernet over power adapters, 5 x Unifi AC Pro access points, Unifi Cloud key network manager, 6 x Unifi PoE injectors and DrayTek 2860 router. We got rid of BT router alltogether and replaced it with configured DrayTek. 
Strategically positioned, five AC PRO access points formed a mesh throughout the whole house and delivered (close BT's Infinity maximum speed) very respectable 42,5 mbps download and 11,5 mbps upload.  





Tuesday 4 April 2017

Control4 rack

Our first Control4 rack is ready to roll! EA-3 controller / media player, 4 zone amplifier with PakEdge KD60 router, 24 port managed switch, 2 x intelligent power distribution and Wi-Fi access points.



Control4 dedicated remote with C4 app for iPhone & iPad



Friday 17 March 2017

High St kensington - AV installation pt.4

Things are moving fast at our Kensington project. AV rack is hang, patch bays all connected, equipment mounted in. We just had Virgin broadband installed and 6 new Virgin Media TV boxes delivered. Speakers all tested - working great! Six Nakymatone invisible speakers in living room and four Kef Ci200QS in the kitchen / dining. First TV wall is taking shape... 

 Sanus AV rack featuring, Sonance 12 channel power amplifier, 2 x Sonos Connect steamers, Cisco 24 port managed switch, Drytek router, Domotz Pro network monitor and 10ch. PDU.


Latest Virgin Media TV boxes.

Friday 3 March 2017

Control4 automation and all that...

We are proud to announce that we are now authorised dealers and installers for Contro4 products.  
Anything from simple TV control to fully automated home with lighting, heating, blinds and all audio and video gadgets...
It was also cool to visit Control4 UK HQ last week - amazing training facilities.


Control4 7" Wall touch panel & light keypads

More light keypads and V2 thermostat

Programming in progress...

Contro4 UK HQ & training center

Wednesday 22 February 2017

Notting Hill - second fix

We are almost there with Notting Hill project. Second fix is underway, with wall sockets, data points, light fittings and Wi-Fi access points in place. A number of Unifi AC-Pro access points is installed throughout the property for full Wi-Fi coverage. Data sockets in all rooms for present and future use & upgrades.
Small data rack with Ethernet patch bay, NETGEAR Network switch and Unifi network controller is located in the basement plant room.