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Integrate these McIntosh audio solutions and elevate your listening experience

Music is the language of the soul. It inspires us, connects us with others, and helps us express ourselves. However, in order to truly enjoy every detail of your audio content, you need to integrate the right technology solutions that provide you with powerful, high-definition sound. McIntosh audio installations are a great example of this, as their high-end devices are powerful and beautiful, allowing you to enjoy the most luxurious listening experience possible. 

Keep reading our blog to learn more about two amazing McIntosh installations you can integrate into your St Petersburg, FL, home. 

Experience Premium Entertainment Right In Your Backyard

Many people spend time carefully landscaping their backyard and crafting their outdoor space. It can be great to soak in the sun or play in the pool. However, the indoors is often where the entertainment is, so it can be tempting to stay inside the house most of the time. 

What if you could listen to your favorite music, radio station, podcast, audiobook, and more without taking a speaker outside? With an outdoor sound system, you could have premium speakers installed in your speaker year-round to listen to all your favorite entertainment in your St. Petersburg, FL, backyard. Keep reading to learn more!

Call AV Specialists to be your smart home company and get the job right the first time around!

Adding smart technology into your home is a truly exciting experience. The thrill usually begins when you start to imagine the kind of lifestyle you could have with home automation. Then, it grows a little more when you call an integrator to help you design your dream smart home. And finally, when every system and device is in place, you probably feel like a little kid on a Christmas morning, discovering all the cool things you can do with your new smart home. 

But what if, right after your smart home installation, all your technology starts to fail, leaving you frustrated and disappointed? Sadly, this story is all too common for Tampa, FL, residents. When that happens, those people come to us to fix their systems. 

What if instead everything worked perfectly from the start? AV Specialists helps you avoid the pitfalls of working with an inexperienced smart home company, ensuring you have a reliable system for years. And if issues do arise, we are available to help 24/7 throughout our dedicated service plans. 

Keep reading our blog to learn more about the perks of working with a team of truly experienced professionals.

Experience Better Connection and More Control with a Pro System

Smart home technology has taken the world by storm. Homeowners can purchase everything from smart TVs to thermostats designed to make home life easier. However, a smart home should be more than just a collection of smart devices. Too many separate devices, apps, and controllers can actually make controlling your home harder. 

Some products, like Amazon Alexa, claim to be the DIY smart home solution, meaning you don’t need professional assistance to use Alexa to integrate your tech. This may sound like a good idea, but you’ll soon learn it’s not that simple. For an easier-to-manage and more luxurious smart home in Belleair, FL, you should integrate all your devices into a complete home automation system. Keep reading to see why you should work with a smart home company to create a true smart home.

Highlight the elegance of your patio and enjoy your outdoors even after the sun has set!

Who says enjoying the beauty and comfort of your alfresco spaces has to be limited by the hours of sunlight? With world-class landscape lighting installations, you can extend the fun of your patio, backyard or terrace all night long! 

At AV Specialists, we partner with Coastal Source and WAC Lighting, two of the most reputable brands in the lighting industry. In this blog, we’ll explore a few of the top landscape lighting solutions these brands offer to elevate your outdoor living experience in Clearwater, FL.

Learn the real deal about outdoor speakers with these debunked myths!

Integrating an outdoor sound system into your home is one of the easiest ways to bring more fun, music, and joy to your spaces. Whether you are hosting a nice cookout for all your family and friends or just trying to relax with a good book by the pool, adding high-performance devices built for your alfresco spaces will ensure you and your guests enjoy the audio quality you deserve in your natural surroundings.

We understand, however, that homeowners have some common concerns about incorporating technology into their open spaces. In this blog, we’ll debunk three common myths about these installations so that you can keep your peace of mind when adding them to your Clearwater, FL home.

Take your audio experience to the next level with these world-class McIntosh products

There are few forms of art as inspiring as music. So whether you are a classical music connoisseur or a hardcore heavy metal fan, you deserve to experience music with the highest quality sound system. At AV Specialists, we partner with McIntosh, a world-famous audio solutions developer. Together, we bring you the latest sound technologies to build a sound system that satisfies every audiophile's needs. Keep reading our blog to learn more about McIntosh audio and the devices that elevate your listening experience in your Tampa, FL, home!

Enhance your fun and upgrade your entertainment experience with these brand new Sony projectors!

Entertainment is a huge element of the luxurious smart home experience. Whether you want to watch the game with your friends, play some video games with your kids, or have a lazy Sunday binge-watching Netflix by yourself, a home movie theater is a perfect space to enjoy all of that. 

But, to get the content-watching experience you and your loved ones deserve, you need world-class, up-to-date installations that deliver high-quality images. Keep reading our blog to learn all about the newest Sony projectors and how you can elevate your entertainment in your St Petersburg, FL home.

Hold more efficient and collaborative meetings with our conference room solutions

Building more intuitive and collaborative meeting spaces is one of the best ways to enhance your Florida business operations. Meetings are where the big decisions are made, and having an area that promotes productivity, idea-sharing, and teamwork is key to running your company smoothly and making your employees happier.

The expert commercial integration team at AV Specialists is ready to help you facilitate more engaging meetings with our world-class conference room design solutions. Keep reading our blog to learn how our technology can completely transform your St. Petersburg-area company.

Find Out How Custom Lighting Can Impact Your Office’s Energy Consumption

Does boosting your business’ energy efficiency sound appealing to you?

Not only could it save your business on energy consumption costs, but you also can take pride in owning an environmentally friendly operation.

If you aren’t sure where to start, though, we’re here to help.

As custom technology experts, the AV Specialists team can provide your St. Petersburg, FL office with an energy-saving solution: Lighting control.

How can smart lighting be an energy-efficient addition to your business? Keep reading to find out!

When we first met with the client they were looking to replace a temporary stadium sound system they were using. This temporary system consisted of some small paging horns and an under powered amplifier. The school needed a sound system that could be heard all around the stadium. The stadium sound system would have to be able to handle music as well as the stadium announcers.  

Add more luxury and convenience to your projects with home automation systems!

When you design, build, or remodel a home for your clients, you are not just creating a building. You are designing a lifestyle, an experience, a sanctuary for relaxation, a place where they can retreat after a long day and spend unforgettable moments with family and friends.

Let your projects offer a luxurious way of living by integrating outstanding solutions only home automation systems can offer. Keep reading our blog to learn more about the systems we can incorporate into your Tampa, FL projects.

Commercial Automation Systems Increase Efficiency While Reducing Costs

If installed and programmed correctly, a building automation system delivers lower operating and maintenance costs, greater energy efficiency, and better indoor air quality while increasing productivity as well as your staff’s and clients’ comfort.

To accomplish this, AV Specialists partners with industry leaders that remain on the cutting edge of technology. In commercial automation, that brand is Crestron, a recognized worldwide in building automation. Together, we’re transforming businesses and organizations in Clearwater, FL, and the surrounding areas.

Create a whole new experience in entertainment with high-end audio solutions

A world-class sound system is the first step to creating the home entertainment experience you deserve. Whether you are watching an Oscar-winning movie, the six o’clock news, or playing the latest video game on your new console, high-end audio is vital to enjoying your content to the maximum.

The team of experts at AV Specialists is ready to deliver the best tech solutions to enhance your entertainment at home. Keep reading below to learn more about the benefits of incorporating high-end audio into your Tampa, FL, home.

Increase Profits and Reduce Costs with a Video Distribution System

Two of the main elements of a successful sports bar are the entertainment and atmosphere. Most guests go to these establishments to relax, watch the big game, and enjoy the camaraderie. This requires several TVs in highly visible areas with audio contained in each zone.

The good news is that you know your market. The bad news is that you may have a lot of competition. Successful restaurant operators continually look for ways to enhance the guest experience to stand out from their competitors while at the same time simplifying operations, particularly in today’s labor-challenged market. A video distribution system offers a solution to both of these quests, providing a much simpler means of controlling the many 4K HDR TVs while increasing guest satisfaction and reducing costs.

Let’s explore what these systems offer restaurants and bars in Tampa, FL, and the surrounding areas.

Enhance the luxury of your projects by selecting the right features

A home theater is a most fascinating area of a house. It's a place where families gather, and the magic of cinema intertwines with the coziness and comfort of a home. As it has become more common for families to spend more entertainment time at home, creating a dedicated home theater has also gained popularity.

Architects and interior designers can integrate these luxurious spaces in any Tampa, FL home with the help of home theater designers like AV Specialists. Keep reading to learn about key elements to consider in your projects.

Learn About the Church Audio-Video Equipment You Need for Live Streaming

Are you ready to spread your message to more people or help support those unable to attend church service due to physical or transportation issues? Unfortunately, many people in Tampa, FL, and the surrounding areas find themselves in this situation, unable to regularly attend worship services for one reason or another.

Fortunately, you can reach these people in a way that makes them feel like they're part of the congregation. To accomplish this, you’ll need the right video, audio, and streaming services.

Let’s take a look at the best church audio video for your needs and how to get set up so that you can stream live church services to reach anyone anywhere in the world.

Follow These Top Tips for the Best Conferencing Outcomes 

This blog was originally published January 2022 and has been updated in August 2024 with new information. 

Is it time to update your conference rooms? Is your tech looking a little ‘retro’? 

When installing a new conferencing system, there are many factors to consider if you want to set your Tampa, FL, business up for success. For example, what’s the best projector screen size for your space? Which screen format should you choose for your conference room display? How bright should your projector be? 

We answer these questions in detail below!

Find the Right Tools to Optimize Operations in your Business 

If you've debated the pros and cons of installing a lighting control system in your Clearwater, FL business and arrived at the conclusion that you need an intelligent lighting control network-based system to manage your lighting needs, there might be another set of questions you need to address.

Selecting a lighting control system is an important decision as it might require extensive installation, so you'll have to stick with it for a while. The best way to go about narrowing down the perfect system for your needs is to compare the features of different lighting systems so you can make a well-informed decision. We highlight some of the features to look out for below:

AV Specialists Designs Conference Rooms Meant to Impress

The modern workplace thrives on collaboration, and with collaboration comes meetings, often with off-site workers or clients in different parts of the world. Video meetings and conference calls can be a hassle for the modern workplace if your conference room isn’t built to support the plethora of smart technologies the modern worker uses – smartphones, tablets, laptops, and high-definition video meetings with several attendees.

Imagine walking into a conference room designed in such a way that all the technologies work perfectly together. With just a tap, you can connect and begin presenting in no time. Your entire team can join or instantly run video meetings without lag or fumbling for cables to connect. Isn’t that the dream of the modern workplace?

Keep reading to learn what makes a Zoom Room with high-quality hardware the most exceptional meeting space you could have in your St. Petersburg, FL business.