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Sonos systems Stream more music than anything else!

Sonos supports the following streaming services –

Our Top Choice @LavishHiFi is Tidal

TIDAL is the perfect match for Sonos, streaming music in lossless, high fidelity audio quality, ensuring the best sound experience possible. Add high definition music videos, curated editorial by music journalists, artists and experts, audio search, offline mode and much more and you simply have a superior solution to your music listening needs. More than 25 million tracks and 75,000 videos available. Enjoy.

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What is Sonos?

Sonos is the wireless Home Sound System that fills as many rooms as you want with great-sounding music, movies and TV. Stream via WiFi. Play whatever you’re craving. And amp up every moment with intense, pulse-pounding sound.

OVER 30 STREAMING SERVICES AVAILABLE.

Sonos plays everything – the most popular streaming services, on-demand Internet radio, your favorite podcasts and audiobooks, your go-to collection of downloads – whatever you love to listen to.

Invest in a Solution Custom-Designed for Your Family’s Needs

Having greater control of all your lights can have an enormous impact on your home, from reducing your energy bills to enhancing your décor. As you learn more about the technology behind lighting control systems, it’s important that you invest in one designed to meet your family’s unique needs. The way you want to manage your lights or even the rooms you choose to include will help you determine what technology makes the most sense for you. Here we’ve compiled a list of questions you should answer before bringing a smart lighting solution into your Santa Rosa, CA home.

Opt for a Professional Installation for a More Efficient, Reliable Home

Smart home products are available for almost every function from climate control to security. Right now you can buy a lot of them off the shelf at your local retail store and install them yourself. You'll still benefit from each product, but won't really create a smart home environment. Likely you'll end up with a situation in which these devices are working in isolation, instead of working together for optimal results. A professional home automation system helps you create a comprehensive solution in which all the technology in your Sonoma, CA home works together for added efficiency.

Take Advantage of a Variety of High-End Entertainment Solutions

High-fidelity products from McIntosh may be the go-to for audiophiles, but their home audio offerings go well beyond their 2-channel systems. Every part of your Petaluma, CA home can benefit from their array of entertainment solutions from the high-end equipment they're best known for, to their latest wireless speakers. Read on to see some of the many ways McIntosh audio products can enhance your entertainment.

Follow Our Buying Guide to Getting High-Quality Video

To successfully recreate a real theater experience in your Santa Rosa, CA home you need to install a small-scale version of the projector-and-screen setups you see in commercial settings. Understanding how to choose the right projector for your home theater system ensures that you end up with high-quality images on your display no matter what you’re watching. Need a little help getting started? This blog highlights some of the things you need to consider when buying a projector for your theater.

Motorized Shades Offer Options for Any Lifestyle

No two families are the same. They have different needs, styles, priorities, and personalities. As families invest in technology for their Petaluma, CA homes, they need to look for smart solutions that can be customized to match those unique qualities. Nowhere is that clearer than in the selection of motorized shades. Designing a personalized system is simple with various style, fabric, and control options. In this blog, we highlight some of the most popular smart shading control options and their common uses.

From Albums to Streaming, Get Access to All Your Favorite Artists

Rarely do people listen to music in just one way. It’s one of the most popular forms of entertainment precisely because it’s so fluid. Not only can you listen in a variety of ways—loudspeakers, portable speakers, headphones—but you can also access it in a myriad of forms. Some types of music are better suited for streaming while other deserve the full vinyl treatment. One of the benefits of having a home music system is that it makes it easy for you to decide what type of sources you want to use in your Santa Rosa, CA home. In this blog, we showcase how to add some of the most popular music sources.

Optimize the Audio in Your Home Theater with a Professional Installation

Movies are about more than just dynamic images on the screen. A movie’s full effect comes through with the sound. From the creaking of a door to the suspenseful music, it’s the audio that really sets the tone. Even in silent movies, in-theater music helped carry the action. This is why it’s important to put a lot of thought into your surround sound when designing a home theater system. Make sure you take the following things into account to get the ultimate movie-watching experience in your Sonoma, CA home. 

Give Your Space an Added Touch of Elegance and Convenience

Everything in your luxury home was likely planned out down to the last detail to give it the right look and feel. As new interior design trends come around, it may be tempting to start it all over from the bottom up. Though some trends –like mismatched kitchen cabinets and expansive bathroom spaces—will require a sizeable upgrade to your Petaluma, CA home, others just require a few tweaks. In some cases, all it takes is changing the color of the walls or making adjustments through your lighting control system. That’s because no piece of technology is more transformative than the right lighting solution. 

Upgrade to a System that Makes it Easier to Monitor Your Home 

Getting security cameras installed is only the first step to a successful home surveillance system. An efficient surveillance system needs to make it easy for you to manage your cameras and the footage they capture. Need to find footage of a particular incident to show authorities or look in on your kids while you're at work? Don't worry; it's all easy to do if you integrate your surveillance into a smart security system that puts control in the palm of your hand. Below we show you how you can benefit from an integrated solution:

Join Us on Sept 30th or Oct 1st from 4-8 pm

Listen to Music with the GamuT and Lavish HiFi.

Join us for a special listening event featuring the premiere of GamuT’s new flagship speaker, the Zodiac, and guest appearances from GamuT’s chief designer Benno Baun Meldgaard and U.S. president Michael Vamos.

Join us at 1044 4th Street in Santa Rosa on Friday, September 30th 4-8 pm and Saturday, October 1st 4-8 pm.

GamuT & Lavish HiFi

Invites you to two memorable evenings

Introducing GamuT’s new flagship speaker

The preferred method of music delivery

Streaming continues to grow as the preferred method of music delivery, but physical media is still strong. Contrary to what many people believe, the CD is not dead.

Statistics from the Recording Industries Association of America (RIAA) report that digital downloads and streaming accounted for approximately 34% each of the industry's American revenue during the 2015 fiscal year. Downloads declined about 10% from the previous year, while streaming rose by 6%. Physical media—CDs and LPs—accounted for almost 29% of revenue.

Find Out How Your Home Can Benefit From Smart Lighting Control

Ranging from smart thermostats to smart refrigerators, companies are coming up with new devices for your Sonoma, CA home every day. Which is why we’re here to showcase some of our favorite smart technology solutions so it’s easier for you to figure out which make the most sense to you. One of our favorites is Lutron lighting control which makes it easy to manage all your home's lights. In this blog, we showcase some of the company's history as well as its best lighting control features.

Invest in a Custom Solution for an Unforgettable Movie-Watching Experience

Give Your Entertainment a Boost with the MX122 AV Processor

McIntosh Audio has released one of the most comprehensive AV receivers on the market by combining its traditional high-fidelity sound and classic design with the latest audio and video technology in the industry. It can be used to power a custom theater or high-resolution multi-room audio system in your Santa Rosa, California home. Read on to see why the MX 122 AV processor should be the brains behind your home entertainment.

Find the Right Equipment to Keep an Eye on What Matters Most

Developing a successful home surveillance system takes three steps: finding the right cameras, installing them in strategic locations, and investing in a simple way to review your surveillance footage. In this blog, we’ll discuss the cameras that make the most sense for your home. It’s about more than finding cameras that offer HD or Ultra HD resolution. A lot of other factors play a part in finding the best fit. You have to take into account space limitations, function and lighting conditions.

Combine Quality and Convenience in Your California Home

There are a lot of ways you can play music throughout your Petaluma, California home. One way is an integrated system from Elan or Savant that consolidates all your home AV equipment and content under one easy-to-use control interface. But for those who aren’t ready to commit to a fully integrated solution, wireless home music systems are a great first step in getting convenient access to your favorite albums and artists at the press of a button.

See What This Simple Technology Upgrade Could Do For Your Home

Homeowners are constantly looking for ways to improve their property with the right technology, from smart thermostats to wireless security cameras. Another great option is installing motorized shades. From protecting your privacy to enhancing your home’s aesthetics, your shades serve many purposes. So why not make them easier to manage? In this blog, we go over the biggest benefits of installing motorized shades in your Santa Rosa, California home. 

Find Out Why the Company Is Synonymous With Legendary Performance

The best part of our job is changing the way our clients think about their technology. We don't want it just to be equipment you interact with in your Sonoma, California home, but rather products you really believe in. Which is why we only work with the best manufacturers in the automation, networking and AV industries. We’ve noticed the equipment our clients get attached to the most is the one connecting them to their favorite entertainment. With that in mind, we'd love to show you some of the reasons we’ve made hundreds of clients McIntosh Audio believers.