Whenever the topic of outdoor sound comes up it’s usually met with a bit of resistance. ‘Yeah we’ve had rock speakers in the garden before. We didn’t use them much’ is something I’ve heard a lot. The reason the rock speakers didn’t get used much is because they sounded fairly awful. 2 under powered speakers … Continue reading Rock Speakers just don’t cut it anymore →

  It almost happened overnight. Remember when we retired our CD collection and crammed all our music onto our shiny new little iPod in MP3 format. ‘Doesn’t skip when you go for a run!!’ We were so caught up in the new technology we barely noticed the sound was average. Maybe we gave it a … Continue reading You should check out HEOS by Denon →

I’m sure everybody knows about Sonos. You know, The wireless music system. Then again maybe I can’t put any perspective on it because I install the stuff all the time. But the fact that you’re reading this means you probably know about Sonos.

I’ve written a bit about Sonos previously, which you could have a look at, but today I want to write about another Sonos phenomenon that I continually come across…

Why does it sounds so bad?

Hi, it’s Erin here at Chase AV and today I’m going to talk you about making your Sonos system work for you.

Both personally and professionally, I think Sonos is amazing.

I’ve been installing it for years and I still get a kick out of hearing the first song through the speakers once the system is set up. It’s really cool seeing the client’s face too, once they realise what Sonos is capable of.

It can seem a daunting task, so many options, features, functions, flat screens. So many products and so many people. Are they qualified to give sound advice?

How do you go about having the perfect AV system installed?

The AV system that is perfect for you, your home and your budget.

Pretty much every audio visual device in people’s homes today are connected to the home network, either wirelessly or cabled directly to the modem/router using ethernet cables.

Networked AV devices allow us to stream online audio and video content. So we can watch movies or listen to music without the inconvenience of walking to your equipment and inserting a disc.

Most homes I visit, I’ll head to the living room towards the TV…make my way past the coffee table…and I see too many remotes.

Some quick statistics off the top of my head tell me you have 6 remotes, 10 batteries, 248 buttons and a BIG headache!

I’ll then be told only 1 person in the home can actually turn on the TV and watch a movie. Only Dad knows how to work it!