Whole House Audio & Video Installation | Multi-Room AV Systems

Any Source, Any Room, No Compromise

A whole house audio and video system does something deceptively simple extraordinarily well: it makes any content available in any room, controlled simply, with no friction and no compromise in quality. We design and install multi-room AV systems across London, Cheshire, Surrey, Dubai and the French Alps — delivering centralised sources and distributed playback with zero signal degradation.

The same film playing in the cinema room while a different channel runs in the kitchen. Music following you from the bedroom to the pool terrace without interruption. The children watching their own content in the playroom while you listen to music in the living room. Every source — streaming services, satellite television, a Kaleidescape movie server, a vinyl turntable — available anywhere in the home, at the same quality as having the source in the room.

This is what a Custom Controls whole house AV installation delivers. Not a collection of separate systems that happen to share a building, but a single, unified architecture — designed as a whole, installed cleanly, and controlled from one intuitive interface.

Centralised, Distributed, Controlled

Rather than placing source equipment — satellite receivers, streaming devices, Blu-ray players, gaming consoles — in every room, we centralise everything in a single, well-designed equipment rack. From there, any source is distributed to any screen or speaker in the home over high-quality digital infrastructure.

The advantages are significant. One library of content, available everywhere, simultaneously. One set of source equipment to manage, update, and expand. Living spaces that are completely uncluttered by boxes, cables, and remote controls. And a single, unified interface — whether a wall-mounted keypad, touchscreen, or smartphone — that controls everything, everywhere. Each room operates independently by default. Someone watching a film in one room does not affect another. But rooms can be joined effortlessly — a party mode that fills the house with the same music, or a morning routine that starts audio in the bedroom and carries it through to the kitchen, takes a single button press. As new devices and services emerge, they are added to the central system and made immediately available throughout the home — no rewiring, no disruption, no compromise.

Music Throughout Your Home — Heard in Every Room, Seen in None

High-quality audio in every room is one of the most consistently praised elements of a whole house installation. In-ceiling and in-wall speakers deliver genuinely impressive sound from positions that are completely invisible — no boxes on shelves, no cables on floors. Outdoor speakers extend music to terraces, pool areas and gardens, weatherproofed and engineered for open acoustic environments. Zones are entirely flexible — any room can play any source independently, multiple rooms can share the same source in perfect sync, and a dinner party can fill the ground floor while the upper floors remain quiet.

Ease of use is treated as seriously as audio quality. Any family member or guest can stream directly from their own phone via AirPlay or Bluetooth, in any zone, with no setup required. For owners and serious listeners, we integrate the Roon app across the whole-home system — giving access to high-resolution streaming services alongside any music library stored locally on the property’s network, all browsed and played from the same interface as everything else in the home. Sources include every major streaming service, internet radio, stored music libraries, and analogue sources including vinyl where required. We install in-ceiling and in-wall speakers from Origin Acoustics, Artcoustic and Bowers & Wilkins, alongside multi-room amplification from Crestron, Autonomic and Sonos.

Video in Every Room — Any Source, Any Screen, Perfect Quality

Our video distribution systems deliver 4K HDR content from a central source to any screen in the home — with no loss of quality and no reduction in functionality. Satellite television, streaming services, Kaleidescape movie servers, and gaming consoles are all centralised and made available to every display simultaneously. Multiple people can watch different content at the same time from the same source equipment; a film started in the living room can be continued in the bedroom.

Distribution runs over structured cabling infrastructure — the same backbone that carries the network, control, and audio systems. Displays are specified and installed by our team; we supply and install televisions from LG, Samsung, and Sony, including OLED and QLED panels at sizes appropriate to each space, with all cabling concealed. Television lift systems — concealing displays within furniture, cabinetry, or at the foot of a bed — are a standard part of our offering for spaces where a screen should be invisible when not in use. See a living room cinema installation using this same approach →

TV Sound Systems — From Soundbars to Full Cinema Surround

A television’s built-in speakers are rarely satisfying. A TV sound system bridges the gap between basic on-TV audio and a dedicated home cinema room, bringing dramatic improvements in clarity, impact, and presence to everyday viewing — without the space and complexity of a full cinema installation. Modern active soundbars are genuinely impressive: Sonos, our preferred active soundbar system, requires only a power connection and a network link, intelligently processing stereo television into immersive surround sound while the same unit streams music throughout the home. Passive soundbars paired with a receiver like the Anthem MRX open the door to surround speakers, subwoofers, and dedicated streaming services alongside proper room correction — a genuine bridge toward something more sophisticated over time.

For living rooms that need to double as a genuine cinema, full Dolby Atmos surround with calibrated subwoofers and invisible in-wall or in-ceiling speakers can be integrated without making the room look like a cinema at all — architectural speakers from Origin Acoustics or Artcoustic placed in soffits and cabinetry, an in-wall subwoofer handling bass, and a Trinnov or Lyngdorf processor calibrating everything to the room and furniture. The result vanishes completely when the room is in daylight and reveals itself the moment a film starts — our most frequently specified approach for luxury properties where the living room and cinema room are the same space.

Beyond the Interior — Music and Vision, Outdoors

The AV system does not end at the back door. Terraces, pool areas and gardens deserve the same quality of audio and video as the rooms inside, and outdoor audio requires specialist equipment — weatherproof enclosures, appropriate power handling for open-air spaces, and careful placement to account for how sound behaves outside. We have installed outdoor systems ranging from a discreet pair of terrace speakers to a full outdoor audio environment with four cabinet speakers and four in-ground subwoofers at a basketball court. Outdoor screens, weatherproofed for direct sunlight and both British and Mediterranean climates, extend video viewing to pool and terrace areas, installed with the same attention to cable concealment as the interior systems.

One Interface, Everything Controlled

The most sophisticated AV system is worthless if nobody wants to use it. Day-to-day control is through whichever interface suits the moment — wall-mounted keypads for the most common actions, touchscreens for full system access, and our smartphone app for complete control from anywhere in the home or anywhere in the world. For smart home clients, the AV system integrates fully with Crestron, Control4 or Savant — a single interface controls not just audio and video, but lighting, climate, blinds, security, and every other system in the home. Voice control integration with Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri is available across all platforms.

Built for Scale — One Rack per Building, One System Overall

Our most demanding — and most rewarding — projects are large estates and multi-building properties, where a single equipment rack simply isn’t the right architecture. On these projects we typically install a dedicated rack per building, a further rack per floor on larger structures, and one or two more racks serving the garden and grounds, each running its own local distribution and networked back into a single, unified control system. Our flagship example is a private estate in Dubai, where the AV system runs 72 audio zones and 32 video zones across two villas and extensive grounds, coordinated by eight Crestron processors working in concert — a genuine specialism, and the type of project we have the deepest experience delivering. View the full Dubai estate case study →