Are you planning to kick off the year with a family vacation? For many people, it’s stressful to leave their property behind for long periods. How can you ensure everything is fine back home while you’re away? 

The right home security system not only offers greater peace of mind but also makes it easier for friends and family to check in on your property.  Before your next vacation, upgrade to a solution that offers remote access to all your security features. Explore the ways you could take advantage of these features when leaving your Main Line, PA home for warmer pastures.

With the Super Bowl just a few months away, it’s the perfect time for a brand new media room installation. Not only will you have the best viewing environment for the big game but for all of next year’s major sporting events, including March Madness and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. All you have to worry about is prepping the gameday snacks; we'll take care of the rest.

To make your Gladwyne, PA home the ultimate gameday destination, we recommend the upgrades outlined below. Enjoy immersive sound that puts you right in the middle of the action and crisp images that let you see every inch of the field. Add integrated controls to easily adjust on the go so you can create the ideal viewing environment for guests throughout the evening.

Simplicity and flexibility are some hallmarks of a lighting control system. You get to manage lights in a variety of ways beyond the traditional on/off switch used in most homes. You can even branch out with mobile apps, elegant keypads, dedicated touchpads, and even voice control to optimize your experience. Not only that, but you can easily save and pull up your favorite settings in the form of lighting scenes, which we’ll focus on today.

The lighting scenes we’ll discuss in this blog are the ones that we think will most streamline your daily routines. Get multiple light fixtures, within a room or the entire house, to turn on to your desired hue or intensity at the press of a button or a simple voice command. Below are just some of the ways you can use these to your advantage in your Wayne, PA home.

Interior designers know how vital the right blinds, shades, and drapes are to their overall vision. Not only will they add a stylistic spark to any room, but buy they also serve to transform the space instantly to achieve the ideal feel and functionality. When used correctly, they're perfect for boosting privacy, managing sunlight, and enhancing the room’s overall comfort.

If the window treatments you add aren’t easy to use, though, they’ll serve as little more than added decorations. There’s no reason to limit their functionality when you can incorporate motorized shades in your Main Line, PA projects. Through seamless integration and intuitive controls, motorized shades help you get the full potential out of your interior design.

Visualize the ideal smart home environment for your family. As you go about your day, you interact with smart speakers, thermostats, lights, and shades for a more efficient lifestyle. If you’re interested in all of these technology features, you’re likely wondering what’s the best way to get started.

Sometimes it’s difficult even to know which smart devices to purchase. Not only do you want to find the best ones, but you need to make sure they’re compatible with each other. One of the perks of smart devices is getting them to communicate with each other – but not all of them speak the same language.

We recommend partnering with a smart home company early on who can advise you on the devices to get and how to enjoy them all from one easy-to-use mobile app. Let the experts at SoundWaves lead you through the journey to get the top features and seamless control in your Center City, PA home.

The sun is shining, the breeze is flowing, and the temperatures are perfect. The cold is just a few months away, so why would you waste the summer cooped up inside? It’s time to dust off that patio furniture and head outside! Entertain your family and friends for hours with a professional outdoor audio video installation.

Make the most of summer with an energizing playlist by the pool or some old-school tunes by the grill. Are you a big sports fan? Listen to the Phillies game while you bask in the sun and add some outdoor TVs for Eagles tailgates once fall comes around. As you read this blog, you’ll see what it takes to get an immersive sound system throughout your Chestnut Hills, PA, property.

You may already be familiar with lighting control systems, but are you familiar with the finer points of tunable lighting? Tunable lighting allows you to align your smart home lighting with your natural circadian rhythm, provides incredible flexibility in creating the perfect atmosphere for your artwork, and allows for true color lighting throughout your Main Line, PA home.

Ketra’s lighting control system can be integrated into popular voice control tools such as Google Home and Amazon Echo, and works seamlessly with the Elan smart home automation systems installed by SoundWaves Custom Home Integration.

In this blog, we’ll show you the lesser known ways a tunable lighting control system can transform your life and your Main Line, PA home.

It’s never been a better time to be an audiophile. Audio reproduction technology is more advanced than ever, and manufacturers are finding new and unique ways to install these speakers in your home without needing to disrupt your existing aesthetic. With both style and function available to you, these new speakers have everything you need to create a perfect soundscape in your home.

One of the leaders in high-performance audio systems is Monitor Audio. They’ve spent 40 years developing and refining high-fidelity (“hi-fi”) speakers while making sure everything they make can be discreetly deployed in your home. Monitor has several new products that are perfect for Main Line, PA residents looking for the latest in whole home audio systems.

Want to know more about how these amazing products can easily blend into your home? We’ll be looking at a few of these amazing products today.

Now that we are well into spring and the temperature is rising, it’s time to start getting your home ready for warm weather festivities. It’s also the season of spring cleaning and home renovations, so you may be looking for ways to make your home a more relaxing, enjoyable place to relax.

It’s time to get your living spaces in shape for backyard entertaining and make some helpful improvements by installing new home automation systems. Whether you’re a home automation newbie or are looking to improve your existing technology, we at SoundWaves are ready to bring these convenient, powerful devices into your life. Here are three essential smart home automation upgrades you’ll want for your Main Line, PA, home this spring.

If you’re a homeowner, you know how important it is to protect your property and family. The demand for smart security systems is growing steadily each year. According to industry forecasts, demand for smart security products in the United States is expected to grow by 10 percent per year through 2025.

If you’re not up-to-date on the latest security innovations, how do you know where to start? And if you’re heading out of town for your spring and summer vacation do you have the latest technology to arm yourself?

Never fear; we’ve put together this guide to help you as a homeowner choose the right security cameras for your needs. Here are four basic camera types that would fit well in your Main Line, PA home.

Finding a balance between function and pleasing design is one of the major challenges in any home automation project. You want the best performance possible from your components, but speakers, receivers and similar devices can take up quite a bit of space in a room, and the devices themselves are rarely built to match your home’s aesthetic.

The solution to this dilemma is fairly simple, however: Hide your speakers and wires. There are several methods and devices available to disguise your home A/V equipment, and we’ll walk through a handful of them in this blog. Read on to see how easy it is to hide your high-end speakers in your Center City, PA home.

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Enjoying a movie in your custom home theater is not only a visual experience, it’s an auditory one. What you hear is almost as important as what you see when it comes to watching a movie, and that means you don’t want outside sounds intruding on your viewing experience. Likewise, you don’t want to irritate your family or your neighbors with loud sounds when you’re watching something and they aren’t.

So how do you create the ideal audio experience in your home theater? You soundproof your home theater. Of course, proper home theater soundproofing isn’t as simple as it sounds, but that’s why we at SoundWaves have put together this blog to help Wayne, PA residents enjoy a better home theater installation.

As smart home technology becomes cheaper, easier to install, and more common in our lives, home buyers are now expecting many of those systems in their new or remodeled homes. If you’re a homebuilder, whether you primarily work on new construction or renovation projects, you could be losing customers because your properties aren’t outfitted with the smart features buyers are looking for.

You could install these systems yourself, or pay an electrician to do it, but you really need an automation expert to make sure you get the best result possible and keep your buyers happy. Not only that, you want to work with an integrator as early as possible on a project to ensure smooth sailing as construction commences. Here are three reasons why you want a smart home automation professional on your next building project in the Malvern, PA region.

Why should your home theater look like everybody else’s? The answer: It shouldn’t.

If you’re committed to building a home theater, it should reflect your personality, style, and individual needs. That’s why we at SoundWaves work with you to create a custom-designed space tailored to your home.

All that said, there are still some good general guidelines to follow when it comes to laying out your home theater. Here are some home theater design tips for Gladwyne, PA homeowners.

As one of the earliest designers and manufacturers of home lighting control systems, Lutron has long led the way in the industry. Today Lutron lighting control systems can be found in homes across the country and in large commercial buildings, including the New York Times building, the Philadelphia Eagles’ Lincoln Financial Field, and the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.

We at Sound Waves think Lutron is the best choice for home lighting control in the Wayne, PA area. Read on to learn why.