Home audio & listening systems
One room or the whole house. We bring speakers, connections and everyday controls together around the way you listen.
See how it comes together
Explore six setups for your rooms, media space, patio, beach and detached garage.
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Example layouts, not a measured acoustic or RF prediction. Speaker placement and connection lines are schematic. Equipment capacity, cable size and final positions are selected for the actual property.
Find your starting point
Explore a service below, or tell us what you have in mind.
Whole-home music
Music in the kitchen while you cook. Something different in the living room. Or the same sound flowing through the house.
We plan listening zones, speaker locations and everyday controls alongside the network and wiring behind them.
Home theater
We plan speakers, amplification and connections around your room, seating and screen, then tune the installation for the space.
Outdoor listening
Extend music to patios and gathering spaces with speakers, wiring and equipment suited to the location and the way you use it.
Build on what you have
A new system isn’t always the starting point. We can assess compatible speakers, amplifiers and sources, then discuss useful ways to add streaming, simplify control or extend to another room.
Talk through your existing systemA closer look, when you want it
Interested in the details? Explore the Sonos audio components below.
Wired speaker amplification
Power a listening zone with passive speakers, with music streaming and a wired network option.
Speaker load, ventilation and the connection plan are matched to the selected room.
Sonos Amp manufacturer details ↗
Streaming for existing systems
Add Sonos streaming to a compatible amplifier or receiver you already enjoy.
Port is a streamer, not a speaker amplifier, and is not powered by PoE.
Sonos Port manufacturer details ↗Manufacturer specifications checked October 22, 2026. Equipment and streaming-service compatibility are confirmed for each project. Image credits ↗
Thoughtful behind the scenes
A good layout considers where the system lives and how every connection reaches it.
Locate network hardware, streamers and zone amplifiers in an accessible indoor equipment area with ventilation and service clearance. Keep the amplifier indoors when outdoor speakers are connected.
A separate, suitable indoor garage equipment point can power the garage speakers and network locally. Amplifier channels and speaker loads are designed per zone.
Sonos amplifier placement guide ↗Place indoor speakers around the listening position and keep their sound paths clear. Era 300, for example, needs at least 1 inch behind it and 8 inches at each side when placed near a wall or on a shelf.
Outdoor speakers face the seating. The patio and beach are separate listening zones, with weather-rated speakers distributed around the areas people use.
Indoor placement ↗ · Outdoor placement ↗Both are planning options. Use cable specifically rated for its route: direct-burial cable for earth contact, and moisture-suitable cable inside an underground conduit. A pipe does not turn ordinary indoor cable into outdoor cable.
Conduit can provide a protected, replaceable route. Speaker cable and network cable serve different purposes; select each for its run length, load and environment. Final route, depth, separation and shoreline work depend on the site and local requirements.
Outdoor network cable guidance ↗Manufacturer references: Omada Design Hub, Sonos Amp, Sonance landscape systems. Layout choices shown here are illustrative design decisions for this example property.
Wired audio & AV networks
Choose the connections around your speakers, sources and controls.
Network-capable streamers and amplifiers can use Ethernet where supported. Passive speakers need speaker cable from compatible amplification. Those are two separate connections with different jobs.
Plan the zone boundaries, amplifier channels, speaker loads and control method together. Separate zones can share music or play independently when the selected system supports it.
Omada provides the network foundation. Audio hardware, multicast settings and bandwidth are selected for the system; AVB requires verified compatible hardware across its stream path.
Seven main speakers: left, center and right at the screen, two side surrounds and two rear surrounds. The .2 represents two subwoofers. Height speakers are additional channels, shown by a third number in an Atmos layout.
We plan the seating, speaker positions, receiver capability, cable paths and power together. Dual-subwoofer positions need room measurements and calibration. Construction prewire makes it easier to place every channel and prepare the TV wall before drywall.
A little clarity
Yes. Mains-powered active speakers need nearby outlets even when their streaming connection is wireless.
No. Speaker cable carries amplified audio to passive speakers. Ethernet carries network data and may provide PoE to equipment designed for it.
They can be separate zones when the selected system has the required amplification, sources and controls. We agree the zone design before selecting the equipment.
No. AVB is one specific network transport. A project may instead use ordinary streaming over Ethernet, a different AV-over-IP protocol, or passive speaker wiring.
The example uses dry indoor equipment locations with ventilation and service access. Outdoor speakers and cable are selected for the exposure.
Plan now. Choose at your pace.
Compare example tiers and see how prewire lets you choose equipment in stages. Every home is quoted individually.
A good place to start
A few details are enough to begin. We’ll help you think through the next step.