Enjoy High-Fidelity Music in Every Room and Outdoor Space

Did you know that every culture celebrates with music? Music is, in many ways, the soundtrack that fills our days, enhancing the little moments and commemorating the big events. We wake in the morning and turn on the weather or stream our Good Morning playlist. We might have a favorite podcast we tune into daily, an audiobook we listen to at night, or a recorded meditation that lulls us to sleep. When you think about it, there are very few moments in our lives when we're not engaged with the medium of sound. 

Is there a room where you keep your turntable and enjoy your vinyl collection? Do you bring your Bluetooth outside to listen to music by the pool? While some families are content with a dedicated listening room and bringing audio sources to different areas of the property, others want to experience one beautiful melody throughout their entire home and listen to vinyl no matter the room they’re in.

A whole-home audio system makes this possible. Every room becomes a soundstage and one that’s controlled with a handheld remote or user-friendly touchscreen. Are you ready to experience high-fidelity audio in every room?

Let’s explore the possibilities for your Salt Lake City, UT, home.

Team Up with a Home Automation Company to Enhance Your Client’s Remodel or New Build

As a building contractor, you work daily to create dream homes for your clients. Whether it’s a remodel or entirely new construction, you’re not just building a house, but providing a space for your client to live, work, entertain, raise a family, and more. And the quality of a home directly impacts a person’s quality of life. Adding a home automation system to your client’s home can provide them not only with a new smart house but an improved way of life. Check out these five reasons you should partner with a home automation company like Ratio AV in Salt Lake City, UT.

How to Bring More Luxury and Beauty into Your Home with a Smart Home System

Your home should be a sanctuary for fun, relaxation and wellness, where you feel completely comfortable and ready to take on your day. At Ratio AV, we help you create that lifestyle with our smart home system solutions. Keep reading our blog to learn more about the world-class features we can integrate into your spaces to help you enjoy your Salt Lake City, UT, home even more.

Looking Back at 20 Years with Ryan Davis, Ratio’s Founder & President

Ratio AV is celebrating 20 years in business this March—and what a time it’s been! As an AV integrator and smart home company, we’ve seen the industry and our team evolve tremendously. After all, when Ratio began, it was only a one-man show. Flat-screen TVs were just being introduced, and smartphones didn’t exist yet!

To commemorate such a milestone, we sat down with our founder and president, Ryan Davis, to look back at two decades as a home technology company, proudly serving Park City, UT, and surrounding areas.

How has home technology changed since 2002—and where do we see it going? Here’s what our founder had to say.

Partnering with a Pro is the Way to Go

For anyone considering a new home automation system, you can’t do better than Control4. Control4 is a leading automation system for homes and businesses worldwide—and founded here in Salt Lake City! Control4 connects all your devices into one system, from lighting to audio to security. From there, you’ll easily control your devices through the C4 app, remote, or customized wall keypads. 

The possibilities are endless with Control4. Pre-programmed scenes may automatically raise your blinds in the morning, adjust your smart lights to the perfect color temperature in the afternoon, and play your favorite tunes over multi-room speakers. 

But Control4 is not a DIY solution. You’ll need a certified Control4 dealer to design, program, and install your smart home. You may be wondering, why do I need to work with a dealer? And what do they do exactly? We’ll explain what it’s like to partner with a C4 integrator in your Park City, UT home.

Routers are Not the Only Way to Go When it Comes to Home Networking

When it comes to home network setups, routers are usually the first thing you think of. However, they are not the only option for connecting your devices to the internet. A popular alternative that is quickly gaining popularity is mesh networks.

In a mesh network, there’s no central hub like a router that deals with the traffic caused by your devices. Instead, all of your devices actually talk to each other. A mesh network is all about cooperation.

They are many advantages to having a mesh network, but there are also some cons. At Ratio AV, we will help you make an informed decision on whether a mesh network is right for you.

Let the Music and Home Entertainment Take You Places

During the COVID-19 outbreak, it’s easy to feel like you are being “confined to your house.” While it’s important to consider social distancing, you can still enjoy yourself. Don’t think of it as confinement. Enjoy your home in Park City, UT, as you soak up the endless benefits of whole-home audio, newly discovered playlists, and streaming services that are yet to be experienced.

Looking for ways to make the most of your at-home time? Keep reading to discover the many advantages of having a home theater and whole-house audio systems.

DIMMING, ENERGY SAVINGS, AND STYLE OPTIONS – OH MY!

Many homeowners believe incorporating lighting control into a home only means adding dimmable bulbs and light switches. That’s not the case! Lighting control is so much more than that, and thanks to Lutron lighting installations, the possibilities extend well beyond dimming.

With smart lighting control, you can set the perfect environment for every activity and mood with a simple button press. Pair up your lighting system with motorized shades, and you’ll also be able to manage the power of the sun in your Park City, UT, home, saving on energy costs while reducing your carbon footprint. Plus, you’ll get to complement your home in new and exciting ways with fabric and design options!

In this blog, we’ll cover how automated lighting and motorized shading solutions from Lutron can improve your daily home life. 

SEE ALSO: Sivoia Vs. Palladiom: How Lutron’s Motorized Shades Compare

Lutron Lighting

Though Lutron is well known for inventing the solid-state light dimmer to replace the standard light switch in 1959, the company has continued to innovate for six decades and counting. After that initial rotary dimmer came dimming ballasts for fluorescent lighting and the first self-contained preset lighting control system.

Custom Installation from Ratio AV Makes Your Salt Lake City Home Run Smoothly

When you think of the term ‘smart device,’ what comes to mind? Some think of copious amounts of cables coming out of the wall or a jumble of remotes that operate a variety of devices that don’t communicate with one another. Luckily, that’s not the case with smart devices in an expertly designed and installed smart home.

With a smart home installation, Ratio AV helps you incorporate all of your smart technologies into an automation system. All of your devices can work together in a smart and sophisticated way that makes life in your Salt Lake City, UT home easier.

Read on to learn more about a few integrated technologies you can hide in plain sight in your home. Unless you tell your guests, no one is the wiser about your home having a comprehensive smart system.

Cord-cutting has gotten simpler in recent years, but it means a strong home wireless network is more important than ever

If you’re like most people in America, you can’t stand your cable company. Cable providers like Comcast and Time Warner Cable are some of the most loathed companies in the country, and generally for good reason. In many cases, customer service is abysmal, prices are high with no competition, and you’re not even guaranteed to get the network speeds you’re paying for.

Thankfully, it’s easier than ever to ditch your cable by “cord-cutting.” Streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu, along with digital TV providers like Sling that don’t use the usual cable TV infrastructure, can provide endless hours of entertainment, often at a significantly lower price than cable.

This does not mean, however, that cutting the cord is always easy. If you’re relying on the Internet for your entertainment, you need a network that can handle all the data you’ll be streaming around your home. This is particularly true of your home wireless network, and today we’ll look at both the opportunities and challenges of cord-cutting if you live in Utah’s Park City region.

Smart home devices streamline your life and make technology easier to use

For all the benefits high-tech devices have to offer, the sheer number of them can be overwhelming, to say nothing of keeping track of everything. These factors may make the prospect of adding a smart home automation system intimidating. We understand these concerns, but we want to reassure you that automation can make the technology within your home work more smoothly and effectively.

If you live in the Park City region of Utah and want to learn more about how smart home automation can simplify your life, keep reading.