Smart homes have revolutionized easy living. Enjoying a range of entertainment systems at a voice command, optimal settings across the home, and a house that caters to your preferences in nearly every way. Why should your audio system be the only one disconnected?

Integrating high-end audio with smart home automation is realizing an audiophile’s dream. Immersive sound with a simple voice command or from your smartphone, and customizable convenience at the best quality every time.

Why Integrate At All?

Integrating HiFi audio with your smart home is more than convenience; it’s a tailored soundtrack to your home life. Imagine having specific playlists paired with the right lighting, different workout days in the home gym, and for when your children or party guests arrive.

The idea of a smart home is interconnectivity. Different appliances and systems communicate with each other to give your house the ideal experience and alert you to any problem or need. Imagine your HiFi audio system adapting to settings based on different scenarios, integrating with other devices, and controlling it from your phone like the rest of the house.

Choosing the Right Components

Selecting the right HiFi equipment is key before integrating it into your smart home. You want to ensure it delivers the sound quality you want while also integrating with your aesthetic and overall functionality. When choosing the equipment, ask yourself:

Does it have wireless capabilities?
Is there multi-room audio?
Does it integrate with my smart home system?
What is the brand’s reputation?
Does it support Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity?
Is there a smartphone app integration?

Each of these is crucial to ask yourself to ensure you choose the right equipment for your home. For the components themselves, let’s explore what you need:

Source

Where the music is played is essential. Luckily, we live in an era where there are options to enjoy everything from vinyl records to digital music. While some offer all three major media in a single place, there are also HiFi turntables for the vinyl lover and CD players that also stream music.

Amplifiers

An amp is crucial to power your speakers and maintain the integrity of the signal. Some amplifiers, like the Feliks Audio Euforia Tube, are ideal for headphones, while others are best for the speaker system.

Speakers

There are different speakers to choose from depending on your needs and the room you’re placing them in. Floorstanding speakers, like the Paradigm Monitor SE Atom and the Sonus Faber Sonetto III are excellent options for wide spaces and to enjoy a powerful sound. For a smaller space and a more hidden sound, you could explore the Olympica Nova CII.

How to Integrate HiFi Audio

Once you’ve chosen the system components, it’s time to integrate them into your home system. You can use audio cables that connect to the source, which then would pair to your smart home, or utilize wireless connections to connect to the smart home ecosystem. This is a personal preference and depends on the equipment you’ve selected.

Once connected, choose the platform that is compatible with both the HiFi audio system and your smart devices. The platform is the smart home system itself, like Alexa or Google Home, and it will come with an app which you can use to set up your voice control preference and optimize your audio setup. Be sure to:

Consider the acoustics of the rooms you’ve positioned speakers in before deciding on their settings.
Choose to set up zones via a multi-room audio system to play music throughout different areas of the house and personalized listening experiences.
If there are calibration tools, you can adjust speaker levels for optimal sound in different rooms.

Depending on the system you have, there are a host of customizable options from soundscapes to custom playlists for different rooms and times.

Experience Sound As Intended

Having your Hi-Fi audio system integrated with your smart home offers a new way to hear sound as intended. At Acoustic Designs Group in Scottsdale, AZ, we invite you to experience this for yourself. Our expertly curated audio/video showroom features the latest in cutting-edge audio technology available for in-person demos and one-on-one consultations. Contact us today to learn more!