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Chris Conwell

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johnny rivera

co-founder

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robert stowe

Project Manager

jared jennings

project Manager

ben brown

Project Manager

Geoffrey Barnett

technician

Diego Rivera

technician

Will Ellis

technician

Sean Pratt

Operations Coordinator

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Luxury mountain home bedroom setup with automated shades, music, TV and lighting all controlled from a Control4 Halo remote.
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Our team’s flawless install using #control4 Halo remote to easily operate this clients custom living room setup. This room features a 77” Sony OLED, #futureautomation TV lift, made-to-match #triadspeakers Nano Soundbar paired with an in-wall sub for high quality audio when watching tv or streaming music
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Motorized drop down TV mount by @futureautomation
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Clean wire management by our team!
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Leon Horizon Seven Soundbar. Custom made to match this 77”Sony OLED. Looks and sounds amazing!
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Frame TV with custom @framemytv bezel plus Sonos Arc & Sub.
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Epic Backyard Hangout Spot. Our team installed @sonyelectronics 85” TV with @originacoustics D85 in-ceiling speakers in the outdoor kitchen. Then Origin bollards and OS67 surface mount speakers for entertaining friends and family in this amazing outdoor space.
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Check out this sleek and powerful Control4 touchscreen! It's like having a mini command center right at your fingertips. Control your lights, adjust the thermostat, play your favorite tunes, and so much more with just a simple touch. #SmartHome #Control4 #TechLife #HomeAutomation
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Thank you @snap_one_ for recognizing us as a 2023 Spotlight Award winner and Diamond Dealer
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Automated Shades from Lutron
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Loving the new Vibrant Lighting options from @control4. These accent lights have full RGB color changing ability as well as tunable white for soft accent lighting
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Matching custom frame bezels around both 65” Frame TVs
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Diamond Status!
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Custom made soundbar so sleek you barely even notice it this 2.1 (left/right + sub) setup.
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Backyard Entertainment with 6 Origin Acoustics 360° Bollards
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A drop down TV is a must to maintain that ocean front property view
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Custom LED Handrail Lighting
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Rec Room 5.1 Surround Sound with a simple setup of five in ceiling @originacoustics speakers and a small subwoofer with big sound from @kef_america
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We are honored to be named one of the recipients of the Circle of Excellence award! Thankful for all the hard work our team puts in and appreciate all our clients that support us.
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Big room, big windows, big fireplace and big sound. We kept this room sleek with @triadspeakers nano soundbar and an @originacoustics in wall subwoofer to go along with the 75” frame TV
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Halo, the new Control4 remotes with elegant industrial designs, a refined user interface, and packed with features to redefine your home automation experience! #sayhellotohalo #control4 #homeautomation #smarthomes #newproduct
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Monster Size Project Gets Monster Size Equipment Racks
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Poolside Lutron Automated Shades
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These fireplaces with matching 77” Sony OLEDs 🔥 #customhomes #yeahthatgreenville #granitefireplace #sonyoled #joshdotai #control4 #homeautomation
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Custom RGBW LED cabinet lights to go along with the Samsung Frame TV and Sonos surround sound system helped bring new life into this living room
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Dedicated Music Listening Room
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Pool Side Terrace TV. This project features a custom fabricated metal cover and a motorized lift to hide the TV in the ground when the client isn’t using it. . #custominstall #tvlift #terracetv #nexus21 #avproedge #control4 #automation #pooltv #outdoorentertaining #customhomes
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Super clean @leonspeakers custom built FrameBar to match this 65” Frame TV
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Ambisonic Systems Landscape Speakers sound amazing! This pool and fire pit has four satellites and two subs.
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Glassy Mountain Home Theater
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Saturday morning tune up to make sure the 26 TVs, network and audio system are working smoothly. #control4 #justaddpower #videowall #tipsytaco #greersc #custominstall
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Centralized Lighting is the way to go for the ultimate smart lighting solution.
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100” Sony just in time for #theMasters
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Rough in phase completed on this mountain home. Wired up for house audio, surround sound, TVs, network, cameras, @control4 touchscreens, and more
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Trying out a new idea to use stretch wrap to keep all those white low voltage wires clean during construction
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Great spot for watching the big game and maybe catch a movie before
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RGBW (red, green, blue, white) LED Accent Lighting Under the Kitchen Cabinets. #control4 #rgbwlighting #customhomes #blackwiredesigns
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Mountain Home Surround Sound. This setup features a Sony OLED TV, #OriginAcoustics Speakers and In Wall Subwoofer, with #AudioControl AV Receiver. All controlled via #Control4.
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@nexus21 CL-65e Flip Down + Extend TV Lift is a perfect solution for a back porch that otherwise has no spot for a TV
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Backlit 133” @siscreens
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Bathroom Privacy Created by Motorized Shades
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Columbus Custom with full home automation solutions from @control4
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Another Day in the Books
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Black Josh Nano 🔥
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Running about 1,750 feet of fiber and conduit for future Control4 gate station and surveillance cameras
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Love how this modern fireplace turned out. 75” Frame TV with custom @triadspeakers nano soundbar
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The best voice control solution for your custom home, @joshdotai Nano #artificialintelligence #joshdotai #homeautomation #lightingcontrol #joshnano #customhome #control4 #waclighting
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House audio amps. #audiocontrol #control4 #originacoustics
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After and Before shots of a dated system, original installed in 2008. . #control4 #homeautomation #thecliffscommunity
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65” OLED with Custom Matched @triadspeakers Nano Soundbar. #custominstall #triadspeakers #sonos #colnstruction #sonyoled
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Attic space converted into a media room. @dynaudio Emit 25c, Emit 50, P4-C65 in walls, and a Sub 6 @audiocontrolinc XR-6 Receiver Sony 77” A80J OLED
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@originacoustics 5.1 surround sound. D85 + D65 in ceiling speakers, 65” QLED, Control4 automation. . #originacoustics #avproedge #yamahahomeaudio #qledtv #thereserveatlakekeowee #control4
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@Dynaudio RCC in wall subwoofer
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Control4 Centralized Lighting, Audio, Video, Automtion and Security. . . #control4 #homeautomation #centralizedlighting #custominstall
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2x2 Video Wall. . #justaddpower #videowall #custominstall #triadspeakers #dynaudio #control4
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Back porch TV lift. . #nexus21 #tvlift #backporch #originacoustics #custominstall #customhomes #control4
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Bar TV, Custom Length Soundbar, 8” subwoofer, Neeo remote, Control4
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Control4 Neeo Remote
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Surround Sound with Custom Length Triad Nano Soundbar for the Left, Center and Right speakers. . #lookgoodsoundgood #custominstall #triadspeakers #customsoundbar #85inchtv
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Johnny is always the one to volunteer to install the sketchiest cameras. . #highendresidential #surveillance #homesecurity
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Double Stack Equipment Rack. . #customhomes #customav #avrackbuild #control4 #originacoustics
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Billiards Room with a pair of Origin D85 in-ceilings, 10” in wall Subwoofer, 65” TV, and Control4 touchscreen
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85” TV, Four LCR65 In-Wall Speakers, Two CSUB10N Subwoofers for this Great Room. . #originacoustics #control4 #customhome #rockfireplace #custominstall #boonelake
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Home Gym. . . #avrack #control4 #triadspeakers #homegym #custominstallation
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110” Screen for the #mancave
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Just a few wires for 18 zones of audio, 7.1 surround sound, TVs, surveillance, network, motorized shades, #control4 and #joshai
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Control4 Dealer Status Update!!! . . #control4 #shinebrightlikeadiamond #control4_smart_home #yeahthatgreenville
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Media Room: 85” Sony, Denon AVR-X8500H, Origin Acoustics THTR69 and LCR69 in wall speakers, Sunfire HRS12 sub, Control4, Yoda . #mediaroom #yoda #doordonotthereisnotry #mancave #control4 #denon #originacoustics #hartnessliving #yeahthatgreenville
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Client takeover/upgrade. A much needed improvement on the equipment rack. . #afterbefore #equipmentrack #denon #snapav #retrofit #control4 #os3upgrade #thornbladeclub
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One of the best views we’ve seen at Keowee. . . #customhomes #lakekeoweesc #control4 #lowvoltagecabling #sonancespeakers
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Kitchen 10” Touchscreen and Josh Micro for Easy Entertainment and Lighting Controls! . #joshdotai #control4 #homeaudio #smartlighting #customkitchen
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Equipment Closet Install vs. Prewire. . #homeautomation #lowvoltage #custominstall #control4 #originacoustics #joshdotai #triadspeakers #customhomes #greersc #yeahthatgreenville
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Media Room with 85” TV, @originacoustics THTR69, LCR69, Sunfire 12”, Denon AVR-X8500H, and Control4 lighting and control. . #mediaroom #hometheater #originacoustics #denon #sunfiresubwoofer #control4 #hartnessliving #gvl
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Six Bronze Bollard Speakers Fill This Backyard Up With Evenly Distributed, Full Range Audio. . #originacoustics #outdooraudio #backyardputtinggreen #poolside #yeahthatgreenville
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Ran a bunch of new wires in this existing 3 story house to relocate/update the clients Control4 and security systems. . #afterbefore #retrofit #control4_smart_home #avproedge #avrack #surveillance #upstatesc
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Back Porch 75” TV on a Motorized TV Lift
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85” TV hiding in the pool house ceiling. . #motorizedtvlift #poolparty #automation #control4 #originacoustics #custominstall #empireav #yeahthatgreenville
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“OK Josh, open the shades, turn on the lights and watch AppleTV” . #joshai #lutronlighting #control4 #avpro #lutronshades #smarthomeautomation #yeahthatgreenville
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65” Sony with matching soundbar
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KEF Q350 Bookshelf Speakers
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Friendly neighbor coming over for a visit
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Tennessee AV Prewire
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More bollard speakers. Here’s one before and after it is install in the ground
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Running Wires for Gate Control and Surveillance Cameras
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Origin Acoustics Bollards are speakers that look as good as they sound! . . #originacoustics #poolparty #control4 #custominstall #upstatesc
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Family Room with 85” Sony, Custom Length Triad Nano Soundbar, Triad In-wall Sub, and 4 In Ceiling Speakers. . #custominstall #customhomes #control4 #surroundsound #triadspeakers #greersc
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Cabinet TV Lift with 65” Sony Master Series. . #homeautomation #control4 #tvlift #lakekeowee #custominstall
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Theater Update . . #hometheater #custominstall #avproedge #denon #jvcprojector #savantsystems
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Master Bedroom 65” QLED. . . #homeremodeling #fireplace #qledtv #control4 #customhomes #colnstruction
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Small equipment rack but lots going on. Control4 Automation, Surround sound, 8 rooms of audio, network, and surveillance. . . #homeautomation #control4 #colnstruction #customhomes #renovation #yeahthatgreenville
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Family Room 5.1 surround sound
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65” Samsung Q80, two Origin LCR65 in walls, 10” gloss white subwoofer, Triad single room amp with a Neeo remote to control it all! #basementclub #basementapproved #originacoustics #control4_smart_home #custominstall
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Adding outdoor speakers to a porch TV is a must. . #originacoustics #seasonsoutdoors #backporch #control4 #upstatesc
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Matte White @martinloganspeakers bookshelf speakers sound as good as they look. . . #control4 #customhomes #yeahthatgreenville #martinloganspeakers #bookshelfspeakers
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