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Fixed installation audio, from a pair of background music speakers in a cafe to networked multi-zone systems across hospitality, retail, education and houses of worship. The range covers 100V line and low impedance loudspeakers in ceiling, pendant and surface-mount formats, install subwoofers, zone amplifiers and commercial signal processing, with Biamp Apart, Optimal Audio, Martin Audio, NEXO, Cloud, BSS and Allen & Heath all well represented.

The 100V line question shapes everything else, so settle it first. Transformer-based 100V systems run long cable distances to many speakers on a single amplifier channel, which is why most commercial ceilings use them and why adding a speaker later is straightforward. Low impedance suits shorter runs where fidelity and output take priority, such as a bar with a live corner or a studio. Many speaker lines offer both versions, with a T or TX suffix marking the transformer variant, as on the Biamp MASK6CT and Optimal Audio’s Cuboid TX models. Getting this wrong is not a tuning problem, it is a rewire.

Zoning is the second axis and the one clients feel day to day. Decide how many independently controlled areas the building needs, then choose amplification and wall controllers to match, because retrofitting a zone into a finished ceiling is the most expensive change in this category. Staff will use whatever control surface you leave them, so a simple wall plate that does the right thing beats a flexible one nobody understands. IP-rated units such as the MASK6CT at IP64 handle covered outdoor areas and wet rooms where a standard ceiling speaker will not last.

Order of work: coverage first, then amplification, then control. Count the speakers a space genuinely needs from ceiling height and the listening plane rather than from the room’s floor area alone, add up the tapped wattage per zone, then size the amplifier with headroom for the zone that will be pushed hardest.

The sub-categories split speakers, subwoofers, amplifiers and accessories. For the background, 100V line and zone mixers covers the fundamentals, conference room AV covers meeting spaces, and the venue guides work through churches, school halls and pubs and bars in situ.

Installed Audio FAQs

100V line or low impedance? 100V for long runs to many speakers on one amplifier channel, the commercial default. Low impedance where fidelity and output matter more than reach: bars, performance spaces, single zones.

How many zones do I need? One per area that needs its own volume or source, restaurant floor, terrace, toilets, kitchen. Zone amplifiers and processors here scale from two zones to building-wide; our background audio guide covers the speccing.

Do you design systems? Yes, send the floor plan and we will spec speakers, amplification and control, with conference and meeting spaces covered in the conference room AV guide.