Tips From The Top

  • Your Smart Speaker Just Got Smarter

    These days in smart home audio, it’s all about “smart speakers.”

    But let’s say your smart speaker could do a little more than just play your favorite music.

    This fall, Savant, a world leader in smart home automation and our primary home automation platform at Jackson Hole A/V, introduced the Smart Audio family. These new entertainment products include a high-performance, powered 55-inch 3-channel L/C/R sound bar, optional Smart Audio wireless powered surround speakers, and the Smart Audio Nano 1X subwoofer.

    Clients will be happy to note that these new Savant products integrate with all the most popular streaming services, including Spotify, Pandora, SiriusXM, TuneIn, Tidal, and more. The Savant Pro App supports the set-up and usage of the speakers, and also allows for the products’ set-up and customization of shortcuts to clients’ favorite music and artists.

    This is the first surround sound system that can both control the TV, and serve as the foundation for a complete smart home. And it means that, as integrators, we can fulfill every client’s specifications with the features they want now and those features the may want down the line.

    The Savant Smart Audio Soundbar is a high-performance, DSP-optimized loudspeaker that delivers detail and clarity usually only found with floor-standing speakers. The 55-inch Smart Audio L/C/R sound bar comes from the factory with a matching grille, but can be ordered with a custom-sized grille to seamlessly meet the width of your TV. The smart sound bar features a built-in Savant processor offering complete smart home functionality, including all the popular streaming music services, up to six zones of audio and two zones of video, PLUS whole-house control of lighting, energy management, climate control, and other smart devices. This is truly smart home audio that does so much more. The speakers are fully compatible with the Savant Home App for Apple TV and Apple HomeKit featuring Siri control.

    Smart home audio expert Bob Archer, in his review of the top products at CEDIA Expo 2019, named the Savant Smart Family of Entertainment Products at the top of his list. Archer notes that the products can be used for a wide range of installation situations, and the product’s versatility comes through its built-in WiSA wireless surround sound system functionality.

    “Most of these ‘smart’ products incorporate some voice control system—usually Amazon Alexa, Google Home or if it’s an Apple product like Siri,” writes Archer. “Savant’s Smart Family of products takes smart to a new level however through the inclusion of streaming services such as Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn and TIDAL.” 

    To learn more about how your home audio system can benefit from the Savant smart family of loudspeakers, call us at Jackson Hole AV. We’d love to discuss the possibilities.