Whole-Home Audio
Whole-Home Audio is a music system that distributes audio to multiple rooms or zones throughout a home from centralized or shared sources.
Whole-Home Audio & Speaker Systems
Davis Whole Home Audio terms and planning language for Chicago-area residential and commercial AV projects.
Definition Category
Whole-Home Audio & Speaker Systems
Distributed Audio
Distributed Audio is the design approach of sending music or audio signals to multiple rooms, zones, or speaker locations from a shared system.
Multi-Room Audio
Multi-Room Audio is audio that can play in more than one room with independent source, volume, and grouping options.
Audio Zone
Audio Zone is a controllable area of speakers, such as kitchen, patio, bedroom, or dining room, with its own volume or source behavior.
Music Zone
Music Zone is a room or area specifically grouped for music playback control within a multi-room audio system.
In-Ceiling Speaker
In-Ceiling Speaker is a speaker installed flush in the ceiling to provide audio while keeping technology visually discreet.
In-Wall Speaker
In-Wall Speaker is a speaker installed flush in the wall to save space and integrate with the room design.
Architectural Speaker
Architectural Speaker is a speaker designed to blend into the architecture, commonly installed in walls, ceilings, cabinetry, or outdoor structures.
Bookshelf Speaker
Bookshelf Speaker is a compact freestanding speaker often used for high-quality stereo, media room, or listening room applications.
Outdoor Speaker
Outdoor Speaker is a speaker designed to withstand outdoor conditions while delivering music across patios, gardens, pool areas, or yards.
Subwoofer
Subwoofer is a speaker designed to reproduce low bass frequencies that add impact to music, movies, and games.
Multi-Channel Amplifier
Multi-Channel Amplifier is an amplifier with several output channels used to power speakers in multiple rooms or zones.
Audio Matrix
Audio Matrix is a switching device that routes different audio sources to different rooms or zones.
DSP
DSP is digital signal processing used to tune audio levels, equalization, delays, crossovers, and room-specific performance.
High-Resolution Audio
High-Resolution Audio is digital audio with higher quality potential than standard compressed music, often valued in premium listening systems.