Whole-house audio · Ceiling speakers · Outdoor zones

Multiroom audio with the speakers in the ceiling and the boxes out of sight.

Whole-house audio across the East Midlands. Architectural ceiling and in-wall speakers, proper amplification in a cupboard, and music that follows you room to room without a single visible box.

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Most houses end up with music by accumulation — a smart speaker in the kitchen, a soundbar in the lounge, a portable one in the garden, and a Bluetooth speaker in the bathroom somebody has to pair every time. It works, in the sense that sound comes out. What it doesn't do is play the same thing everywhere, sound good in any of those rooms, or survive somebody taking their phone out of range.

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What's included

Zone plan and speaker siting per room
Architectural in-ceiling or in-wall speakers
Rack-mounted amplification, sited out of sight
Spotify Connect, AirPlay and Bluetooth input
Outdoor-rated speakers for garden and terrace zones
Grouping, independent zone volume and source selection
Doorbell ducking and alarm/announcement integration
First-fix cabling, second fix, commissioning and handover

From £2,600

ex-VAT, supplied, installed & commissioned

In-ceiling speaker being installed during second fix — Boxes in a cupboard, speakers in the ceiling, nothing on a shelf.

01 · The inversion

Music as a property of the house, not of a phone

The amplification lives in a cupboard or the plant room, the speakers are flush in the ceiling, and each room is a zone you can group or run independently.

Kitchen and garden together at a barbecue. Something different in the office. Nothing playing upstairs while the baby sleeps.

Rack-mounted amplification, sited out of sight
Every room a zone, grouped or independent
Spotify Connect, AirPlay and Bluetooth in
Nothing to re-pair, ever

02 · Speakers

Ceiling speakers have an unfair reputation

It comes from builders fitting cheap ones in the wrong places. Sited properly — aimed at the listening area rather than dropped into a symmetrical grid on the plan — and with a reasonable driver, they sound genuinely good and disappear completely.

In rooms where you want proper stereo imaging, in-wall or on-wall speakers make more sense, and we will say so rather than selling you more ceiling holes.

Sited by listening position, not by the grid
Architectural in-ceiling or in-wall options
Outdoor-rated speakers for garden zones
Honest advice where ceilings are the wrong answer

03 · Because it is one system

The audio behaves like part of the house

It pauses when the doorbell rings and resumes afterwards. It fades up gradually as a morning alarm instead of a jolt. It stops in the rooms that empty.

And it makes a genuinely good intercom and announcement system on the days you need one.

Doorbell ducking and resume
Wake-up that fades rather than jolts
Zones that stop when the room empties
House-wide announcements when needed

Why it's worth doing properly

Multiroom Audio Installation, done once and done right.

No visible boxes

Speakers flush in the ceiling, amplification in a cupboard. The room gets the sound without getting the hardware.

Music that follows you

Group zones or run them separately. Kitchen and garden together, something else in the office, silence upstairs.

Not tied to a phone

The system holds the stream. Someone leaving the house doesn't take the music with them.

Doorbell ducking

Audio drops when the doorbell rings and comes back afterwards. You stop missing deliveries.

Proper outdoor zones

Weather-rated speakers on the terrace and in the garden room, wired and permanent rather than carried out and charged.

Wake-up that works

Music fades up over a few minutes in one room rather than a phone alarm blaring in a dark bedroom.

Certified installers, never sub-contracted

Same week

Site visit availability across the East Midlands

£0 / mo

No subscription, no cloud fees, ever

12 months

Parts and labour warranty on every install

Works best together

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One Miniserver runs all of it. Most customers combine two or three of these rather than installing them as separate systems.

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FAQ

Multiroom Audio Installation — common questions

How much does a multiroom audio system cost?

A three-zone system — say kitchen, lounge and garden — with ceiling speakers and hidden amplification starts around £2,600 ex-VAT. A whole-house system covering six to eight zones typically runs £6,000–£14,000 ex-VAT depending on speaker quality and how much of the cabling is retrofit rather than first-fix. Fixed price after a site visit.

Do ceiling speakers actually sound good?

Good ones, sited properly, sound genuinely good — and far better than a smart speaker on a worktop. The two things that ruin them are cheap drivers and lazy siting, usually a symmetrical grid drawn on a plan rather than positions aimed at where people actually stand or sit. For rooms where you want real stereo imaging, like a dedicated listening space, in-wall or on-wall speakers are a better answer and we'll tell you so.

Can I use Spotify, Apple Music and AirPlay?

Yes. Spotify Connect and AirPlay are built in, so you select the zone from within the app you already use and the system takes over the stream. Bluetooth is available as an input too, though it's the weakest option — it ties the audio to one phone and drops out when that phone leaves the room.

Does it need cables in every room?

Speaker cable to each speaker position, yes — that's what keeps the sound quality up and removes the batteries, boxes and dropouts. On a new build or renovation it goes in at first fix and is trivial. On a retrofit we route through ceiling voids and wall cavities; ground-floor ceilings with a floor above are usually straightforward, and we assess the harder cases at survey before quoting.

Can I have different music in different rooms?

Yes — that's the point of zoning. Each room can play its own source at its own volume, or you can group any combination together so they play in sync. Grouping and ungrouping is a two-tap operation from the app or a wall panel.

Can you add outdoor speakers?

Yes, and it's one of the most popular zones. Weather-rated speakers on a terrace, in a garden room or mounted under a soffit are wired and permanent, so there's nothing to carry outside or charge. Garden zones are usually grouped with the kitchen for entertaining, and they're volume-limited so you're not annoying the neighbours.

Will it work with my existing speakers?

Often, if they're passive speakers with reasonable sensitivity and an ordinary speaker-cable connection. Existing active or powered speakers, and anything that only accepts its own manufacturer's wireless protocol, generally can't be brought in. We check what you have at survey — reusing decent existing speakers is an easy saving where it's possible.

Where we work

Multiroom audio across the East Midlands

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