How to Design Your Ideal Outdoor Ambiance with Audio and Lighting
Create the Mood for Every Outdoor Activity
With over 300 days of sunshine per year, Las Vegas offers plenty of great weather for outdoor activities. You don’t even have to leave home to take advantage of it. When it’s scorching hot, the pool makes a refreshing respite. And when the sun goes down, relaxing under the Nevada desert nights and sky can be magical.
But you do need a couple of things to set just the right mood outdoors. With an outdoor audio system, everything from relaxing to pool parties gets its own beat. And when the sun recedes, lighting can create the mood for romance or entertainment. Keep reading to see how outdoor lighting and audio set the pace for all your outdoor activities at home.
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Outdoor Sound
When you take sound outdoors, you have several challenges. One of the most critical ones is the lack of walls and ceilings to reflect sound. The other is the outdoor elements. You need outdoor speakers and components that can brave the extreme Nevada heat and provide the impact you need in open space. Systems from leading brands like Sonance and Coastal Source fit the bill. Speakers are designed with non-corrosive metal and other robust housing and construction for years of aural pleasure. Buried subwoofers and separate satellites integrate seamlessly with your outdoor landscape to provide the powerful, even, rich sound you need outdoors for relaxing background music or energetic pool party tunes. Whether you are grilling the evening dinner in your outdoor kitchen or preparing for an intimate dinner with friends, music sets the mood. And it's easy to manage, as you can select artists or playlists and control volume with your smartphone, tablet, or dedicated touchscreen remote for all your outdoor entertainment.
Outdoor Lighting
When the pool party moves into the night, outdoor lighting can move seamlessly with the flow. Light up your desert landscape with a soft glow that creates an inviting atmosphere. For more fun, go with color-changing LED lighting that can add drama to your pool and water features. With a lighting control system, you can vary your lighting throughout the evening, fading it up as the natural light disappears. Dimming control lets you set every part of your outdoors to the ideal setting for entertainment and enjoyment. With a home automation system like Control4 or Savant, managing your sound and light is just a few taps away. Create scenes that set the lighting and music volume at precisely the right levels with one touch on a screen. Change the music to a more relaxing set when it's time to wind the party down. And when the outdoor entertainment is over, another scene or schedule can adjust the lights to their overnight settings for safety and security, then turn completely off at daybreak.
Are you ready to design your own outdoor ambiance with lighting and audio? Reach out to our team today; we look forward to working with you!
