Your Laguna Beach Home Has Never Sounded This Good

Sound makes the world go ‘round. It can change the mood of any situation, whether it’s provoking memories of days gone by, pulling on your heartstrings, or encouraging party festivities along into the wee hours of the morning. You can bring the powerful influence of music into your Laguna Beach, CA home with the help of high-end speakers. From the patio to the listening room, high-performance speakers and components provide a truly lifelike music experience. You can immerse yourself into your favorite lawn concert performance or the roaring car chase of your favorite film with a high-end audio system. Read on to learn which three areas of your home you probably hadn’t considered for a new speaker system.

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Listening Room

Everyone loves to listen to music, but are they listening to music as the original artist intended? That’s the beauty of a dedicated listening room outfitted with high-end speakers – you can enjoy the optimum listening experience while focusing solely on the music itself. Large tower speakers are perfect for visual appeal and high-fidelity audio from your favorite source – be it a streaming music app on your smartphone, an old favorite CD, or a turntable. Custom finishes and exemplary engineering can match or blend into your interior décor, too. For example, one of our favorite brands, James Loudspeaker, comes in a variety of options from freestanding loudspeakers that make a statement to in-wall and in-ceiling speakers that practically disappear.

Game Room

A media or gaming room brings the high-performance sound many are accustomed to in a home theater into a multipurpose space of your California home. If you or the kids love to play Xbox with friends, then speakers can take you deep into the action of your favorite video game. If you have limited space or simply want a one-speaker solution for media, then a soundbar would be a nice addition to your game room. Sonos recently released the premium Arc designed for TV, gaming, music, and movies; It can deliver crisp dialogue and booming bass without the need for a complex setup or heavy space allocations.

Outdoor Patio

Many people don’t consider their outdoor entertainment as an extension of their inside entertainment system, but it is! You can make it simple by taking your Sonos Move outside to enjoy Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capability to stream your favorite songs, or you can enjoy a comprehensive outdoor speaker system incorporated into your landscaping with bullet speakers, in-ground subwoofers, and more.   Listening flexibility is the best part of incorporating high-end speakers into every room of your home, and not just those rooms listed above. Contact Launch Systems today to get started on your new or upgraded speaker system. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Tunable LED Lighting Completely Transforms Your California Home

Early LED lighting technology was initially inadequate due to limited blue LEDs and yellow phosphors, but modern LEDs have new phosphor compounds that yield higher color tuning capabilities. So, what does that mean for your Newport Beach, CA home? It means that tunable LED light lets you adjust the color temperature and intensity of an LED bulb with a color temperature range between 1,600K to 6,500K, depending on the product. Lutron lighting provides a range that covers both warm and cool temperatures, which can lead to a more fulfilling lifestyle in your home. LED lighting is known to be 80% more efficient than traditional incandescent and fluorescent lighting. LEDs convert 95% of their energy into light with little heat loss, which means incorporating LED bulbs into your home can help you reduce your carbon footprint and lower your energy costs. Keep reading to learn more about the possibilities of tunable LED lighting when incorporated into your home.

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Warm and Cool Colors

In their simplest form, tunable white LEDs have two sets of phosphor-coated LEDs, with a warm-white around 2700K and a cool-white around 5000K. By tuning these LEDs, a homeowner can raise or lower the output, thus changing the color of the white light. These different white outputs can have a psychological effect, too. Cool-colored light can make people feel cool on a hot summer day, and blue-white hues in the morning can encourage productivity. Interestingly, you can support the human circadian system with tunable LED lighting, too! The circadian system is the body’s internal biological clock. The intensity and color of lighting can suppress or stimulate the secretion of hormones and melatonin, which effects our moods, alertness, and overall wellness.

Energy Efficiency

As we mentioned at the beginning of this blog, LED lighting helps you reduce your energy costs. LED lighting costs have also dropped drastically in recent years thanks to innovative lighting manufacturers like Lutron. Pair this lower product cost with the lower energy costs associated with lighting solutions, and your home transforms into a green and efficient powerhouse. Incorporating dimmers, occupancy sensors, and motorized shades in your home can further increase your efficiency.   This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to tunable LED lighting. For a free personal consultation for incorporating this innovative solution into your Newport Beach-area home, call us today at (949) 515-7030 or connect with us online. We can’t wait to shine light on the possibilities together!

Lutron Offers a Wide Selection for Motorized Roller Shades Installations

Making the switch from manual to motorized window treatments is the first step to bringing increased comfort, luxury, and convenience to your Huntington Beach home. Once you’ve decided to take the leap, though, what’s the next step? Selecting your style options, of course. Styling options include fabrics, shading styles, and a wide variety of control methods. The possibilities may seem overwhelming, but with the help of a reputable motorized roller shades installation expert like Launch Systems, you’ll be able to review the options in a streamlined and relaxed manner. Keep reading to learn the details you can consider for your California home when you’re ready to leap into a new world of luxury.

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Fabric Options

Styling goes beyond simply picking out your favorite fabric colors. Fabric options abound with options that include sheers, translucent, or blackout fabrics. Sheer fabrics have an open weave that filters sunlight while allowing for less privacy and the preservation of ocean views. Translucent fabrics have tighter weaves that shift harsh sunlight into a filtered lighting experience while also providing privacy. Blackout fabrics are opaque, block light from entering your home, and are perfect for media rooms or bedrooms for complete privacy and light blockage.  

Roller Shades

Shading solutions from Lutron include roller shades, drapes, wood blinds, tensioned shades, and horizontal sheer blinds, to name a few. A motorized roller shades installation gives your California home a contemporary and stylish look. Functionality and an elegant aesthetic are the end result of this window treatment. Roller shades from our lighting and shading partner, Lutron, are available with or without fascia, pockets, and side channels. Including fascia offers a more finished look, and you can fabric-wrap the fascia to match the roller shade fabric you selected. If you’d prefer a custom top-of-window treatment, then a roller shade without fascia but perhaps a pocket would be perfect, because it offers you flexibility and the option to add cornices, valances, or drapery.  

Control Options

One of the best benefits of motorized window treatments includes not needing to walk throughout your Huntington Beach-area home to open or close each window treatment – talk about a time saver! Contemporary and architectural keypads are available in fashionable options that include finishes in metals, mattes, glosses, and satins. Launch Systems can always request color samples for you to see selections for yourself in your home. Beyond keypads, there are remotes, smart device apps, and voice command control options available. Go a step further and program home automation scenes that incorporate multiple smart technologies at the tap of a button. Tap the Evening Scene button, and the shades in every window can roll down to add privacy, the smart lighting can dim to a relaxing hue, and your multi-room audio system can begin playing relaxing wind-down music.     If you’d like to bring the value of motorized roller shades to your California home, call us today at (949) 515-7030 or reach out using our contact form. We can’t wait to work with you.

Support the Community While Receiving Best-In-Class Service from Launch Systems

You’ve likely heard the phrase, “Shop Local.” This phrase encourages people to buy locally produced goods and services instead of those originating outside of the community. Supporting local businesses helps boost the economy and reduces carbon emissions when we avoid shopping online. The mentality is often showcased with acts such as purchasing food from local farmers and shopping at local retail stores. But the “Shop Local” concept can apply to hiring local security companies, as well. There are several national security companies out there, but how do they compare to your local security expert? Keep reading to learn why hiring a local security camera installation company is the best decision you can make for your Irvine, CA property.

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One-Size-Fits-All Doesn’t Work

While national brand names are easy to recall due to large marketing budgets and commercials, these companies aren’t able to look out for your best interest. Big businesses serve customers nationwide, meaning their solutions are not custom-designed and installed specially for your needs in the Irvine area. Individual preferences you have for your property are overlooked for the sake of providing homeowners with a one-size-fits-all go-to security solution.

Customized Solutions

A local company will provide you a custom security and surveillance installation experience. During the initial personal consultation, Launch Systems will review your wants and compare them to products available on the market. A local company stays abreast of the latest industry trends and takes the time to provide you with the newest and greatest technology solutions. A local company has more to lose than a national chain, so they’ll do their best to support your home. This means you will have the latest high-definition surveillance cameras and software upgrades available to you. The national chain may offer a great deal on a camera bundle package nationwide, but if you have an expansive property, that blanket solution simply will not work for you.

Support Your Community

By supporting local small businesses, you are supporting the community where you live. Local companies create local jobs, hire, and help their neighbors. Shopping locally also reduces your personal carbon footprint, because you don’t have to commute very far to enter their front door.   If you’re ready to make your Irvine, CA home safer and more secure, shop local with Launch Systems. Chat with us below, call (949) 515-7030, or connect with us using this form. We can’t wait to hear from you.