1) Insurance: Does your provider have workers comp, liability, disability insurance? Do you know, that if a worker gets hurt on a job in your house and the company that he works for does not have insurance, your insurance policy is liable?

2) Knowledge: Many systems are very intricate and can only be fully enjoyed if your integrator has the knowledge and training to setup and program your installed systems correctly. Hiring a competent provider to clean up after a disastrous installation is normally more costly and not always successful.

3) Manufacturer support: Most manufacturers of high end custom electronics only honor warranties if their systems were installed by an authorized and trained installer. It is very sad to find out this fact after you need warranty repairs.

4) Documentation: Having a one man show installing a system might save money, but when service is needed and the documentation is nowhere to be found (and the installer now is in a different industry and ignoring the calls) it can become very tricky. Bringing in a competent provider at this point will cost significant money since tracing and backtracking is very labor intensive.

5) Timeliness: Hiring a one man team many times times means unfinished jobs, unable to reach the installer, and non-existent service.

At Mezuri Systems you do not need to worry about these things. Mezuri is licensed and insured, authorized and trained in all systems that we install, and meticulous about documentation.

Step 1:

Choose a location from which all wiring will be run from. This is the location that will house your system, media server, tuners etc. You will need an AC outlet, good ventilation, a home run of two RG6 wires to the roof for the tuner antennas, and a connection to the internet for radio stations and album art etc.

Step2:

Run a Cat5e wire to each location where you will have a controller or a music keypad. If you want to have an intercom as well, run an additional Cat5e. Run a 16/4 high strand audio wire alongside, leave a service loop at the keypad area and then continue to the in wall or in ceiling locations of your speakers.

Step3:

Make sure to mark your wires, to avoid running alongside electrical high voltage wiring.

Voila, you should be prepared for the amazing experience of a distributed audio system.