Arizona's most prestigious residential municipality — architect-designed homes set against Camelback and Mummy Mountain, where every material, every sightline, every detail is deliberate. Your audio system should be built with that same intentionality.
We used Mike Knows AV to install a surround sound system for our great room and patio. Mike went the extra mile to ensure he did not impact other subcontractors who were working concurrently. We highly recommend Mike Knows AV.
He built custom speakers that fit exactly in the space that we requested and they look amazing. We used to watch a movie with subtitles but now we get to enjoy the film instead of reading it.
He is incredibly knowledgeable, open to options, listens to what our requests and questions are, and educational. Without a doubt Mike was there every step of the way in our project and still is.
Paradise Valley is not a typical suburb. It's six square miles of estate homes averaging well over $3.5 million, many designed by nationally recognized architects and finished by interior designers who source materials from around the world. These homeowners don't buy anything off the shelf — not their cabinetry, not their lighting, and not their stone. Their audio systems deserve the same bespoke treatment.
Many Paradise Valley projects come to us while the architect and designer are still actively involved. That's the ideal scenario. It means we can design speaker placement, wire routing, and equipment locations as part of the architectural plan rather than trying to retrofit after the fact. The result is a system that looks and sounds like it was always meant to be there — because it was.
Paradise Valley's design professionals — architects, interior designers, builders — have a shared goal: every element in the home should feel intentional. Audio gets overlooked in that process more often than it should. By the time someone thinks about speakers, the walls are closed, the millwork is installed, and the options are limited.
I get involved during design. I provide CAD-ready speaker dimensions and wire routing plans that your architect can incorporate into their drawings. I coordinate equipment closet locations with your builder so conduit runs are clean and accessible. For renovations, I work with your design team to plan the system around existing finishes — identifying wall cavities, routing paths, and speaker positions that respect the work that's already been done. The goal is always the same: when the system is finished, it looks like it was part of the original plan.
Paradise Valley great rooms often feature 20-foot ceilings, walls of glass overlooking Camelback, and open floor plans that flow into outdoor living. These are stunning spaces — and some of the hardest rooms to fill with clean, powerful sound. We engineer systems specifically for these volumes, selecting driver configurations and speaker placement that deliver full-range performance without fighting the architecture.
Every speaker is built in our Arizona workshop and finished to match your home's interior. Walnut, cherry, white oak, rift-sawn to match your millwork. High-quality paint color-matched to your walls or trim. Leather wrapping for media rooms. These are furniture-grade pieces designed to belong in the room, not boxes sitting on a shelf.
Unique to the way we work in Paradise Valley: we provide CAD-ready speaker specifications, wire routing plans, and equipment closet requirements that integrate directly into your architect's drawings. Your builder gets clear instructions for conduit, backing, and power. Your designer sees exactly what the finished speakers will look like and where they'll sit. No surprises at install.
We bring complete speaker systems to your Paradise Valley estate so you hear them in your actual space — your ceilings, your glass, your stone floors. Showroom demos are meaningless when your room is nothing like a showroom. The $250 site survey fee covers the visit and is credited in full toward your project.
Stone walls, floor-to-ceiling glass, and soaring ceilings create some of the most acoustically challenging environments to calibrate correctly. We use professional measurement tools and manual tuning — adjusting per-driver DSP, crossover points, delay, and EQ — to get accurate, balanced sound in rooms that would defeat any auto-calibration system.
We take 15 clients per year across all of Arizona. That means you're not a ticket number in a queue. You have my direct phone number. Firmware updates, seasonal re-calibration, system expansions — I handle it personally. 10-year speaker warranty, 2 years unlimited service calls. Full warranty details here.
We start with a phone conversation about your home, your rooms, and what you want the system to do. If you're in new construction or renovation, we review architectural plans and identify the right moment to get involved with your design team. Complimentary.
We bring speakers to your Paradise Valley home and set them up in the actual room. You hear different configurations in your space — with your ceiling height, your glass, your finishes. $250 site survey fee, credited in full to your project.
Speakers designed in CAD for your specific rooms. Cabinet geometry sized for your volumes, driver selection matched to your listening habits, finishes chosen with your designer. For new builds, we deliver specs your architect and builder can work from directly.
Clean, careful installation that respects your finishes. Then professional acoustic measurement and manual calibration — dialing in every driver for your room's specific characteristics. We don't leave until it sounds right.
Left: A completed WubWub Audio tower speaker with its owners. Right: Clean TV and audio installation over a fireplace mantle.
We join the project during the design phase and stay through final calibration. Your architect gets CAD specs. Your builder gets wire routing plans. Your designer approves finishes before fabrication. Audio becomes part of the home's design language from day one.
Custom hardwood veneers matched to your millwork. High-quality paint color-matched to any sample. Leather wrapping, metal accents, custom grille fabrics. Every speaker is built to the same standard as the cabinetry and furniture in your Paradise Valley estate.
Paradise Valley homes have some of the largest residential rooms in Arizona. Double-height great rooms, open floor plans spanning 40 feet, walls of glass with mountain views. We design speaker systems and calibration strategies specifically for these volumes — spaces that off-the-shelf speakers simply cannot fill correctly.
It depends entirely on the scope. A great room system with handcrafted tower speakers, a center channel, and proper calibration typically starts around $20,000–$30,000. Dedicated theater rooms with acoustic treatment, custom seating platforms, and full surround configurations run $50,000–$80,000 or more. Multi-zone whole-estate systems scale with the number of rooms and outdoor areas. Every project gets a detailed proposal after we understand your specific goals.
We provide CAD-ready speaker dimensions, wire routing plans, and equipment closet specifications that your architect can incorporate directly into their drawings. Your builder gets clear instructions for conduit runs, structural backing, and power requirements. Your designer reviews and approves speaker finishes before we begin fabrication. For renovations, we coordinate with your team to plan around existing finishes and structural conditions. The goal is that every trade knows exactly what's needed and when.
That's standard for us, not an upgrade. We build every speaker in our Arizona workshop, so custom finishes are part of the process. Real hardwood veneers — walnut, cherry, white oak, rift-sawn if that's what your millwork uses. High-quality paint matched to any color sample. Genuine leather wrapping for media rooms. We'll work directly with your designer to select materials that belong in the space.
Retail speakers — even expensive ones — are designed for generic rooms and manufactured by the thousands. We design cabinet geometry specifically for your room's volume and acoustic characteristics. Our powered speakers include built-in amplification with per-driver DSP, giving us control over crossover, EQ, delay, and level that no passive speaker can match. And every system is tuned in your actual space after installation, not calibrated in a factory overseas.
Ideally we're involved during the design phase, before walls are framed. We review plans with your architect, specify speaker locations and wire routing, and coordinate with the builder on conduit and backing requirements during rough-in. Speaker fabrication happens during the construction timeline so everything is ready for install when the home is finished. For projects already under construction, we can still integrate — it just requires more coordination with your builder on access and timing.
Custom speaker fabrication runs 6–12 weeks or more from design approval. Installation and calibration take 1–3 days depending on the system's complexity. For new construction, we work within your builder's timeline — pre-wire during rough-in, install during finish phase. The total project timeline from first conversation to final calibration is typically 3–5 months, though new construction projects naturally follow the building schedule.
We design and install new systems from the ground up — we don't service or modify other companies' installations. Existing components like displays, seating, or acoustic treatments may be incorporated where it makes sense. But the speakers, amplification, wiring, and calibration are all done fresh to our standards with full warranty coverage. See our warranty page for full details.
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