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Audiophiles and smart home enthusiasts are in for a great treat: West Coast audio innovator AudioControl offers a top line of audio projects that are now compatible with the smart home automation platform Josh.ai.

This integration partnership allows you the ability to use natural language to control your AudioControl systems with privacy-focused voice automated technology. With an integrated Josh.ai platform, you now have the ease and agility to speak naturally to control AudioControl Director Series DSP amplifiers, home theater Concert Series A/V receivers, and Maestro Series preamplifiers.

So imagine you’re prepping for a small dinner party. Just say, “Josh, listen to 80s favorites in the kitchen, dining room, and living room, at 20 percent volume.”

Josh.ai is a voice-controlled home automation system with a programming language built to support natural language voice commands. So instructions, greetings, questions – all of them are informal and natural, the way you would speak to a friend. AudioControl is an award-winning west coast innovator with forty years experience designing and manufacturing outstanding, award-winning audio equipment.

This new integration seems like a perfect fit.

“The strength of our partnerships and device integrations are extremely important as we recommend robust solutions for luxury clients who want performance as well as reliability,” said Alex Capecelatro, Josh.ai CEO, in an official statement. “Our goal with Josh.ai is to deliver a magical user experience, and partnering with AudioControl is another step toward that vision.”

The integration is seamless to use. AudioControl’s Director Series amplifiers, Concert AV receivers, and Maestro preamp/processors auto-populate within the Josh.ai web portal for configuration once they are connected to the same network, which we at Jackson Hole A/V install and manage for our clients. As the amplifiers have matrixing capabilities, you can easily use the Josh.ai app or voice commands to direct specific programming to any zone of your home, and at your specified volume level. And as that dinner party moves from the dining room to the patio: “Josh, turn on jazz on the patio, 50% volume.”

As integrators, we can assign multiple input sources to the AudioControl models, creating for you an outstanding home theater and entertainment system with multiple zones throughout your home. With Josh.ai, you can find content through all available streaming sources and specify sound sources and volume levels throughout your home. This kind of integrated audio system is easy and intuitive to use, making your favorite music accessible in just the way you want.

To learn more about how your smart home audio system could go to the next level, call us at Jackson Hole AV. We’d love to discuss the possibilities.