Los Angeles is the Entertainment Capital of the World. Not only is much of the audiophile music business located here but there is of course all of the main Hollywood Studios, every meaningful television studio and thousands of soundstages located all over town be it in Hollywood, the San Fernando Valley, West Los Angeles or places like Culver City.

Silicon Beach is a more modern concept in Los Angeles and it describes the area closer to the Los Angeles International Airport and cities like Culver City and parts of L.A. like Marina Del Rey, Playa Vista and Mar Vista. On any given main street in these areas (think: Jefferson Boulevard) you will find off-shoots from Silicon Valley tech companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, Sony, Hulu, Fox, Disney and countless others. Add to that mix the booming gaming industry and players located in Los Angeles now like Riot Games, Sony, EA and many others.

The effect of Silicon Beach alone on the Los Angeles real estate market has been simply game-changing. On the day, social media company, Snap Chat, went live, there were 500 new multi-millionaires created in the Los Angeles market alone. They all wanted homes and the prices of available properties shot through the roof. Historically low interest rates, the COVID-19 pandemic (with its work-from-home lifestyle) and an overall booming economy led to an even more hot real estate market.

Home Theater In Los Angeles

Every one of today’s homes in Los Angeles have some form of home theater or home entertainment system as part of its technology portfolio. Some systems are simple meaning flat TVs, steaming devices like Apple TVs and Roku and perhaps a soundbar. Others use Sonos for whole-home wireless audio. More serious home theater systems pack a video projector and object-based 13-plus channel surround sound. These systems have serious audiophile floorstanding speakers, multiple audiophile level subwoofers, sophisticated AV preamps, multi-channel audiophile power amps, all sorts of digital sources and more. The best of theaters have purpose built home theater seating, multi-terabyte movie servers like a Kaleidescape and whole-home automation that includes lighting, HVAC, shades, security and more.

The Best Installation Firms in Los Angeles

The CEDIA convention, scheduled in early Fall of every year, hosts the best audiophile and home theater installers and dealers in an ever-changing number of locations around the United States be it San Diego, Dallas, Denver, Indianapolis and/or New Orleans.

There is no one market with more high end or highly skilled home theater dealers than Los Angeles.

Some of the best L.A.-based custom installers include:

While The Bay Area is the second biggest market for home theater, Los Angeles is the world’s leader for cutting edge home theater, audio-video technology, high performance audio. Considering how much of the business is located in The Southland (as it is known) this is easy to understand.