Villa Siena

Shown is our latest system design.  The drawings show Villa Siena, the condominium on the corner of New England and Interlachen streets in Winter Park.  This unit features a media room as well as living room with bar and wine center.  The dual level balcony offers views of the chain of lakes.

Our design will include a turn-key media system including a ceiling mount video projector and integration with a game console for the kids to play Rock Band.  The drawing shows our plan for the front wall.  In addition to the media room, Storch Entertainment will install wall mounted plasma TVs and sound throughout.

Current Clothier

We are happy to announce that Storch Entertainment Systems has been chosen to supply the music system for Current. Located on Park Avenue and opening in late February, Current will offer only the best casual men's fashion.  

Storch was chosen to design and install a high performance, easy to use system that will not only provide great sound, but will be reliable 24/7/365.  We will provide photo updates as this project progresses.

A day at the Beach

Storch Entertainment Systems recently installed this installation at Ponce Inlet.  This is a great example of a very simple system that can easily be retrofit into any home (or condo in this case).  The owner did not want a lot of complication or unnecessary components and even opted out of a DVD player.  The HDTV cable box and Apple TV offer a tremendous amount of content and on-demand movies and TV shows.  Additionally, the Apple TV was synchronized with the owner's laptop and includes thousands of songs and family photos.

Pictured is a 50 inch 1080P plasma with custom height left and right speakers with a component rack below.  As we were interested in a minimum of (or no) disruption to the walls, we opted for sound quality over quantity.  Specifically, the system includes only two high quality speakers, with no surround sound.  In any given budget, why spend time and money installing 5 or 6 mediocre speakers that will only result in poor sound quality when two good (and well placed) speakers will deliver a far better musical (and television) experience?

Fish Fan(?)

As electronics systems technicians, we are often asked for unique solutions for doorbells, gate triggers, lighting control, etc.  On this project, we were asked to design and install our first fish fan.  The tank pictured is a salt water aquarium with artificial sun lights (that get the area hot!).

Normally, this is not a problem, but the design of the room required that a the cabinet be installed over the tank.  This of course, prevents any of the heat from the lamps from escaping and risks cooked fish!  All of our entertainment system designs include active thermal ventilation (fans), so the builder gave us a call and asked for a similar solution.

We wound up installing a remote-mount impeller-fan unit in the attic with a 4 inch intake located directly above the fish tank.  We routed the exhaust hose through the attic and through an interior attic wall to an area above a screened porch that had vent holes in the eaves.  We did not directly vent into the attic space as the house was engineered to require no airflow through the attic and our fish fan would have caused potential heat and humidity problems.

Evergreen

Our latest project, shown here, included the design and installation of the entertainment, low voltage and lighting systems for this green home located in Winter Park.  The home is currently in the process of obtaining FGBC certification with the hopes of achieving the Gold level of certification through the LEED for home pilot program.  This home will be featured in the Orlando Parade of Homes in 2009.