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Explore the Power of Lighting Control Systems in Pennsylvania

Lighting Design


Designing a beautiful home is about more than choosing the right color palettes and furniture—lighting plays a vital role as well. Lighting design should highlight architectural features, bring attention to high-end furnishings and make colors stand out in your King of Prussia, PA home. That same lighting also serves to enhance your everyday life, boosting your mood and helping you accomplish important tasks. Hire a professional to optimize your lighting design and light control system for a luxurious lifestyle and residence.

Why hire a lighting designer?

Employing an independent lighting designer may seem like an odd choice for homeowners who have relied on electrical engineers and interior designers to take care of their lighting needs in the past. But when you make lighting a secondary job for others, it becomes an afterthought in your home. A lighting designer masters technical, scientific and stylistic fields to deliver bespoke solutions for their clients throughout Pennsylvania.
  • Experts on the latest cutting-edge lighting technology through ongoing training
  • Refined techniques transform invisible light into dynamic architectural design
  • Special training on physics, optics, electricity, codes and environmental impact
  • Equipment costs reduced through competitive bids and manufacturer partnerships
  • Initial cost analysis outlines lighting techniques that will reduce equipment and labor costs
  • Detail-minded staff craft innovative designs attuned to your home and lifestyle needs

Color Temperatures at a Glance


Lighting Tones

1,700 K

Red lighting reminiscent of a match flame offers a calming effect in the evening.

2,700 - 3,300 K

Elevate warm interior colors and wood finishes with warm, soft white lighting.

4,100 - 4,150 K

Stay focused on tasks in workspaces or kitchens with cool, white lighting.

5,500 - 6,000 K

Enjoy vertical daylight hues in the afternoon to stimulate your mood and décor.

6,500 K

Deliver lighting in main living areas with hues reminiscent of overcast skies.

15,000 - 27,000 K

Reserve clear blue lighting for activities that require ample energy or focus.

1,850 K

Craft the perfect date night light with romantic candlelit or sunset hues.

3,000 K

Facilitate relaxation with neutral white lighting while reading in the family room.

5,000 K

Employ crisp-white daylight hues to highlight artwork and bolster security.

6,200 K

Blue-white light mimics natural sunlight and delivers bright, energizing illumination.

6,500 - 10,500 K

Turn to blue hues for hyper-focused task lighting in your primary workspaces.
Lighting Tones

1,700 K

Match flames & low-pressure sodium lamps

2,700 - 3,300 K

Incandescent lamps & soft-white flourescent lamps

4,100 - 4,150 K

Moonlight; cool-white lamps

5,500 - 6,000 K

Vertical daylight

6,500 K

Daylight; overcast fluorescent lamps

15,000 - 27,000 K

Daylight; overcast fluorescent lamps

1,850 K

Candle Flame, sunrise, sunset

3,000 K

Warm-white fluorescent lamos

5,000 K

Horizon daylight

6,200 K

Xenon short-arc lamp

6,500 - 10,500 K

LCD or CRT Screen

Essential Layers of Light


You risk strained eyesight, obtrusive shadows and rigid spaces with a one-tone lighting design. Leverage ambient, task and accent lighting for a visually balanced and flexible space.
Ambient Light
Illuminate the entire room with soft lighting from natural sunlight, recessed ceiling lights or pendants.
Task Lighting
Special pendant, desk or under-cabinet lights provide bright, focused illumination for specific activities.
Accent Lighting
Highlight artwork, photos and architectural details with lighting three times brighter than ambient fixtures.
  • Daytime

    Keep to your workday schedule with a “Daytime” lighting scene that automatically activates at 9 am every day. As you head into your home office, bright white-blue ambient lights and desk lights greet you for optimal focus and concentration.

  • Bedtime

    As you head to bed at the end of the day, prepare for restorative sleep with a “Bedtime” lighting scene you can activate from a bedside remote or tablet. Not only do lights dim gradually, but they switch to a warm, orange hue that induces relaxation.

  • Entertaining

    Entertain in style with a “Party” lighting scene that activates lights in the kitchen and living room to a white-blue hue that keeps guests energized throughout the night. Add landscape lighting to the scene to encourage guests to gravitate to your beautiful outdoor spaces.

  • Movie Night

    Transform your home theater into the perfect viewing environment with a “Movie Night” lighting scene on your handheld remote or touchpad that dims recessed lights and decorative sconces while turning on floor track lighting for safe movement during the movie.

Architectural Fixtures for Automated Lighting Systems


For a successful layered lighting design to work, you’ll want to incorporate a wide range of lighting fixtures throughout your space rather than relying solely on canned ceiling lighting. Through a mixture of high-end pendants, downlights and track lights, our designers create even, layered lighting that adds depth and beauty to your home while facilitating all your everyday tasks. Explore how each model has a role in enhancing your overall space.

Linear Pendants

Design-Forward Lighting
Pendant lights available in a wide range of colors and finishes add a spark to your décor while supporting ambient or task lighting needs. Transform your interior design through elegant fixtures hanging from the ceiling or within a track light system.

Downlights

Illumination without Clutter
Downlights are primarily used for ambient lighting, though they’re also used for task or accent lighting in some applications. Recessed or flush mounted in the ceiling, they’re available in round or square trims to match your décor.

Retrofit Downlights

Remodel without Limitations
Replace outdated lighting fixtures seamlessly with retrofit downlights featuring low-profile designs that fit into most standard recessed housing. Select from our collection of high-end tunable LED fixtures available in round or square trims.

Track lighting

Bright, Versatile Spotlights
Track lighting offers a flexible solution for your home’s accent and task lighting needs. Install adjustable spotlights on a track or rail system to showcase artwork or illuminate cabinets. Expand your stylistic choices with straight, round or curved track models.

Custom Lighting Control


Effortless control is vital for unleashing the true potential of your lighting design. Easily manage the diverse fixtures in your home with a lighting control system. Develop a beautiful layering while maintaining a uniform feel. Take advantage of a centralized approach to your lighting that not only yields intuitive, tailor-made control from your devices of choice but also results in a streamlined installation for a beautiful, clutter-free space in King of Prussia, Bensalem, New Hope, or anywhere else in Pennsylvania

Interfaces

High-end light control systems feature personalized interfaces available on dedicated touchpads or mobile apps. Approach lighting your way with easy-to-use graphic menus that show the status of lights and motorized blinds in each room of your Pottstown, PA home—and let you make changes with a simple button tap. Adjust intensity, color and color temperature for fixtures individually or as groups, then save your favorite settings and pull them up at any time with ease.

Processor

The processor is the heart of your lighting automation installation, facilitating communication between your control devices and fixtures. Having a high-end processor ensures clear, uninterrupted communication without any lag. Efficient communication means as soon as you input a command—no matter the source—you get an immediate and accurate response. During the initial design stage, our lighting experts determine which model best fits your needs based on its bandwidth and processing power.

Dimming Panels

What makes a professional lighting control installation stand out is its centralized control using dimmer panels. All dimming and control capabilities are routed through these remote panels that are installed out of sight in an equipment room or utility closet. Dimmer panels reduce wall clutter in individual rooms, cut down on the wiring infrastructure, allow for more complex programming capabilities, and minimize the need for power boosters while also controlling fans and motors.

Smart Dimmers/Switches

Reduce your wall acne even further with smart dimmers and switches that incorporate complex commands and scenes. These luxury keypads replace banks of switches and dimmers to streamline your décor. Improve convenience with keypads that offer hassle-free home lighting control, providing instant access to scenes, letting you manage lights throughout the house, and offering combined dimmer and switch control in one housing. Explore models fit for any décor with flush-mounted solutions featuring matte, metal, or glass finishes in plentiful colors.

Why Motorized Shading?

Adding motorized window treatments to your home greatly improves your morning, midday and evening routines while allowing you to experience upgraded climate management and lighting control, enhanced security and privacy, and an all-around improved quality of life in your home. With a vast array of beautiful fabrics and styles, you can create a set of motorized blinds that perfectly complements your existing decor. The added automation allows you to experience effortless control of your Bensalem or Pottstown, PA home with timers and scenes that will transform your space without you having to lift a finger.

  • Create perfect light every time by integrating your motorized window treatments with your existing smart home system and adjusting shading and lighting systems together.
  • Automate your home by creating zones for various lighting needs throughout your living spaces.
  • Enjoy enhanced precision control as your shades rise and lower in unison, quietly and right on schedule.
  • Straightforward control means that anyone in the home can experience the simplicity that automated window treatments bring.
draper
Draper works to customize and design the perfect solution for every customer. Founded in 1902, Draper offers high-end audiovisual displays, shading solutions for both the indoors and outside, and gymnasium and athletic equipment. Intent on listening to the customer’s needs, Draper’s goal is to always serve what you want and prefer for your project - and then work to exceed every expectation. With trusted expertise and knowledge of each industry, Draper delivers reliable and high-performance solutions for every comfort and need across the home, gymnasium, and beyond.

Explore the Benefits of Motorized Shading


Save Energy
Program your shades to keep the sun out during the hot summer months while harvesting it in the winter for natural solar heat.
Enhance Security
Timers are an efficient way to raise and lower your shades automatically to keep up the appearance that you're home — even when you're not.
Match Aesthetics
With hundreds of fabrics and materials to choose from, there's no need to sacrifice the interior and exterior decor you've perfected.
Enjoy Privacy
Privacy is easy to accomplish when you can lower all your shades with the press of a single button and set them to automatically raise and lower at high-traffic times.
Protect Your Furniture
Ultraviolet rays can be damaging to artwork, furniture, flooring and rugs. Avoid bleaching and fading by programming your shades to lower during the brightest time of day.
Blue frame with fabric Lutron Palladiom roller shades
Roller Shades
Lutron Solar shades in a white loft
Solar Shades
blue honeycomb shades on a window overlooking the ocean
Cellular Shades
woven wooden roman shades by Lutron
Woven Roman Shades
Blackout shades by Lutron in a cool grey bedroom
Blackout Shades
Horizontal Sheer Blinds by Lutron in an olive green bedroom
Horizontal Sheer Blinds
Roman Shades by Hunter Douglas in a home office
Roman Shades

    The Leaders of Design & Innovation

    Meet the companies that we call partners for our projects. They form the foundation of our product specifications thanks in part to their best-in-class performance, breadth of product offering and ongoing technological innovation.
    • Control4

    • Lutron

    • Draper

    Answers to Your Questions on Lighting Control Systems & Motorized Shading

    What is a lighting control system, and how does it work?

    A lighting control system allows you to manage the lights throughout your home from a centralized platform. Instead of adjusting individual switches, smart lighting control lets you control multiple fixtures, rooms, or entire areas through elegant keypads, touchscreens, mobile devices, or voice commands. Home lighting automation can also schedule lights to adjust automatically based on the time of day, occupancy, or specific activities. The result is greater convenience, improved energy efficiency, and a more personalized living experience.

    What are the benefits of motorized shades for homeowners?

    Motorized shades offer homeowners a convenient way to manage natural light, privacy, and comfort. With automated window treatments, you can raise or lower shades with the touch of a button, a voice command, or a scheduled setting. Smart shades can help reduce glare, protect furnishings from UV exposure, and improve energy efficiency by limiting solar heat gain during warmer months. They also add a clean, sophisticated look while eliminating the need for cords or manual operation.

    Can lighting control and motorized shades be integrated into one system?

    Yes. Modern lighting and shading control systems are designed to work together as part of a larger integrated home automation platform. By connecting lighting, motorized shades, climate control, audio, and security into one smart home system, homeowners can create customized scenes that adjust multiple settings simultaneously. For example, a single command can lower shades, dim lights, and start music for a relaxing evening environment.

    Do automated shades help improve energy efficiency?

    Automated shades are an effective, energy-efficient window treatment that can help maintain a more comfortable indoor environment year-round. During summer, smart shading solutions can reduce cooling costs by limiting direct sunlight and solar heat gain. In colder months, shades can be programmed to maximize natural sunlight during the day and help retain warmth at night. This automated approach reduces the workload on your HVAC system while improving comfort throughout the home.

    What lighting scenes can I create with a smart lighting control system?

    A smart lighting control system allows you to create personalized lighting scenes tailored to your daily activities. Popular lighting scenes include "Good Morning" settings that gradually brighten lights, "Entertain" scenes that create the perfect ambiance for guests, and "Movie Night" scenes that dim lights for optimal viewing. Smart lighting settings can also support dining, reading, relaxing, and security needs. Home automation scenes make it easy to adjust multiple fixtures with a single touch.

    Can I control my lights and shades from my smartphone or tablet?

    Absolutely. Most modern systems provide mobile lighting control and remote shade control through a dedicated smart home app. Using your smartphone or tablet, you can adjust lights, operate shades, activate scenes, and monitor your home's settings from virtually anywhere. Whether you're relaxing in another room or traveling away from home, a smart home app gives you convenient access and control whenever you need it.

    What's the difference between standard dimmers and a professional lighting control system?

    While standard dimmers control individual fixtures or rooms, a professional lighting control system provides centralized lighting control throughout the home. Luxury lighting systems allow multiple fixtures, rooms, and lighting scenes to work together as a cohesive solution. In addition to dimming capabilities, these systems offer scheduling, automation, remote access, and integration with motorized shades, climate control, and other smart technologies.

    Is professional lighting design worth it for a custom home?

    Professional lighting design services can make a significant difference in the comfort, functionality, and appearance of a custom home. A well-planned residential lighting design considers architecture, room purpose, natural light, and lifestyle preferences to create the ideal balance of illumination. Professional designers can layer ambient, task, and accent lighting to highlight architectural features while supporting everyday activities. For custom home lighting projects, thoughtful planning ensures the finished space feels inviting, efficient, and beautifully tailored to the homeowner's needs.

    Craft a Beautiful Space with Light

    Outfit your home with professional lighting design and control for illumination that ushers a new level of luxury into your every day. From design to installation, our lighting experts deliver white-glove service and unprecedented quality to Bucks County, Doylestown, and more.

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    509 Old York Road
    Jenkintown, PA 19046
    (215) 206-2727

    “I have found the entire staff of Sound Xperience to be knowledgeable, responsive, and patient. They have created a system that exceeded our expectations.”

    - Marv Schlanger

    “We purchased a new home, and Sound Xperience did an excellent job setting up our internet, security cameras, and remote controlled garages, lights and cameras. We couldn’t be happier with the final product.”

    - G.D., Newtown Square

    “Mark, Paul and the whole team are a true pleasure to deal with, the level of customer service and experience they provide is unmatched anywhere. I like knowing that even after the sale and install they are always there to make things right! I give them the gihest regards and would refer them to anyone who wants a quality job.”

    - Jeff

    “Chris is terrific! He’s the best technician we’ve ever had working on any system in our house! He’s a gentleman, personable and extremely knowledgeable.”

    - Amy Cohen

    “Great People to work with….Great technicians, knowledgeable sales staff quality work. I have been using this group for many years and I highly recommend it!”

    - R.S., Philadelphia

    “The installer was fantastic! Chris fixed everything that needed attention, was wonderful with my big dogs and catered to my timeline to finish earlier so I could leave for the farm. Another great Xperience.”

    - D. Trites, Newton Square

    “You guys killed it today. It is working great. Family is over and the day was saved. Thanks again to the team that came out on a Saturday to save my football party”

    - D. Taylor, Furlong


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