This past year has been a challenging one for congregations and churches. Houses of worship are more than just places to practice a religion; they are a critical part of the social fabric of a community. While many churches adapted by using audio and video technology to extend their reach beyond the building walls, technology cannot match physical social experiences. Fortunately, as things are getting back to normal, in-person worship and many other activities are returning.

As congregations return to in-person services and events, it's a good opportunity to reexamine how to get them fully reengaged. One way to do that is to upgrade your auditorium sound system to make sure everyone is involved and energized. Explore three reasons below why now is an excellent time to reevaluate your church’s audio system in St. Charles, MO.

Holidays are a very special time of year, especially for a church community. Christmas services typically see a larger number of churchgoers, and it’s a chance for many people to reconnect with their community. As a result, churches spend a lot of time preparing for their holiday service, and a commercial AV company can help. Keep reading to see just a few of the services Elite Technology solutions can offer Clayton, MO churches to help ensure this year’s holiday services are the best yet. 

St. Joseph Catholic Church in Cottleville, MO was recently presented with a difficult dilemma. A large Lightolier dimming system was installed when the church was built in 1999. In recent years, the system had become unreliable due to failures in the controller portion of the system. Unfortunately, the system is out of production and the manufacturer no longer supports it (repairs or parts). Bob Emery, Maintenance Director for this large facility was able to patch the system together for a while, but in February of 2020 a large portion of the system stopped working altogether, leaving the 1500 seat church in the dark. Bob was fully aware that he was going to have to replace the aging system at some point, especially since it was designed for incandescent lighting, not LED. He also knew this was an important and costly endeavor. The church needed time to redesign the system properly and to budget the needed funds. Everyone he spoke with told him he would need to replace the whole system right now or waste resources on a stop gap solution that would be discarded later. He needed an alternative. They found a company that has been serving the technology needs of churches for the past 32 years.

As a professional in the restaurant business, you understand the concept of turning tables. If you offer dinner, ideally, you want more than one set of diners each evening; you want multiple turns. People, of course, go out to eat for an experience as much as the food and drink.

Your St. Louis, MO restaurant may have an audio and video system to add to the experience. TVs are a common amenity in the bar, perfect for the sports fan that may be dining alone. If that person orders extra drinks and food while watching a favorite team, your establishment doesn't have a need to turn that set of seats so quickly. Is it easier to entice someone into dessert and an after-dinner drink if they're being entertained? You bet.

But there’s one issue with restaurant sound systems and TVs – the audio. It’s hard to hear the audio from the game when the TV a couple of feet away has different programming on. In most cases, the sound is so low that it can't be heard, or it's off entirely. However, we have an excellent solution for that – the Listen EVERYWHERE streaming audio system. Keep reading to learn more!

"Can you hear me now?" was a famous tagline of a long-running series of commercials for Verizon Wireless. While cell phone communication continues to improve, it's a line we all tend to still use now and then with calls in certain areas.

One place that line should never be uttered is in a conference room during an important meeting. Unfortunately, all too many conference and meeting rooms are still equipped with only a speakerphone for calls with remote teams and partners. In today's fast-paced business world, and the need for clear and effective communication across town or across the globe, yesterday's technology doesn't measure up.

Keep reading below to see how to upgrade the audio in your Wildwood, MO conference room system for increased 21^st-century productivity.

With so many people working from home and business travel severely restricted, video conferencing has gone from a convenient technology to a must-have solution. Conferencing and collaboration solutions like Zoom have become a household word. However, in the business and personal world, many others exist and continue to be used, like Microsoft's Skype and Teams, Slack, GoToMeeting, Google Meet, and more.

While working from home might continue for longer than expected, the fact remains that some teams still are working in person, and offices will be full in the future. How up-to-date are your conference room systems? If you’re saddled with out-of-date video collaboration hardware and software, now is a great time to invest in a state-of-the-art solution for your Chesterfield, MO firm. Keep reading to learn more about Crestron Mercury, an easy way to bring modern video collaboration to almost any meeting room.

If you’re in charge of operating properties, you want your buildings to be energy efficient. Whether it’s a school, performance venue, house of worship, or office building, you want your premises to not waste energy needlessly on lighting and climate control.

If you are managing buildings in Chesterfield, MO, manually or with older control technology, you may be missing out on the efficiencies of today's smart building automation systems. Explore the advantages of commercial automation solutions below not only for saving energy but also for improving premises comfort and safety.

We all know this is an unprecedented time we are living through. The COVID-19 virus has presented societal challenges we couldn’t imagine even a month ago. Social distancing has had a profound effect on work, school, recreation, and just about every aspect of day-to-day life in St. Louis and throughout the world.

In these difficult times, many turn to their faith. But the social nature and bonding of attending services and interacting with other congregants have been severely curtailed with social distancing measures. Fortunately, technology can bring some needed continuity to these vital social constructs. Read on to see how you can use church audio-video solutions to continue to serve congregants of every religion and denomination with messages and services that strengthen the bonds of community in St. Louis and beyond.

The sound system at your restaurant should elevate your patrons’ overall dining experience. While it may seem like an inconsequential upgrade, it’s actually a proven way to enhance your dining establishment’s ambiance and make you more profitable. A study published by the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science found that music volume plays a role in the type and quantity of food ordered. Another study published by SAGE Publications revealed that the style of music in a restaurant affects the spending levels of guests.

The great background music sounds good for your restaurant, right? It certainly is if you are playing songs through a high-quality restaurant sound system at your establishment in Chesterfield, MO. Read our blog to see how a high-performance, distributed audio system creates the atmosphere you want.

A successful business is established and grown by providing a product or service that people need – even crave. To do it, you need to communicate your message clearly and effectively. If you’re using yesterday’s technology for your audio-video communications, then your message may not come across to your target audience.

Now, more than ever, you need an updated AV system for your business. It’s one way of showing that your company is forward-thinking, relevant, and ready for growth. Whether you manage an office, a hotel, a restaurant, or a non-profit in St. Louis, MO, your organization can benefit greatly from a commercial AV update. Read more to learn about some excellent audio-visual products on the market now.

We live in a digital world. Businesses and organizations demand top-of-the-line AV systems in their auditoriums and meeting spaces, but staying on top of the latest devices and technologies is not easy. That’s where we come in! At Elite Technology Solutions, we offer our clients across Chesterfield, MO, the latest smart devices and commercial audio video systems in the market. But how can you tell when the time is right to update your AV equipment? 

Here are a few signs that it might be time to update your auditorium’s sound system. 

A well-functioning audio system is crucial to the life of any house of worship. The spoken word and music are important elements of most religious services. If you’ve noticed that your audio system seems to be suffering lately from intermittent drop-outs and/or noise, this could be related to your wireless microphones.

There’s a good chance that what’s causing issues with your wireless microphone systems has to do with the frequency these systems use to broadcast sound wirelessly. We’ll get into the technical details a little further on, but essentially a portion of the wireless spectrum used by wireless microphones in places like churches, theaters, schools and other venues has been auctioned off to telecommunications conglomerates by the FCC.

This could present a whole host of problems for churches using wireless microphone technology, but not to worry. We have extensive experience installing wireless microphone systems and church audio video systems, and we’d be happy to lend our expertise to any house of worship in Wildwood or any other area of Missouri or Illinois.

Today's office environments are changing. With the ongoing effects of the pandemic and new experience with remote workers, businesses are reevaluating office spaces for a future when not everyone will be in the office at the same time. As a result, the modern office needs to be well equipped with a high-quality, flexible audio and video collaboration setup so staff in offices and remote can communicate and collaborate seamlessly.

To accomplish this, you want solutions that present consistent, intuitive interfaces, powerful scalability from one room to entire campuses, and simplified management. One company is doing just that. Crestron, one of the oldest names in home and commercial automation, offers complete solutions for managing your AV infrastructure. No matter what the future of hybrid works looks like for your Clayton, MO company, Elite Technology Solutions, is your local Crestron dealer who can tailor these solutions to your needs. Read on to learn how Crestron can optimize and manage your collaboration infrastructure.

Upgrade your lights, save money, and enjoy seamless control. By installing a smart commercial lighting system at your business or organization in Wildwood, MO, you reduce energy consumption and improve your property’s appearance. Everything is fully integrated too, so you have complete control of the lighting intensity, hue, and color. You can even program a lighting scene to let the system set itself!

Just like a fresh coat of paint, new floors, or new furniture gives your commercial space a facelift, so does new lighting. Don’t settle for ordinary lights when smart lighting adds value and appeal to your space. Read more to find out why installing a new lighting system is the perfect choice for your business.

From the divine acoustics in churches to the echoing cheers in stadiums and the strategic discussions in boardrooms, state-of-the-art commercial audio installations are at the heart of enhancing these diverse commercial environments.

If you’re still searching for an AV installation company near you that can enrich customer and employee experiences in the Gateway City, then keep reading. 

Below, we dive into the importance of investing in your business’s audio system and how Elite Technology Solutions can help.