-— AUDIO / VIDEO
Audio & Video Systems
Commercial and residential AV, engineered by one team. We’re experts in restaurant and bar systems — multi-zone sound, TV walls, and one-touch control — and we bring the same craft to home theaters and whole-home audio across New Jersey.
SYSTEM CLASS
AUDIO / VIDEO
SCOPE
DESIGN → INSTALL → SUPPORT
REGION
NEW JERSEY, STATEWIDE
The right credential for every door
From a single entry door to a campus with hundreds of openings, we design access control around how your organization actually works. Proximity cards, key fobs, PIN keypads, mobile credentials, and biometric readers — each door gets the appropriate level of security, with electric strikes, maglocks, and door hardware professionally installed and integrated.
Cloud-managed platforms: Brivo and Alarm.com
As an authorized Brivo and Alarm.com partner, we deploy cloud-managed access control you run from a browser or phone. Instantly revoke a lost card, grant temporary vendor access, pull audit trails of every entry event, and receive door-forced or door-held alerts — with no on-site server to maintain. For organizations with specific IT policies, we also deploy on-premise platforms.
Integrated with video and intrusion
Access control is strongest when it works together with your cameras and alarm system. We integrate entry events with video surveillance so every badge-in is paired with footage, and tie access schedules to alarm arming for a seamless security posture.
Multi-unit apartment and condo buildings
Multifamily is one of the fastest-growing segments of our access control work. For New Jersey apartment buildings, condos, and HOA communities we install cloud-based lobby entry and video intercom systems, amenity-space and package-room door control, garage and elevator access, and per-resident mobile credentials that management can issue or revoke in seconds. We retrofit occupied buildings with minimal disruption — replacing aging key and intercom systems door by door — and wire new developments during construction. See our Industries page for our full multifamily capabilities.
-— FREQUENTLY ASKED
Do you handle both residential and commercial AV?
Yes. We install home theaters and whole-home audio for residences, and commercial sound, video, and control systems for restaurants, bars, offices, and retail throughout NJ.
What is an RTI control system?
RTI is a professional control platform that unifies all your AV — and optionally lighting, shades, and climate — behind one custom-programmed remote, keypad, touch panel, or app. We design, program, and support RTI systems as an authorized dealer.
Can you hide all the wires?
Yes — clean installation is a point of pride. We fish cabling through walls and ceilings, use in-wall rated wire, and leave every TV, speaker, and equipment rack looking factory-clean, whether it’s a living room or a 40-seat sports bar.
How much does a whole-home or commercial audio system cost?
Residential multi-room audio typically starts in the low thousands for a few zones and scales with room count and speaker quality. Restaurant and bar systems are engineered per space — zone count, acoustics, and control needs drive the price. Every project starts with a free consultation and a fixed, itemized proposal.
What TV and display brands do you install?
We’re brand-agnostic on displays and source the right commercial or consumer panel for each space — including commercial-grade displays rated for continuous operation, high-brightness screens for sunlit rooms, and outdoor-rated TVs for patios. What matters is matching the display to the environment, then integrating it cleanly with WyreStorm distribution and RTI control.
Can one remote or touchscreen control everything?
Yes — that’s exactly what we build with RTI. One remote, touchpanel, or app runs your TVs, audio zones, sources, lighting, and shades. In a bar, a manager can change every screen and audio zone for game day in seconds without touching an equipment rack.
Do you design AV for new construction and renovations?
Yes. We work directly with NJ builders, architects, and GCs to pre-wire during construction — the most cost-effective time to run speaker, video, and network cabling — and return at finish to install and program the complete system.
Why do restaurants and bars choose Tristate for AV?
Hospitality AV is our flagship specialty. We engineer multi-zone sound that keeps energy up without killing conversation, TV layouts with sightlines from every seat, and one-touch control simple enough for any shift manager — backed by fast local support so game day never goes dark.
SYSTEM CAPABILITIES
Every audio / video project can include:
- Brivo & Alarm.com cloud access partner
- Keycard, fob, keypad & mobile credentials
- Electric strikes, maglocks & door hardware
- Multi-tenant & commercial building systems
- Entry audit trails & real-time alerts
- Video surveillance integration
- Visitor & vendor access management
- Scalable from 1 door to enterprise campuses
START HERE
Tell us what you’re planning; we’ll walk the site, map the system, and quote it engineered — before anything is sold.
