Audio · Video · Home Theater · Lighting · Automation · Networking Custom integration for Santa Barbara & Montecito
Home cinema, audio & automation,
crafted for Santa Barbara.
Firebird designs, installs, and calibrates complete systems — audio, video, home theater, lighting, shading, climate, networking, and security — for estates and businesses across Santa Barbara and Montecito. Engineered for performance, documented for stewardship.
Our discipline
We are not in the business of gadgets. We engineer the systems that make a home perform — sound, light, vision, and control working as one — and stand behind them long after the install.
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The Firebird Standard
Three principles, held without exception.
It begins in the walls.
Before a single screen is mounted, we engineer the infrastructure — labeled runs, clean racks, headroom to grow. The part no one sees is the part everything depends on.
Calibrated, never configured.
Anyone can connect a box. We measure the room and tune the system to it — light to the hour, sound to the space — so the result is correct, not merely functional.
Documented, and yours.
Every system ships with a blueprint of itself and your own credentials. No black boxes, no held-hostage passwords. Stewardship, not dependence.
What sets us apart
More than installed. Engineered, calibrated, and yours to keep.
Anyone can mount a screen. Firebird treats your home as one system — designed on paper before drywall, tuned to the room by measurement, and handed back to you with a complete map of how it works. It's why takeovers come to us, and why our systems are still serviceable years later.
- EngineerStructured cabling & rack design, drawn before drywall.
- CalibrateRoom-tuned audio and tunable light, measured — not guessed.
- ControlOne intuitive interface across lighting, shading, climate & AV.
- StewardYour blueprint, your credentials, ongoing accountability.
In the detail
The craft is in what you don't notice.
Selected work
Residential and commercial, the same standard.
Residential · Whole-Home Estate
Montecito Estate
A five-acre Montecito estate with whole-home Crestron control — invisible Amina audio, a JVC 8K theater, 190 loads of Lutron lighting, and a 10-gigabit network — all engineered to vanish into the architecture.
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Commercial · Taproom & Bottle Shop
Lama Dog Taproom & Bottle Shop
A modern Santa Barbara sports bar reimagined: 13 synchronized Sony Mini LED displays, Crestron NVX/NAX distribution, and Origin Acoustics audio — engineered into a corrugated-steel interior and run with one-touch simplicity.
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What clients say
We hired Firebird to install a big TV and sound system in our family room. Loved the work they did and most importantly the whole experience. They were great about supplying multiple bids so I could decide how crazy I wanted to make the system. In the end, they came up with ideas to value engineer the system so I got everything I wanted without breaking the bank! The final job matched their bid, no game playing. The work was done well and they took the time to show me how to operate the system — which was really simple, no advanced degrees needed. Proof was in the results: they put on the trailer for Top Gun: Maverick and it rocked the room. Highly recommend them!
Best service I have ever seen! Had a problem and they were there within the hour. Folks who really care about their customers no matter the issue! Only folks to use in the Santa Barbara area!!
The team at Firebird AV were an absolute pleasure to work with! Even after they delivered, they have continued to check in with me to make sure everything is running smoothly at The Golf Lounge. Would highly recommend for any audio visual needs!
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Credentials & certifications
Proof, not promises.
Authorized dealer & certified integrator
Begin
The best systems start with a conversation, not a quote.
Visit the showroom by appointment, or tell us about your project and we'll be in touch within one business day.