Build Your Dream Home Theater

Why Utah Trusts Lynn’s for the Best Home Theater Installation

When you're building a home theater, there’s no substitute for experience, and Lynn’s Audio Video brings more than 60 years of it. We’re not just another AV company or a big-box retailer with shelf stock and guesswork. We’re a team of local experts with a long-standing reputation for craftsmanship, performance, and service, trusted by Utah families for decades.

Everything we do is grounded in care and expertise, from the initial consultation to post-installation support. Our team handles every step of the process: thoughtful system design, top-tier equipment recommendations, expert installation, and ongoing service long after your theater is up and running. You’ll never be left sorting through hardware on your own or trying to troubleshoot a DIY kit that doesn’t live up to the promise.

Because we’re based right here in Northern Utah, we understand the unique challenges of home theater design in this region, such as installing in basements, dealing with natural light in mountain homes, or planning around custom architectural details. Our systems are built with your lifestyle and your home in mind, providing personalized solutions that deliver real performance.

When you partner with Lynn’s, you’re choosing a company that’s been custom-building theaters for homes across Northern Utah for generations. That kind of history means you’re getting more than a product. You’re getting a relationship, backed by knowledge, accountability, and a genuine love for great AV. If you’re comparing companies for home theater installation, ask yourself who will still be here when it’s time for an upgrade, a service visit, or a whole new space. Lynn’s isn’t going anywhere. We’ve been in this business since reel-to-reel, and we’ll be here for whatever’s next.

Choose Your Experience: Three Ways to Build Your Custom Home Theater

At Lynn’s, building a home theater isn’t one-size-fits-all. It’s about designing an experience that fits your space, lifestyle, and expectations for performance. That’s why we offer three expertly crafted performance tiers, each customizable and thoughtfully designed to help you make confident decisions without getting lost in the tech.

Performance Series: Perfect for everyday spaces like living rooms or media dens, this tier brings smart sound and crystal-clear visuals to your favorite shows, movies, and games.
Cinematic Series: Want the full theater experience in a dedicated space? The Cinematic Series delivers immersive audio, detailed visuals, and room-enhancing upgrades that elevate your home media room into something truly special.
Signature Series: Our most elite tier, the Signature Series is a custom home theater experience built from the ground up, with luxury finishes, room-specific acoustics, and high-performance components.

No matter the tier, your system is designed for your home, your goals, and how you want to enjoy it. You don’t have to be a tech expert to make a smart choice. We’re here to simplify the process and help you choose based on what makes the most sense for your lifestyle, not just your budget. And since all of our systems are custom-built for homes across Northern Utah, we’ll make sure your final setup feels just right, wherever you live.

Performance Series: Smart Sound & Vision for Everyday Spaces

If you’re just starting the journey of building a home theater, the Performance Series offers a simple, smart way to upgrade your entertainment without needing a dedicated room. This package is perfect for shared family spaces, living rooms, dens, or home media rooms where flexibility and accessibility matter.

The system centers around immersive surround sound in a 5.1 or 7.1 layout. A 5.1 system uses five speakers: front, center, and two rear surround channels, plus a subwoofer for deep bass. A 7.1 setup adds two extra rear speakers, creating a wider surround zone that fills the room with detail. While Dolby Atmos systems add height channels for overhead effects, the Performance tier focuses on a straightforward soundstage that’s easy to enjoy and easy to operate.

For the visual side, we offer entry-level 4K projectors or displays, depending on your space. A projector vs TV for home theater comes down to viewing size and light control. Projectors offer that cinematic scale in darker environments, while TVs provide bright, vivid images with less room prep. In compact rooms or spaces with some ambient light, 4K displays often offer the best balance of performance and convenience.

In this tier, basic control is built in. Simple remotes or app-based interfaces that make it easy for anyone in the household to change settings, start a movie, or stream music without a learning curve. It’s approachable, intuitive, and tailored for casual, everyday enjoyment.

However, we understand that while a shared space brings convenience, it also introduces challenges. Light from windows in mountain homes or nearby noise in open-concept layouts can affect your experience. We’ll help you account for these trade-offs through thoughtful home theater design that maximizes sound and picture quality in your unique space. The Performance Series is your first step toward a smarter entertainment setup that looks great, sounds better, and fits naturally into your home and lifestyle.

Cinematic Series: Full Theater Immersion in a Dedicated Space

For homeowners ready to go beyond everyday entertainment, the Cinematic Series delivers a true theatrical experience, custom-built for homes across Northern Utah. This tier is designed for dedicated spaces like finished basements, garage conversions, or new additions, where every element is tailored for immersive sound, deep visuals, and effortless control.

The core of this setup is a Dolby Atmos 7.2.4 sound system, which adds a vertical sound dimension through ceiling speakers or upward-firing modules. While traditional 5.1 and 7.1 systems surround you horizontally, Dolby Atmos creates a full 3D soundscape, letting you hear raindrops fall overhead or aircraft zoom above the screen with cinematic realism.

To match that sound performance, the Cinematic Series includes a high-end 4K HDR projector or large-format display. High Dynamic Range improves contrast, depth, and color range, giving scenes more visual texture and emotional impact, especially in a fully light-controlled room.

Acoustic treatments for home theaters are another key feature. Thoughtfully placed wall and ceiling panels reduce echo, improve clarity, and prevent sound from bouncing around the room. These panels are essential for crisp dialogue and balanced surround effects, and they’re designed to blend with the room’s aesthetic.

Home theater seating in this tier is selected for comfort and performance. We position each seat for optimal sightlines and speaker alignment, ensuring every guest gets a front-row experience. Room layout also considers viewing distance from the screen and avoids visual strain or awkward angles.

Smart control brings it all together. With preset lighting scenes, audio modes, and voice or touchscreen operation, you can shift the room from casual TV to full-on blockbuster mode in seconds. If you’re serious about building a home theater that makes every watch unforgettable, the Cinematic Series brings the magic of the movies home.

Signature Series: The Ultimate Home Cinema, No Compromises

For AV connoisseurs, luxury homeowners, and serious movie buffs, the Signature Series delivers a home theater that pushes every boundary. This is home theater design at its highest level, crafted for those who want an experience that rivals, and often exceeds, commercial cinemas. At the heart of this setup are DCI-compliant audio and video components, which follow the same Digital Cinema Initiatives standards used by Hollywood. DCI defines exacting specs for color accuracy, resolution, frame rates, and audio quality, meaning your system is capable of reproducing films exactly as the director intended, without compression or compromise. That’s what we mean by reference-grade: performance that hits the mark set by mastering studios.

Instead of relying on apps or streaming platforms, your theater uses a dedicated media server to store and deliver films in their highest quality format. This server-based playback eliminates buffering, preserves full resolution, and ensures access to lossless audio, all with instant access from your control interface.

Engineered acoustics are also essential at this level. While high-end speakers can sound great, room shape, materials, and surfaces dramatically affect what you actually hear. We model, tune, and treat each space to control reflections, enhance clarity, and create a balanced soundstage, so the system performs as it was meant to, in your specific room. That’s what acoustic treatments for home theaters are really about: unlocking the full potential of every speaker.

The Signature Series also incorporates Lutron lighting and room automation. With low-voltage dimming, blackout shades, and one-touch or voice-activated scene presets, the entire space transitions effortlessly, from lights-up casual to full theater immersion. Finishing touches matter, too. Think elevated home theater seating with risers, fabric wall panels that enhance sound and aesthetics, and hidden tech that keeps the space clean and cinematic. For those who are truly passionate about building a home theater that delivers unforgettable moments night after night, the Signature Series is where performance, artistry, and intuitive control come together.

Smart Design: Where Technology Meets Beauty

A truly great theater doesn’t happen by accident. It is the product of smart planning, professional design, and precise execution. At Lynn’s Audio Video, we follow a proven five-step process that ensures every theater we build is technically sound, visually clean, and easy to live with.

We begin with a discovery conversation, where we learn about your viewing habits, design preferences, and goals. During this stage, our team helps you define what kind of space you’re creating. A dedicated home theater is purpose-built for immersive viewing, with sound isolation, blackout lighting, and optimized seating layout. A home media room, on the other hand, shares space with other activities, like open-concept living areas or bonus rooms, and may need extra consideration for acoustics and lighting. We help you understand the trade-offs and design accordingly.

That conversation is then followed by a space evaluation, where we assess your room’s layout, lighting, and acoustics. Finally comes system design, the phase where we blend equipment selection with architectural considerations, creating a layout that fits your space like a glove.

During installation, our team conceals wiring, mounts displays and speakers with surgical precision, and ensures all finishes are clean and professional. And once your home theater system is up and running, we enter the onboarding and support phase, where we calibrate your system, walk you through controls, and stay available for future service, upgrades, and check-ins.

This level of planning is what sets our approach apart from DIY kits or off-the-shelf systems. While many people attempt building a home theater by piecing together gear, they often miss the foundational element: engineering. A system only performs as well as it’s designed to, and we make sure every speaker angle, cable run, and acoustic treatment is optimized for the room.

Built for Utah Homes, Since 1958

Every home is different, and in Utah, that’s especially true. From cozy basements in Logan to sunlit great rooms in Salt Lake City, Lynn’s Audio Video designs theater systems that work beautifully in the homes and climates we know best. Serving Northern Utah since 1958, we’ve spent decades working with the architecture, materials, and lifestyles that make this region unique.

We design around real homes, not hypothetical layouts. That means understanding how vaulted ceilings in mountain homes affect sound, how to minimize light bleed in south-facing spaces, and how to build cinema-quality systems into Northern Utah basements that double as family rooms.

And because we’re local, your experience stays personal and responsive. Our team provides fast service, expert support, and friendly follow-ups you won’t get from a national chain or out-of-state contractor. We’re familiar with regional building codes, home construction styles, and the trusted builders, architects, and designers working across Ogden, Logan, and Salt Lake City. That kind of insight helps you avoid delays and design headaches, especially when you’re incorporating AV into a remodel or new build.

When you’re building a home theater, the last thing you want is surprises during install. We collaborate early in the process to make sure wiring, wall depth, ventilation, and lighting control are planned with intention, not patched in later. That means fewer change orders, cleaner finishes, and a final product that feels like it was always meant to be there.

Whether you’re upgrading a family room in Ogden or outfitting a dedicated theater in a Wasatch retreat, Lynn’s brings unmatched local knowledge to the table. And after more than six decades in business, we’re still here doing what we do best: designing home theater systems that fit Utah’s unique spaces and lifestyles.