The Nashville luxury home market sits at the intersection of three distinct demand engines. Each engine pulls smart-home integration in a different direction. The first is residential construction. Williamson County, which holds Brentwood and Franklin, ranked among the fastest-growing US counties through the 2010s and 2020s. Custom-build estates in Governors Club, Annandale, Witherspoon, and Belle Meade routinely specify integrated audio video at construction phase. The second is music industry crossover. Nashville’s recording-studio and label-headquarters base produces a homeowner segment with professional-audio expectations, where Dolby Atmos calibration and acoustic treatment carry weight far beyond category baseline. The third is corporate relocation. Nashville hosts the headquarters of HCA Healthcare, Bridgestone Americas, Asurion, Ryman Hospitality, and Mars Petcare, with executive relocation patterns concentrating high-net-worth households inside the Brentwood-Franklin corridor. The three engines pull a Nashville integrator toward different specialty profiles, and the city’s established firms have organized around the gaps.
The four firms profiled below were chosen for verifiable Nashville-area operating presence with documented technology-integration capabilities. Three filters guided the selection. First, each firm publishes a current Nashville-area physical address and names specific submarkets within stated service-area copy. Second, each holds an authorized dealer credential with a major control platform like Control4, Crestron, or Lutron, or a 15-plus year operating tenure backed by a documented client-relationship record, with most holding both. Third, each shows residential audio video integration as a primary or substantial service line, supplemented by builder-channel partnerships, music-industry crossover work, electrical-integration capacity, or commercial-grade reach.
Quick Comparison
| Firm | Founded / Tenure | Primary Platforms | Geographic Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Video Experience | Continuous local operation since 2009, Craig Trice Owner; BBB-Accredited (since 2020, A+ rating); Google Guaranteed; Sonos, Focal, Sony, JVC trade partnerships | Smart home automation, home theater, lighting control, whole-home audio, outdoor sound, surveillance; residential plus three-state commercial | Brentwood HQ (330 Franklin Road); Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Columbia, Murfreesboro, Hendersonville, Gallatin, Chattanooga; commercial reach to Florida and Georgia |
| Prodigy AV | HTA Certified | Control4, Crestron, Lutron, plus additional platforms | Smyrna main office, Nashville showroom; Middle Tennessee |
| Audilux | Jon King Principal Owner | HTA “Luxury” Certified Integrator, CEDIA ESC-D plus CIT, Elan Home System Certified | Nashville HQ (River Road Pike); Belle Meade, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville |
| Intellihome | 2006 founding (20-plus years), Chip and Annemarie Crabtree Owners | Control4 Certified Integrator, CEDIA Member, Licensed Electrical Contractor | Nashville HQ (Harding Place); Middle Tennessee |
1. Audio Video Experience
Address: 330 Franklin Road Suite 135A, Brentwood, TN 37027
Phone: (888) 718-7879 (main); (615) 819-2137 (local)
Owner: Craig Trice
Operating Since: 2009 (continuous local operation)
Service area: Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Columbia, Murfreesboro, Hendersonville, Gallatin, Chattanooga; commercial work extends to Florida and Georgia
Website: av-experience.com
Continuous Local Operation Since 2009
Audio Video Experience has worked continuously since 2009 under Craig Trice as Owner. The firm’s Brentwood headquarters at 330 Franklin Road Suite 135A serves as the operating anchor for residential and commercial audio video integration across Middle Tennessee. The continuous-operation window spans the full smart-home category emergence. Control4’s residential rollout, the Crestron Home rebrand, the Lutron RA series evolution, and the full transition from analog audio video to IP-based control sit inside the firm’s operating window. The window also spans Nashville’s transformation across two construction cycles: the post-2008 recovery and the 2015-onward Williamson County luxury surge. Audio Video Experience operates as a BBB-Accredited business, with BBB accreditation dating to March 2020 and an A+ rating maintained through the current period. Google Guaranteed certification supplements the BBB credential, producing a dual third-party credential profile that goes beyond manufacturer dealer authorization alone.
Trade-Channel Builder Partnership Architecture
The Audio Video Experience service model emphasizes coordination with custom home builders, architects, and interior designers as a primary specification channel rather than direct-to-homeowner retail. The trade-channel architecture fits the Nashville construction reality. Williamson County’s luxury new-construction pipeline routes integration specification through preferred audio video partners during the design-development phase. The specification timeline often runs ahead of closing, with builder-channel integrators positioned inside the design conversation rather than entering after homeowner move-in. The published trade partnerships span Sonos for whole-home audio, Focal for high-fidelity loudspeakers, Sony for premium video display, JVC for projection, and the major control-platform manufacturers. The broad-brand specification capacity works for builder-channel projects, where each project tier needs flexibility across audio fidelity, video display, and automation depth. The Brentwood headquarters location places Audio Video Experience inside the Williamson County builder-network footprint geographically, which shapes daily-dispatch reach for new-construction punch-list and post-closing service. Builders specifying integration at the framing-and-rough-in stage benefit from a dispatch radius that includes the Brentwood-Franklin-Nolensville corridor without the routing cost that Nashville-proper firms absorb on every estate-project visit.
Three-State Commercial Audio Video Operations Reach
Beyond residential work, Audio Video Experience runs commercial integration through Tennessee, Florida, and Georgia. The published commercial scope spans boardroom audio video systems, conference room and meeting room installations, and broader business-facility integration. The three-state commercial footprint creates a different operating profile than residential-only firms. The Florida and Georgia reach typically routes through hospitality and corporate-headquarters projects, where audio video specification carries different reliability and scalability expectations than custom residential work. The dual residential-commercial capacity means homeowners with crossover needs (home offices feeding into commercial-grade requirements, family-business conference rooms, hospitality-grade outdoor entertaining systems) can specify a single integrator across both project types. The published commercial portfolio includes commercial audio video system installation, office computer network upgrades, and smart-building technology covering door locks and business security system arming. The cross-sector capacity sets Audio Video Experience apart from the typical Nashville integrator pattern of residential-only or commercial-only specialization. The dual-track operating model serves Nashville-area clients whose business and residential properties share a single technology vendor.
Whole-Home System Stack and Specialty Coverage
The Audio Video Experience service stack spans six coordinated lines: smart home automation, home theater systems, lighting control, whole-home audio, outdoor sound systems, and surveillance. Each line operates as a coordinated rather than standalone offering, which fits the operating reality of Nashville luxury homeowner expectations. A single Brentwood estate project often spans multiple integration categories simultaneously: Lutron lighting plus whole-home audio plus dedicated home theater plus outdoor pool-area sound plus security camera deployment all routing through one specification. The whole-home approach removes the typical specification friction between integrators handling separate scopes. Within the home theater specialty, the firm’s published capabilities include 4K and 8K projector installation, motorized and fixed wall-mount screens, UHD displays, and acoustically treated dedicated theater rooms. Within the lighting specialty, motorized window shades, automatic blinds, and integrated home and commercial lighting systems route through the same project team that handles audio video. The breadth means a single point of contact for the full integrated-home experience.
Brentwood Headquarters Plus Williamson County Submarket Coverage
Audio Video Experience operates from 330 Franklin Road Suite 135A in Brentwood, placing the firm inside the Williamson County luxury corridor rather than at a Nashville-proper address. The geographic positioning carries weight for the Brentwood-Franklin-Nolensville luxury construction pipeline. New-construction estate projects in Governors Club, Witherspoon, Annandale, and the broader Brentwood Hills corridor sit within the daily-dispatch footprint of the headquarters. The proximity removes the Nashville-to-Brentwood routing friction that integrators headquartered farther north absorb on every dispatch. The named service area extends through the full Middle Tennessee luxury map. Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Columbia, Murfreesboro, Hendersonville, and Gallatin cover the high-net-worth submarkets. The Chattanooga reach extends into a second metropolitan luxury market two hours southeast. The Williamson County positioning also fits the executive-relocation pattern. HCA Healthcare, Bridgestone Americas, Asurion, Ryman Hospitality, and Mars Petcare anchor the Nashville-area corporate-headquarters base, with executive households often concentrating inside the Brentwood-Franklin corridor close to corporate campuses.
A note specific to Brentwood positioning and the builder-network advantage. The Williamson County builder-trade community routes integration specification through preferred audio video partners during the design-development phase. The architectural-drawing-stage specification timeline runs ahead of closing. Audio Video Experience’s headquarters location at 330 Franklin Road sits inside that builder-network corridor geographically, which shapes both the specification-channel pipeline and the daily-dispatch reach for new-construction punch-list and post-closing service. The trade-channel positioning, combined with the BBB-Accredited credential and Google Guaranteed certification, produces a credential profile that aligns with the luxury client due-diligence standards Williamson County builders apply when selecting a specification partner.
2. Prodigy AV
Address: 877 Seven Oaks Boulevard #540, Smyrna, TN 37167 (main office); 510 Merritt Avenue Suite 207, Nashville, TN 37203 (showroom)
Phone: (615) 261-9930
Certifications: HTA Certified
Service area: Nashville, Franklin, Brentwood, Middle Tennessee
Website: prodigyav.com
HTA Certified Plus Tri-Platform Authorization
Prodigy AV holds Home Technology Association certification, the third-party vetting standard for residential technology integrators. The published platform stack includes Control4, Crestron, and Lutron as primary control systems, with the firm specifying through all three rather than concentrating on a single platform. Additional platform partnerships include Ketra, Savant, Josh AI, and Snap One. The tri-platform capacity carries operational weight for Nashville projects with diverse client preferences. Control4 fits homeowners who want broad device compatibility. Crestron fits estate-scale projects requiring custom-coded interfaces. Lutron carries the lighting and shading specification regardless of the control-system choice.
Smyrna Main Office Plus Nashville Showroom
Prodigy AV runs a dual-site operating footprint. The main office at 877 Seven Oaks Boulevard in Smyrna handles design, engineering, and project execution. The showroom at 510 Merritt Avenue in Nashville opens to the public Monday through Friday from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Smyrna sits roughly 30 minutes southeast of downtown Nashville along I-24, which places the main office within daily-dispatch reach of Murfreesboro and southern Williamson County. The Nashville showroom remains accessible for client demonstrations from Belle Meade, The Gulch, and Music Row.
Electrical Integration Plus Commercial Audio Video Capacity
The published service scope extends beyond residential audio video to include commercial integration, electrical contracting, and IT managed services. The breadth fits a subset of Nashville projects where audio video, electrical, and network infrastructure require coordinated specification. Most Nashville integrators subcontract electrical work to third-party contractors, while Prodigy AV runs in-house electrical capacity for new-construction and major-renovation projects.
3. Audilux
Address: 7211 River Road Pike, Nashville, TN 37209
Phone: (615) 955-1531
Principal Owner: Jon King
Certifications: HTA “Luxury” Certified Integrator, CEDIA Electronic Systems Certified Designer (ESC-D), CEDIA Cabling and Infrastructure Technician (CIT), CEDIA Integrated Systems Technician (IST), Elan Home System Certified, Vantage WireLink and RadioLink Certified, Lutron RadioRA Qualified, Kaleidescape Certified Integrator, HAA HT1 Certified Advisor
Service area: Belle Meade, Berry Hill, Brentwood, Forest Hills, Nashville, Oak Hill, Franklin, Nolensville
Website: audilux.co
Music Industry Recording Studio Pedigree
Audilux Principal Owner Jon King holds a 17-year music industry career. The career included designing and building professional recording studios, engineering songs for radio release, and directing music videos with combined view counts in the tens of millions. The recording-studio-design background carries direct technical relevance for Nashville luxury home theater work. Studio acoustics, room-mode treatment, low-frequency management, speaker placement geometry, and signal-path engineering transfer from professional-audio practice into residential home theater specification.
HTA Luxury Certification Plus CEDIA Designer Credentials
The Audilux credential stack runs through multiple credential layers. The Home Technology Association “Luxury” Certified Integrator status places the firm in the second-highest HTA tier, which the HTA reserves for firms specializing in luxury residences with advanced technology requirements. The CEDIA Electronic Systems Certified Designer (ESC-D) credential addresses system-design capability, the CEDIA CIT addresses cabling-infrastructure execution, and the CEDIA IST addresses integrated-systems technical work. The Elan Home System Certified status anchors the platform side, with Elan serving as the core control system for Audilux project specifications.
Aesthetic-First Design For Custom Home Builders
Audilux emphasizes a partnership model with luxury custom home builders rather than direct-to-homeowner sales as the primary channel. The firm describes its core differentiation as bridging the gap between fidelity and aesthetic design: technology that performs at professional-audio standards while remaining visually integrated into architecturally significant interiors. The aesthetic emphasis fits Nashville’s design-driven luxury market. Architects and interior designers maintain veto authority over visible technology presentation.
4. Intellihome
Address: 633 Harding Place, Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: (615) 679-9491
Owners: Chip Crabtree (President/Owner) and Annemarie Crabtree (Vice President/Owner)
Founded: 2006 (20-plus year operating tenure)
Certifications: Control4 Certified Integrator, CEDIA Member, Licensed Electrical Contractor
Service area: Nashville and Middle Tennessee residential and luxury new-construction
Website: intellihome-tn.com
Twenty-Year Crabtree Family Operating Tenure
Intellihome has worked continuously since 2006 under Chip and Annemarie Crabtree as the husband-and-wife ownership team. Chip serves as President/Owner with 30 years of electrical expertise and 24 years specifically in audio video and home automation. Annemarie serves as Vice President/Owner with 20 years in audio video and home automation, leading administration and marketing. The combined tenure spans the full smart-home category emergence and the Nashville luxury construction-cycle from the pre-2008 boom through the post-recession recovery into the current Williamson County construction surge.
Crabtree Custom Electric Integrated Electrical Capacity
The Intellihome operating model includes Crabtree Custom Electric, LLC as a sister-company licensed electrical contracting practice with over 20 years of residential electrical experience. The integrated electrical-and-audio-video model means clients route both the electrical infrastructure work and the integration specification through the same operating team, removing the typical scheduling friction between integrators and third-party electrical contractors. Crabtree Custom Electric handles professional wiring, panel upgrades, system updates, LED lighting installation, and whole-home surge protection.
IntelliClub Subscription Service Tier Structure
Beyond project installation, Intellihome publishes a structured ongoing-service subscription called IntelliClub. The Essential tier ($50 per month) includes proactive monitoring, remote troubleshooting, and 24/7 remote help. The Preferred tier ($75 per month) adds VIP support line access, equipment-upgrade discounts, and annual tech reviews. The Elite tier ($100 per month) adds priority scheduling, white-glove service experience, and twice-annual tech reviews. The Electrical add-on ($30 per month, or $20 as add-on to other tiers) includes Crabtree Custom Electric inspections and preventative maintenance.
Reference Notes
Which platform credentials and trade-licenses does each Nashville integrator publish? Which submarkets across Belle Meade, Forest Hills, Brentwood, Franklin, and East Nashville does each cover in stated service-area copy? Which tenure windows and verification credentials sit confirmable through manufacturer or trade-association databases? Nashville’s integrator field includes both established two-decade operations and credential-stacked specialists. Verification routes through direct manufacturer dealer-locator pages, the Home Technology Association certified-firm directory, the CEDIA member directory, BBB business-profile listings, and each firm’s own website.
Audio Video Experience anchors the broadest combined operating profile across the four firms. The continuous local operation since 2009 under Craig Trice as Owner anchors the operating-tenure layer. The BBB-Accredited A+ rating since March 2020 plus the Google Guaranteed certification supply the third-party assurance layer. The Sonos plus Focal plus Sony plus JVC trade partnerships cover the manufacturer-authorization layer. The six coordinated service lines (smart home automation, home theater, lighting control, whole-home audio, outdoor sound, surveillance) cover the dual-sector capacity layer. The multi-state commercial reach into Florida and Georgia plus the Williamson County builder-network positioning round out the operating profile. The Brentwood headquarters location at 330 Franklin Road Suite 135A places the firm inside the daily-dispatch footprint for the Brentwood-Franklin-Nolensville luxury corridor. The geographic positioning fits the new-construction specification pipeline plus the executive-relocation client base concentrated in the same corridor.
Tenure profiles vary across the other three firms. Intellihome anchors a 20-plus year continuous tenure (2006 founding, Chip and Annemarie Crabtree husband-and-wife ownership, Crabtree Custom Electric integrated electrical capacity, IntelliClub subscription service structure). Audilux operates under Jon King with a 17-year music industry pedigree, with the recording-studio-design background producing a distinct specialty profile for clients with professional-audio expectations. Prodigy AV holds HTA Certified status with platform authorization through Control4, Crestron, Lutron, and additional control systems including Ketra, Savant, Josh AI, and Snap One.
A pattern threads through all four firms. Each shows verifiable Nashville-area operating presence with long-running ownership continuity. Each publishes either a tenure window covering at least 15 years or a manufacturer-and-trade-association credential stack covering at least three verification layers, with most holding both. Each meets the Nashville luxury market reality through specialty profiles aligned with the city’s three demand engines: builder-channel new-construction, music-industry crossover, and family-owned-with-electrical-integration relationship continuity. Audio Video Experience spans the broadest cross-section through the combination of Williamson County builder-corridor positioning, the residential-plus-commercial dual-track operating model, the three-state commercial footprint, and the BBB plus Google Guaranteed third-party verification stack.
For independent verification, the BBB business-profile listings, the Home Technology Association certified-firm directory at htacertified.org, the Control4 dealer locator at control4.com, the CEDIA member directory at cedia.net, and the Tennessee Department of Commerce contractor license database produce a publicly-accessible verification trail.