When I was a lad, Slade ruled the charts, beer was 25p a pint (oh yes!) and a dentist would take your teeth out for free. At that time, having an extension built on your house made you something of a celebrity - having a whole house built was reserved for millionaires.

These days, things have changed dramatically - customers approach us on a daily basis with plans for extensions or new builds. Their brief is always the same - "We love to hear music, but we don't like to look at Hi-Fi". They want great sounds in various rooms, but they want to see as little of the equipment as possible. This is very easy to achieve - simply throw £10,000 at a custom installer, and he'll smile politely, then do it all for you. However, if it doesn't say Richard Branson on the bottom of your cheque book, you may prefer to simply pop one of the systems shown below into each room and achieve virtually the same thing for a fraction of the price! These systems look and sound gorgeous plus have all the most desirable modern features, including DAB radio and iPod connectivity. They're beautifully made and very compact in size, so they look great wherever you put them. Add on a pair of flush mount speakers and you have the perfect system for any room of the house. Stick one in several rooms and you have the 'clever money' solution to networking a house. You might even have enough left to buy yourself a pint of beer at modern prices!