The cinema is in the living room, the music by the pool.
The film starts with a single gesture, the lights soften, the blinds come down. Outside, by the water, the same music is waiting for you, rising from rocks that are not really rocks.
Photo: Ahmet Yüksek / Unsplash
9 pm, showtime
Dinner is over, and the children are asking for a film. It used to take three remotes, a lamp to switch off at the far end of the room, curtains to draw by hand. Tonight, one gesture is enough: the screen comes on, the lights dim gently, the blinds close, and the sound fills the room.
That is the promise of ELAN, Nice’s premium home system. Nice presents it as its premium operating system for controlling a whole home, and even a whole building.
The concept: one conductor for the whole house
ELAN brings together everything that sets the mood of a home: lighting, blinds, climate, audio and video, security, cameras, access and voice. Everything answers to the same system.
You control it however you like: with touch panels that share the same interface in every room, with the HR40 remote and its touchscreen, with the mobile app from anywhere, or simply by voice, thanks to Nice’s built-in voice assistant. The HR40 remote even received a CES Innovation Award in 2024.
What it changes at home
The cinema, without the remotes. One gesture starts the film and sets the room: lights, blinds, sound. Nice even offers speakers designed for private cinemas and whole-home music.
Music that follows the family. A playlist in the living room, an album in the kitchen, the radio in the children’s room: each room can have its own music, or the whole house can share the same.
Everything from one screen. From the touch panel, you start the music, adjust lights, temperature and blinds, and see who is ringing at the gate.
In Ireland, a home on the edge of a cliff
This is not a promise on paper. In Ireland, a couple of music lovers built a cliff-top home, rated A for its low energy use. The installer, HiTech Homes, equipped it with ELAN.
What they wanted, according to the installer: to bring together all their music sources, from vinyl to high-definition streaming, and to listen to them easily in any room. In-ceiling, bookshelf and outdoor speakers, several music zones, one remote and one app to control it all. During the project, the owners even added another zone. The installer sums it up in one line: it is “hands-down the easiest system to operate.”
By the pool, the music hides in the landscape
Outside, SpeakerCraft, the audio brand of the Nice world, takes over. Its outdoor speakers are built to withstand the weather and designed to disappear into the setting.
Some are shaped like rocks, in granite or sandstone. Others slip into a planter. The subwoofers are buried in the garden, out of sight. What you see is the pool, the palms, the terrace. What you hear is the music, everywhere.
The home in your pocket
With the Nice mobile app, an ELAN home can be controlled from anywhere: music, lighting, air conditioning, and even the video doorbell to see who is at the door. And ELAN works hand in hand with Yubii, which brings Nice and FIBARO together, to integrate the home’s wireless devices.
The line that sums it up
One gesture for the film, one gesture for the music, and the whole house follows.
AND HERE AT HOME?
From Anguilla to the British Virgin Islands, from Antigua to Barbados:
- Life outdoors. Here, evenings happen by the pool. Music belongs there, with no speaker sticking out.
- Luxury villas. A cinema lounge and music in every room are what the most discerning guests expect.
- Evenings with friends. Dinner on the terrace, then a film for the children: everyone has their own mood, in the same house.
- The garden, untouched. Rocks, planters, buried subwoofers: the tropical landscape stays the real setting.
Night falls over the pool. The garden lights come on, and soft music rises from between the rocks. Inside, the children laugh at their film. Tonight, the whole house has found its soundtrack.
To equip your home, a certified [ART]IST installer studies your project with you. For any question, write to mail@nice-carib.com.
Sources: niceforyou.com, Nice North America, speakercraft.com
