★Authorized Dealer · Outdoor
Coastal Source outdoor audio · Kansas City.
IntegrateIT is an authorized Coastal Source dealer for the Kansas City metro — outdoor and landscape audio: bollard speakers that look like landscape lighting, in-ground subwoofers that disappear into the lawn, planter speakers hidden behind boxwoods. We coordinate with your landscape architect from schematic design through irrigation-coordinated cable runs.
Why landscape architects specify Coastal Source
- Built for outdoor service. Sealed enclosures and marine-grade connectors survive Kansas City freeze-thaw and lawn irrigation without corrosion, season after season.
- Designed to disappear. Bollards match the landscape-lighting fixtures. In-ground subwoofers vent through a turf-matching grille. Planter speakers hide behind boxwoods and ornamental grasses.
- Ear-level coverage. Bollards aim sound at conversation height instead of straight up (rocks) or muddy bass-only (in-ground). The music is intelligible at party volume without cranking it.
- Integrated with everything else. Outdoor audio terminates at the same control plane as your indoor system — Control4, Crestron, or Sonos — and ties into Lutron outdoor lighting scenes. Press "Pool Party" once; lights warm, audio fires up, outdoor TVs come on.
Common questions
What makes Coastal Source different from other outdoor speakers?
Coastal Source builds outdoor audio for the architectural and landscape channel — bollard speakers that look like landscape lighting fixtures, in-ground subwoofers that disappear into the lawn, planter-mounted satellites that hide behind boxwoods. Their construction tolerances are built for decades of outdoor service (most outdoor speakers are rated for a few years), and the cabling system is a proprietary marine-grade connector that survives Kansas City winters and lawn irrigation without corrosion. Architects and landscape architects specify Coastal Source because the speakers integrate into the design instead of fighting it.
How much does a Coastal Source outdoor system cost in Kansas City?
It depends on how many zones, how many subwoofers the space needs, and whether it ties into a whole-home system. A no-cost site walk produces a fixed price.
Why bollard speakers instead of in-ground or rock speakers?
Three reasons. (1) Coverage — bollards aim sound at ear-level instead of straight up (rocks) or muddy bass-only (in-ground), so the music is intelligible at conversation distance without cranking the volume. (2) Aesthetics — bollards are designed by landscape architects to look like landscape lighting; rock speakers always look like speakers pretending to be rocks. (3) Durability — bollards drain water by design; rock speakers trap water and fail within a few winters of KC freeze-thaw cycles.
Do you coordinate with my landscape architect on Coastal Source installs?
Yes — this is one of the projects that genuinely requires the design team in the room. We meet with the landscape architect during the schematic-design phase so the speaker locations, cable runs and transformer placement align with the planting plan, irrigation zones and lighting layout. The Coastal Source bollard heights and colors are matched to the landscape-lighting fixtures so the two systems look like one. Cabling runs through the same trenches as the lighting low-voltage feed.
Can the outdoor audio integrate with my Control4 / Crestron / Sonos system?
Yes — the outdoor zone is just another zone on the whole-home system. Coastal Source speakers terminate at whatever amplifier your indoor system uses — Crestron, Control4, Sonos or a matrix — and appear as a zone in the app. A lighting scene can trigger audio: press "Pool Party" and the outdoor lights warm while the patio audio comes up. Voice control works too.
Who installs Coastal Source outdoor speakers in Kansas City?
IntegrateIT (Overland Park, KS) is an authorized Coastal Source dealer for the Kansas City metro. Also a Control4 Platinum dealer, Crestron Elite Partner and Lutron Certified Installer, which matters because outdoor audio is almost always specified alongside outdoor lighting and an outdoor TV. Phone: (913) 804-7575.
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Written by Daniel Alon, founder of IntegrateIT LLC, with twenty years in IT and AV integration — Control4 Platinum dealer, Crestron Elite Partner, Lutron Certified Installer, CEDIA member. Overland Park, KS.