About R&D Audio Video
Twenty years of hiding the wires.
We're a custom audio and video company in Hillsboro, Oregon. Dan Donovan and his crew put home theaters, whole-home audio, Lutron lighting and shades, surveillance camera systems, and solid Wi-Fi into homes and businesses around Portland, and the job isn't done until the room looks like nobody was there.
Who we are
Rather than being driven by sales, our focus is on the customer.
R&D Audio Video has been designing and installing custom audio and video systems in Hillsboro, Oregon for about twenty years.
The work varies a lot. One week it's a TV over a stone fireplace with the cables run behind the wall. The next it's a Dolby Atmos theater with a star-field ceiling, background music for a Beaverton restaurant, or a 115-inch display in a shop at Portland International Airport.
Every project starts the same way, though. We ask how you use the room and what you want to spend, and we design to that. Nobody gets talked into gear they don't need.
Read through our Google reviews and the same few things come up again and again: we show up on time, we explain things clearly, the pricing is fair, and when we leave you can't see the wires.
The part you never see
Where the wires go.
A TV, two ceiling speakers, power, and a run of cables with nowhere to go yet.
Speaker wire, HDMI, power and network all run inside the wall, back to one panel. One panel means cleaner signal and easier service later.
Every run gets checked before anything is closed up. Clients have noticed: one review says we "triple checked" our work.
“Can't see a wire or box anywhere.”S George, Google review
The finished room: in-ceiling speakers, a TV over the fireplace, nothing hanging.
Drawing based on a real R&D install
The finished room
How it goes
Four steps, one crew from start to finish.
The same people who look at your room are the ones who wire it and the ones who call you afterward. Here's what that looks like.
- Step 1
We come take a look
Call or write for a free quote. We'll walk the space with you, ask how the room gets used, and get a feel for your budget before we recommend anything.
- Step 2
We design it for your house
Every home is laid out differently, so the system is drawn up for the one it's going into. Building new? We offer pre-designed or custom structured wiring packages.
- Step 3
We install it clean
We show up when we said we would. Cables go inside the wall, equipment goes somewhere tidy, and we check our work before we pack up.
- Step 4
We follow up
A few weeks later we check in to make sure everything still works the way it should. Several clients have mentioned that call in their reviews.
Who shows up
You'll know us by name.
Most clients deal with Dan from the first phone call to the follow-up, and Nate is usually right there with him on install day. You don't get handed off to a call center or a new face every visit.
Dan Donovan
OwnerDan runs R&D and is on most jobs himself, from the first walk-through to calibrating the last speaker.
“Dan did everything he said he would do, did it when he said he would do it, and did a clean, professional job.”Bob Kessi, Google review
“Dan is knowledgeable, detail-oriented, and easy to work with.”Dino R, Google review
Nate
Install crewNate works installs alongside Dan: TV mounts on tricky walls, cable runs, and whole-home systems.
“Dan and Nate did an outstanding job setting up our home av system. Thoughtful cost effective solutions that look and sound great.”S George, Google review
“They were fast and triple checked their work.”Parker Ridd, Google review
“I appreciate having a team I can trust to help execute projects properly and take care of clients well.”Colin, Rose City Tech
Where we work
From the shop in Hillsboro to the airport.
Hillsboro is home base. We work across the west side and into Portland, in homes, restaurants, shops and offices.
Hillsboro
Home baseThis is where we're based. Most of our installs are in Hillsboro and the neighborhoods around it.
HillsboroBeaverton
808 GrindsPendant, in-ceiling and patio speakers plus a 98-inch TV for a Hawaiian restaurant at Peterkort Square.
See the projectPortland
Theaters & smart homesDolby Atmos theaters, whole-home audio and Savant smart homes across the metro.
PortlandPDX
Portland GearA 250-pound, 115-inch TCL display at the center of Portland Gear's store in the airport.
See the project
Don't see your city? Call 503-888-4313 and we'll tell you if we can get there.
Free quote
Show us the room.
Tell us what you'd like it to do. We'll come take a look and give you a straight quote, at no charge.