Absolute AV is an AV design and engineering firm serving commercial facilities, dealer partners, and premium residential design clients.
Absolute AV is engaged for the design that makes systems work: specifications, drawings, control logic, and clear handoffs for conference rooms, networks, theaters, and whole-home control.
We specify common sense technology: robust, usable systems that facilities teams, leadership, and owners can depend on without unnecessary complexity.
CEDIA Instructor and principal of Absolute AV’s commercial, dealer, and residential design practice. He educates the design community and engineers systems built for long-term performance.
Founder, principal & CEDIA Instructor
Share goals and constraints so we can assess scope and fit.
A focused 15-minute call to confirm direction and next steps.
A working session that defines performance goals, constraints, and opportunities.
Documentation your architect, builder, or integrator can work from.
Programming, commissioning guidance, and advocacy through completion.
Instructor-level credentials, three decades of design experience, and certified platform expertise support every engagement.
Richard delivers CEDIA education accredited for AIA and ASID continuing education, working as a peer with architects and design firms.
Also CEDIA Certified Designer credentials covering documentation, needs analysis, and system design management.
About CEDIA Design Build
Advanced Integration Designer 11 programming for white-label dealer projects and control systems that remain supportable after handoff.
About RTI Certified Programmer trainingAwarded and nationally featured for AV design excellence. CEDIA membership keeps us aligned with professional standards.
Greater Nashville House & Home Magazine Reader’s Favorite Home Theater & Smart Home Technology Contractor.
Multi-year Reader’s Favorites winner for home theater and smart home technology across Greater Nashville.
Two Reader’s Favorites awards: first place for Favorite Home Theater Company and Favorite Smart Home Technology Company.
Reader’s Favorites: first place Home Theater and second place Smart Home Technology. Named TecHome Brilliance Award Outdoor Living Home Winner. Read more
Recognized by Thumbtack among Nashville’s top home theater professionals.
We were honored to be featured in Nashville Home Interiors Magazine’s Spring/Summer 2020 edition.
We have made numerous guest appearances with Denise Simons on NewsChannel 5’s LifeStyles show.
A feature on repeat clients and how we replicated their theater experience across two very different homes.
A look at creatively enhancing a multipurpose room when a TV should not be the focal point.
Absolute AV is the technology expert for LifeStyle with Denise Simons on Channel 5+ in Nashville. Owner Richard Friesen shares design insights and his concept of Pure Control.
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