Schaeffer Audio is the private-residential practice of Schaeffer Engineering Group. We design, measure, install, and tune bespoke high-fidelity systems for a small number of private clients each year — single rooms, full residences, dedicated listening environments. Components are specified by program, not by allegiance.
Every engagement begins with measurement. Before a single component is specified, we characterize how the room actually behaves — modal response, decay times, isolation between adjacent spaces, structure-borne transmission, ambient noise floor at the listening position.
The measurement methodology is the same one we use for hospitality work in New York, where it answers to municipal code. Deployed to a residence, it answers a different question: what is the room doing to the music before the music reaches you?
The measurement set produces a written report with recommendations. Recommendations are room-first — design changes, treatment, isolation strategy — before they are component-first. Speakers and electronics are specified to the room, not selected from a brand catalog.
We take on a small number of residential engagements each year. New work is by referral and direct inquiry. The first conversation is always private and carries no expectation.
For hospitality, nightlife, and venue work, the parent practice is at schaefferengineeringgroup.com.