Since 2010
Discipline, not volume.
Firebird Audio Video was founded on a simple idea: a luxury technology system should be engineered, documented, and owned by the people who live with it.
Our story
A Santa Barbara integrator built around the part no one sees.
Firebird was founded by Wyatt Olsen to bring engineering discipline to a trade that too often skips it. Wyatt entered the custom-integration industry in 2003 as an installer, spent the following years designing and programming control systems for some of the largest integration firms in the world, then came home to Santa Barbara and founded Firebird in 2010 to build a company around doing it right the first time.
More than twenty years of field experience shape every project. We've designed and installed audio, video, lighting, networking, and automation across Santa Barbara, Montecito, and beyond — from historic renovations to the area's most complex modern estates.
We believe great systems begin in the walls — with clean infrastructure, labeled runs, and documentation you own. Racks are engineered and elevations drawn before a single device is mounted, so the system can be serviced and expanded for years. The result is technology that works the first time, every time, and stays out of the way.
We hold California license CSLB 1108192 and operate a private showroom in Santa Barbara, by appointment.
The crew
The people on your project.
Wyatt Olsen
Founder & CEO · Director of Technology & Design
In the trade since 2003 — from hanging home theaters to programming flagship control systems as far away as Singapore. Every Firebird system is designed, drawn, and programmed under his direction.
More about Wyatt →Cris Machuca
Installation Supervisor
A general-construction expert before he ever touched a rack, Cris is why Firebird systems look built-in, never bolted-on. A master installer for the past three years, he supervises every crew on site.
Calvin Sanger
Warehouse Supervisor & Logistics Specialist
Calvin runs the machinery behind every project — ordering, receiving, staging, RMAs, and product satisfaction. A professional writer by trade, he keeps it documented: precisely, and in writing.
What we stand for
The Firebird standard.
Engineered for performance
We don't connect boxes — we design systems. Every project is measured, calibrated, and documented to a standard.
Built for stewardship
You own your system: full documentation, your own admin credentials, and an integrator who answers the phone.
Senior accountability
The person who designs your system is responsible for it. No hand-offs to whoever was available that week.
Begin
The best systems start with a conversation, not a quote.
Visit the private showroom by appointment, or tell us about your project and we'll be in touch within one business day.