Artsound · Brand Guide
If you've seen "Artsound" on a spec sheet, a ceiling grille, or a proposal from your installer and wondered who's actually behind it, here's the short version: Artsound is a Belgian audio manufacturer with 25+ years in the business, and it's the brand Dedott distributes across the Middle East for whole-property sound. Below is where it comes from, what it actually makes, and how it stacks up against the brands most people already know, like Bose and Sonos.
Artsound is designed and engineered in Belgium, under a parent company called House of Music, with more than two decades of dedicated audio manufacturing experience. In its home market, Artsound is the market leader in in-wall speaker sales in Belgium — not a new entrant, but a brand that's been refined against a genuinely competitive European audio industry for years before it reached distributors in the Middle East.
That European engineering background matters for the Middle East specifically: Artsound's outdoor range is built to handle real weather exposure, not just marketed as "outdoor-friendly," which is one of the reasons Dedott brought the brand into villa and rooftop projects here in the first place.
Artsound's core range — speakers that disappear into a ceiling or wall, finished to blend with paint or plaster, so a living room, majlis or bedroom keeps a clean look with no visible boxes.
A dedicated outdoor line built for gardens, terraces, and pool decks — sealed against heat, humidity and dust rather than adapted from an indoor design.
The Smart In Set line — self-powered in-ceiling speakers with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth built directly into the speaker, so a single zone can stream music without a separate amplifier.
The Smart Hyde and Smart Stream line — wireless multiroom amplifiers and streamers that tie every zone in a property into one app, with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and streaming support built in.
A separate professional range for retail stores, restaurants, offices, hotels and sports facilities, including 100V-compatible products for larger commercial audio runs.
The short version: Bose and Sonos are consumer retail brands — you buy a soundbar or a speaker off a shelf or website and set it up yourself. Artsound is a custom-install brand — an installer wires it into a property's ceilings, walls and exteriors as one unified system. They tend to solve different problems rather than compete head-to-head for the same purchase.
Bose is best known for its consumer line — soundbars, Bluetooth speakers and a DIY in-ceiling range sold direct-to-consumer through retail. Its commercial and venue-grade products are handled by a separate arm, Bose Professional, which runs through pro AV channels rather than the same retail line.
Sonos built its name on consumer Wi-Fi multiroom speakers that are also largely self-install and app-based, aimed at adding smart audio to individual rooms rather than being engineered into the building itself.
Artsound sits in a different lane from both: its in-ceiling, in-wall and outdoor speakers are designed to be installed during a build or renovation, wired to central amplifiers, and controlled as one whole-property system — the kind of setup a villa, restaurant or hotel project typically needs rather than a single room.
Dedott is the authorized Artsound distributor for the Middle East, which means every unit that reaches an installer here comes with local stock, technical consultation on system design, and after-sales support — rather than relying on grey-market imports or retail warranty channels. For a villa, café, office or hospitality project that needs speakers specified and supported locally, that's the practical difference an authorized distributor makes.
It depends on the project. Bose and Sonos suit a single room, retail purchase, DIY setup. Artsound suits a whole-property build with unified multi-room control installed by a professional.
Artsound is a Belgian brand, part of House of Music, with 25+ years of audio manufacturing experience and the market leader in in-wall speakers in Belgium.
In-ceiling and in-wall speakers, Wi-Fi-enabled active in-ceiling speakers (Smart In Set), outdoor weatherproof speakers, wireless multiroom amplifiers and streamers (Smart Hyde/Smart Stream), and a commercial line for hospitality, retail and offices.
Yes — Dedott FZCO is the authorized Artsound distributor for the Middle East.