Five Smooth Stones Jacksonville: Open Loft and Dedicated MicroLED Theaters

Five Smooth Stones has been building high-end custom homes in Jacksonville for 23 years—about 30 people, a family business where John Senior and John Junior still treat customers like friends around a dinner table. Their two-and-a-half-year-old showroom answers a Florida problem: no basements, fewer dedicated theaters, lots of lofts and flex rooms. Upstairs, a 163″ Just Video Walls mezzanine wall at 1.2 mm. Downstairs, a 156″ 6×5 cabinet Autograph at 0.9 mm and roughly 2.13:1.

Mezzanine living: lights on, sales on the couch

John Jr. designed the loft like a speakeasy hang—MartinLogan towers, bright architectural light, zero projector washout. They pull client floor plans on the wall during meetings. Pre-engineered sizing and modular COB tiles mattered: spare modules ship with the system, so a dead tile isn’t a dead 115″ panel in a landfill. Aftercare support sealed the partnership when newer tech needed tweaks.

Dedicated theater without the permanent cave

The downstairs theater pairs the 156″ wall with MadVR scaling, Origin/Ambisonic Marquee LCRs, dual front/rear subs, Origin surrounds, Atmos, and Art Noveau treatment. They still keep a bright JVC NZ900 in the back for comparison—then watch faces when the MicroLED stays vivid with doors open toward the kitchen. Invisible Origin Blends / Stealth / Amina speakers, library two-channel, outdoor Origin/Coastal Source, and a Frame TV over the cooktop round out the home story.

If you’re building with their preferred custom builders in the Jacksonville market, ask for Five Smooth Stones—or become a Just Video Walls dealer if you want the same dual-path open + dedicated MicroLED story on your floor.