About Sanctum Audio

Changing the way people hear together.

Sanctum Audio develops VIP, Volumetric Image Propagation: sound built into the seats and spaces where people gather.

A private screening room with rows of upholstered theater seats facing a sunset on screen
Our mission

The best seat in the house, for every guest.

For a century, venues have tried to fill rooms with sound from a few speakers near the stage. The result is a great experience for some seats and a compromise for the rest. We believe the experience should come to the listener instead, invisibly and equally.

We started in performing arts, worship and live events, where the need is clearest. Our vision is a standard people look for wherever they listen together, and in time, at home.

Leadership

Built by people who live production.

More than three decades designing and installing the systems behind live production, broadcast and worship, and years bringing VIP to market.

Tom Janetzke

Tom Janetzke

Co-Founder · CEO

Leads business development and partnerships. Co-owner of Skylite Media and founder of ZkeFilms, Tom has spent years taking VIP to venues, designers and seating partners.

Dan Janetzke

Dan Janetzke

Co-Founder · COO

Founder and Director of Engineering at Skylite Media and an SBE Lifetime Senior Broadcast Engineer, Dan brings decades of system design and installation experience.

In the field

Built, tested and heard.

VIP has been demonstrated on working theater stages, at industry events and in a stadium trial.

VIP demo seating set up on a working theater stage
On a working stageDemo seating backstage at a performing arts center.
Stadium rows fitted with a sound source at every seat
Stadium trialA source at every seat across multiple rows.
Rows of finished VIP speaker modules
Built by our teamModules assembled and tested in-house.
Industry visitors trying VIP demo seating at a trade show while the team explains the system
Heard by the industryIntegrators, designers and venue teams trying VIP at trade shows.
A Sanctum Audio founder walking visitors through a VIP venue design on a tablet
One conversation at a timeWalking venue teams through what VIP can do for their room.
A Sanctum Audio founder explaining VIP to two industry visitors
Meeting the industrySharing VIP with integrators and sound designers.
A Sanctum Audio founder in conversation with visitors on a busy show floor
Answering the hard questionsTechnical conversations with engineers and venue teams.
Our heritage

Backed by Skylite Media.

Since 1992, the founders’ Pasadena integration firm has delivered broadcast and AV systems for some of the most demanding names in entertainment and media. That field experience goes into every VIP installation.

Selected Skylite Media clients
  • Walt Disney Studios
  • MGM Studios
  • CBS/Paramount
  • BBC
  • University of Southern California
  • Bravo
  • Inside Edition
  • Comedy Central
  • Access Hollywood
  • The Hollywood Reporter
  • USC Shoah Foundation
  • King World

Also Walt Disney Imagineering and more.

Experience first

We judge everything by what the guest hears and feels, not by the equipment.

Invisible by design

Technology should serve the room and disappear into it.

Sound for everyone

Every guest deserves the full experience, wherever they sit and however they hear.

Investors & partners

We welcome conversations with investors, seating and AV partners, and venue groups who share our vision.