1.
The project goal was simple. The client wanted perfection.
The room needed to look and feel like an extension of the modern, open, wood-accented home.
The audio system must faithfully reproduce music and movies to satisfy the client’s “musician’s ear.”
The picture must be bright image that & rival the best cinema experience.
The system must be intuitive to control.
We modeled the space using THX and HAA software. We modified the room dimensions to minimize objectionable room modes.
We chose the “room within a room” technique creating a 6” pocket for the Roxul- Safe absorbers and the AcousticFirst 3-D diffusers.
We designed the pilaster/columns to maintain the look and feel of the existing house we design and calibrated the surface radius to create effective 2-D horizontal diffusers. The column/diffusers did pose a problem. They were about six inches thick at the apex, our lighting design called for lights in the columns. The addition of a 6” fixture protruding from the column/diffusers would compromise the flow of the room. The solution was to custom-design the light fixtures. A local artisan “kiln-formed” the glass to match the radius of the column/diffusers. The result was outstanding and worth the effort.
2.
Big, bright and cine′wide… this Runco. We calculated screen size and material and added that the client wanted a “bright” picture, 30 foot lamberts or so. We determined that we needed a Runco VX-2 extreme video projector with anamorphic lens.
We concealed this behemoth-of-a-projector in the ceiling design and provided projection portal glass for an undistorted image. We provided heat evacuation from the projector to the outside world and we provided clean make-up air to the projector compartment. You don’t see or hear the projector. All you see is the portal glass in the soffit – very cool.
We (with much prodding) convinced the client to install an independent HVAC system just for the theater. He thanks us today for being so insistent. No matter what is going on in the house, the theater is always a comfortable oasis to enjoy.
One problem we encountered was an occasional drone that turned out to be the ERV, air exchange system – a necessity for a modern, well-built house, but a nuisance during the quiet passages of a movie. We designed in a Creston relay that controls when the system can run.
The control for this world-class system rests in the hands of a Crestron ML600 hand-held remote. With the ML-600, you just get simple, reliable operation of your complex system, day in and day out. The intuitive programming enables anyone to pick up the remote and drive the system without lessons
3.
Guilford of Maine – FR701 fabric was stretched between the custom-designed and built column/diffusers covering the Roxul absorbers, Acoustic First 3-D diffusers, in-wall surround speakers and four in-wall subwoofers.
The LCR speakers were positioned behind the Screen Research isf and THX certified screen. The room presents as a simple, elegant space. No one would suspect the complexity of the acoustic treatment behind the stretch fabric
We put the sound system through its paces. We generated sweep tones and complex waves in excess of 120db in an effort to uncover hums, buzzes & rattles. We worked closely with the builder to eliminate rattles.
4.
The projector was calibrated to isf standards by our in-house technician and additionally by a well-known independent isf calibrator to confirm (and refine) the projector. The use of a high-end Minolta chromaticity meter was used providing us with articulable results.
We utilized the Lexicon MC12’s internal EQ system to balance and optimize the Genelec speakers to the room… with outstanding results.
The project goal was simple. The client wanted perfection.
The room needed to look and feel like an extension of the modern, open, wood-accented home.
The audio system must faithfully reproduce music and movies to satisfy the client’s “musician’s ear.”
The picture must be bright image that & rival the best cinema experience.
The system must be intuitive to control.
We modeled the space using THX and HAA software. We modified the room dimensions to minimize objectionable room modes.
We chose the “room within a room” technique creating a 6” pocket for the Roxul- Safe absorbers and the AcousticFirst 3-D diffusers.
We designed the pilaster/columns to maintain the look and feel of the existing house we design and calibrated the surface radius to create effective 2-D horizontal diffusers. The column/diffusers did pose a problem. They were about six inches thick at the apex, our lighting design called for lights in the columns. The addition of a 6” fixture protruding from the column/diffusers would compromise the flow of the room. The solution was to custom-design the light fixtures. A local artisan “kiln-formed” the glass to match the radius of the column/diffusers. The result was outstanding and worth the effort.
Big, bright and cine′wide… this Runco. We calculated screen size and material and added that the client wanted a “bright” picture, 30 foot lamberts or so. We determined that we needed a Runco VX-2 extreme video projector with anamorphic lens.
We concealed this behemoth-of-a-projector in the ceiling design and provided projection portal glass for an undistorted image. We provided heat evacuation from the projector to the outside world and we provided clean make-up air to the projector compartment. You don’t see or hear the projector. All you see is the portal glass in the soffit – very cool.
We (with much prodding) convinced the client to install an independent HVAC system just for the theater. He thanks us today for being so insistent. No matter what is going on in the house, the theater is always a comfortable oasis to enjoy.
One problem we encountered was an occasional drone that turned out to be the ERV, air exchange system – a necessity for a modern, well-built house, but a nuisance during the quiet passages of a movie. We designed in a Creston relay that controls when the system can run.
The control for this world-class system rests in the hands of a Crestron ML600 hand-held remote. With the ML-600, you just get simple, reliable operation of your complex system, day in and day out. The intuitive programming enables anyone to pick up the remote and drive the system without lessons
Guilford of Maine – FR701 fabric was stretched between the custom-designed and built column/diffusers covering the Roxul absorbers, Acoustic First 3-D diffusers, in-wall surround speakers and four in-wall subwoofers.
The LCR speakers were positioned behind the Screen Research isf and THX certified screen. The room presents as a simple, elegant space. No one would suspect the complexity of the acoustic treatment behind the stretch fabric
We put the sound system through its paces. We generated sweep tones and complex waves in excess of 120db in an effort to uncover hums, buzzes & rattles. We worked closely with the builder to eliminate rattles.
The projector was calibrated to isf standards by our in-house technician and additionally by a well-known independent isf calibrator to confirm (and refine) the projector. The use of a high-end Minolta chromaticity meter was used providing us with articulable results.
We utilized the Lexicon MC12’s internal EQ system to balance and optimize the Genelec speakers to the room… with outstanding results.
