Who says you can’t get quality work completed in less than a week? Talk to David Frangioni, CEO of Audio One Sound & Video in North Miami Beach and he’ll tell you anything is possible. He knows because he’s installed a world-class home theater with high performance AV in only three days.

“This was a retrofit installation and we were required to install all the specified AV gear with little or no additional construction,” says Frangioni. “The client was technically savvy and a connoisseur of high-end components, which included Mark Levinson amps, a Lexicon 7-channel surround preamp, a Kaleidescape media player, a Runco projector and processor, Genelec powered speakers, Velodyne subs, and topped off by the best way to view films, a Stewart 2.35 CineCurve screen.”

According to Frangioni, the biggest challenge was installing this caliber of equipment within the confines of the existing space, which already had a smaller home theater installed. Prior to Audio One’s arrival, Jim Pratt, a master woodworker had the front of the room complete, making it possible to perfectly fit the new 2.35 screen, replacing an existing 16 x 9 screen in the same place. Moreover, the current room height allowed for the Runco digital projector to be placed at the far end of the room, for a more simplified installation.

Frangioni acoustically tuned the room himself with a Sencore SP-495 and TEF Room Analyzer. These tools, combined with the equalization built into the Lexicon, Velodyne, and Genelec equipment, resulted in a smooth accurate bass response with precise imaging for an audience of twelve. Pat Bradley calibrated the video and Dan McCabe, Audio One’s Installation Manager kept the half a million dollar project on track.

There was already a security system in place and Audio One did a major upgrade during this new installation to make it more functional. Prior to the upgrade, the homeowner could only see one camera at a time. Audio One used the theater’s picture-in-picture (PIP) functionality to create a whole new level of integration with the security system.

There are a number of motion-activated cameras on the property. A “security mode” button was placed on the Creston controller and when enabled, if any motion activates one of the cameras, the on-screen movie will automatically pause. Simultaneously, the house’s floor plan comes up on the PIP screen, flashing an icon in the part of the house that has been triggered. The camera view at this position is also showed in another window. From the Crestron, the homeowner can quickly dial 911 with a single button press in case of an emergency. The security mode can be bypassed on the screen so if the homeowner is having a party or when the security personnel is onsite, the cameras do not pop up on screen or interrupt the movie.

Quality installation doesn’t mean you have to put your life on hold for months at a time, not when you have a professional team like Audio One, with years of field experience, handling your home theater integration. Of course, not all installations go this fast, much is dependant on the specifications, the space, and the equipment being integrated. Still, a pro installer can certainly make a retrofit such as this one a pleasurable, rather than an agonizing, experience.

SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR CONTACT INFO
Audio One Sound & Video Inc.
David Frangioni
305-945-1230
email david@audio-one.com

Source: hometheaterdesignmag.com & audio-one.com

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I have to be honest with you. I don’t want to spend thousands of dollars on a home theater system because I just don’t have the time to sit around and watch TV for the evening.

However, I can easily see myself in this bathtub, watching this tiny LCD TV. Especially since the tub has 5 adjustable body massage jets, 14 whirlpool bubble path jets, 6 small water jets, underwater mood lamp, plus 15mm teak boad and handheld shower. All for about $2999. Not bad.

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Home theaters are getting to be extremely popular among American homes. This modern technology is slowly giving movie theaters a run for their money. Basic knowledge of home theater system and its basic components may be best for people who want to bring home relaxation and entertainment.

The most important consideration in the design and complete set up of your home theater is the size of the room. The home theater speakers and the other components of your home theater may need to consider the size of the room. Too small rooms for your home theater may not require so many speakers. Only three speakers may be good if the room is quite small. Do not overload your small room; you may not be able to get the entertainment and relation you want if you feel overloaded with so many home theater speakers. Because you only need three home theater speakers in your small room, you may need to acquire the high-end brand of home theater speakers to compliment the size of the room and the other equipments for your home theater.

If you have a bigger room however, the basic three home theater speakers may not be enough. You may need to put up to six speakers around the room, you may also consider complimenting your home theater speakers with subwoofer to complete the surround sound like in movie theaters. In addition to the speakers, you may also need to purchase a high-end television set which should not be smaller than 27 inches. It may not be reasonable if you buy a smaller television set because it may drown in the fineness of your home theater speakers. Additionally, the DVD player needs to be of high quality, having progressive scan your DVD Player may help provide sharp images and flicker-free pictures for your home theater system. The home theater speakers, television and DVD player are the basic components of a home theater system especially if the room is quite small. However, for bigger room, adding home theater furniture and home theater projectors may be necessary to complete the package. Again, it may be worth it, if your home theater speakers are of high quality. This is because of the need to provide a surround sound for the home theater set up. The DVD player and the television set may answer for the requirement of sight in a movie theater setup. Your home theater speaker needs to answer for the sound requirement, and if your home theater speaker is not of high quality brand, it may not be able to do the job for you.

In order for you to avoid making mistakes in your choice of home theater equipments including home theater speakers, and home theater furniture, you may require the services of a home theater designer. They will be able to provide the best recommendation that will ensure you will get the most out of your home theater system including topnotch home theater speakers. Additional home theater furniture may be necessary to complete the package and to dress up the whole room. Since they are the designers, they will be able to recommend the best for your home theater system set up. If you have a properly designed home theater, you will be the best entertainment possible.

Your home theater designer may take on the huge responsibility of choosing the most suitable home theater speaker to attain the best design for your home theater.

Bring home relaxation and entertainment right in your own living room, home theater system can provide this to you and your family.

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Nothing says modern status symbol like a quality home theater system. Having the gear to provide a movie theater quality viewing or gaming experience instantly tells visitors to your that you’re a person who has arrived.
There’s a lot of home theater systems out there though, and choosing the one that will provide the best quality and impress your visitors can be confusing. To help you get an handle on which home theater system best suits your needs, here’s a few basics:
Choosing the display type is the first step in selecting your home theater system. Flat panels, such as LCD and plasma displays, and rear-projection televisions can produce large, wide-screen, high-definition pictures. Front projector televisions can produce razor-sharp images in even larger screen sizes.
A good trick for choosing a television for your home theater system is to measure the distance between your couch and where you’ll be putting your television. Then, when you get to the store, stand that distance away from the television you’re looking at. This will keep you from buying a television that’s too large or small for your home theater needs.
Also remember that for home theater screens 30-inches or larger, you’ll get the best picture quality from high-definition broadcasts and DVDs if you buy the HDTV model. The display resolutions of HDTV sets vary; typical examples include 720p, 1080i or 1080p, 1366 by 768, and 1024 by 768. The display resolution of your new television may not matter much unless its screen is relatively large and you sit unusually close to it. The difference between 720p and 1080p resolution, for example, isn’t very noticeable on a 50-inch screen unless you sit within about 10 feet of it.
Good sound is key to a good home theater experience. However, getting your home theater’s audio just right can be tricky. Basically, you’re going to want a home theater stereo that has 5.1 sound. This means five speakers, center, front left and right, back left and right, and one subwoofer. Proper positioning of your home theater’s audio gear is key to ensuring quality sound. Your front speakers should be at least two feet behind the television, the center speaker should be either on or near the television, the subwoofer should face forward toward the center of the room with the mesh side open and the back speakers should be positioned in an area that maximizes their ability to add to the ambient sound quality of the home theater system.

Once you get all of this snazzy gear, making sure you install it properly is vital to ensuring all that money didn’t go to waste. Improper installation of a home theater system can result in crackling sound an unclear picture and looking like a tool when your friends come over to watch. Avoid embarrassment by picking up a few good do-it-yourself manuals before trying to make sense of all those red and yellow cables or by hiring a pro to set up your new home theater system.
A home theater system can literally project your status and taste to guests. Don’t make a mess of your chance to impress. Choose the right gear, put it in the right place and get the right people to set it up.

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In a few years, you could be watching 3D laser TV. This week, a Los Gatos startup unveiled the world’s first 100-inch 3D home theater powered by lasers.

There is a tree that looks so real you could touch it. It’s being displayed on the first 3D home theater powered by lasers — from HDI of Los Gatos.

The new 3D is all the rage in entertainment around the world. Most videogames come in 3D versions. A new 3D movie will be released every month in the coming year. It’s all being driven by new technology that has replaced the old red-blue glasses with stylish models designed for digital.

Now comes the next step, in this 100-inch screen. The colors are richer than anything else, because they come from lasers. The lasers are cheap. They’re low power, consuming just 1W each. Try that with your plasma. And it’s true HD. Not just 1080p, but 1080 Hertz.

“This device is unique in the fact that it’s extremely fast,” says Chief Technical Officer Edmund Sandberg. “It will do over a thousand frames a second. That allows you to integrate all the color and everything into one device.”

It also means the picture no longer needs to flash from one eye to other. You know that we can’t show you how good the 3D is, because you watch a 2D television set. But, take it from me. We’ve seen RealD, Dolby, film, all kinds of 3D. And this is the smoothest yet. And smoothness means no headaches.”

Ed Sandberg has been designing 3D displays for 20 years. He and his partners at HDI developed their new system practically from scratch. They have their own lasers, their own glasses, ginormous screen, and high-speed liquid crystal on silicon.

“1920 by 1080 lines all the time to your eye, and in parallel,” Sandberg assures us.

The company faces many challenges. Others are experimenting with lasers, and 3D capable televisions already exist. But no one has quite managed to combine everything in a package with 3D flash without all the flashing.

Source: abclocal.go.com

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It’s the perfect situation – a dedicated home theater and a completely separate room for critical music listening. Yes, it is a home theater and music room. One homeowner in Massachusetts was able to realize his dream of the ‘perfect’ audio system, and still provide the rest of the family with their own home theater.

The advantage of new construction is you can design your home any way you like, including dedicated spaces for each of your passions. Each room required its own designers, one an acoustical engineer with a background in no-compromise projects, and the other a highly skilled, yet, budget-conscious systems integrator.

Alan Goodwin of Goodwin’s High End created a room within a room to isolate the listening room from the rest of the home. For instance, there is space between the ceiling and the floor above and the rear wall has 12″ of space behind it with a built-in baffle and edge bands to tune base resonance. The room has perfect acoustical dimensions– 24′ 8 3/8″ long, 17′ 10 5/6″ wide, and 9′ 6″ high – due to the special foundation that was excavated from solid granite to achieve the appropriate height.

For the acoustical treatments, Goodwin recommended Performance Acoustic Lab’s (PAL) Danish-built diffuser modules and bass traps, augmented by Acoustic Sciences’ acoustic wall panels. The 300 lb. PAL modules took 4 movers to get into the basement music room, and Tom Fredericks of PAL flew in from Denver with a special carpenter to spend an entire week installing the modules.

Every aspect of the room was considered with great care and effort, including the electrical supply where only hospital grade outlets with isolated grounds were installed to ensure low electric noise and eliminate any motor interference. Since the room is sound proof, a fire strobe was installed to alert the homeowner if a fire should break out elsewhere in the home.

The homeowner already had the gear – Spectral Electronics and custom colored Wilson WATT Puppy speakers – he just needed the perfect room, which cost almost as much as the equipment. The lesson learned is that the acoustic qualities of the room are at least as important – if not more – than the quality of the audio system.

Separated from the music room by acoustic doors and 8″ walls filled with acoustic insulation, the basic acoustic properties and dimensions of the home theater were identical to the music room. The architect recommended Larry Shulman of Huntington TV, who helped balance cost with quality. He suggested a system that included a JVC 1080p projector, Triad in-wall speakers, a Velodyne 15″ subwoofer, B&K separates, a Sony Blu-ray Player, and Crestron control. The front speakers were set into cavities constructed by the builder and covered by acoustic wall panels. The center channel was placed behind a 100″ Stewart microperf screen.

The homeowner was very much involved in every phase of the dual rooms, from researching each and every component, designing the equipment closet and all lighting details, including the special LED stair lights in the theater.

While the house construction took 16 months, the construction of the two special rooms took less than two months, even with the almost catastrophic flooding due to torrential rain that seeped into an open electrical conduit..

The home theater is a social magnet, providing an opportunity to bring together friends and neighbors, for events such as watching the presidential debates or just having quality time with the family to watch a movie, football game, or some TV.

The best part of all for the homeowner is when life gets hectic and he needs time to relax and slow down, he escapes inside the enchanting sounds of Monteverdi, Bartok, or Mahler, in the music room of his dreams.

Source: hometheaterdesignmag.com

Sytem integrator: goodwinshighend.com

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Get the most out of your flat-screen TV with the Klipsch HD Theater 300. It delivers the sheer power, detail and emotion of every film, music or video game soundtrack.

Perfect for smaller rooms Center channel provides precise dialogue
Powerful subwoofer delivers deep-driving bass
Clean, modern design looks great in any room
Wall brackets, ¼-20 inserts for stand mounting
Center channel comes with cradle base

Klipsch HD Theater 300 is a compact, high-definition 5.1 home theater system that’s simple to set up and use. It consists of five speakers—left, center and right front channels with two rear surrounds—and one powered subwoofer. Please note this system does not include an A/V receiver, speaker wire or a subwoofer cable.

ach main and surround speaker is a sealed enclosure finished in high-gloss black with a 2.5-inch IMG woofer and a MicroTractrix Horn-loaded 0.75-inch textile tweeter inside. The center channel shares the same driver attributes except it is magnetically shielded, so it won’t interfere with your TV picture.

But what makes these speakers and center channel truly unique is their horn-loaded technology, an exclusive design that has made Klipsch an industry leader for over 60 years. It allows the HD Theater 300 to deliver genuine lifelike sound and produce more output, using less energy. In other words, it doesn’t require a lot of amplifier power to drive it. Over half of all new theaters in North America and several other countries choose Klipsch professional products because of the amazing benefits of horn technology.

The speakers—which can be positioned vertically or horizontally—come with adjustable wall brackets that have a 40° range of motion and ¼-20 inserts for stand mounting. The center channel includes a cradle base that has a 45° range of motion. These qualities give you complete installation flexibility when placing this premium home theater in your room.

The subwoofer delivers room-shaking bass thanks to a powerful amplifier and a 6.5-inch driver. Featuring a sleek black pica vinyl finish, this hard-hitter also includes traditional volume, crossover and phase controls, so you can customize the level of bass for your room.

Sound accounts for half of your home theater experience, whether you’re watching a movie or sporting event—or even playing a video game. Your TV is only one piece of the puzzle. It’s the audio that drives the action, creates the mood and brings your video content to life.

Each of the system’s molded plastic satellites is about the same size as a can of soda, but with a little more girth. A removable grille covers a 2.5-inch woofer and a 3/4-inch tweeter, while a pair of spring-clip terminals around the back will accept up to 16-guage bare wire. With each speaker weighing just a few pounds, wall mounting is a definite option. To that end, Klipsch includes a plastic mount that allows the satellites to be swiveled toward the listening position for optimal imaging. The center speaker is really just a slightly longer version of the other satellites. Along with the wall bracket, it includes a plastic cradle that allows its rounded shape to sit flat on a shelf without rocking.

Since itty-bitty satellites can’t reach very deep into the bass, any subwoofer you match with them will have to cover a lot of sonic ground. The HD Theater 300’s Sub 6 uses an 80-watt amplifier to drive a 6.5-inch woofer in a ported enclosure, and it has the demanding task of providing all of the system’s sound from about 150 Hz down. In addition to a level control and line- and speaker-level inputs, it has a phase-reversal switch and a non-bypassable low-pass filter crossover. A signal-sensing power mode turns the sub on and off as needed so you can just set it and forget it.

Klipsch HD Theater 300 Specifications

Source: klipsch.com

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Sometimes it takes the combined talents of two professional organizations to come up with a striking, one-of-a-kind home theater. Such was the case with this Florida home. Cinema Design Group is a leading designer, manufacturer, and installer of home theater seating, acoustic panels, and custom home theater environments. Along with Boca Theater and Automation, a premier provider of turn-key, custom-built integration systems and home theaters, these two specialists created a home theater that bears the resemblance of the familiar geometric Art Deco designs of the early 20’s, yet, it reveals a distinctive 21st century edge.

The futureristic home theater was part of a major remodel that lasted about 6 months, however, the theater took only three weeks for installation of the interior and AV equipment. It incorporates several unique interior elements including intricate latticework overlays for the Art Deco look, selectable color LED backlighting for the main wall elements, a fiber-optic star ceiling, plus a custom desk and cabinetry located in the rear of the room.

The customer presented Cinema Design Group and Boca Theater with a few challenges. While the room appears to be a dedicated theater, it also functions as the homeowner’s office. He also wanted a set of glass entry doors that would allow light into the room, in addition to maintaining the rear window. It was also the homeowner’s vision to have the monochromatic, Art Deco inspired interior, complimented by bold and dramatic design elements and rich textures. It is these strong lines and stark black and white contrasts that also evoke a sense of being on a starship or in some futuristic world.

“It’s never a good idea to have light entering a theater,” said Carey Schafer, V.P. of engineering for Cinema Design Group. “However, since the client wanted light to enter due to the room’s dual purpose, we suggested a type of door that would become opaque when electrically energized.” Additionally, Boca Theater recommended a Planar Viper 3-Chip DLP projector rated at 2000 lumens, which would maintain an optimum image contrast under all lighting conditions.

The fixed placement of the door also caused a hard acoustical reflection on the right at the “first reflection” point. To achieve a good acoustic balance it took a combination of absorptive and diffusive elements on the opposite wall and around the door.

To retain the rear window, while staying consistent with the interior’s design, the window was covered by a split panel that opens, yet, it perfectly matches the main decorative elements throughout the room. Moreover, the overall space was relatively small considering the multi-use nature of the room, so it was necessary to work with every available inch to accommodate the complete electronics packaging, two rows of seats along with the work desk and cabinets.

The 16:9 Stewart screen, at the front of the theater, is 90-inches wide (diagonal) and is complimented by Revel Concerta speakers on all channels. The equipment rack holds all the electronics, which includes a Sony ES A/V receiver, a Blu-ray player, a DirectTV HD receiver, a Nintento Wii game console, and the VUDU movie server. An RTI system was used to control all the devices, whether the homeowner is seated in the theater or the office. Cinema Design Group supplied all the theater seating.

The office area was configured as an independent audio and video zone, allowing the homeowner to watch HDTV via a 24” widescreen computer monitor without turning on the main projection and sound system.

SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR CONTACT INFO
website: www.bocatheater.com

HOME THEATER DESIGNER CONTACT INFO
website: www.cinemadesigngroup.com

Source: hometheaterdesignmag.com

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Home theater designer Donny Hackett has always wanted to visit Paris but had never gone. So he decided to bring Paris here. More specifically, to Tennessee and the attic of Jason Crist’s suburban Nashville home. A walk upstairs brings Crist to the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Notre Dame cathedral—and a screen that could take up a wall in the Louvre.

All of the attractions, including the whopping 154-inch screen, were custom built by Hackett, whose previous themed theaters have included nods to Titanic and Mann’s Chinese Theater. Crist already had a screen, surround-sound system and seating riser in his attic but wanted a more elaborate theater room. Hackett began the reconstruction project by deciding the screen would have greater impact on the opposite wall.

“I walked into the theater room, and there was nothing technically wrong with it, but it was backwards,” Hackett says. “You had to go into the room and around a corner before you saw the screen.”

He built the steel Eiffel Tower portion as a separation between the theater space and a snack area, which would later include a cobblestone floor and mural to invoke the feel of a Paris bistro.

The ceiling structure was modeled after a rose window of the Notre Dame cathedral, and the rear wall has a mural of the Arc de Triomphe. Hackett also incorporated the Paris motif in his clever concealment of the equipment rack. It’s located behind a motorized framed poster of the Eiffel Tower; a removable piece of wainscoting below the poster provides access to the rack.

Hackett, a consummate DIYer, always constructs his theaters’ screens. In the case of this Paris-themed theater, he used acoustically transparent woven material with a 1.0 gain and a curved shape to maximize the superwide CinemaScope projection (without those black bars showing on the screen).

He first sets up the projector and then builds the screen so it measures almost uniformly from the lens at all points—about 18 feet in this room. And at 154 diagonal inches, this curved screen is almost as enveloping as those in IMAX theaters.

“The curve allows the image to stay in focus, even on the far corners of the screen, and I noticed from the first one that I built that brightness and contrast are hugely amplified,” Hackett says. “Because of the parabolic nature of the screen, the light doesn’t bounce back in all directions but comes back toward our eyes instead.”

A Panasonic AE2000U projector and Panamorph UV200 vertical compression lens combine to produce the CinemaScope 2.35:1 aspect ratio images that stretch across the screen. Behind the screen, three Polk Audio RTi10 tower speakers serve as front left, center and right channels in a 7.1 system (Crist’s original Polks remained, but he replaced the center speaker with the more powerful tower model). Dipole surround speakers disperse sound from the sides of the room, and in-wall models are located along the rear wall.

Seven channels of X-10 controlled lighting control fill the attic, including fleur-de-lis sconces that flank the two rows of seating, LED rope lights on the Eiffel Tower, and hundreds of fiber-optic stars across the Notre Dame ceiling. Isn’t Paris romantic?

The rear view features a peek at the Arc de Triomphe, and riser seating so everyone has clear sight lines to the big screen. Plush fabric on top of the seats help aid acoustics aside from adding to the aesthetics.

Paris wouldn’t be complete without a quaint bistro setting, with views of the buildings, the bottom of the Eiffel Tower and nice stonework on the street.

Hackett loves to add motorized tricks to his theater designs. In this case, he hid the equipment rack behind a wall cutout, with a hatch door to get access to the gear. Then he covered the enclosure with framed artwork that can scroll up to reveal the gear.

Source: electronichouse.com

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What do you spec as a projector in this beautiful Greenwich, CT. home when you have 18 video sources as diverse as X-box and Blu-ray? Well, Opus AVC of North Haven, Connecticut discovered that just one is not enough.

This unconventional subterranean project of a 2000 sq. foot theater actually required two separate projectors. Both from Digital Projection, the integrator installed the 10,000 lumen LIGHTNING Reference 1080p-30 and the 5,700 lumen dVision 30-1080p.

According to David Barson of Opus AVC, “No single projector and lens combination could faithfully reproduce all the resolutions and aspect ratios from 18 video sources. The two projectors ensure that the right amount of resolution and light output is used for the right source material. It also helped save the client money by not lighting up the larger cinema projector for such things as old VHS home movies. [Does anyone really watch VHS in a dedicated theater?

The large home cinema essentially resides inside a perfectly optimized concrete chamber. Purpose-built during the construction of a new addition, the space was constructed by blasting directly into granite, then pouring a six-sided concrete box. Nearly everything in the theater, including the projectors, racks and screen, entered the space by being gradually lowered through a 4′ x 4′ shaft. Only then could Opus, in conjunction with consultant Tony Grimani of Performance Media Industries, begin the task of creating the most acoustically perfect space possible.

This is also the first residential installation of Tony Grimani’s PMI 2.0 screen system. The Screen Research video screen actually has a native aspect ratio of 2.0:1 (150″ x 75″), which uses 4-way dynamic masking that can render picture sizes from 80″ x 60″ for 1.33:1 in standard definition to 150″ x 75″ for 2.35 on Blu-ray. The video system design ensures maximum image size for all picture formats and maximum flexibility to display different source material at just the right size for each audience member.

Due to the shape of the space, Opus needed projectors that were both capable of intelligent lens movements and a high degree of vertical lens shift. For instance, the LIGHTNING Reference 30 was chosen because it was the only projector that met the needed specifications with respect to intelligent lens memory, brightness, resolution and vertical offset. Moreover, the LIGHTNING Reference is among the most efficient projectors in the industry, offering the highest lumens per watt performance of any projector in its performance class. The index zooming system used in the theater dictates that the screen masking changes the image size, the projector zooms in and out while the screen grows before the audience’s very eyes.

A Kaleidescape server directs a Crestron control system to coordinate the correct aspect ratio for the content being displayed. Also. to ensure that the theater performs as efficiently as possible, the entire control system is connected to a clean power supply with its own grounding system. Through a custom power management system, the equipment racks power-down all non-essential equipment automatically after a designated period of inactivity.

With elements such as door triggers and a pre-boot system accessible from outside the theater, this Greenwich theater is a technological marvel on many levels. For example, there are eight sub-woofers totally hidden within recessions in the installed sheetrock. When it’s time to leave the theater, the push of a button via a Lutron programming system returns all 13 chairs in the theater to their preset position.

Source : hometheaterdesignmag.com

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