ESSENTIAL PULSE CINEMAS
REFERENCE CINEMA, BEAUTIFULLY RE-IMAGINED Pulse Cinemas proudly introduce their new Reference Cinema, confident that the months of planning and expert execution, will change what home cinema can mean forever. A subtle, but beautiful floral design adorns the walls - which are in fact Vicoustic acoustic panels treating and improving the room’s audio abilities, so right from the off we are dealing with form meeting function to a very high-level. The next thing the eye is drawn to is the attractive Vicoustic diffusers, which are mounted at regular vertical intervals around the room, framing the space and adding another level of sophistication and drama. Once again, the design is multi-functional as behind the diffusers is intelligent Lutron lighting; adding a deeper aesthetic impact and practical results, bringing the house lights up and down as required. Form meeting function is taken to even greater heights here as some of the diffuser panels do not just hide lighting, but also speakers from the Alcons Audio array, which has been expertly woven into the cinema. Completing the acoustic treatment of the room is a beautiful black Vicoustic sculptural ceiling mounted diffuser, again adding great visual impact with practical advantages to audio performance. Kapes Patel, Technical Director explains, “Designing a true Reference Cinema for us was never going to be just about hitting recommended industry levels for out-put, room dimensions and so on, that is a given. We wanted to go further and come up with ways to combine interior design and performance - not as a compromise for each other, but as a single entity taking a genuinely holistic approach where everything improves the look, feel and performance of everything else. The diffusers/lighting panel/speaker covers are just one example of this approach which permeates throughout the cinema.”
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The approach Pulse have taken here means that if you are used to dressing home cinema walls with cloth (to cover a multitude of sins to get the room finished) witnessing what they have achieved here, will change your mind forever on the right way to create and present a home cinema.
NEW LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE, COMFORT AND DESIGN
Continuing the opulent approach to this space, are two rows of Fortress Seating. On the front row are four West End models (two with lounger extensions) and on the back, four sumptuous Nova models. All the seats have been fitted with slightly different abilities and control button arrays to show the versatility of what Fortress Seating can deliver, some are also fitted with D-Box functionality. After the initial impact of noting how comfortable and
stunning these seats are, like the rest of the cinema, the positive first impression goes to another level when you realise how precise and user friendly the adjustment capabilities are. Whether it’s finding the right height for your feet or the exact support necessary for the head and neck, these expertly created seats deliver. Even before the performance starts, this cinema puts you in the best of moods, relaxed and ready to be entertained. This room also benefits from some truly cutting-edge world-class equipment. Sim2’s Dual Stack Nero 4 combines two machines, which are already world-beaters, into a Reference level projector array which takes our understanding of what an image can be like to new heights. Kapes explains. “HDR has long been held aloft as the next generation of viewing technologies to really deliver at a new
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