CUSTOM INSTALL
HERITAGE HOME THEATRE HITS THE RIGHT NOTE The clients for this project came to us at the beginning of a significant renovation of a heritage property they were undertaking on Sydney’s Upper North Shore...
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s avid music lovers, their brief to our Senior Systems Integrator, Christian Lambros was to build a room that sounded like a dedicated home theatre but did not look like a conventional theatre — which they described as “typically dark and somewhat formal.” Instead, they wanted the room to be bright and casual… essentially a high-end media room that could also work for everyday use. The room selected featured several large windows, a day bed and a fireplace, none of which could be moved. Although this was aesthetically pleasing and a unique space to work in, it did create some acoustic challenges — such as sound reflections — as well as the challenge of ensuring the audiovisual equipment did not alter the overall aesthetics of the room in ordinary day-to-day use. We partnered with acoustic experts Artnovion to assist with audio absorption at the front left and right walls to overcome this. Artnovion has long been the choice of interior designers and cinema designers, thanks to its stunning looks and superior performance. The Artnovion designer liked the look of the wood trim absorbers and mimicked this on the front wall with Artnovion Avalon flow acoustic wall panels. The resulting acoustic improvements included improved speech intelligibility, superior noise control and the elimination of unwanted reverberations. The front Left, Right and Centre sound stage is managed by three (3) Bowers
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