“Immersive Sound” – a term we use when describing our approach to home audio. Our home audio packages are defined with precision and driven by performance, one listen to any of our numerous home audio projects and you’ll understand why we have the highest return customer ratings in the area, one listen and you’ll understand why our approach is to offer our clients options. Our approach is driven by convenience for the homeowner, and delivered with technology which lasts a lifetime, our select speaker packages come with a lifetime warranty on selected speakers (1). We have separated ourselves from the competition by continuously delivering on our promise, to design simple yet robust audio systems which are intuitive to use while rich and warm in sound. Home audio should be felt not only heard, some of the biggest mistakes others make while designing a theater room is to install a huge 120” screen but rely on small front speakers to deliver the punch. You want a large screen, you should expect large sound! Personal theater rooms are generally larger than your family room or living room; don’t settle for a standard size speaker for your new projector and large projector screen. Another common mistake we often find is the home owner was not asked about the height of the ceiling in the room where the audio system is to be installed; vaulted ceilings or cathedral ceilings must have special considerations when designing a sound system that delivers immersive sound.
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Diffused rear sound field, this is another key element in having a theater room that is great (instead of OK). A “diffused rear sound field” is merely a matter of selecting an appropriate speaker for your back surround speakers. Simply put, this means the back speakers are wide in sound (not wide in spacing) and the listener will likely notice a larger area of sound from behind them when listening to the back speakers during a movie, this will give the listener the perception of having the action happen slightly further away instead of right on top of them.
Speaker placement, for whole house audio we do recommend using in-ceiling speakers for music distribution, in-ceiling speakers are the logical choice for most whole house audio applications since the ambient background music is heard at equal levels in the room regardless of the listeners location in the room, in other words, having the speakers located in the ceiling means the distance from the ceiling speaker to each listener is the same distance for each person since the speakers are overhead in the ceiling. Having this configuration means the music won’t be too loud for some listeners or too soft for other listeners if the music speakers were located in the wall instead. If they were in the wall then the music might be too loud for those standing near the wall speakers and too soft for anyone standing on the far side from the speakers.
For theater room applications we recommend in-wall or on-wall speakers for front and all surround speakers if possible. In this scenario the listener is stationary and not moving about since they are probably sitting in a theater chair. The in-wall or on-wall speaker configuration for theater rooms provides realism when compared to how people actually hear sound when out in the real world. Ask yourself, when was the last time you heard sound from over your head when you were out doing your regular activities? Then why put surround speakers overhead? If you are looking for realistic surround sound then you need in-wall or on-wall theater room speakers; not overhead in-ceiling speakers.
Marc
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