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INSTALL 33 INSTALL 31 Head downstairs to check out this 5.1.2 Atmos setup where space has been put to good use /WWW.NEWWAVEAV.CO.UK B A DEDICATED CINEMA DREAM THEATRE designed and C 32 is often carved from THIS PROFESSIONAL PROJECT, a space or underused – here the owners fitted by Kent-based outfit New Wave AV, meets its have gone below ground, turning a basement into owners' demands for a multi-purpose space where a movie-watchers' paradise with the help of home cinema thrills are joined by an entertainment Leeds-based company Bespoke Home Cinemas. area with bar, pool table and -mounted TV. With HDR projection, 5.1.2 audio, integrated control The 'business end' of the couples a 3m of hardware and , movie posters, bigscreen fixed-frame screen with a discreetly situated gaming and a neat aesthetic, it's a system that A JVC DLA-X9000 projector and 7.2.4 audio, using packs a lot into a relatively compact space... Artcoustic speakers and Denon power/processing. n Two rows of Fortress seating provide space for up A. Three-metre image to 10 fans. Three of the chairs have a surprise: This vision-filling CinemaScope projector screen, A 'It's great to hear family and friends laugh and from Display Technologies, measures 3m wide and gasp when the D-Box seats kick in for the first time!' G uses an acoustically transparent material, allowing say the owners. the room's front speakers to be hidden behind Above the seating area, framed by a soffit B. Beam me up that height-layer speakers and an RGBW Rather than hiding an original exposed beam, light run, is an eye-catching star ceiling, using it was joined by a custom-made doppelganger, Starscape Infinity panels. giving the room design symmetry and providing space for LED uplighters Where's the wall? C. Licence to thrill One question arose during the planning stage: Film poster art, including James Bond and Princess D Leia, lets you know this room's raison d'être where to fit rear speakers in a room that has no rear wall? The answer was to use slim Artcoustic Multi D. Fist of fury Soundbar enclosures, arranged vertically into twin Labelled 'very impressive' by Bespoke's install E team, Artcoustic's compact Impact2 supporting pillars purposely designed to be wide uses two downfiring 10in drivers, and a sealed enough for the task. These, and the surround , to reach a claimed 15HzBigscreen LF response speakers, are hidden by an acoustic cloth; the – power comes from a racked amp room feature acoustic wadding dressed in E. Colour co-ordination a faux suede fabric. Underground Maintaining the room's aesthetic even meant As this is a space used by an entire family, sourcing an anthracite radiator simplified control was vital. A Crestron processor H F. handles integration of AV and lighting; programmed Concept sketches and CAD modellingplayroom were tricks include the JVC PJ automatically switching undertaken to make sure the project fitted to its correct lens memory preset, depending on the owner's demands, before the conversion work commenced One half of this entertainment space offers the of content from the Kaleidescape of delight 34 DREAM THEATRE player. Different lighting scenes are just a button INSTALL 37 /WWW.LOUD-CLEAR.CO.UK G. Pixel pusher cinematic AV, the other lets its owners relax in style. press away n Epson's EH-TW9300 projector supports HDR10 playback and accepts the nativeTime 4K material to pick from up a cue... the system's Sky Q and Xbox One S sources, B output at upscaled 4K A. Above and beyond Four in-ceiling speakers top off the cinema's /WWW.CORNFLAKE.CO.UK H. Clever clogs INSTALL 35 seven-channel base layer for a premium Atmos/ 36 DREAM THEATRE Speaker/room optimisation is delivered via Arcam's KIT CHECKLIST DTS:X experience. A nine-channel Denon receiver Dirac EQ-equipped AVR550 and Crestron rack amp provide power PROJECTOR: IMAX custom dual I. Cinema six-pack B. Ready to rumble 4K projection system (1.26- Seating comes from specialist brand Signature, A. Lighting the way The central three Fortress seats on the room's The cinema features various sources of 2.73:1 throw ratio, passive 3D, with comfort (and cup-holders) paramount. HERE'S A CUSTOM-DESIGNED rear row incorporate three-axis ('pitch', 'roll' and F F illumination, including wall-mounted boxlights, cinema room DCI-P3 colour gamut) Red roomThe rear four are installed on a raised plinth where attention to detail and aesthetic flair 'heave') D-Box actuators, for an added dimension I downlighters in the ceiling soffit and a SCREEN: 1.89:1, curved, 240in to ensure line of sight combine with premium system hardware to create to movie watching : Proprietary wraparound run of LED uplighting, all controlled a room made for watching movies in style and IMAX sound system (7.2) via Rako integration comfort. Completed by Glasgow/Edinburgh-based F POWER/PROCESSING: 360W A KIT CHECKLIST B. Colossal canvas per channel (into 8 ohms) The 110in-wide projector screen (from Vutec) installer Loud & Clear, it mixes a EPSON: EH-TW9300 projector speaker array with 4K HDR projection, setting amplification; processor with FUTURE AUTOMATION: PM1 micrometre bracket is 16:9 ratio, ideal for a room that mixes movie- of pleasure watching with bigscreen console gamingKIT CHECKLISTout its twin rows of seating (with space for seven) Dolby Atmos/DTS:X support DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES: 2.37:1 ratio acoustically SYSTEM CONTROL: IMAX Private transparent projector screen ARTCOUSTIC: 3 x Spitfirebelow 16-8s a star (L/C/R); ceiling 2 canopy.x Multi Theatre proprietary control with ARCAM: AVR550 AV receiver (configured to Dolby SL1039s (rear L/R); 2 x Spitfire 6-3s (surround L/R); touchscreen interface 4 x Architect 4-2s (Atmos height); 3 x Control 2 Blu-ray player; Atmos 5.1.2) SOURCES: ARTCOUSTIC: 3 x Spitfire SL4-2s (L/C/R); 2 x SL ; 1 x Control 1 subwoofer; 3 x PA-750 IMAX Targets (surrounds); 2 x SL Architect 2.1s (height); subwoofer power SEATING: 15 x IMAX Private Impact2 (dual 10in subwoofer); 750W subwoofer DENON: AVR-X6200 receiver Theatre recliners over three tiers power CONTROL4: SR260 remote; processor; C4-AMP108 CONTROL4: Home automation processor; SR260 power amplifier system remote; configurable light switch JVC: DLA-X9000 projector MICROSOFT: Xbox One S PROJECTA: 2.40:1 ratio Homescreen Deluxe projector SKY: screen Behind the screen lurks this battalion of speakers B Sky Q The room was sonically treated with absorption panels SIGNATURE: 6 x modular cinema seats KALEIDESCAPE: Premiere system – three Artcoustic Spitfire 16-8s and a pair of from specialist Artnovion, which were then wrapped in dual-driver Control 2 subwoofers STARSCAPE: Star ceiling (19 x Infinity panels) an acoustic cloth FORTRESS: 10 x custom cinema chairs, three with D-Box integration MARCH 2018 HOME CINEMA CHOICE JANUARY 2018 HOME CINEMA CHOICE ARTNOVION: Acoustic treatments

HOME CINEMA CHOICE MARCH 2018

Bringing Neat design touches and state-

of-the-art AV make this

IMAX home cinema room one to drool over...

If the first IMAX 'private theatre' installation in Europe looks like it cost a million pounds, that's because it did KIT CHECKLIST SONY: VPL-VW320ES native 4K projector with HDR playback; PlayStation 4 console VUTEC: 110in-wide 16:9 ratio Vutec Elegante projector screen designer Mark Withers. 'We expect it will prove OPPO: UDP-203 Ultra HD Blu-ray player DUG OUT OF a basement in a London property, highly popular...' ARCAM: AVR850 seven-channel AV receiver with the first domestic IMAX cinema in Europe is The setup incorporates a dual 4K projector Dirac EQ calibration; P429 four-channel Class G certainly one of installer Cornflake's most array, with plenty of adult- and child-sized passive power amplifier prestigious projects. Built around the cinema 3D glasses on tap for stereoscopic sessions. KEF: 3 x Ci3160-THX in-wall speakers (L/C/R);

company's Theatre Palais specification (there's A media server and Blu-ray player are among the 4 x Ci200RR-THX in-ceiling speakers (Atmos, rears) ARTISON: 2 x Mezzanine 8 speakers (surrounds) an even more premium flavour for larger setups), sources, while touchscreen control is handled The owner's request for three rows of VELODYNE: 2 x SPL1000 Ultra subwoofers it uses its custom projection and by proprietary IMAX hardware. As with the seating meant the existing basement HOME CINEMA CHOICE XMAS 2017 RAKO: Smart lighting control speaker/amp technologies to provide a state-of- company's cinemas, the system is automatically had to be lowered by a metre APRIL 2018 HOME CINEMA CHOICE CONTROL 4: System control the-art movie-watching experience. calibrated daily. ... n SALAMANDER: 7 x cinema recliners Fancy a room like this? You'll need £1,000,000 'A private IMAX is the pinnacle home entertainment system,' says Cornflake XMAS 2017 HOME CINEMA CHOICE HOME CINEMA CHOICE APRIL 2018 DREAM THEATRE The idea: The benefits: n Our bespoke package is offered solely to companies that n Advertising is the mechanism to create awareness of design and install home cinema/media room projects. your brands, generating affinity and trust with potential n This creative solution is designed to support your customers, with the ultimate aim to increase sales of business across our high-profile platforms. your products. n Offering you: Brand exposure to a lucrative prime n Editorial content is incredibly valuable & desirable by audience, brand endorsement from the industry respected every business, siting you in the most prolific part of the title, trust and affinity with consumers and ongoing magazine and providing you with the endorsement of our marketing rights for business development. market-leading title. n Post-review collateral allows you to continue to use our The deal: brand name in support of your company, offering trust, recognition and ongoing endorsement to further develop n 1 full-page advert per month for 6 consecutive months, your business. appearing in the print magazine and in digital format.

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