In the past decade, the Custom home theater market has seen a paradigm shift. In 2010, the early days of my Home Theater consulting career, high-definition projection systems were considered a luxury. Today, we have high-end home theater AV systems supporting 4K Ultra HD/8K content.
Through the years, I have seen the home cinema environment rapidly evolve,…
The basic purpose of building a home theater is for you to feel the sensational cinematic movie thrill. Cinema theater delivers such immersive sound because of its exquisite acoustics and high-end audio devices.
It is possible to bring the same effect home if we follow similar protocols. Front LCR speakers, surrounds, ceiling atmos, and a subwoofer…
Soundproofing and Acoustics are two different techniques used extensively to treat sound in buildings. While soundproofing materials contain the sound in a room and restrict external sound, acoustic treatment reduces echoes and reverberations by absorbing sound waves. Let’s dive deeper to understand what each of these techniques is and how they work.
Acoustics: Have…
Designing and building a perfect home theater room is a pretty challenging task. You have to make many decisions regarding the home cinema room’s structure, materials for the floor, wall, and ceiling, choosing the right speakers, projection system and many more. While making these decisions, you must keep in mind a few dos and don’ts…
The first decision you have to make before building a home theater is regarding the Shape & Size of the home theater room. The performance of your home theater will get affected even if you have high-end audio systems from the likes of Klipsch Audio Technologies or QSC, by both the size and shape of the room. Therefore,…
The public address (PA) systems are the primary source of producing sound in an auditorium. The microphone in a PA system picks up sound that gets electronically amplified and reproduced by speakers. These PA systems come in a wide variety. Line array speaker system that came into the market about 50 years ago is one…
A home theater AV receiver is an input-output system. Input devices such as DVD player and satellite dish relay input signal to the receiver, interpreting the signal. The signal is then amplified through one or more amplification modules and sent to output devices such as TV and the Home theater speaker system. The best Home…
When you’re watching a movie in your home theater, the two aspects that define the viewing experience are the quality of the picture and sound. While choosing a suitable projector or TV is vital to treat your eyes, the sound wrapping the room immerses you in the real feeling of what you’re watching. When you’re…
When you’ve decided to build your dream home theater, you must choose nothing but the best home theater projector system. But how do you do it? What features should you evaluate while purchasing a home theater projector? Read on to find answers to these questions and learn more. A home theater projector system is a…
What are Acoustical Panels?
Acoustical sound panels are sound-absorbing materials commonly used in cinema theatres, auditoriums, classrooms, home theatres & office spaces for dampening and eliminating unwanted noise. Acoustical sound panels are generally made up of Acoustic foam, Rockwool or Glasswool, helping in absorbing noise and reducing reverberation in closed rooms. This brings higher clarity to…
All of us love watching movies on a big screen. While the cinema theater screen size could be as tall as 60 feet and as wide as 85 feet, the home theater screen size could be as wide as 168 inches and as high as 94 inches. The Home Theater projector screen and a high-end…