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 All work and no play, we all know that saying. The thrills and excitement you get from watching a movie at your local Cineplex can now be brought home. Big picture and big sound can be easily achieved in the home and is within easy reach of any budget. A home theatre can consist of something simple as a 33 inch tv with a dvd player and surround sound to a 20 foot screen with a 1000 watt sound system, room within a room construction and acoustically engineered and tested viewing environment. Home theatre design breaks down into four major components: room design, construction, acoustic treatment, and system setup.  Room Design: The first thing to look at is a room's dimension, existing or planned. The dimensions of a room will determine the quality of sound especially at the low frequencies. This has a direct correlation to where your speakers are placed and how you arrange your seating. In fact seating is something that people tend to overlook when it comes to room design, they just figure once a room is designed you just plop a couple of lazy boy's in and Voila. In fact it's the opposite. Where your head is positioned when your sitting will directly affect your audio and viewing pleasure. Some people actually say that you should pick the chair first and then build the room around it. Other aspects of room design include:
Construction: The objective of a properly constructed room is noise isolation and build quality. Noise isolation is making sure sound doesn't get in or out of your home theatre room. Ambient noises from other rooms can not only ruin the experience but actually have a negative effect on sound quality. Barking dogs, people walking on hardwood floors, plumbing are examples of outside noises. As well you don't want to disturb other people in the house if you're watching a movie downstairs and someone's trying to do home work upstairs. The ideal solution is to build a isolated room. Building a "floating" floor and then constructing the rest of the home theatre's walls on top of this floating structure is a common approach to achieving an isolated room. Build quality refers to how solid your entertainment room is. The audio in these rooms is quite impressive, with the capabilities of shaking loose anything that isn't tightly secured. Acoustic Treatment: After the above phase are completed you essentially have a bare room, the next step is to treat the floors, walls and ceilings to ensure that the highest level of sound quality can be achieved. If you left the room as its is the sound would be garbled, distorted and just plain sound awful. There are 3 things you want to adjust for:
This is the fun part, Toys, remember to take into consideration the room your equipment will be in. You may well find that in a properly designed home theatre room a smaller audio system will perform exceptionally well. Whether you decide on a Big screen, rear projection, Plasma, front projection or other viewing screen make sure it's the right size for the room. We can help you to determine what is right for you. Smart Home Overview, Structured Wiring, Communications, Computer Network, Home Entertainment, Security, Lighting & Heating, Home Audio. sitesurvey@digitalcavalier.com | |
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