HOME THEATER
JBL SYNTHESIS THEATER
Home theaters are the one electronic entertainment provision that we find an entire family shares together and does so frequently. While background music for the whole house may be used more often, the entire family rarely tune into the same type of music at the same time. In that sense a dedicated home theater with high quality sound and video becomes the one activity that a family enjoy together. For over a decade, most of the home theaters we have installed feature JBL Synthesis Theater components as they are the most widely used audio components for most of high-end theaters and multiplex theaters around the country. JBL Synthesis also offers the widest range of choices for system components to fit any space.
In creating a dedicated room for a state of the art home theater, owners typically find themselves overwhelmed with decisions related to various aspects of the space: overall theater theme and its architectural detailing, placement of recessed audio elements, choices of colors, materials, seating, type and groups of lighting, placement of audio elements, placement of projection system, and sound proofing. While an architect and an interior designer can collaborate to make most of those decisions, they cannot predict how audio and video elements will perform in a space they envision. Moreover, they need to convey their design requirements to multiple vendors who will provide lighting, framing, and seating for the space. Consider that a theater featuring 12 seats in a typical 18’x27′ requires as many at a minimum 17 speaker and sub-woofer elements to deliver a robust Atmos theater experience and various lighting groups.
Over the years we have found that working with a theater design team addresses almost all of the above challenges. Such a team brings a singular and unifying vision along with a unique set of skills to design, detail and even manufacture required elements for a high-end theater. For us, and many other AV vendors around the country, that singular vision has come from Acoustic Innovations who have been able to deliver all of the following skills and benefits to our mutual projects:
- Ability to make the intended aesthetics tangible by providing a life-like rendering of the design before construction
- Knowledge of wide range of theater audio and video elements, especially with JBL Synthesis Theater elements that have been featured most in all their projects
- Designing with sound abatement techniques and providing required materials for sound abatement as well as on-site guidance
- Architectural designs that detail all framing requirements, lighting groups, and seating placement
- Placement of all theater elements to achieve best audio and video performance
- Ability to manufacture all theater interior elements (walls, columns, seating, and other ornamental elements) and send a professional experienced team to install all such elements in the space and make any last minute adjustments required on site
- Delivering cost reduction benefits in eliminating countless hours required to arrive at the choice of interior space elements, their acquisition, their final costs, and their installation in the space
Wide range of design themes readily available to quickly reach a consensus on aesthetics of the space. Below is a gallery of some of their designs; some are of actual finished project, while some are only renderings; as you can see, the rendering give a fairly accurate sense of finished product to be expected. You may also see samples of Acoustic Innovations designs here on their own site.
SAMPLE GALLERY OF SOME OF OUR HOME THEATERS
Below are some of the theaters we have created in varying type of space for our clients, most featuring JBL Synthesis elements. For means of theater control of audio, video, lighting, and shades go here.
THEATER IN A DEDICATED ROOM
The before and after picture illustrate how two interconnected rooms in a finished basement were joined and subsequently turned into a dedicated basement theater.
Special treatment of the ceiling limited intrusion of sound into upper floor. Theater features JBL Synthesis audio elements and a Digital Projections projector.
THEATER IN A DEDICATED ROOM
The before and after picture illustrate how two interconnected rooms in a finished basement were joined and subsequently turned into a dedicated basement theater.
Special treatment of the ceiling limited intrusion of sound into upper floor.
THEATER IN A DEDICATED ROOM
The space was created from two adjacent basement rooms. The closet in one room was designated to hold theater electronics.
SMALL THEATER IN A DEDICATED ROOM
The before and after pictures above illustrate transformation of a relatively small spare storage space in a basement into a high-end small theater. Room's ceiling height of only eight feet limited seating to only one row. The four-seat theater however suited well the family of three.
SMALL THEATER IN A DEDICATED ROOM
Cabinet towers flanking the screen enclosed all front subwoofers and main speakers. A fixed projector above & behind seating area remained fairly invisible; side speakers were recessed into concrete basement walls flanking the viewing area, and a second pair of in-ceiling surrounds was recessed behind the viewing area. All electronics were placed in a closet space in an adjacent room.
SMALL THEATER IN A DEDICATED ROOM
Concrete walls & Ceiling were treated with sound aborbing materials prior to additoin of finished wall materials.
THEATER IN A DEDICATED ROOM
This state of the art theater from 2019 features custom design and fabrication of interior walls by Acoustic innovations which allowed 25 speaker and subwoofer elements, including ceiling Atmos speakers, to be completely hidden behind acoustic panels and wall covering. All room elements are Crestron controlled via a touch panel at the bar and a hand-held remote at front seating. Theater features JBL Synthesis audio elements.
THEATER IN A DEDICATED ROOM
Projector is enclosed in a sealed enclosure in the back to prevent projector noise to be audible in the room. Electronic side drapes allow day light to come in as this room is on the main floor of the residence and owners wished for it to remain bright, open and inviting when theater is not in use.
THEATER IN A DEDICATED ROOM
Hidden panels in the rear open to system elements where the owners are able to insert a DVD locally. Four sets of lights offer several modes of lighting for the room. JBL Synthesis speakers elements are all enclosed behind fabric in custom paneling from Acoustic Innovations.
DEDICATED BASEMENT THEATER
12 seat dedicated basement theater with Acoustic paneling to limit sound intrusion outside the room. Front Speaker elements are enclosed into cabinetry and all other speakers are placed under acoustical panels.
Screen and seating are placed on the right side of the room to allow a wide isle leading to exit door in so doing, seats in the center are centered on the screen and front speakers.System is enclosed in an adjacent closet.
DEDICATED BASEMENT THEATER
12 seat dedicated basement theater with Acoustic paneling to limit sound intrusion outside the room. Front Speaker elements are enclosed into cabinetry and all other speakers are placed under acoustical panels.
Screen and seating are placed on the right side of the room to allow a wide isle leading to exit door in so doing, seats in the center are centered on the screen and front speakers.System is enclosed in an adjacent closet. JBL Synthesis speakers elements are hidden behind fabric in custom wall panelings.
DEDICATED LARGE THEATER
The screening room in this large theater was fitted with both a 35mm projection system and later on with a video projector system. Shades were installed to darken the room for daytime viewing. This theater designed for a large family featured 14 seats. A Crestron touch panel offered complete control of all AV and lighting. Theater features JBL Synthesis audio elements and a Digital Projections projector.
DEDICATED LARGE THEATER
The screening room in this large theater was fitted with both a 35mm projection system and later on with a video projector system. Shades were installed to darken the room for daytime viewing. This theater designed for a large family featured 14 seats. A Crestron touch panel offered complete control of all AV and lighting.
DEDICATED LARGE THEATER
The large size of this 12000 Cubic Theater called for very large speaker elements. Since front speakers needed to be behind an acoustically transparent screen, special treatment was required to prevent transfer of vibrations to house framing and preventing the speaker niche from bouncing back audio. Above photo is just the front speaker niche.
DEDICATED LARGE THEATER
Front speakers were secured in between framing we created, speakers are attached to framing with isolation materials and fasteners in order to prevent vibration transfer to framing.
DEDICATED LARGE THEATER
A layer of plywood sheet was then added to created a flat surface to prevent sound from being trapped within framing.
DEDICATED LARGE THEATER
Finally, layer of plywood over the framing was itself treated with 2" of sound absorbing materials; the same material was also applied to all other side walls around the framing.
SMALL DEN THEATER
The den in the above residence was turned into a dedicated theater, with the bar area immediately outside of it serving as an additional recreational area from where the theater screen was in full view. If a more private viewing was desired, roll-out screens on either side in the back of the seating area made it possible to enclose the theater area completely.
SMALL DEN THEATER
All speaker elements were enclosed in the cabinet. The projector was recessed into the ceiling.The cabinet was designed with space and wiring provisions to accommodate a future upgrade to a large LED screen behind a drop down screen for daytime viewing.
THEATER IN A DEDICATED ROOM
Our Client’s desire for high-end Music and a large screen were combined into this office workspace where he was able to listen to music, watch video, and work.
WORK SPACE THEATER & MUSIC
Crestron controlled motorized Shades and Screen quickly turned the room in a work space with high end stereo audio.
WORK SPACE THEATER & MUSIC
Crestron controlled motorized Shades and Screen quickly turned the room in a work space with high end stereo audio.
WORK SPACE THEATER & MUSIC
Projector was installed in an adjacent closet. The partition between closet and office featured a port hole through which projecor video was delivered onto the screen in office.
OUTDOOR PROJECTOR
While outdoor projectors are very common in commercial venues, at times residential clients would like to have a large viewing screen for outdoor use only. In this project above, screen area is a section of wall painted with special material for projection video.
OUTDOOR PROJECTOR
A custom enclosure of Plexiglas and aluminum was designed and built to enclose a high output projector. This weather-proof enclosure was mounted on a pole recessed into the landscaped area. The mounting pole, connected to a buried conduit, provided power and video from the adjacent family room theater system. Seating was open as owners would be able to pull additional lounge chairs in front of the screen when needed.
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