We just completed another custom home theater for a client here in Central Florida. This is a traditional style theater with many interesting custom features and upgrades. The client said he came to us because of our reputation as the best home theater company in the area. We started the process with a blank slate, the space started as an 11’ x 22’ loft above his garage. The space presented a few challenges but we were able to navigate through them and find solutions so that in the end our client had a finished product that was exactly what he had always dreamed of.
The first and most obvious challenge that we encountered when designing this theater was that there was a window where the screen was going. We tinted the window, covered it with drywall and built a false wall to allow for in-wall left, center and right speakers. To combat the humidity issue that comes with living in Florida, we engineered a thermostatically controlled ventilation system to keep the possibility of moisture and mold from occurring between the window and the false wall. There were also four closet doors plus the entry door. Storage space is great but the number of doors in the room created some sound and speaker location obstacles. The final challenge that we had to navigate was the size of the room. The length of the room was perfect but the width and height created some challenges. Our client wanted as many seats as possible, we could only fit three seats across and we couldn’t build a stage for a second row of seats due to the height of the ceiling. To solve this we designed a custom bar right behind the three theater seats and had custom bar stools created by Darafeev in California. The low ceilings were also a concern when placing the projector. We created an area for a drop down projector and positioned it right above the bar to eliminate any chance that someone could hit their head or accidently interfere with the positioning of the picture.
The finishing touches to make this theater complete were custom built split doors at the top of the stairs, custom wood columns and wood trim on the walls and ceiling from Majestic Custom Woodworks, custom paint by BRS Custom Painting, custom acoustic panels for the walls and ceiling, plush luxury theater carpeting and all in wall and in ceiling speakers and subwoofers hidden by acoustic materials. As a thank you to our client we had StellarSky Systems design a fiber optic gator in the top of the custom bar. We wish you could all hear and see the results of this theater, it is truly amazing.
Equipment Used:
o Future Automation projector lift
o Screen Innovations 120” acoustic Projector Screen’
o Sony VPL-Vw995
o Straight wire cables and wire
o Audio Control Maestro M9 Processor and Savoy amps
o Origin Acoustic Marquee In-Wall speakers X7
o Origin Acoustic in-Ceiling speakers
o JL Audio in-Wall subwoofer
o Kaleidescape Movie Server
o Elan Control System
o Panamax
o Middle Atlantic
o Darafeev Stools
