Home cinema install: Storm’s brewing

The Ultimate Home Cinema Room

There’s a rich mix of premium hardware and attention to detail in this picture palace designed by UK installer Cyberhomes.

The owner, we’re told, wanted ‘the ultimate home cinema room’ and that’s what he got, not to mention a space crowned Best Home Cinema (£120,000 – £340,000) at the recent CEDIA Awards.Ion Smith, Cyberhomes founder and director, explains the brief. Dolby Atmos audio was a given but, if possible, a cut above 7.1.2. ‘Also, the screen image had to be bright enough to use during the day with lights on for general sports/TV, as well as in darkened room state for movies.’

A StormAudio ISP 3D 16 Elite processor handles next-gen audio decoding for the room’s 9.1.6-channel system. All speakers are from James Loudspeaker, fitted in-wall/in-ceiling. Power comes from a 16-channel StormAudio amplifier, with additional rack-mounted grunt for the quartet of subwoofers.

The main LCR speakers (James Loudspeaker QX830s) were installed behind the screen. Two James M122 dual 12in subwoofers reside in the custom low-level cabinet.

For visuals, the initial plan was for a Digital Projection E-Vision Laser 4K projector (7,500 Lumens, single-chip DLP) to be used, but after a comparison with the same brand’s 3-chip, 12,500 Lumens HIGHlite beamer, the owner demanded the higher-spec model. Next on the kit list was a Lumagen Radiance Pro 4444 processor, which introduces HDR (including Dolby Vision and HDR10) playout to the system, making use of the projector’s inherent brightness. Film and TV from assorted sources (racked in a boot room) are given cinematic impact by the 140in Screen Research projector screen.

Cinema Equipment Checklist

  • StormAudio: ISP 3D 16 Elite processor; PA 16 Elite amplifier
  • Digital Projection: Hermes ll HIGHlite 4K laser projector with 2.17 – 2.90:1 long-throw lens
  • Screen Research: XLR3 140in-wide side-masking screen with 2.35:1 aspect ratio
  • James Loudspeaker: 3 x QX830 in-walls (LCR); 6 x QX530 in-walls (surround); 6 x QX520 in-walls (height); 3 x M1000 amplifiers; 2 x M122 subwoofers; 2 x QX1020 subwoofers
  • Amazon: Fire TV 4K
  • Panasonic: DMP-BDT180 BD player (multiregion)
  • Apple: Apple TV 4K
  • Kaleidescape: Strato 4K server
  • Oppo: UDP-203 Ultra HD BD deck
  • Sky: Sky Q PVR
  • Savant: Savant Pro remote
  • Vizbox Enclosures: Projector airflow system; sound-isolating projector enclosure
  • Fortress Seating: 6 x Lexington cinema seats

This Hampshire home cinema won the 2018 CEDIA award for Best Home Cinema (£120,000 to £240,000) and was also a finalist for the Best Integrated Home (£120,000 to £240,000).

AwardsIn The Press
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18.02.2016

Smart Homes Award Winners

It has just been announced that Smart home technology specialists Cyberhome...

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16.02.2018

Cyberhomes Named as Control4 ‘DEALER OF THE YEAR’

At the recent ISE trade show in Amsterdam, Cyberhomes were named as DEALER ...

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18.02.2015

Award-Reckoning Rack

Congratulations from Team SVI to smart home technology specialist Cyberhome...

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