The client initially contacted us to discuss issues he had with his self-installed cinema room and what he wanted in his next home. It became clear quickly that his next room was going to be a high-performance home cinema at their new property just on the East Sussex and Kent borders.

When we are asked to quote on a new cinema room, we always put together a technical design document to provide an understanding of the performance standards we are looking for the room to achieve.
This allows the potential client to understand why items have been specified and introduce the design and detailed work required to deliver their room. Once issued, we discussed the initially specified speaker range with the client, which led to a proposed revision with a specified higher speaker range.

Room renders were also produced to ensure the client could visualise how the room would look when completed.
The decision to proceed was made within a week of issuing the initial proposal.

The original brief was for a Reference Level Cinema Room with Dolby Atmos sound. The client wanted to achieve two rows of seating and wanted the audio to pack a punch!

The brief didn’t change significantly during the project; most design elements were confirmed on the first onsite meeting – the most significant change was the decision to dig out for the front seating,