Although this new home was nearing completion when Keith Yates Design Group was brought in, its owner was prepared to "do what it takes" to get his dedicated Media Room to work in harmony with the audio/video system. Our scope of work therefore included designing a new technical power system for the room, overseeing the reworking of the HVAC system, specifying all acoustical treatment and supervising its installation, selecting the critical audio components and their placement, and testing, calibrating and documenting the result.

One of the main challenges was to reduce the room's natural reverberation in a way that would be tonally balanced and therefore subjectively inviting-not a trivial undertaking, given the very limited (2 inch) space available on the wall surfaces for acoustical treatments.

The JBL Synthesis system forms the core of the Keith Yates-specified audio system; 2 Runco DTV-991 projectors, a Snell & Wilcox Interpolator and a Stewart THX microperforated screen form the core of the Joe Kane-specified video system. Installation by Sight & Sound, Sunnyvale, California.

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