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How are you handling Dolby Atmos with the two center front speakers with the Trinnov? In your document, it states C X-OVER Bm. I believe that Trinnov has specific recommendations for this layout. Thanks. SJ
 
Hi, It is handled using the 4-way x-over technique, but essentially the same signal, once I am there with Walter my Calibrator we will play with the presence of the upper channel a bit.
 
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Selfish Bastard Seat with Ergonomic FACE THE SCREEN headrest, our 5th generation seat variant.
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The client referred to this part as the "Sistine Chapel" of Dolby ATMOS Ceilings. Lol Perhaps we can see the fabric closed after some tests and foam insert adjustments.
 

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Still think lights inside the “Sistine Chapel” would be so cool after it is covered with fabric. Could have it automatically lower when starting the movie. Better than any star ceiling. 🤩 The entire project is just amazing. Thanks for sharing.
 
I agree but not led I have worked with the best lighting designer downlights they should always be halogen mr-16 or 22 one above each seat directly controllable from the seat.


point source speakers require way too many room treatments over Schroeder. Especially ceiling treatments and it is never perfect in terms of achieving RT-69 of .4 seconds the desired decay time in Atmos Premiere rank Studios a the console 1-10khz.

No more point sources for me, line sources specially the ones from Alcons (although they look way too tall they are not as the cylindrical waveguide with 80 or 90 very exact controlled directivity because of their patent) the cylindrical waveguide which can go lower to 40hz to 1khz plus 1-20 only comes out from the belly of the line source.

And I am never leaving Miami where Billionaires parachute to each week with a Tech and Financial Boom. These job in San Diego is great for point source and the room was treated accordingly, moving forward I am cookie cutting these 2million rooms that permit clean flat ceilings with flush speakers and downlights period.

Here is the system where I got my leg in to the hip and they are interested.

The concept is in its infancy but this is the general direction.

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The space while well architected obviously by the owners influence lacks normally needed space for isolation and acoustical treatments but whose limited space that only allows for 3-3/4" of both Isolation and variable backing acoustics clean looking Artnovion latticed wood paneling is ideal for what I am firmly convinced will be the only way to recreate the way sounds in reality, which after 40 years I just put 2 and 2 together, my cookie cutter local. Enough pintless suffering, what did not kill me seems might make me stronger to finally grow my company and one day retire in a dignified manner,

I am still grateful for the first Wallscreen Skylounge for allowing me to create my childhood dream when I saw the Jetsons.
 

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I’m actually looking at line sources from Wisdom. How does Alcons compare? Thanks.
 
PLUese!!!

Line sources are great but wisdom's throat is too wide to achieve controlled directivity. Alcons owns the patent that permits that with ribbons. When you do not have controlled directivity (the compression driver horns do that too but they have Turbo effects and limited dynamics (4:1 vs 16:1) .

What Wisdom has that Alcons does not is the architectural integration and looks. But I will never give a client anything but A.

Read here. and here is the QR_24, ideal for my next projects in Miami.
 
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The lack of controlled directivity I was saying hits the acoustics with uneven frequency response, making it harder to get right and it never sounds the way sounds behave in reality, the Alcons is the closest one can get I think.

you hear it as not multiple speakers but as a single ring speaker going around the room and saves on acoustical treatments.
 
Here is a youtube from the Quested tech, they did dial in the sound very well and I do believe it is probably the most musical of all the immersive audio systems in California but I had no idea going into the project that creating 9 different kinds of custom loudspeakers would be so painfully time consuming; I will be thinking twice before re-inventing the wheel next time moving forward. Lol

 
What chairs are those? I’m in the market for something like that with a low headrest that comes up. Thanks!
 
So, do you sell those chairs? What is the cost? Do you ship? Thanks!
The seats are all quoted bespoke to the individual seating arrangement, there are two widths of arms and chairs. The best configuration to have should include a loveseat in the middle. This enables a “superpower feature” that is unique in the world: When a Love seat is a lot more than a loveseat.
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Due to the heavy steel frame construction the seats are heavy as a tank. If you look at the seat leg support element when extended there is no interruption or air gaps, that is crucial because the cushion thickness is the same from your butt to the feet. When ordered in the right thicker leather that is when the “superpowers” kick in, even though there is a crack in the middle, to the touch the cushion division is so well integrated that you really do not feel the crack in the middle, thus it feels like a contiguous chaise lounge. This is crucial because of the amazing comfort factor: you can sit in the middle of the loveseat for hours and do not feel the divider crack. Thus the loveseat becomes a family bed in which to snuggle with the younglings but also the immersive audiophile’s captain's seat.

Say that the seats are extended, which can be recalled by the “CIC” seat memory feature which will position both loveseat halves exactly cantilevered out in the same exact level position. So when the seats are extended into this “family bed” mode due to the massive counterweight of the seats, you can slide in and out of the seat through the footrest without leveraging the seats off the floor like a see-saw. This is truly priceless and why I thoroughly recommend including such a loveseat centered on the best row in the house.

All of the ergonomic developments were conducted during my 4 year stint working for this Russian developer that was dating Naomi Campbell for 4 cinemas, the last theater that was going to be a 2.3 million hardware only equipment bill, was the one to get the final iteration, the one with the headrest that leaves you facing forward at the screen instead of up on a slant “above the screen” we call this the PLF headrest. Because I had literally Carte Blanche I crossed the Atlantic 5 times in first class, something like 65 grand in tickets, coordinating with the best architect designers in Europe, and visiting the factory in Antwerp Belgium to double check on every modification but also to measure a la Savile row the dimensions of the client to get the right neck support for the PLF headrest. Those years were crazy outrageous and the excesses that were thrown to move the art of home theater as far forward in a very short time.

Sadly it all stopped when Putin invaded Ukraine and the client never got to sit in the wonder creation that he paid so much for. Today all the innovations in the Strato Family of seats that Cineak claims are ergonomic features are the result of my involvement in perfecting the seats during these 4 years.

The prices in the USA were 40% higher in the early 2010’s. Due to the Euro Dollar exchange rate. Everything is relative, the price is certainly not cheap, but you will be amazed of the amazing comfort value, elegance and durability. There is no better seat for immersive cinema, that allows for the sounds from the rear quadrant room acoustics, to reach you ears so well while supporting the back of the neck so perfectly plumb with the middle of the screen, thus the headrest is named PLF for premium large format, you are not left looking up.

I assume posting current list prices for 2 configurations both incorporating the “Family Bed” super feature is ok.

Here is one for an isolated condo acoustically treated Immersive Snug.
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The above has wide arms and wide seats. And here is one for 2 rows narrow and narrow. If you have questions on the leather types that are thick enough for the uninterrupted family bed effect, I am easy to find. Harlow and Saddle are 2 examples,
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Not inexpensive but the greatest bargain in Lux seating. They are also d-box ready as an option.
 
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