Home theater items are also available from several other leading manufacturers by special order. Contact us for more information.
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Do you want to enjoy some or all of the benefits of the best commercial theaters -- incredible picture and sound, and comfortable seating -- in the privacy of your own home? Would you like to add something to your home that would provide an activity the entire family could enjoy?
Don't buy a ticket and sit in a crowded theater. With a custom-designed home theater from Home Enhancement Systems, you can have your own theater using the latest technologies. A home theater can create a cinema-quality experience in the comfort of your own home. You decide which options are important to you and your family!
If you're not ready for a Digital television yet, we can design a system using your current audio/video equipment that will be capable of handling your present needs and also be ready for future upgrades.
We'll design the best system for your space, budget and entertainment needs. Sometimes there are tradeoffs. The room dimensions might not be acoustically optimal. The best-sounding speaker might be too large for the room. We'll create a home theater experience that looks, sounds, and "feels" right for your family.
Home Theater Audio Systems (Surround Sound Systems)
While most people are initially "wowed" by the big, enveloping picture of a home theater, the sound quality is just as important. Great home theater sound creates the feeling that you're actually in the environment shown on the screen.
In addition to the normal front left and right speakers, a surround system adds a front center speaker, rear left and right speakers, and one or more subwoofers. The front speakers reproduce the on-screen action -- dialog, music, and sound effects like left to right motion. The rear speakers create the illusion of ambient space. They're also needed for re-creating front and back motion effects. Subwoofers are used to reproduce very low sounds, like explosions or earthquakes. The placement of the speakers in your room is very important to the overall effect. Our design will ensure that your home theater is engineered for the best possible sound.
A high-quality multi-channel audio system surrounds the listener with realistic, life-like sounds from all directions. A well-designed system will perform equally well in all of the following:
- Playback of movie and surround TV soundtracks at a high quality level
- Convincingly re-create the acoustic space of the room of hall in which the music was recorded
- Create musical experiences where the listener is at the center of the performance, with musicians all around
Home Enhancement Systems will help you determine the best multi-channel audio system, depending on your priorities:
- If you will listen to 2-channel stereo music on this system, and if this listening is most important to you, then invest in the best front left and right speakers, even if this means compromising elsewhere
- If home theater or multi-channel audio listening is most important, then invest in a high-quality center speaker
- If stereo and home theater listening are equally important, then invest in excellent front left and right speakers and an excellent center channel speaker
The acoustics of the room will also greatly affect the performance of the surround system. If you are in the process of building a room, we suggest that you consider acoustics when you decide on the size of the room and the listening position. We will be happy to assist you in creating the ideal acoustic environment for your movies and music.
System Design
Each project begins with an interview with you. We determine your needs by listening and by asking questions about your lifestyle: your daily routine, your entertainment style needs, requirements for kids, and for your guests. If you're just beginning construction we'll go over the plans with you. If you're designing your home, we can work with you and your architect, with your imagination as the only limitation. Attuned to your needs, we can then design a system specifically for you.
What's possible with a good system design?
A home theater could be incorporated into an existing family room or den. Or we can design a mini-Cineplex in a dedicated room, complete with drapes, custom seating, etc.
Components can be made visible or completely hidden away. Speakers can be concealed in cabinetry or inside a wall.
A multi-room audio system can be designed to meet your needs and lifestyle.
We'll design a control system that will make your system -- no matter how high-tech -- easy to use for you, your entire family, and even your guests.
Designing for Best Performance
In designing a custom-installed system, we make dozens of choices in order to deliver the highest performance possible for your budget. For example:
- We allocate the budget carefully, selecting the best-performing, most-cost effective products possible
- We carefully choose and route the in-wall cables, minimizing interference and sonic degradation
- We consider room acoustics, furniture locations, and lifestyle issues when designing a home theater's room dimensions, or locating speakers
Many of these design choices are hidden -- but they're very important. The bottom line is you want to experience the sound that you paid for.
