The clients wanted it to feel effortless and to protect the character of the mansion, with its marble, glass and timber. Wired By MJD worked with the architect, interior designer and builder from the start. The room plays background music all day and switches to a 5.2 surround sound film mode. A custom soundbar, built with MAG Theatron for this room, sits beneath the 85-inch TV. Small ceiling speakers and two subwoofers on special isolation mounts spread even sound across the room and kitchen. The TV swings up to 90 degrees to face the sofas or the fireplace.
Everything is run from simple keypads and ELAN. About 30 lighting circuits, blinds, four air conditioning systems, security and cameras all sit on one system. The clients also kept their existing Foxtel remote, so nothing about daily use had to change. Because the mansion is heritage-listed, there was little room to cut into walls and ceilings. The equipment rack sits in a laundry cupboard instead, and the door locks and sensors are hidden within the steel door frames. Heritage rules limited where cables and equipment could go.
The team transitioned to ceiling-mounted James PowerPipe subwoofers on custom isolation mounts, preventing structural vibration transfer while preserving the required low-frequency performance.
A distributed, high-dispersion audio solution combining the SA88 speakers, the custom MAG Theatron Uni-Bar, and DSP amplification with live-measurement time alignment achieved balanced frequency response without any visible acoustic treatment.
A motorised mount was engineered to extend and rotate the 85-inch display up to 90 degrees, with the soundbar decoupled and fixed directly to the marble wall so the display could still return flush independently.
Electric mortice locks and hardwired reed switches were discreetly integrated into the steel frames themselves, with lock status surfaced in the BMS, replacing a previous wireless installation without any visible technology on the frames.
