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Best Home Cinema Winner

Sunset Lounge

A family basement theater on a constrained budget for a couple with two teenage kids and one audiophile in the household. The client, an AV/IT professional, had already purchased a full Sonance speaker package before engaging Casaplex, so the brief became less about a blank slate and more about designing the right room around family life, prioritizing dialog clarity, immersion, and cozy multi-use comfort over pure reference performance.

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Design Challenges and Smart Fixes

Large in-ceiling speakers couldn't be angled due to joist spacing

Architectural beams were built to house the speakers below the ceiling, doubling as visual interest and hidden acoustic treatment. 

Subwoofers needed to stay in REW-optimized locations without being visible

A custom walnut credenza-style enclosure concealed the subs in plain sight, inspired by the client's own vision board.

A tight footprint (entry door, bookshelves, acoustic panels) all needed exact placement

Every element was sequenced tightly against the load-bearing wall to preserve both function and RP22 geometry. 

HVAC noise needed control without a full system redesign

Acoustic plenum boxes and rerouted ductwork reduced noise transmission within the existing infrastructure.

"The girls have me watching musicals I wouldn't normally care about. Greatest Showman and Wicked, for example. Or the list of Disney movies they realized I haven't watched." — the client, describing how the room changed family life

Casaplex

Kensington, Maryland

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