It was an unused basement luggage storage room with a low, unmovable ceiling due to standard Peruvian concrete construction. Her non-negotiable requirement was that every single speaker be in-wall, with nothing visible or protruding, while still delivering high-quality audio and video in a polished, intentional space.
Lima Sound Contractors SAC built a two-row, Dolby True HD 7.2 home cinema entirely within the constraints of the former storage room, reportedly one of the first cinemas in Peru built entirely with in-wall speakers and no freestanding or surface-mounted units.
A drywall separation layer was constructed along the concrete perimeter walls to create cavities for in-wall speakers and house Vicoustic acoustic panels, while the client's existing SIM2 projector was reintegrated and paired with an acoustically transparent Stewart screen to let front speakers sit invisibly behind it.
A drywall separation layer was built along the perimeter walls to create the cavity needed for in-wall speaker installation and acoustic paneling, since concrete walls couldn't accommodate speakers directly.
A Dolby True HD 7.2 configuration was chosen over Atmos after evaluating the ceiling clearance, since overhead or ceiling-angled speakers weren't viable without compromising headroom.
Paradigm front-fire subwoofers were selected specifically because their firing direction and form factor allowed them to be fully concealed inside a custom cabinet built beneath the screen.
The air conditioning unit was installed laterally within the wall instead, with custom elongated grilles designed specifically for the project to resolve airflow needs while preserving ceiling height.
