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Pinnacle Cinema

The client was looking for a reference-quality theatre loud enough for a metal concert with effortless low-end and crystal clarity at any volume, equally capable for movies, music, and live sports. They specified D-Box motion seating from day one, wanted the largest screen the room could support, required extreme sound isolation so the rest of the household could function normally, and needed the room to integrate seamlessly into the estate's classical Italian architecture, including honed Port Laurent Black marble and custom walnut detailing. The brief also called for DCI compliance to support future commercial-grade content.

Audio Images (Henry's Audio Visual Solutions) partnered with Anthony Grimani's PMI Engineering team to build the room around a Grimani Systems CinemaOne 17.8.8 immersive package and a 32,000-lumen Barco Nerthus projector feeding a 236-inch Stewart masking screen. The 1,300-pound screen frame and eight subwoofer cabinets were installed twenty-two months before completion so the marble, hand-carved walnut, and surrounding finishes could be built directly around the acoustic geometry, letting the finished room read as integrated architecture rather than equipment with decoration layered on top.

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Design Challenges and Smart Fixes

Cinema reference SPL needed to coexist with extreme sound isolation

A room-within-a-room-within-a-room construction reached STC 55 and an NC10 noise floor.

Port Laurent Black marble added significant dead load to an already complex resilient structure

A separate 6x10 timber frame carried the marble's weight without compromising decoupling.

A 400-pound projector and a 1,300-pound screen needed rigging through finished construction

Both were delivered and installed in stages with custom handling.

A flexing ceiling under heavy bass risked visible picture bounce

The projector was suspended on spring hangers tuned to roughly 3 Hz, well below the ceiling's flex range.

Standout Features

Grimani Systems CinemaOne 17.8.8 immersive audio package: three LCRs, two wides, eight side/back surrounds, eight overheads, eight subwoofers

Barco Nerthus 32,000-lumen 4K projector on a spring-isolated mount tuned to roughly 3 Hz, housed in a purpose-built projector balcony with its own winch and ventilation

236-inch Stewart Director's Choice 4-way motorised masking screen, fully automated through MadVR Envy integration

D-Box motion seating across six platforms, responding directly to embedded content metadata outside the Crestron automation layer

3-phase Rosewater power conditioning with a dedicated 3-grounding-rod technical ground, isolating the theatre's electrical reference from the building's general system

Dual-iPad Crestron interface with no fixed panels or remotes

Best Home Cinema Winner

Pinnacle Cinema

Rooms included

Design Challenges and Smart Fixes

Cinema reference SPL needed to coexist with extreme sound isolation

Port Laurent Black marble added significant dead load to an already complex resilient structure

A 400-pound projector and a 1,300-pound screen needed rigging through finished construction

A flexing ceiling under heavy bass risked visible picture bounce

Standout Features

"The client wanted a room loud enough to feel like a metal concert and isolated enough that the rest of the residence wouldn't know it was happening."

Audio Images (Henry's Audio Visual Solutions)

Irvine, California

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