Essential Install | Case Study
The 75in Sony 4K LED TV is flat mounted using a Future Automation PF65 bracket
The brief specified a professional quality DJ system
Multi-media marvels
The stylish design of a living room, featuring a DJ booth and state-of-the-art AV capabilities, has been recognised at the 2017 CEDIA Awards. Lisbon-based technology integrator, Life Emotions, won the Best Media Room £20,000-£80,000 category for its creative execution of the brief. The client wanted to create a bright, modern living area where they could relax and enjoy their hobbies of music, films, and watching football. The brief specified a professional quality DJ system; high-end audio and TV, with the ability to stream music and 4K video throughout the property and outside area; and storage for an extensive vinyl and CD collection.
One of Life Emotions first priorities was to investigate the available space to ensure the optimum sound quality would be achieved in the end design. Initial acoustic tests were poor and resulted in a change of room layout. Elegant Vicoustic acoustic panels have been fitted onto the wall, either side of the screen location. Made of two parts, each panel can be rotated in different directions to achieve a uniform, omni-directional scattering of sound, enabling effective diffusion without too much absorption. The DJ booth comprises two Pioneer CDJ-850 digital decks, a DJM-750 four channel mixer with a tempo-synced effects section, and a precision engineered PLX-1000 turntable. The decks feature full-sized jog wheels, a large display enabling fast music identification and selection, and pro-DJ features. They are capable of playing WAV, AIFF, MP3, and AAC files, have a CD drive which can read audio CDs, as well as CD-R/RW, and a USB port providing connectivity with other external devices. The client’s music library is catalogued using Pioneer’s rekordbox music management programme. The integrator set the booth within a bespoke furniture unit which also houses the AV rack. On the wall hangs a slim 75in Sony 4K LED display for the client to watch sport and films. The size was selected based on optimising the distance from screen to the couch. With four times the detail of Full HD, and a resolution of over 8 million pixels, the display offers real
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