Dolby Atmos Home Theater Acoustics

Hi-end acoustics for hi-end technology

What's the best room acoustics solution for a high-end top-of-the-line equipped home cinema? Vicoustic Project Team studied the question and designed the Acoustic Treatment for this incredible 9.4.4 JBL Synthesis Home Theater, using Dolby Atmos with Sony 715ES, all installed by Audio Advice and our Distributors in USA, Focal Naim America.

Audio Advice and Focal Naim America worked with Vicoustic engineers to conduct an acoustic study of the room to determine where any potential issues may arise and designed the placement of different acoustic treatments to keep reflections down without making the room sound overly damped like many basic acoustic treatments can do.

The story behind this project

According to Audio Advice Webpage for this project, when this family set out in search of their dream home a few years ago, one of their main goals was to find a home with enough space to build the front-projection-based home theater of their dreams. They specifically searched for a home with a rectangular-shaped unfinished area (preferably over the garage) that would allow them to customize every detail of the room.

These homeowners truly love to experience the audio and sound effects of movies and they did not want to compromise on any aspect of the audio quality — all decisions were made with function over form.

Sound Insulation

Another main concern for this homeowner was noise isolation and keeping the sound contained to the theater room with minimal bleed to other areas of the house. Having the room located over the garage certainly helped, but all of the walls, floor, riser, and ceiling were packed full of Rockwool insulation to greatly reduce sound contamination.

The rear wall where the room connects to the house also has additional layers of plywood behind the drywall to further cut down on the amount of sound bleeding into the bonus room.

This project was designed by Vicoustic Project Department.