Ultra HiFi and Cinemas Case Study

Wood-based panels easy to change

The Ultra solution is a classic way to treat a room using wood-based products that are innovative, either for a home cinema or for a Hi-Fi listening room. The Ultra line acoustic panels are made with MDF and High-Pressure Laminate (HPL) and present a modular solution for the room because the VicFix system allows changing the panels' position easily. Either one wishes to have a more spacious and enveloping sound atmosphere or a more faithful and "pure" sound can easily be achieved by changing the diffusion and absorption panels.

Acoustic panels suggested

In several case studies presented here for Hi-Fi rooms and Cinema rooms, the Ultra solutions included are:

• Cinema Round Ultra VMT sound absorbers to deal with Reverberation Time.
• Cinema Round Ultra Fuser sound diffusers to manage late specular reflections.
• VicPattern Ultra Reflex and Wavewood for a mix of sound absorption and diffusion in the walls, to avoid a sound "too dead". 
• Super Bass Extreme Ultra, Vari Bass Ultra, Super Bass Extreme VMT and VicTotem Ultra VMT in the corners acts as bass traps in low frequencies. 
• Flexi Wave Ultra to help control the room evenly. 
• Multifuser Wood MKII in the back walls and front walls to improve sound diffusion. 
• Multifuser DC3 in the ceiling for extended sound diffusion. 
• Conventional Cinema Round Premium for sound absorption.

Treating early reflections

Surfaces near the loudspeakers should be “deadened” with sound absorption panels, as these will take energy from early reflections and improve sound clarity and source localization within the room. Treating early reflections will improve sound source localization - by absorbing reflections originating from the front part of the room - and improve the sense of spaciousness and envelopment within the room - by treating reflections arriving from the back part of the room with sound diffusers.

Controling low frequencies with bass traps

Low frequencies are being treated using bass traps, which will control Room Modes making the film’s low frequency content clearer throughout all audience. The bass traps work as membrane absorbers, and therefore should be located on room corners where sound pressure is maximum. Flutter Echoes are being avoided by spreading the acoustic treatment evenly throughout all room surfaces and by avoiding having untreated parallel surfaces.