Greenwich, CT
Rooster Hill Cinema
A night at the cinema, at home.
Fifteen seats · 7.2 Meridian · Barco projection
In a Greenwich house, a private cinema built for fifteen: neon at the top of the stairs, a mirrored bar on the way down, and a room under a gold-leaf dome. Our part is everything you hear and see, a 7.2 Meridian system with Meridian DSP loudspeakers and processing, and Barco projection, tuned to live up to the room around it.
The room
Fifteen seats in leather, velvet on the walls, and arched bays lined in starred blue under a gold-leaf dome. The owners wanted a night at the cinema, the whole ritual of it: neon at the top of the stairs, a mirrored bar on the way down, the curtain, and then the film.
The sound
Every channel is Meridian: DSP loudspeakers, each amplified from within, set into the walls before the panels closed, with Meridian processing tuning the room as a single instrument. Nothing in the room looks like a speaker. Everything in it sounds like the film.
The picture
Barco projection, specified for this throw and this screen, fills the frame from a port at the back of the room. The screen sits behind curtains like a proscenium. The lamps dim, the curtain parts, and the room does the rest.
The night
One press starts the evening: the house lights fade, the curtain opens, and the film begins. When the credits roll, the lights come back up slowly, the way a cinema's do.
The system
Everything you hear and see, voiced as one.
Meridian DSP loudspeakers and Meridian processing carry all 7.2 channels, so the room is tuned as a single instrument. Barco projection fills the screen from a port at the back of the room.
- 7.2 surround
- Meridian DSP loudspeakers
- Meridian processing
- Barco projection
- Fifteen-seat private cinema
A private residence. Shared with permission.
Questions
- Who designed the sound and picture for Rooster Hill Cinema?
- Elevated Integration designed, installed and calibrated the Meridian sound system and Barco projection.
- Can a private cinema like this be built in an existing house?
- Often, yes. It depends on the room, the ceiling height and access for cabling. We start with a site visit and the drawings.