Room to Grow

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Electronics Design Group
732.650.9800
EDGonline.com
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Room To Grow
Rebecca Day
In a perfect world, your home theater would be a regular
rectangle with proper measurements of 14 x 20-feet topped by
9-foot ceilings. But there is no perfect world, and few basements
are built from the ground up with ideal home theater proportions
in mind. In this New Jersey project, structural columns interrupted
the space where the theater was to go, so the homeowners adjusted
by building a theater “nook.” It ended up fitting well with their
plans to isolate the room from the rest of the house to keep noise to
a minimum, but it required acoustical tweaking to tailor the sound
to the space.
Originally, the owner was set on a 103-inch plasma TV for
the wow factor. EDG convinced him that a projector would
deliver the big-screen experience he wanted at a price within
his budget. For the amount of money a 103-inch plasma TV
would command, the family could get a DLP projection system,
including a 110-inch screen, pad the room with acoustical
panels and get a secondary 55-inch plasma TV in the rear of
the room to boot -- while still having money left over. That
decision had to be made before the room was framed out, so
EDG personnel cut out a piece of plotting paper with a diagonal
measurement of 110 inches and placed it on the wall where
the screen would go. The owner gave his thumbs up when he
positioned himself in what would be the prime seating location and
imagined the view.
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www.EDGonline.com
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Specifications
Technology
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$122,5t00
*Excludes; Architect, Interior Designer, Carpenter & Furnishings.
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Equipment List
(1) Apple AirPort Extreme 802.11 Base Station
w/3 port Gigabit Ethernet Router for
Control4
(1) Apple AppleTV – 160 160GB Apple Tv
(1) Audio Authority 9880 Dual Cat 5 Enclosed
receiver - Surface Mount Box - 1 output
(1) Audio Authority AVM-562 AVAtrix 6x6 Cat 5
Matrix w/rack ears - no Receivers included
(2) Audioquest Forest HDMI - 1 M HDMI HDMI
to HDMI
(3) Audioquest Forest HDMI - 2 M HDMI HDMI
to HDMI
(7) Audioquest VDM-A - 2.0 M Digital Audio
Cable
(7) Audioquest YIQ-A 2 M Component Video
RCA to RCA
(1) B&W CT74 2-way custom install home theater
LCRS, 2”x6” Blue kevlar bass/mid range
driver, 1” soft dome tweeter, grille included
(1) B&W CTSW12 Closed box subwoofer system
with optional rack mount amplifier. Designed
to fit in home theater cabinetry. 12” paper/
kevlar cone driver - black
(6) B&W CWM7.4 2-way in-wall system, 1”
nautilus tube loaded soft dome tweeter. 6”
blue kevlar cone bass/mid range
(1) B&W SA-250 dedicated in-wall subwoofer
rack-mount single channel 250W Amplifier.
Black Finish
(18) Control4 AC-3x-xx/AC-6x-xx Standard 3/6
button engraved keypad
(1) Control4 C4-2URMK-B 2U Rack mount kit
- HC300
(1) Control4 C4-3PNAV-IPAD Mobile navigator
license for ipad
(1) Control4 C4-BDP-CX7000ES Sony Blu Ray
400 disc mega changer
(13) Control4 C4-DIM1-Z-xx Wireless Dimmer,
1000W, 120VAC
(1) Control4 C4-HC1000V3-E-B Home
Controller HC-1000 no remote
(1) Control4 C4-HC300B-E-B Home Controller
(1) Control4 C4-IOX-E-B IO Extender
(3) Control4 C4-KP6-Z-xx Wireless 6-button
keypad
(2) Control4 C4-PW200-G-WH Luxul Pro-WAV
200, DWL-2100AP
(1) Control4 C4-SR250-Z-B Systems Remote
Control
(1) Control4 CCZ-T1-W Wireless Thermostat
(1) Dataprobe IBBN15 15A iBoot Bar provides
independent control of 8 outlets
(1) Digital Projection 109-684 M-Vision
Adjustable Ceiling Mount
(1) Digital Projection 110-003 M-Vision Cine
LED with 1.85-2.40 Lens
(1) Elite Screens PVR110WH1 110” 1.78:1 Fixed
Screen 54” x 96”
(1) Furman Elite-15 Pfi 15A HT Power
Conditioner Power Factor
(1) Furman F1000-UPS 1000Va Rack Mount
UPS
(1) Geffen EXT COMPAUD 143 1 in 3 out
Component Video Distribution Amplifier
(1) Integra DTR-80.1 THX Ultra2 Plus, 4-Zone,
9.2 Channel Network Receiver
(1) Integra IRK-180-4 Rack Mount for DTR-80.1
(1) Key Digital KD-CATHD HDMI over dual
Cat 5 Balun
(1) LG BD590 Blu Ray DVD Player w/Vudu,
Pandora, Netflix, Picasa: Wireless & 250GB
Memory
(1) Middle Atlantic ERK-SYS ERK Equipment
Rack System
(8) RPG Acoustic Panels RPG BAD Arc
Acoustical Diffusion curved panels
(1) Tiverton TSL1-RCAR6G Video Game Jack
(6) Xantech 282MRP Standard High output
mouse emitter
(1) Zinwell WB68 Wide band frequency (Ku/ka)
6x8 Multiswitch for MPEG-4 Compression
HD Compatible receivers - Direct TV
Approved

© 2011 Electronics Design Group, Inc. www.EDGonline.com
To accommodate the ductwork around the perimeter of the
room, EDG had the builder construct soffits, lower the ceiling and
then cut out a cavity to give the room much-needed height. The
architect sketched out a tiered, well-lit cavity with visual appeal.
Beveled acoustic panels on the walls of the theater help control the
sound in the room.
Automation in the theater is from Control4, an intuitive, reliable
system that gives owners the ability to manage AV equipment,
lights and even temperature all with a simple clicker remote
control. With one button, the owner can start the series of
commands required to watch a movie: powering on the
projector, receiver, amplifiers, and Blu-ray player and
setting gear to the correct inputs. Control4 also includes
a touchscreen that shows homeowners the status of
systems, including what music is playing in which room,
time and outside temperature. This owner elected not to
add lighting and HVAC control beyond the theater for
now, but knowing he could do so in the future without
rewiring his house was major part of the Control4
system’s appeal.
All theater and Control 4 gear for whole-house audio,
is stored in an equipment room adjacent to the theater.
A separate storage room serves several purposes, in
addition to maintaining a clean, tidy look in the living
spaces. Amplifiers and hard disk drives produce can run
hot, and ventilation in an equipment room ensures that
equipment doesn’t overheat. Game systems, too, are
stored in the equipment room, out of view, thanks to RF
technology that sends signals to controllers without the
need for wires. A separate space with organized racks
gives EDG maneuvering room to ensure that technicians
can get to equipment easily for service calls and to
upgrade equipment.
As in many upscale households today, iPads and iPods
are part of the culture. Control4 is compatible with
Apple’s AirPlay wireless transmission system, enabling
homeowners to send music and movies from an Apple
TV to TVs throughout the house. EDG also wired in an
iPod dock so that friends can plug into the house-wide
music system when they visit. Here, there’s something

About EDG
For more than 20 years, EDG has been an award
winning technology solutions provider of audio/
video, conferencing systems, integrated multimedia
presentation, luxury amenity space entertainment,
cardio theater, screening rooms, home theater,
lighting, shade, and automation control solutions;
additionally, we offer maintenance and service.
We operate in three specific channels: feebased
consulting and engineering, project sales
and implementation, and Client Care service,
monitoring and maintenance to business and
affluent residential channels. Our company was
founded in 1987 and has a strong management
team in all operating areas of our business.
© 2011 Electronics Design Group
60 Ethel Road STE 5
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732.650.9800
www.EDGonline.com
www.TheArchitectsEDGe.com
© 2011 Electronics Design Group, Inc.
www.EDGonline.com
732.650.9800