Making the best home theater system<\/p>\n
Agus Setiadi, Contributor, Jakarta<\/p>\n
There are many interesting activities that you can do to take
\nyour minds off your routine work during your free time at home.
\nFor Aris, an assistant in a leading notary's office in the
\nSudirman area, his favorite pastime is viewing films.<\/p>\n
Aris gets enthusiastic support from his family, who also like
\nviewing films. That's why they have a special room measuring 12
\nmeters long and 9 meters wide on the ground level of their house
\nin Pondok Indah for use as a home theater. The ceiling of this
\nroom is about 3.5 meters high above the ground. Aris bought
\nthe best home theater equipment and with the help of a consultant
\nprovided acoustic treatments to the room. He wants to capture the
\ntrue atmosphere of a cinema in his own home.<\/p>\n
The home theater equipment he bought includes the following:
\nINFOCUS 777 projector; Stewart (120 inch) screen; Marantz DV-8400
\nDVD player; Yamaha AVR DSP Z9 receiver; 7.2 channel Cabasse
\nspeaker system, comprising two Cabasse SUMATERA 420R floor-
\nstanding front speakers, one Cabasse FARO 420R center speaker,
\ntwo Cabasse iO in-ceiling rear speakers, two Cabasse iO on base
\nplinth surround speakers and two Cabasse JUPITER subwoofers; SIM2
\nHTR 01 universal remote control; and an AverMedia TV Box 9 TV
\ntuner.<\/p>\n
This particular home theater system cost about Rp 400 million,
\naccording to high-end boutique Home CinemaX in Kelapa Gading from
\nwhere Aris bought the equipment.<\/p>\n
All this equipment was placed in standard positions with
\naccount being taken of the design of the room and its acoustic
\nqualities as well as the performance level of the equipment
\nitself, particularly the speakers. The center speaker (Cabasse
\nFARO 420R), the front one (Cabasse SUMATERA 420R) and a Cabasse
\nJUPITER subwoofer are hidden behind the panel. They are placed in
\nthe lower, right and left sides of the screen and on the right
\nwall. Meanwhile, for the surround speaker (Cabasse iO), and the
\nrear speaker (Cabasse iO), they are stuck to the ceiling, in the
\nleft and right of the center of the room and on the rear wall. A
\nCabasse JUPITER subwoofer is placed behind the sofa.<\/p>\n
Aside from the equipment, the room is also provided with two
\nrows of sofas, each having four seats. The first row is made up
\nof four standard Flexteel Reno sofas, while the second row
\nconsists of four motorized, reclined Flexteel Reno sofas. These
\nsofas are provided with supporting devices to ensure that the
\ncinema atmosphere is not compromised. These devices include a
\nCrowson TES 100 couch kit, a vibrator isolator, a stereo power
\namplifier (200W) for TES 100, and a stereo mixer to give a stereo
\neffect to the couch kit.<\/p>\n
All this completes an excellent home theater system. The
\ninterior of the room is pleasant on the eye, especially given the
\ndesign and acoustic touch of the room, with the dominant dark
\nbrown of the wood or the color of Zalacca edulis fruit and the
\nuse of teak on the walls as a sound-proofing.<\/p>\n
What about the performance of this equipment in this
\nacoustically excellent room? When an original DVD, I, Robot, a
\nfilm directed by Alex Proyas, starring Will Smith and presenting
\na lot of visual and sound effects, was played, there was indeed
\nan atmosphere of a real cinema. The pictures that came through
\nthe INFOCUS 777 projector, rather flat and curved like a turtle,
\nwere clear and sharp. The colors presented were natural while the
\nblacks were solid. Details in the pictures were clear,
\nparticularly when the subjects were shown in close-ups or in
\nmedium shot.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the dialog and non-dialog sound, in a Dolby digital
\nformat, was clear and aggressive. The voices in dialogs
\nreproduced by the Cabasse FARO 420 center speaker were expressive
\nand gave clear pronunciation, while the non-dialog sound,
\nparticularly the sound effects, such as the sound of shooting and
\nmetal clanging, were neatly reproduced by the surround and
\nsubwoofer speakers. The front speaker provided excellent musical
\nillustration with a lot of dynamic rhythm.<\/p>\n
We became more absorbed in watching a film in this particular
\nroom when the non-dialog sound (the sound effects and musical
\nillustration) appeared. Thanks to the acoustic touch of the room,
\nthe sound did not leave the room while the tactile effects helped
\nlend vibration to the sofas so that we would easily be carried
\naway by the story. Indeed, watching a film in this room is truly
\nan all-encompassing experience.<\/p>",
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