Liverpool Sports & Cinema Room
Liverpool Home Cinema: Big-Screen Sport with Meridian High-Performance Audio. Not every cinema room needs to be designed primarily around movies.
The brief
For this Liverpool Home Cinema & Sports Room project, the client’s priority was clear: create a room for watching live sport on a genuinely large screen, while still providing a great space for occasional movie nights with the children. Rather than specifying a conventional surround-sound system simply because this was a projection room, we designed the system around how the family would actually use it.
A 110” Big-Screen Experience
At the heart of the room is a 110-inch projection screen, driven by an Epson EH-TW9400 projector mounted discreetly at the rear of the room.
The large-format image transforms football, rugby and other live sport into a much more immersive experience than a conventional television, while still providing the scale needed for family movie nights.
Meridian Two-Channel Audio
With sport being the primary focus, we opted for a high-performance two-channel Meridian audio system rather than filling the room with surround speakers.
A pair of Meridian DSP640 in-wall loudspeakers were integrated into the room, with the wall construction prepared specifically for the speakers with appropriate pattressing and insulation.
The DSP640s provide the clarity and scale needed for commentary, crowds and music, while remaining discreetly integrated into the architecture. A Meridian 218 forms part of the audio system, creating a simple but extremely capable two-channel solution.
The result is an important part of our approach to cinema design: more speakers don't automatically make a better room. The system should be designed around the client and how they intend to use it.
Simple Control with Control4
A room containing projection, multiple video sources, audio and switching shouldn't require several remotes just to watch a football match.
The complete system is integrated with Control4, allowing the client to select what they want to watch and have the required equipment respond automatically.
Video source switching is handled by a Blustream HDMI switch, with Control4 providing the simple user interface over the technology behind it.
Control4 brings the cinema equipment together behind one simple user interface.
Designed for the Client, Not the Specification Sheet
This Liverpool Home Cinema & Sports Room project is a good example of why we start with the client's requirements rather than a predetermined cinema specification.
The brief wasn't to create the largest Dolby Atmos system possible.
It was to create a comfortable family room where sport could be enjoyed on a huge screen with genuinely high-quality audio, while still being capable of delivering a great movie experience when required.
The finished system combines:
- 110” projection screen
- Epson 4K-enhancement projection
- Meridian DSP640 in-wall loudspeakers
- Meridian 218
- Blustream HDMI switching
- Control4 automation
A relatively simple system on paper, but one designed specifically around how this family wanted to use their room.
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Planning a Home Cinema & Sports Room in Liverpool?
Inspire Audio Visual designs and installs dedicated cinemas and sports rooms throughout Liverpool and across the UK. Not every cinema needs rows of reclining seats or the maximum possible number of surround channels. The starting point should be how you actually want to use the room. From there, we can engineer the projection, audio, lighting, blinds, control and interior technology around you.
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