Home Theater Ceiling Design Ideas

Home Theater Ceiling Design Ideas

Unread postby TetnindyLit » Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:55 am

Acoustic panels on the ceiling might help enhance audio quality. pink foam image by laurent dambies from Fotolia. comDesigning a house theater is really a balance between creating a stylish room which will impress viewers and establishing the area to discover the best technical viewing and listening experience. A house theater's ceiling plays a significant part in these two respects, enhancing the look of the area while also controlling the sonic quality of the whole theater. Acoustic Panels Sound waves from the home theater's audio system bounce round the room, ultimately finding their way to the ears of listeners. But an excessive amount of sound is really a problem, particularly if echoing frequencies start to cancel each other out, creating a soundtrack seem muddy and flat. Foam acoustic panels are a perfect ceiling material for a house theater. They are light enough to set up with staples, tacks or adhesive tape from any ceiling material. Acoustic panels absorb sound and supply the cleanest listening from the speakers. Homeowners may also arrange multicolored acoustic panels in a grid or stripe pattern to complement a color scheme elsewhere in the theater. Speakers A house theater's ceiling can serve as a location to hold speakers for enhanced surround sound. Some speakers are installed roughly at a listener's ear level, subwoofers, which produce the deepest bass notes, are heard anywhere. Installing them below the ground panels or close to the ceiling makes listeners feel just like they are in the center of the action. An easy drop ceiling can conceal speakers, or perhaps a drywall ceiling can offer a location for mounting speakers on brackets. Lighting Home theaters must get very dark for movie watching, but lights will also be essential for browsing a media collection or hearing music. Recessed lights in the ceiling might help provide the room today's style while also providing even illumination. Fluorescent lights in the panels of a drop ceiling are an energy-efficient method to light the area. For a far more decorative approach, fiberoptic star panels provide a ceiling that sparkles such as the night sky without producing enough light to distract from the viewing experience. Murals A house theater with a drywall ceiling provides a convenient place for a mural. A light blue paint job followed closely by white paint applied with a sponge technique can develop a vintage sky mural. Artistic homeowners might want to produce a design featuring favorite musicians, actors and film scenes on the theater's ceiling. An electronic projector, pointing straight upward from the ground, might help with accuracy, displaying a picture on the ceiling that the painter can trace to prevent issues with layout and proportions later along the way.
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