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Look what Santa brought in the other day! Something to play with over Christmas / New Year holidays! Will post results / feedback after it is all installed and I played with it for a while...

Fibaro Home Center 2 control unit.

Kensington Home Cinema project progress

Works are progressing at good pace. We are six weeks away from completion (fingers crossed!)

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We just received a delivery of new Kef Ci4100QL L/C/R speakers, Kef Ci4100QLb in wall subwoofers and new Kef KASA500 Sub woofer DSP amplifier.

Speakers are small but reassuringly heavy and well made!

 Baffle wall behind projection screen is nearly finished. 

 Off site programming - URC Complete Control on iPad mini as a remote controller.

First floor is nearly done. Four invisible speakers on the ceiling!

Network patch panels are nearly done.

2014 ITSA AWARDS - We are the winners!

The best way to end this busy year. We are delighted to pick up ITSA 2014 - The Install & Technology Solutions Award in Best International Installation category for our work in France. What makes it even better was stiff competition from some of the best UK installation companies. Thanks to all judges, and big shout to everyone involved!  See you all in Amsterdam.
More here and here.

New brochure is ready!

Our new glossy brochures just arrived from print! Looking great!

We are on Twitter...finally

I finally got around to set up a Twitter account for M.E.G.A. AV Installations.
Look out for tweets from the "battle zone" as it happens!
@MEGA_AV_INSTALL

AWE Cinema Room & Expo visit

Just got back from AWE Europe Expo 2014 where they introduced few new products and unveiled their new, acoustically treated, Atmos enabled, cinema room.

Room was equipped with all new Kef THX speakers (7.5.4 configuration - L/C/R + surround and surround back speakers + 4 ceiling speakers and 5 in wall sub woofers)

Nice sounding room, with tight bass, (unlike some demo rooms where bass is much louder than it should be, making whole experience quite annoying!)
Stylish interior and comfy chairs complete the picture.
All we need now is a lot of Atmos mixed Blu Ray discs !!

Home cinema - works in progress,,,

Both rooms are progressing very well and I can not wait for them to be completed. Two completely different designs - one very stylish and opulent, other one - cutting edge contemporary.

First one is large underground room at Holland Park. Ceilings are nearly ready and we are about to start with speaker wiring.

Second / inner wall layer is ready for installation of various acoustic treatment panels. 

First layer behind is 300 mm thick soundproofing.

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Second cinema room is smaller (also built under the garden). Concrete shell was completed recently and first layer of insulation is being installed.

Front wall drawings with screen and baffle wall behind it.

Back side of cinema room showing unique inner wall design.

Kensington Media Room & whole house AV...work in progress

We have reached ground floor and soon will be going underground for last bit of wiring. Concrete shell, of what is going to be an underground (under the garden) cinema room is ready. 

Most of the equipment is bought and being tested / "burned in" at our workshop. Network switchers and W Fi access points are pre configured, URC remote control (via iPad mini) is programmed and tested with all AV equipment. At the site, top floors are all tested - Cat6 cabling and all invisible / plaster over speakers all tested and working! Six weeks to go...

 Concrete shell done! Looking at front screen wall. 

 Love them or hate them! Can't get away from Sonos! 

Master bathroom - back box for Aquavison 22" HD TV is in place. 

Whole (plywood) area will be covered with large custom cut mirror from Picture Frame company. 

Software was used to determine best possible Wi Fi access point positioning.

Holland Park cinema - work in progress

First wall with soundproofing isolation is up. Structure that will hold projection screen and bank of speakers is nearly done. Next step ceiling and wiring. At the bottom, one of design visualizations for finished room. Can't wait to see it all in flesh...

Home Cinema Choice mag feature - November 2014

Happy to see our last installation featured in acclaimed Home Cinema Choice magazine!

Thanks guys!

French touch-ups!

Last bits of Hi-Fi kit are delivered and installed. Magnificent Kawero! speakers and Brinkmann Bardo turntable are finally paired with Conrad Johnson pre-amps and David Berning valve mono blocks. All connected with Audience interconnect and power cables. Bliss!

In the background - massive 4m x 2m (150") Screen Excellence Enlightor 4K acoustically transparent projection screen with Sonance Cinema Series LCR2 speakers and 2 x 12" Sub woofers hidden behind it.

For more info about this project and full equipment list check SVI Magazine's case study article link.

SVI Case Study 

Fully completed cinema room / listening room

Vine cellar is also completed and boasting a pair of Kef Ci200QR's with dedicated 

NuVo LED touch panel

Half a dozen of various remotes in main house are replaced with URC MRX5000i touch screen Network remote

Latest NuVo Music Port Elite firmware installed...

Second Dreambox HD800 sattellite receiver installed in main house rack and plugged into

HDAnywhere 4x4 Multi Room HDMI over Cat5 Matrix

Time to get dirty in Kensington!

Wiring completed on top three floors and first batch of invisible - plaster over speakers are going in!

Building work is getting completed at lightening speed!

Two pairs of invisible / plaster over speakers for formal living & dining area ready to be skimmed.

Top floor rooms nearly completed!

Underground home theatre - the beginning.

Just a week later platforms for cinema seating are ready! 

Room is slowly shrinking in size. 

After a while, cinema shell is done and walls are up. Two massive air-con units are in place. Next step - building platforms for seating and sound insulation. Room is massive, but it will lose 60 cm on each wall for insulation and acoustic treatments. 

 Entrance to the left and back wall with projector opening (still to be cut through)

Looking down to screen wall from top tier level. Yes, that is a workman down there...room is huge at the moment!!