PROJECT:
Harrisville Home Theatre
The Harrisville Home Theatre Project started like most. A quick visit to Rapallo with the statement “I am building a new house and I want…. “. So we helped the client through the initial steps of the project all the way through to room completion.
We came onsite to scope the work and went thru the clients needs. There were some challenges to due to door placements and some architectural constraints but we came up with solutuns and then presented them back. Post this we have a few conversations on the specs and styles with final approval then given. The project consisted of a home theatre space with configured around a 140″ screen and in the 7.1.2 format for the sound.
Our teams came onsite to do the initial pre-wire after the roof was on and while the framing was still exposed. Post painting and gibstopping, we installed all the speakers (included custom painted grilles) and then finally once all the dust was settle in the build, we did the final install, setup and calibration. Next on the list of two-do’s, once the client has finished the build & landscaping, is the room acoustics for the theatre room.
Project Components – Harrisville Home Theatre
- Epson TW-9400 Projector
- Indigo Fixed Frame Acoustic Transparent Screen
- Denon Amplifiers – X3800 and DRA-800
- Paradigm Home Theatre In-wall / In-Ceiling speakers
- Klipsch Subwoofer
- Cabling
- Electrical
The Harrisville Home Theatre project consisted of the following Rapallo AV Design & Build services:
- Onsite Consultation – to ensure the setup matches the clients brief and the environment its being used
- Product Selection & Advice
- Project Management
- Installation & setup
- Testing and training
- Post Installation Support
This project was managed by Tokorua Lambert. For a similar project or if you have another project you’d like us to look at, then give Tokorua a call on 09 2744515 or via email tokorua@rapalloav.co.nz
PROJECT:
MultiRoom Movies & Music
We were approached by the client, a large property developer in the Waikato in early 2020. He was building his own home and wanted multiple areas of sound, and two areas for visual content. This is a MultiRoom Movies & Music project that we love.
Our team worked with the client at Rapallo and remotely to produce a spec for the project and to assist with the pre-wire and placement as the project took shape. Once the spec was agreed, we order all the product into Rapallo’s installation store and setup a bay. This ensured when the project was ready for fit-off / completion all products were on hand and ready to go.
Fast forward to December 2022 and the project was installed, calibrated (by Rapallo) and commissioned. It sounds and looks incredible with many zones, plus the AV rack the client has design & made is something else.
Project Setup – MultiRoom Movies & Music
- Media Room – 5.1.2 platform using Klipsch, SVS, Denon & Blustream products based around a TV for the visual content
- Sound – 8 zones of sound using two Denon HEOS Drive HS2 Multi-Zone Audio Streaming Amplifiers. This is spread all over the home, with sound in the bedroom, outside deck, cabana area, garage, internal dining room and other spaces where the client wanted control over the sound when entertaining.
- TV Room – 2.0 platform using Klipsch & Denon products based around a TV
The MultiRoom Movies & Music project consisted of the following Rapallo AV Design & Build services:
- Onsite Consultation – to ensure the setup matches the clients brief and the environment its being used
- Product Selection & Advice
- Project Management
- Installation & setup
- Testing and training
- Post Installation Support
PROJECT:
The Klipsch Home Theatre Room
Rapallo were contacted by the owner of this home who wanted a home theatre that was based around the Klipsch range of products and they all had to be grilles off. Let the copper colour show.
The brief for the room was for an amazing sound, Klipsch products all around and immersive sound while also still being able to be used as a lounge. We came on site and looked at the room which had some strange angles and a bit of a challenge for the front array and decided on a 7.1.4 platform. The client wanted a big screen TV but also wanted a very strong front channel using in-wall speakers. Due to the main support beams being in the way we couldn’t sink any speakers in the wall. So to fix this we built a custom cabinet to house the speakers that could be mounted below the TV as an uber-passive-soundbar.
After our pre-wire (and a lot of holes to run the cables) the client painted the room with a nautical theme and then we came onsite to do the final fit-off. The last piece of the puzzle was a small cabinet to house the Denon AVR and tidy the cables. A bit of time was spent on the calibration with the roof angles for the atmos, but the ultimate end was an amazing room that makes the client want to watch movies and content all the time.
A fabulous outcome.
The project consisted of the following Rapallo AV Design & Build services:
- Onsite Consultation – to ensure the setup matches the clients brief and the environment its being used
- Project Management
- Rapallo preferred suppliers
- Installation & setup
- Testing and training
- Post Installation Support
PROJECT:
Multi-Zone Integration in Auckland
We were contacted by the client late 2020 to improve and integrate a range of audio and visual platforms into their home renovation.
Meeting onsite we walked thru the options with the client to ensure they could make the right decisions on technology in each room and space in the house. It was all to be minimal and unobtrusive but allow for sound to flow thru the home, plus a allow for great imagery on TV’s in the rooms and the lounge (media room).
The outcome was a home home with 11 zones of mixed audio and visual content throughout the house, managed by Yamaha’s MusicCast platform from a central rack in the home. The spec includes:
- 4 x bathroom zones with wet area speakers.
- 3 x Yamaha Bar400 soundbars and TV’s mixed use zones with Vogel’s onwall mounts for the TV and the soundbars
- 3 x zones with in-celing Klipsch and Q Acoustics speakers.
- 1 x Media Room zone controlled by a Yamaha RX-V6 to create a 5.1 with an in-wall subwoofer.
- 1 x TV riser from Nexus21 in the media room to allow for height flexibility when watching TV or movies.
- Rack setup with the Yamaha AV units / Streaming amps, Sky Box and other services within a cupboard space in the home.
The final solution was easily driven from the clients mobile phones or home based tablet, to give seamless music and video content integrated into the homes design.
The project consisted of the following Rapallo AV Design & Build services:
- Onsite AV Consultation – to ensure the setup matches the clients brief and the environment its being used
- Speaker Optimisation and Positioning
- System design and aesthetic matching
- Project Management
- Rapallo preferred suppliers
- Installation & setup – installation of the products / testing and training.
- Post installation Support
PROJECT:
The Hidden Movie Sanctuary
Building the perfect hidden cinema out in the rural farmlands.
Our client contacted us early 2019 to ask us to help them with their project. They were building a large shed on their rural property and they wanted to create the perfect movie sanctuary inside it.
Based on the room dimensions and budget, we provided the client with a specific AV plan for the dimensions of the space and their budge. As the build progressed, we also went onsite or provided phone assistance when issues or questions popped up. Late in May 2020 we were called onsite again as they had completed the build and they needed assistance with the final room calibration. And WOW, what a place
Yes the images are terrible we know…
With a stepped up viewing area and two large home cinema couches, a bar fridge, mood lighting and a myriad of bean bags, this is an amazing space that looks from the outside to be the farm implements shed.
The project consisted of the following Rapallo AV Design & Build services:
- Pre-purchase demo @ Rapallo’s demo room.
- Onsite & Offsite AV Consultation – to ensure the setup matches the clients brief and the environment its being used
- Speaker Optimisation and Positioning
- Post installation Support
PROJECT:
Home Theatre Refresh
Rapallo were contacted by clients in central Auckland. They had an existing home theatre room and wanted to upgrade the entire room.
We worked with the client to come up with an AV spec that suited their needs, and the acoustics of the room. Our team of builders / electricians then removed the old cabling (as it ran around the room in ugly conduit) removed the gib and re-routed all the cables in the walls. We replaced an existing door and replaced it with a new cavity slider to remove the space the doors took up. The AV cabinet was updated and tidied up including adding access from the rear and LED lighting and the door was made to fit into the wall so it was almost invisible. The room was then put back together, plastered and painted.
The client choose a great colour for the room (shark) and then a fantastic red carpet to make it a really amazing space. The windows were blanked out and the room is now a “movie santuary” that is pitch black when the lighting is turned off.
It was a complete renovation and the result was outstanding.
The AV system installed in this project was optimised for the dedicated home theatre room and it included:
- Anthem 1120 AVR
- Custom made AV cabinet door and wall hung racking to provide more space
- Klipsch in-ceiling speakers for the Atmos with custom made mounting rings
- SVS Prime Elevation rears and surrounds
- ELAC Muro’s placed on-wall
- 133″ Fixed Frame Acoustic Transparent Screen
- Two Velodyne subwoofers
- Sony 4K Projector
- Vogels Projector Mount
- Russound IR extender
The projected managed by Rapallo and involved builders / electricians / gib-stoppers / painting… and the COVID-19 lockdown!!
The project consisted of the following Rapallo AV Design & Build services:
- Pre-purchase demo @ Rapallo’s demo room.
- Onsite AV Consultation – to ensure the setup matches the clients brief and the environment its being used
- Speaker Optimisation and Positioning
- Project Management
- Rapallo preferred suppliers
- Product sourcing for small wall cavity spaces / long cable runs
- Installation & setup – installation of the products / testing and training.
- Post installation Support
