Hiring a interior designer or architect with no knowledge in home theatre knowledge is a bad move. Designing and building a theatre room is more than the look. It requires the knowledge in acoustic treatment, seat position, projection throw distance and size of a screen and many other factors. One can ended up with nicely design room with bad architecture that can cause inevitable problems such as rattling structure and unegonomic.
Expensive Gear
Those who can afford high end product will stretch their financial limit to own the best and most expensive system money can buy. Have you seen high end system in someone's home but sounded nothing exciting? High end system requires proper calibration and in room treatment to ensure the environment is able to handle the high spl while maintains good clarity. Many high end system is meant for huge room application and while not careful, it's like driving an ultimate sports car in a village road. Matching system according to your environment and budget is crucial rather than burning money away.
Post Removation Purchases
For many people, they will engage a home theatre dealer or installer after they have completed the renovation work. This is another bad move because unlike off the shelves HTiB (home theatre in a box), the pre-wiring work is very important. Always engage your home theatre specialist as soon as you home is in the renovation stage. You will save more on labour cost plus better planning during this stage.
Structural Endorcement
Home theatre system installed by custom installer can produce reference sound which can give your Neighbour problem. Let the home theatre specialist wiring closely with your architect and interior designer at the construction stage and not after everything is completed.
M&E Planning
Planning a home theatre room requires proper electrical wiring plan. This is to ensure your theatre room is well protected with power urge and lightning. Recently there are many cases with Satelite/cable TV causing problem with electrical appliances. Talk to us prior to designing your home. It will save you much hassle and money in long run.
