Modern Family Room
This family room proves that high style and high tech can peacefully coexist in even the most sophisticated of interiors. Designed by Rob Turner at CRT Studio, the bamboo cabinet floats on the architectural stone wall. Soft backlighting around the cabinet provides soft illumination while watching TV in the dark.
Deland theater Update
The Deland theater pictured prior is finally finished. We installed basic acoustic panels to the front and side walls to improve the sound quality. Acoustic treatment is the easiest and most cost effective way to improve the sound in any room.
In this theater, we coordinated with the owner as to the color and size of the panels and then glued them to the walls. It was a simple process that made everything sound better!
The overall cost of the acoustics and installation was about 10% of the total electronics budget, but the impact on the quality was at least 30% better. Dialog is now more intelligible, pans and audio steering are more dramatic and the soundfield is more distinct.
Often overlooked, acoustical treatment can turn an average home theater into a great one!
Storch Entertainment Systems
Winter Park, Florida
Michael Storch
321-277-7173
mike@storchentertainment.com
News and Views
Best Concert Video (Ever)
The Police Certifiable may be the best DVD concert ever. Forgetting the performances (which are great), the audio and video quality are top rate. Also great is the camera work; unlike many concerts, the cinematography is smooth and consistent. There are none of the fast cuts or jumpy camera work that plague many other concert performances. All in all a 10 for performance, audio, video and watchability.
January's Heavy Rotation
Dave Brubeck recently received a Kennedy Center Honor for his contribution to the arts. At 89 years old, he was also nominated for two Grammy Awards at the most recent 52nd Grammies. "Time Out", first released in 1959, was his breakthrough album and features his most famous song, "Take Five." A classic jazz album, available now from Amazon for $6.99!
Storch Project Featured on Auralex Website
Auralex Acoustics is one of the premier providers of acoustical consulting and products for both the professional and home theater markets. We are pleased they have chosen one of our acoustically correct theaters to showcase on their website.
Joe Kane Visits Storch Entertainment
Joe Kane, the world's (yes, the world's) foremost video expert conducted a one-on-one training class at our offices recently (the photo shows Joe in our conference room). We are proud to announce that Storch now offers the Joe Kane Productions-approved Samsung video projection monitor. This unit, according to Joe, "is the world's only VIDEO projector", as it is manufactured and calibrated specifically to reproduce only the highest quality video images. Joe is in high demand among video manufacturers and Hollywood production engineers alike to provide training and expert advice regarding all things video, we are happy to have had him pay us a visit. Please call or email if you would like to experience first-hand our theater featuring this new projector. Aside: This is the same projector used by Paramount and Dreamworks in their film-to-video editing suites.
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