Fantasy Football Theater Gets Extra Sound Treatments
By Lisa Montgomery
Football fans pay tribute to their favorite team with specialty acoustical wall treatments and high-octane audio.

Football jerseys, posters and other memorabilia are a popular way to pay tribute to your favorite university. The owners of this 400-square-foot home cinema took another route, skipping the knickknacks in lieu of acoustical treatments designed in Texas Tech’s signature reds and blacks.

In addition to the visual punch they provide to the space, the treatments allow the Vienna Acoustics Klimt speakers to perform to their full potential.



Finally, the custom-designed and -engineered treatments sequester the sound to the room. Nothing leaks out, which ensures that nothing is lost in the reproduction of the audio.

Reaching this point of acoustical nirvana required plenty of calculations, CAD drawings and calibration, says Mike Brock of custom electronics design and installation firm UltraMedia, Richardson, Texas.

His company worked directly with the manufacturer—Auralex—to make sure every inch of wall surface, both inside and out, was covered with the perfect type and amount of acoustical material.

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