Basement Home Cinema Room — Pimlico, London

A Dedicated High End Cinema Room with Artcoustic Speakers

This basement home cinema room is installed in a stunning Pimlico townhouse — part of a whole-house Crestron installation serving multiple rooms across the property. The room serves multiple purposes: football with friends, feature films with the family, and everyday television viewing — all from the same system, controlled from the same iPad interface.

75″ Samsung Display

The room dimensions lend themselves perfectly to a 75″ LED TV — a larger projector-based system would have dominated the space unnecessarily. The display has access to Apple TVs, Blu-ray players and Sky HD recorders alongside the full range of Smart TV apps. The same source can be routed to the kitchen so not a moment is missed during a game.

Artcoustic and Anthem Audio

The front channels are handled by a custom-width Artcoustic on-wall speaker mounted under the Samsung, with matching on-wall rear speakers handling surround duties. A subwoofer is built into the bespoke oak cabinetwork under the TV — the bass response is outstanding despite the modest footprint. The Anthem AVR decodes and calibrates using ARC room correction software, ensuring the system performs at its absolute best within the room’s specific acoustic characteristics. All cabinetwork was designed by our team and manufactured to our specification.

Our Home Cinema Services

Crestron Control

As with the rest of the property, the cinema room benefits from full control via an Apple iPad. One button press switches on the display, receiver and source with the correct surround sound decode mode automatically selected. Online sources on the display are as accessible as centralised sources — Netflix, streaming services and BBC iPlayer all route through the Anthem AVR for full cinema surround quality. The system is fully future-proofed: any source the display supports can be enjoyed at cinema audio quality.

Pimlico — TV Cinema in a Period Property

For London clients in Pimlico, Westminster and the wider SW1 area who want a high-performance cinema room in a basement without the footprint of a projector-based installation, this project demonstrates what a well-specified TV-based system with Artcoustic surround sound and Crestron control can achieve. The performance rivals many projector-based rooms at a fraction of the physical complexity.

Project Details

• Location: Pimlico, London
• Display: 75″ Samsung LED
• Audio: Artcoustic 5.1 surround sound
• Processing: Anthem AVR with ARC room correction
• Seating: 8
• Control: Crestron iPad

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