Home Cinema Installation — Manchester’s Highest Penthouse
Summary
- TV Based Media Room
- Bowers & Wilkins Signature 8NT Speakers
- Classe Amplification
- Kaleidescape Movie Server
- Crestron Lighting & Room Control
Kaleidescape-Equipped Media Room in Manchester’s Beetham Tower Penthouse
As part of the extensive audio video system we installed in the Beetham Tower Penthouse, we also installed a bespoke media room. A dedicated Kaleidescape 1080p player draws films and music from the whole-apartment server, feeding a Classe decoder and amplifier combination that drives Bowers & Wilkins Signature 8NT speakers built into a custom media wall. The result rivals the best floor-standing speaker systems available — with the aesthetics of a designed interior.
Custom Media Wall
The media wall was custom designed and built to accommodate every specific component precisely — including cabinets of the correct volume for the Signature 8NT speakers and subwoofer, all lined with acoustic material. Rear channels are built into the marble rear wall. A huge Bowers & Wilkins Custom Theatre subwoofer is concealed behind custom speaker fabric on a fitted frame. The Classe components have a special back plate encouraging airflow, ensuring reliable operation over extended listening sessions. All speakers were finished in the client’s chosen colour.
Our Home Cinema Services
Installation
Design
Calibration
Treatments
Seating
Crestron Control
The room benefits from a Crestron control system with a remote touchpanel — picking a film from the apartment’s Kaleidescape library is as simple as switching on a standard TV. The panel also controls all room lighting, with mood scenes programmed for viewing, entertaining and standby recalled at a single button press.
Media Room at the Top of Manchester
The Beetham Tower is Manchester’s most iconic residential building. The penthouse media room is one of our most celebrated installations in the North of England. The combination of Bowers & Wilkins Signature 8NT speakers in a custom-built media wall with Classe amplification and Kaleidescape source delivers a performance standard that most dedicated cinema rooms cannot match — in a living room that looks as if it was born this way.
Project Details
- Location: Beetham Tower Penthouse, Manchester
- Audio: Bowers & Wilkins Signature 8NT + B&W Custom Theatre subwoofer
- Amplification: Classe
- Source: Kaleidescape 1080p player
- Control: Crestron lighting and room control
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