A traditional Tri-State residence built around two AV stories: a finished basement theater for the family, and in-wall plus in-ceiling distributed audio reaching the great room, kitchen, and the formal piano room. All equipment lives in a closet you walk past without noticing.
The homeowners wanted a finished basement theater — real cinema seating, real screen, room blacked out for daylight viewing — and they wanted to hear music in the kitchen and great room without thinking about it. No app to learn. No remote with twenty buttons. Just sound where they expected it.
The basement theater was framed and treated with the AV in mind — walls dark, lighting on dimmers, projector throw measured against the chosen screen size during the design phase. Power recliners came in last; the room was built to fit the seating, not the other way around.
