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The challenge faced by Cinch Technology was to install sound systems throughout the house without compromising the property's historical integrity. Cinch Technology chose to deploy speaker systems from K-array Vyper and Lyzard ranges of professional products for this installation due to their sound quality, discreet appearance, and their compact form factor.
Cinch Technology collaborated closely with the property owners and interior designers to create a tailored sound solution. Werner Weber, director at Cinch, said: “The unique thing about it, and the whole reason we used K-array, is that it is a Grade II listed property, and that meant that we couldn’t fix anything directly to the walls or ceilings or disturb the structure in any way, and that required a little ingenuity from our design team.”
The Vyper-KV25 25cm miniature arrays were placed on custom faceplates in the kitchen, with a Rumble-KU26 subwoofer under the seating for quality sound without physically impeding on the listed building.
The KV25 speakers deliver a sound across an extended frequency range, crossing over to the subwoofer at 150Hz, and are capable of filling the room. The speaker locations on either side of the floor-to-ceiling glass doors leading out to the garden mean that their 140° horizontal dispersion pattern covers the large kitchen comfortably and projects right through the open archway to the dining room beyond, while the narrow 40° coverage pattern effectively avoids reflections from the ceiling or counter-level surfaces and provides cohesive sound with uninterrupted path lengths wherever you are in the room.
In the high-ceilinged upstairs drawing room, a pair of ultra-micro Lyzard-KZ14 arrays are flush mounted on the outside wall along with a single corner-sited Rumble-KU44 subwoofer delivering the low frequencies. Music can be streamed to the speakers throughout the house using the Bluesound streaming service. Both the Vyper and Lyzard arrays 100% RAL colour matched to the walls, meaning the speakers are not a prominent feature.
Audio is distributed throughout the house from a centralised AV rack in the newly constructed basement plant room housing Bluesound rack-mounted media players and DSP amplification. Weber said: “2B Heard’s support was fundamental to the success of this project, not only in helping with the RAL colour-matching but also with providing verification of our K-array specification for each room's size.”
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